SPOTINST

Spotinst Spot NetApp Spot Instances orchestration.

Definition

Spot by NetApp products: (1) Elastigroup: autoscaling group hybrid Spot + On-Demand + Reserved Instances, predicts Spot Instances interruptions ML-based (analyzes AWS Spot price history), fallback On-Demand seamlessly when Spot interruption, support stateful workloads (database, etc.) with persistent root volume EBS detach/attach across instances. (2) Ocean: Kubernetes Spot autoscaler EKS + AKS + GKE, intelligent node provisioning Spot-first with On-Demand fallback, container right-sizing Vertical Pod Autoscaler integration, ~50-75% cost reduction typical Kubernetes workloads. (3) Eco: Reserved Instances + Savings Plans portfolio optimization, automatic RI buy/sell on AWS Marketplace for utilization optimization, financial-grade RI management. (4) Wave: Spot optimization for data analytics platforms Hadoop EMR + Spark + Snowflake + Databricks Photon. Customers: Samsung, Disney, Comcast, Duolingo, Wix. NetApp acquisition June 2020 $450M integrates Spot products NetApp Cloud Insights portfolio + Cloud Volumes ONTAP enterprise.

Origin

Spotinst founded 2015 in Tel Aviv by Amiram Shachar + Liran Polak + Aharon Twizer ; Series B $35M 2018 ; acquired by NetApp June 2020 ($450M) ; rebrand Spot by NetApp 2020 ; ~2500 customers 2024.

Example in context

Duolingo (gaming education app massive scale) uses Spot Ocean Kubernetes EKS Spot autoscaler ~95% Spot Instances non-critical workloads, $5M+ annual savings vs On-Demand only, automatic interruption handling with sub-second pod migration On-Demand fallback ; reliability comparable to On-Demand thanks to intelligent Spot diversification.

Related terms

• CAST AI — Kubernetes Spot competitor.