Learn how Vela helps you save ~3× on compute and other cloud resources with better developer experience and fewer platform engineering hours.
Most teams run 1× production plus many staging/QA/test databases (often 5×) — multiplying CPU, RAM, storage and I/O. With Vela, you keep 1× production and spin thin clones for the rest. Clones reuse base data and resources, so you mainly pay for data changes and light overhead — usually ~1–2× instead of ~6×.
Assumptions: Infrastructure and compute cost is based on AWS I3EN 6xlarge instances (~$2.7/h on demand). Staging environments match production size. Current footprint = (1 + N) × production resources across CPU, RAM, storage and I/O. Infra costs approximate an NVMe‑optimized instance bundle (compute+RAM+NVMe); numbers are illustrative.
With Vela we assume 2× production resources plus a $19/vCPU‑month license. Infra is still paid to your cloud provider. Platform effort drops ~85% with Vela’s managed Postgres, storage, Kubernetes and platform services.
CO₂ estimates use conservative factors across CPU, RAM and NVMe with standard PUE and grid intensity. Tree equivalence uses ~21 kg CO₂ absorbed per tree per year (~1.75 kg/month).
Thin clones reuse production data and compute. You only pay for data changes and light overhead, not 5+ full copies of the database.
Compute typically drops from many environments to near production‑only.
Copy‑on‑write branching in seconds for QA, previews, and migrations.
Better signal → fewer surprises and rollbacks in production.
No. i3en instance pricing represents a bundle: compute, RAM, local NVMe storage and network. We model your current infra cost using this bundle so savings reflect the full footprint—not just CPU.
Vela is licensed per vCPU allocated ($19/vCPU‑month). You keep paying your cloud provider for infrastructure. In this calculator we assume 2× production resources on your cloud plus the Vela license.
Vela’s thin clones reuse base data and resources. Most teams land around 1–2× of production resources for all staging/QA/test environments combined. We use 2× as a conservative default.
Clones pay primarily for change data and temporary writes. Heavy write loads in many clones can increase costs, but typically far less than maintaining N full copies.