Especially when it comes to relational SQL databases? At Sotex Solutions, we help companies reduce their Azure infrastructure costs, with a particular focus on relational SQL databases and database-related spending. We are confident enough in our approach that we do not necessarily need to be paid by the hour. Instead, we are open to an outcome-based engagement where our compensation is tied to the savings we actually deliver.
Pay for savings, not consulting hours
Traditional cost optimization engagements can mean paying for days or weeks of analysis, regardless of what the analysis ultimately saves.
We are open to a different model.
Where an outcome-based engagement makes sense, we agree on how savings will be measured and tie our compensation to the results we achieve.
The principle is straightforward: if we reduce your Azure costs, we share in the value created. If we do not find meaningful savings, you should not have to pay for weeks of consulting that did not produce them.
This also changes the nature of the engagement. The objective is not to deliver a report. It is to identify savings, implement improvements together with your team, measure the results, and continue refining the environment where further savings are possible.
Looking beyond simple resource cleanup
Azure cost optimization is not always a matter of finding unused resources or adjusting their size.
Depending on the environment, optimization may include:
• Relational SQL database licensing and deployment models
• Azure SQL and SQL Managed Instance sizing
• vCore and compute utilization
• Usage of available Azure discounts
• Database consolidation
• Storage and backup costs
• Architecture changes where the existing setup is unnecessarily expensive
• VM, App Service, and other Azure infrastructure costs
The specific opportunities depend on the environment. The goal is to understand what is actually driving the cost and where changes can produce measurable savings.
A particular focus on relational databases
Relational databases can represent a significant part of an Azure bill, which is why database-related spending is a particular focus of our work.
Licensing, deployment models, sizing, compute utilization, storage, backups, consolidation opportunities, and architecture can all affect what an organization is paying.
Reducing those costs can therefore require more than changing the size of an individual resource. It may mean examining how the database environment is structured and whether the current setup still makes financial and technical sense.
An engagement tied to the result
If your Azure bill is significant, especially if relational databases represent a large part of it, we can take a look at the current environment and determine whether there is a meaningful opportunity to reduce the cost.
If there is, we can work with your team to implement the changes and measure the savings.
And rather than automatically charging for the time spent doing that work, we are open to structuring the engagement around the outcome.
If your Azure costs are worth taking a closer look at, let’s talk!
We deliver measurable savings. Our compensation is tied to those savings.