20 Minutes is a free news publisher which also publishes a daily newspaper. Launched in Paris in 2002, it was originally aimed at French commuters, and has grown to become one of France's leading news organizations, read by more than 20 million monthly users. With a focus on digital platforms, including its website and mobile app, 20 Minutes delivers up-to-the-minute news updates, insightful analysis, and engaging multimedia content.
20 Minutes migrated from on-premise infrastructure to serverless architecture on AWS and Google Cloud to handle traffic spikes during major news events. However, the unpredictable costs of serverless architecture made budgeting difficult, especially with spiking traffic from mobile app usage.
20 Minutes implemented DoiT Console for real-time cloud cost visualization across AWS and Google Cloud, Real-Time Anomaly Detection for cost spike alerts, and Flexsave for Compute for automatic discount allocation. The team gained daily visibility into Lambda usage, S3 storage costs, and workload expenses.
Like most media companies, we need to be careful about our expenditure, and with spiking traffic on a busy news day, our costs can quickly rise. The DoiT console helps us see all our costs in detail, understand where they're coming from, and take steps to control them.
Jérémy Benoist, VP Engineering at 20 Minutes
With DoiT console, the 20 Minutes team can now see exactly what cloud resources it is using and their cost in real time, both for its serverless infrastructure on AWS and for its data analytics workloads running on Google Cloud. The team checks costs daily, with the CTO reviewing expenditure each morning to understand spending and make adjustments. The console allows them to optimize caching policies by seeing the immediate impact of changes on costs, and use forecasting to predict costs and scenario-plan for news-driven traffic spikes.
20 Minutes uses Real-Time Anomaly Detection to spot unexpected spikes in cloud costs, reducing false positives and enabling rapid remediation. When a bug in Step Functions configuration led to spiking costs, the team immediately received an alert and fixed the issue quickly. They spotted costs rising from $2 to $20 per day and reduced them by 90%, saving hundreds of dollars. The company also uses Flexsave for Compute to automatically allocate discounted rates to AWS compute workloads.
20 Minutes saves significant time with DoiT technology. Without full visibility of cloud usage, the company previously spent weeks diagnosing and fixing cost issues. With DoiT console, they can identify problems quickly and save development time. These time savings allow the team to dedicate resources to valuable projects, including developing a new generative AI tool to help journalists reformat news stories, allowing journalists to focus on creating original content.
20 Minutes maintains regular contact with the DoiT team through direct messaging and monthly check-ins. When they need support, the team turns to DoiT Cloud Solve and Cloud Reliability Engineers who react quickly with precise analysis and solutions. The CREs help fix issues in a matter of days, providing essential cloud expertise on demand.
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