Taking Back Control: How CloudKey Puts IT Teams in Charge of Their Cloud Costs

Why Cloud Without Control Leads to Overspending

The promise of the cloud has always been about scalability, flexibility, and cost savings—but for many IT leaders, the reality has been the opposite.

JPMorgan Chase’s CIO put it bluntly:  “Folks that didn’t have discipline on-prem but went to the public cloud found that it’s far more expensive, because you don’t have the same control levers available to you.”

This is a common frustration among businesses that have moved to hyperscale cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. They find themselves locked into rigid pricing models, facing unexpected costs, and lacking the level of resource control they once had in an on-prem environment.

CloudKey is stepping up to change this. Instead of removing control, CloudKey gives IT teams the tools to manage, allocate, and optimize their cloud resources—just like they would in a traditional data center, but with the scalability and efficiency of the cloud.

The Hidden Costs of Losing Control in the Cloud

Public cloud providers thrive on usage-based billing, but without the right controls, IT teams end up paying for resources they don’t fully utilize.

• Auto-scaling without cost visibility – IT teams often provision more than they need to avoid performance issues, leading to waste and overages.
• Instance-based pricing traps – With AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, businesses are forced into predefined VM sizes, paying for unused CPU and RAM.
• Data transfer fees – Many companies experience unexpected egress costs, drastically increasing their cloud spend.
• Complicated billing – Line-item invoices with thousands of micro-charges make it nearly impossible to predict and manage cloud costs efficiently.

CloudKey Restores the Control IT Teams Need

CloudKey solves these challenges by returning control to IT teams, offering a Virtual Data Center model that eliminates waste and unpredictability.

• Pooled resource model – Instead of charging per instance, CloudKey provides a fixed pool of CPU, RAM, and storage that can be allocated and reallocated as needed.
• Flat-rate pricing – No surprise bills or fluctuating costs—just a straightforward pricing model that businesses can budget around.
• Real-time resource control – IT teams decide how and where resources are used, eliminating overprovisioning and ensuring every dollar spent is fully utilized.
• Transparent cloud operations – Unlike hyperscalers, CloudKey makes it easy to track usage, adjust allocations, and optimize performance without unexpected costs.

The Future of Cloud is About Control

The problem isn’t that the cloud is expensive—it’s that most cloud providers take away the controls that allow IT teams to manage costs effectively.

CloudKey puts those controls back in the hands of IT professionals, ensuring that businesses get the scalability of the cloud with the cost efficiency and resource management of an on-prem data center.

IT leaders shouldn’t have to sacrifice control for scalability. With CloudKey, they don’t have to.