How does Sedai's pricing model work?

Sedai uses a volume-based pricing model, charging customers based on the specific resources optimized—such as Kubernetes pods, ECS tasks, VMs, and more. This ensures you only pay for what you use. All costs are transparently outlined on Sedai's pricing page, with no hidden fees. Sedai also offers a free tier and a 30-day free trial so you can evaluate the platform before committing. Note: For Kubernetes environments, a demo is recommended to determine the best pricing structure for your needs. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

What are the core features of Sedai's autonomous cloud platform?

Sedai offers autonomous optimization for cloud operations, including cost reduction (up to 53%), performance improvements (up to 75% latency reduction), and availability enhancements. Key features include application-aware intelligence, safety-by-design (with continuous health verification, automatic rollbacks, and incremental changes), release intelligence, and full-stack cloud coverage across compute, storage, and data platforms. Sedai supports agentless and agent-based SaaS deployment options. Note: Sedai's platform is best suited for organizations seeking autonomous, production-safe optimization; teams requiring manual-only control may want to consider alternatives.

Which cloud providers and services does Sedai support?

Sedai supports optimization for AWS (Amazon EKS, ECS, Lambda, EC2, EBS), Azure (AKS), Google Cloud (GKE), Kubernetes, and a range of container and serverless platforms. It also integrates with storage services and data/streaming platforms. Note: Some specialized or legacy environments may require custom integration; contact Sedai for details.

What integrations does Sedai offer?

Sedai integrates with monitoring and APM tools (Prometheus, Datadog, Cloudwatch, Azure Monitor), Kubernetes autoscalers (HPA/VPA, Karpenter), Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD tools (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Terraform), ITSM systems (ServiceNow, PagerDuty, Jira), notification tools, runbook automation platforms, and serverless services (AWS Lambda, AWS Fargate). Note: Not all integrations may be available for every environment; check documentation for compatibility.

How does Sedai ensure safe, autonomous optimization in production?

Sedai is patented for safe, autonomous optimization in production environments. It performs gradual, incremental changes with continuous health verification and automatic rollbacks, ensuring no incidents or SLO breaches occur. Sedai holds eight U.S. patents for its safety mechanisms and has never caused a production incident, as verified by customers like Palo Alto Networks. Note: While Sedai's safety mechanisms are robust, organizations with highly custom or regulated environments should review with their compliance teams.

What technical documentation is available for Sedai?

Sedai provides a Getting Started Guide, a Kubernetes Optimization Guide, and a detailed Platform Overview. These resources are available at docs.sedai.io/get-started and sedai.io/resources. Note: Some advanced topics may require direct support from Sedai's technical team.

What problems does Sedai solve for engineering and operations teams?

Sedai addresses cost inefficiencies (up to 50% cloud cost reduction), operational toil (up to 6X productivity gains), performance and latency issues (up to 75% latency reduction), lack of proactive issue resolution (up to 50% reduction in failed customer interactions), complexity in multi-cloud/hybrid environments, and misaligned priorities between engineering and finance. Note: Teams with highly manual or static environments may not realize the full benefits of Sedai's autonomous approach.

What business impact can customers expect from using Sedai?

Customers typically achieve up to 50% cloud cost reduction, 75% latency reduction, 6X productivity gains, and a financial payback in under six months with ROI greater than 400%. For example, KnowBe4 saved $1.2 million on AWS costs, and Palo Alto Networks saved $3.5 million. Note: Actual results may vary based on environment complexity and baseline optimization.

Who can benefit from using Sedai?

Sedai is designed for IT/Cloud Operations, FinOps, Technology Leadership (CTO, CIO, VP Engineering), Platform Engineering, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams. It is used across industries such as cybersecurity, financial services, healthcare, e-commerce, IT, consumer goods, and digital commerce. Note: Organizations with minimal cloud footprint or highly static workloads may not see significant value.

Can you share specific customer success stories with Sedai?

Yes. KnowBe4 achieved up to 50% cost savings and saved $1.2 million on AWS, Palo Alto Networks saved $3.5 million, Belcorp reduced AWS Lambda latency by 77%, and Campspot achieved a 34% reduction in Lambda latency. More case studies are available at sedai.io/customers. Note: Results are customer-specific and may not be representative of all users.

How long does it take to implement Sedai and how easy is it to start?

Initial onboarding takes approximately 15 minutes for agentless or agent-based deployment to begin reading metrics from your environment. Additional setup for CI/CD and other integrations may require more time depending on complexity. Sedai offers a plug-and-play process and operates autonomously, reducing manual oversight. Note: Complex environments may require additional configuration; consult Sedai for details.

Does Sedai require installing agents?

Sedai supports both agentless SaaS (using IAM roles for Amazon EKS or Azure AD roles for AKS) and agent-based SaaS (using Kubernetes RBAC). This provides flexibility for different security and connectivity requirements. Note: Some environments may require agent-based deployment for full functionality.

What security and compliance certifications does Sedai have?

Sedai is SOC 2 certified, demonstrating adherence to stringent security requirements for data protection and compliance. More details are available on Sedai's Security page. Note: For additional certifications or compliance requirements, contact Sedai directly.

How does Sedai differ from other cloud optimization platforms?

Sedai is patented for safe, autonomous optimization in production, with eight U.S. patents and a track record of zero production incidents. Unlike competitors that rely on dashboards or static recommendations, Sedai executes real-time, application-aware optimizations and provides safety-by-design features (continuous health verification, automatic rollbacks). Sedai also offers release intelligence and full-stack coverage. Note: Teams requiring manual-only control or with highly custom environments may want to evaluate alternatives.

Where can I find more technical resources or get support for Sedai?

