How CEAT Optimized AWS Costs & Gained Cloud Visibility with CloudKeeper Tuner

Industry:

Manufacturing (Tyres)

Headquarters:

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Founded in:

1958

Company Size:

5,001-10,000 employees

Overview

CEAT is one of India’s leading automobile manufacturers, known for its focus on innovation, quality, and operational excellence. With a growing digital infrastructure on AWS, CEAT sought smarter ways to manage cloud spend and ensure every resource was delivering value.

Challenges

Despite having a well-managed AWS environment, CEAT faced:

Idle resources silently adding to costs

Limited visibility into certain underutilized services

A need for quick, actionable insights without deep manual analysis

They wanted a solution that could not only highlight cost-saving opportunities but also expose blind spots that might otherwise go unnoticed.

The Solution

Solution: CloudKeeper Tuner

CEAT deployed CloudKeeper Tuner, an AI-powered cloud cost optimization platform.

Idle NAT Gateway Detection:

The Cleaner module identified NAT Gateways with zero data transfer activity. These were safe to remove, creating an immediate, risk-free saving opportunity.

Blind Spot Identification:

The platform uncovered areas of AWS usage that weren’t being actively monitored, giving CEAT complete visibility over their environment.

Actionable Insights in Real Time:

Instead of sifting through AWS data manually, CEAT’s DevOps team now receives precise recommendations that can be implemented instantly.

Key Results

4.2% Potential AWS Savings: achieved without affecting performance

Highest-impact Recommendation: Remove idle NAT Gateways

Complete Visibility: Eliminated blind spots in resource usage

Faster Decision-Making: Real-time, actionable recommendations for cost optimization

Conclusion

With CloudKeeper Tuner, CEAT now runs a leaner, more transparent AWS environment. Unused resources are quickly identified and removed, blind spots are closed, and every dollar spent on cloud infrastructure is backed by clear, measurable value.

CloudKeeper Tuner didn’t just help us find unused resources - it uncovered blind spots we weren’t even aware of. The recommendations were precise, easy to implement, and made immediate sense.

Baskar Rajendran

DBA Manager, CEAT