Ola Drives 60% Cloud Cost Reduction, Saving $1.78M Annually with Mydbops

2025

Chief Architect, Ola

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See how Mydbops helped mobility giant Ola cut MySQL cloud costs by 60% ($1.78M/year). Learn the FinOps strategy that boosted ARR with zero downtime.

Mydbops implemented a meticulous, data-driven FinOps framework. Rather than a disruptive overhaul, the solution was delivered as a series of phased recommendations focusing on analysis, right-sizing, and aggregation, all executed seamlessly to de-risk the process for Ola.

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Mydbops team did a very detailed and thorough analysis of all my MySQL DB clusters and came up with phased recommendations on cost optimization. Impressed by documentation they did for the whole process and seamless execution without any production impact.

Shital Mehta

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Client Overview

Ola is a global technology giant and one of the world's largest mobility platforms. Their super-app serves as the central nervous system for a complex, real-time ecosystem, orchestrating ride-hailing, financial services, and logistics for hundreds of millions of users. This operation is powered by a mission-critical database infrastructure where performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency are not just technical requirements—they are fundamental to profitability and operations.

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$1,789,092

Annual Savings for ARR

Capital freed annually to drive new ARR growth.

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$149,091

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Immediate MRR Savings

Direct savings in monthly operational costs.

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Platform Efficiency Gain

By reducing the annual database costs from $2.98M to $1.19M.

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Execution Reliability

Flawless execution with zero downtime.

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Consulting Services

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Shital Mehta

Chief Architect, Ola

Deployment Type

Database Stack

Outcome

Cloud-Based Deployment

MySQL on EC2, ProxySQL

Annual Cloud - $2,981,820 → $1,192,728

Deployment Type

Cloud-Based Deployment

Database Stack

MySQL on EC2, ProxySQL

Outcome

Annual Cloud - $2,981,820 → $1,192,728

Business Challenges

Overview

At Ola's massive scale, their extensive database infrastructure on the cloud had become a major financial burden. The primary business challenge was to rein in this huge cloud spend without disrupting the mission-critical services that power their mobility platform.

‼️ Excessive Cloud Expenditure: Spiraling database costs were a significant line item, reducing gross margins on existing revenue and limiting the capital available for strategic investments in product innovation and market expansion, directly impacting future ARR growth.

‼️ Inefficient Resource Utilization: A widespread pattern of over-provisioned VMs meant the company was paying for capacity it didn't need. This represented millions in wasted resources that could have been allocated to growth-focused activities.

‼️ High Risk of Business Disruption:As a 24/7 real-time service, any downtime or performance degradation during an optimization process was unacceptable. A poorly executed change could lead to service outages, damaging customer trust and directly risking ARR.

Business Challenges

Overview

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A brief context of the client’s operations and the challenges they were facing. Focus on business-critical pain points such as performance issues, high cost, downtime, etc.

Goals

The key objectives the client was aiming to achieve:

→ Drastic Cost Reduction: Substantially lower the annual cloud bill for the entire MySQL database fleet.

→ Improve Efficiency: Eliminate waste by right-sizing infrastructure to match actual workload demands.

→ ‍Ensure Zero-Impact Execution: Implement all changes with Zero downtime.‍

→ Establish Cost Governance: Create a long-term framework for financial accountability and continuous cost control (FinOps).

Goals

The key objectives the client was aiming to achieve:

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Solution Provided by Mydbops

▸ Analysis

True to the client's feedback, Mydbops began with a "very detailed and thorough assessment analysis" of every MySQL cluster. This involved deep monitoring of performance metrics, query patterns, and utilization trends to build a precise map of waste and opportunity.

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▸ Right-Sizing & Optimization

Based on the analysis, Mydbops developed a phased roadmap. The core of the strategy involved right-sizing over-provisioned EC2 instances, optimizing storage configurations (IOPS and volume types), and identifying opportunities for database aggregation to improve density and reduce the number of VMs.

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▸ Seamless Execution

The entire optimization process was executed with zero production impact. Mydbops' detailed documentation and phased rollout plan, praised by the client, ensured that every change was predictable, safe, and implemented without disrupting Ola's core business.

