When you adopt Kubernetes to increase development velocity, one major drawback emerges: the cost to repair defects. Just as problems with code are expensive to fix, so too are Kubernetes misconfigurations.
Fairwinds enables organizations to shift configuration validation earlier, reducing the cost to fix significantly.
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The Kubernetes Configuration Benchmark report gives us average findings per cluster and workloads:
Average # of Kubernetes misconfigurations per cluster - 328
Average # of workloads per Kubernetes cluster - 110
Average # of findings per workload - 3
Now consider these numbers based on the cost for a DevOps engineer:
Hourly rate for DevOps engineer - $100
Cost to fix in coding phase (5 minutes) - $8.33
Cost to fix a workload Kubernetes misconfiguration at time of Git pull request - $24.85
Cost to fix a workload misconfiguration in production - $15,903.03.
Interested in learning how much Fairwinds can save you? Get your customized cost savings. Complete the form and we’ll be in touch to walk you through your potential savings.
