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PerfectScale for Commitments - Service Description

PerfectScale for Commitments (PS4C from now on) helps FinOps and platform teams maximize cloud savings by intelligently managing Savings Plans and other cloud commitments. It continuously analyzes usage, recommends the right commitment level per the customers’ defined commitment policy, and gives teams clear visibility into coverage, utilization, inventory, potential savings, and purchase activity, all in one place.

Instead of relying on manual analysis and static decisions, teams can use PS4C to make commitment management more proactive, accurate, and scalable.

If desired by the client, PS4C can be completely autonomous, managing the clients commitments without any human intervention.

The product is built to improve savings while keeping risk under control. With laddering-based purchasing and configurable guardrails such as commitment caps, preferred term, payment option, minimum purchase size, and approval workflows, teams can align purchases with their Commitment Strategy and adapt as cloud usage changes over time. The result is a more autonomous, data-driven and controlled way to increase savings, reduce waste, and manage cloud commitments with confidence.

Core Capabilities​

Core capabilities for PS4C:

  • Commitment recommendations: recommends the right Savings Plan coverage and a strategy to reach the desired commitment level.

  • Laddering-based purchase planning: builds a paced commitment ladder with configurable purchase steps, term, prepayment option, utilization target, and coverage target to reduce commitment risk over time.

  • Queued and scheduled purchases: provides a recommended purchasing plan, tracks scheduled dates, and shows approval / status for each planned purchase.

  • Approval-based or autonomous purchasing: supports either approval-required workflows or fully autonomous Savings Plan purchasing.

  • Commitments inventory management: lets users view and manage active commitments, utilization, expirations, total hourly commitment, and a timeline of 1-year and 3-year plans.

  • Portfolio and account-level visibility: shows account overview metrics such as ESR, total potential savings, total hourly commitment, and optimization opportunities across accounts.

  • Configurable policy and guardrails: includes commitment profile, preferred commitment period, prepayment option, maximum commitment cap, minimum purchase amount, and latest monthly purchase date.

  • Notifications and governance: sends alerts for purchases that require approval and for completed purchases, with configurable notification channels.

Data Processing & Location​

  • Customer data is processed in a DoiT-managed environment.

  • Data is stored in DoiT-managed infrastructure.

  • Backups are managed by DoiT in accordance with applicable internal backup and retention policies.

  • Data processing and recommendation generation occur on a daily basis.

  • The service depends on AWS APIs and related AWS data sources, and functionality may be impacted by changes introduced by AWS.

  • The service uses CUR, AWS Savings Plans data, and other relevant AWS billing and usage data necessary for service operation.

  • Data retention follows the same policy applicable to DCI.

Customer Responsibilities​

Customer responsibilities for PS4C:

  • Connect AWS and onboard the relevant payer accounts so PerfectScale can analyze linked account data.

  • Grant the required Savings Plans permissions for read/recommend and purchase flows, including actions such as creating, describing, returning, and tagging Savings Plans.

Usage & Commercial Limits​

Savings Plans purchased after the effective date of the agreement with the customer should be included within the commercial scope of PerfectScale for Commitments, whether such Savings Plans are purchased through PS4C or manually by the customer.

It should be noted that commitments may not always be fully utilized, depending on factors such as changes in usage patterns, purchase timing, and other operational considerations. Where this occurs, the commercial terms should clarify that DoiT does not compensate or reimburse the customer for unused or underutilized commitments.

Data & Security Boundary Statements​

Data & Security Boundary Statements

  • Ownership of all customer data remains with the customer.

Versioning, Plans & Change Policy​

  • The service operates on a continuous delivery model.

  • Updates, fixes, and enhancements may be introduced automatically without separate version-based releases.

  • Compatibility is maintained on a commercially reasonable efforts basis.

Dependencies​

Support depends on:

  • The service is dependent on supported cloud providers and their applicable APIs, services, and purchasing mechanisms.

  • Availability of specific functionality may vary by supported cloud provider.

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