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Implementation Strategy

Results and Impact

Key Outcomes

✅ 60% Annual Savings, Reclaiming $1.78M in Capital

By systematically eliminating waste through right-sizing and aggregation, Mydbops reduced Ola's annual database spend by over $1.78 million. This had an immediate and profound impact on the company's financial health.

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✅ A Proven Framework for FinOps

Beyond the one-time savings, Mydbops delivered a repeatable process for cost governance. Ola's engineering and finance teams are now equipped with the documentation and methodology to maintain cost control as they scale.

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✅ Business Continuity Guaranteed‍

The "seamless execution" was a critical outcome. It proved that massive cost optimization can be achieved without taking on the enormous risk of production downtime, building immense trust in the process.

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✅ Return on Investment (ROI) / Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

With $1,789,092 in annual savings, the project delivered an exceptional ROI and fundamentally lowered the TCO for Ola's core database infrastructure, directly boosting profitability.

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✅ Business Growth Unlocked & The Impact on ARR

The massive cost savings represent a strategic shift. The $1.78M saved annually is capital that Ola can now redeploy from operational expenses into strategic initiatives like product development, market expansion, and innovation—all direct drivers of new ARR. Furthermore, by lowering the cost to serve existing customers, the profitability of their entire ARR base was instantly improved.

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Results and Impact

Key Outcomes

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A brief context of the client’s operations and the challenges they were facing. Focus on business-critical pain points such as performance issues, high cost, downtime, etc.

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A brief context of the client’s operations and the challenges they were facing. Focus on business-critical pain points such as performance issues, high cost, downtime, etc.

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A brief context of the client’s operations and the challenges they were facing. Focus on business-critical pain points such as performance issues, high cost, downtime, etc.

The Ola partnership is a blueprint for how the largest technology platforms can approach cost control not as a risk, but as a strategic advantage. For any architect or engineering leader, the idea of changing core infrastructure to save money brings an immediate fear of causing a production outage.

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What Shital Mehta's experience highlights is that with a true partner, this fear is unfounded. Through a "detailed and thorough assessment and analysis," followed by "phased recommendations" and "seamless execution," Ola didn't just cut their cloud bill by 60%. They proved that it's possible to free up $1.78 million in capital without a single moment of downtime. They transformed a major financial liability into a predictable, efficient, and powerful asset for future growth.

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Stop Fighting Your Cloud Bill. Start Funding Your Future.

That number on your monthly cloud bill probably feels more like a problem to be managed than a metric to be proud of. You know it could be lower, but the risk of making a change—the fear of impacting performance or causing an outage—is holding you back. Your team is spending valuable time managing costs instead of building the features that will drive your business forward.

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We understand that feeling. Our process is designed to give you what you need most: a clear, safe path from financial uncertainty to total cost control. It’s a partnership where your team is supported, your production is protected, and your budget is finally freed up to invest in what truly matters.

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It’s time to turn your biggest expense into your smartest investment.

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Ola Drives 60% Cloud Cost Reduction, Saving $1.78M Annually with Mydbops

Challenges

See how Mydbops helped mobility giant Ola cut MySQL cloud costs by 60% ($1.78M/year). Learn the FinOps strategy that boosted ARR with zero downtime.

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Recent Works

Ola Drives 60% Cloud Cost Reduction, Saving $1.78M Annually with Mydbops

Credgenics Cuts Latency 4x & Boosts CPU Efficiency 30% on TiDB

Need Expert Database Solutions?

Ola Drives 60% Cloud Cost Reduction, Saving $1.78M Annually with Mydbops

Client Overview

Business Challenges

Business Challenges

Solution Provided by Mydbops

▸ Analysis

▸ Right-Sizing & Optimization

▸ Seamless Execution

Solution Provided by Mydbops

Results and Impact

✅ 60% Annual Savings, Reclaiming $1.78M in Capital

✅ A Proven Framework for FinOps

✅ Business Continuity Guaranteed‍

✅ Return on Investment (ROI) / Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

✅ Business Growth Unlocked & The Impact on ARR

Results and Impact

Stop Fighting Your Cloud Bill. Start Funding Your Future.

Need Expert Database Solutions?