# Nirmata's Cloud Agents Audited a 40-Cluster Kubernetes Fleet, and recovered 40% of the Cost

DevFeed: [Nirmata's Cloud Agents Audited a 40-Cluster Kubernetes Fleet, and recovered 40% of the Cost](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/nirmata-s-cloud-agents-audited-a-40-cluster-kubernetes-fleet-and-recovered-40-of-the-cost-17654.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nirmata.com/2026/08/12/how-nirmata-saved-40-in-kuberbnetes-cloud-cost/>)

Author: Anubhav Sharma

Published: 2026-08-12T20:52:35Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Nirmata](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nirmata.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-native.md>), [clusters](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clusters.md>), [cncf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cncf.md>), [compute](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compute.md>), [cost-savings](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost-savings.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [devsecops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devsecops.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [kyverno](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kyverno.md>), [policy-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/policy-management.md>), [resource](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/resource.md>), [verification](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/verification.md>)

## AI overview

Nirmata describes applying its Cost Analyzer and Resource Hygiene Cloud Agents across an enterprise customer's 40-cluster production Kubernetes fleet. The scans identified a roughly $107,000 monthly compute baseline and about 50% recoverable through right-sizing before stale-resource cleanup, while revealing recurring sources of waste and governance gaps.

## Source excerpt

Nirmata's Cloud Agents Audited a 40-Cluster Kubernetes Fleet, and recovered 40% of the Cost Most Kubernetes Cost overruns don't come from one singularly bad decision. They come from dozens of reasonable ones -- made independently, by different teams, at different times -- that... The post Nirmata's Cloud Agents Audited a 40-Cluster Kubernetes Fleet, and recovered 40% of the Cost first appeared on Nirmata.