5 Tools Down, One Platform Up: How This DevOps Team Unified Infra, Cost, and Security

 5 Tools Down, One Platform Up: How This DevOps Team Unified Infra, Cost, and Security

“We had five tools but no shared understanding.”

That’s how the VP of Engineering described his team’s reality at a hypergrowth SaaS company operating across AWS and Azure. Terraform defined the infrastructure—but everything else? Disconnected, delayed, and increasingly unmanageable.

Too Many Tools, Not Enough Trust

Their stack was a familiar mix:

  • Terraform handled provisioning

  • CloudWatch and DataDog tracked performance

  • IAM access managed via custom scripts

  • Billing reviewed in scattered spreadsheets

But when issues hit, no one had a complete picture.
DevOps didn’t know about IAM changes.
Security caught misconfigs late.
Finance couldn’t explain cloud cost spikes until the quarter closed.

Each team saw a fraction of the system. None had full control.

Misalignment Wasn’t a People Problem—It Was a Platform Problem

Tools weren’t integrated.
Data wasn’t centralized.
Visibility wasn’t real-time.

Terraform couldn’t spot config drift.
IAM changes flew under the radar.
Spend reports came after the budget was blown.

They didn’t need another point solution. They needed a unifying platform.

Cloudshot Delivered the Alignment Their Stack Was Missing

By introducing Cloudshot, this company transformed operations across DevOps, Finance, and Security.

✅ Auto-Updating Multi-Cloud Map
Cloudshot visualized live infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP in one dynamic topology view. Every update became visible—instantly.

✅ Dashboards Designed for Each Role
From cost optimization by cloud to IAM policy compliance, each team now had access to the exact data they needed—when they needed it.

✅ Live Drift Detection & One-Click Fixes
No more chasing symptoms. Cloudshot detected issues at the source—and offered automatic remediation.

Clarity That Paid for Itself

Eliminating 5 tools saved over $40K annually. But more importantly?

“We replaced guesswork with facts. And silos with shared clarity.”
— VP Engineering

The Platform Built for Aligned Cloud Teams

If you’re stuck reconciling fragmented dashboards and outdated reports, it’s time for a better way.

Cloudshot replaces sprawl with visibility. And misalignment with confidence.

👉 See It in Action

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