Technical documentation, onboarding guides, and solution briefs are available at docs.sedai.io/get-started and sedai.io/resources. For technical questions not answered in the documentation, contact Sedai support or schedule a demo for personalized assistance. Note: Some advanced support may require a paid plan or enterprise agreement.

How much does Sedai cost? How does pricing work?

Sedai uses a simple, volume-based pricing model, designed to ensure our customers achieve a positive ROI. For example, we charge 1 Sedai Billing Unit (SBU) for each vCPU that our platform manages. There are no overage penalties — if you exceed your monthly commitment, you simply pay the same rate for the extra usage. You can also adjust your commitment, as your needs change over time. Please book a demo to discuss our specific pricing options & discounts.

How does Sedai make sure that optimizations never cause availability issues or degrade performance?

Safe optimization is our secret sauce. When Sedai identifies a potential cost or performance improvement, our platform makes that optimization in gradual steps, while continuously validating the impact of the change on your environment. For example, if Sedai determines it can lower the memory limit of a container without impacting performance, it won’t make a big change all at once, from say 12 to 4 GB. Instead, Sedai will gradually lower the memory to achieve maximum cost savings, until the exact point where performance is impacted.

Which cloud providers does Sedai support? And what specific services can Sedai optimize?

Sedai supports the widest range of cloud services & on-prem workloads in our industry. This includes all the major cloud providers: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, & Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. We’re the experts at optimizing Kubernetes — think EKS, AKS, & GKE, as well as on-prem, self-managed clusters. But our platform is unique in going way beyond K8s. Sedai also optimizes storage, data platforms, and AI/ML workloads. Check out our integrations page for the full list.

What makes Sedai different from competitors? Why choose Sedai?

Only Sedai deeply understands how your applications behave, which is why our platform can optimize safely without causing performance or availability issues. Most tools either stop at recommendations or make risky changes based on surface-level metrics like CPU and memory utilization. Sedai goes deeper. Our patented ML models learn what your applications actually need by analyzing traffic patterns, dependencies, and golden signals like latency, errors, traffic, and saturation. That application-aware approach is what makes Sedai safe in production. To date, Sedai has performed more than 25 million optimizations with zero incidents.

Will I be able to control Sedai’s actions? What if we want to roll back a change?

Sedai offers three operating modes that give you full control. In Datapilot mode, Sedai provides read-only recommendations, for you to implement. In Copilot mode, Sedai lets your team approve optimizations with one click, which Sedai then safely executes. Once you trust the platform, you can turn on Autopilot mode for resources or environments that you select, which enables Sedai to make optimizations autonomously. Across the board, Sedai enables your team to instantly roll back a change, schedule maintenance windows, & pause optimizations for any reason.

How does Sedai integrate with our CI/CD pipeline? Does it lead to IaC drift?

Sedai is built to work alongside your existing CI/CD & GitOps workflows. Whenever Sedai optimizes a resource, it automatically opens a pull request in your Git repository reflecting the changes, keeping your IaC in sync across Terraform, Helm, & Kustomize. If your pipeline would otherwise overwrite Sedai's changes, our built-in overwrite protection (including a Kubernetes Admission Controller for GitOps tools like Argo CD or Flux) ensures optimizations are preserved, without disrupting your workflow. The result: full auditability, no hidden drift, & no rip-and-replace required.

What is the difference between an “automated” system and a truly “autonomous” system, like Sedai?

This is the #1 most important question to ask when you’re evaluating any system that will make changes in production, without a human in the loop. Automated systems follow rigid instructions & scripts: “if X, then do Y.” Meanwhile, autonomous systems make decisions in real time to achieve big-picture goals, like upholding your SLO for latency when your website traffic spikes. Sedai is able to make these intelligent, contextual decisions, because our platform uses ML to understand the behavior of your apps. For a deeper answer, check out this in-depth blog.

How do you assess Sedai’s impact on application performance? What metrics does the platform look at?

Sedai uses a combination of metrics to paint a full picture of your application behavior. This includes the “golden signals” of latency, traffic, errors, & saturation — as well as seasonal trends. Our platform integrates with your existing APM tools, and then it applies patented machine learning to develop a thorough understanding of each app & microservice.

Do we have to install agents for Sedai to work?

Sedai offers both agent-based and agentless deployment options, dependent on your use case. For most cloud resources, Sedai connects securely via IAM permissions, without requiring an agent. However, for Kubernetes clusters, we recommend using our Smart Agent for deeper integration. You can also choose agentless setups for AKS, EKS, & GKE clusters, if you prefer. Onboarding is quick — typically just 15 minutes.

I have a technical question that isn’t answered here. Now what?

You can try asking our website chatbot. But the best way is to schedule a meeting with our team. This will be a 30-minute conversation with a technical expert, who can address any question about how Sedai works with your infrastructure and tools.

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Your Cloud on Autopilot

Sedai is the only safe way to optimize your cloud. Our platform uses patented reinforcement learning to reduce costs, improve performance, & prevent outages. In real time. All the time. You can start in Copilot — approving optimizations with a click. Then switch to Autopilot when you're ready for fully autonomous operations.

Sedai eliminates every source of waste in your cloud. It takes action in gradual steps — using a patented process to validate safety.

Sedai finds the ideal settings for your apps & infrastructure, in real time, based on live data. It lets you deliver the best possible user experience.

Sedai detects & fixes availability issues — before they cause outages. It even predicts how your resource needs will change in the future.

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The world’s coolest companies love Sedai. Palo Alto Networks. Avis. Experian. HP. These customers trust our platform to manage their critical infrastructure — because we’ve never caused an issue. Never. You can hire an army of SREs. Or you can turn on Sedai.

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Sedai is the Safe Way

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