Kubernetes Spot vs. On-Demand Autoscaling Solver

Model EKS/GKE cluster node pools, Karpenter Spot instance interruption handling, and 70% cloud compute bill reduction.

Cluster Nodes & Spot Target

Average Operating Worker Nodes (e.g. c6i.4xlarge 16 vCPU / 32GB)

On-Demand Hourly Rate Per Node ($ / hour)

Spot Market Average Discount Rate (%)

Target Spot Node Allocation (% of stateless batch/web tier)

Original 100% On-Demand Annual Compute Spend

$387,192 / yr

Annual Cloud Compute Budget Slashed

-$197,468 / yr Slashed (51.0% Cut)

New Optimized Monthly Cluster Bill

$15,810 / mo (vs $32,266 original)