Commitment Planner - Overview
The Commitment Planner is designed to provide an optimal mix of contracts based on your business requirements. Archera provides 3 out-of-the-box recommendations, but from there you can adjust and optimize however you like to fit your infrastructure and business needs.
Top Things to Try
Create and Save a Custom Plan — Start from a Recommended Plan and customize it to your needs
Add Notes to Your Plan — Include questions or notes to help track history and rationale
Share for Review — Share the plan with colleagues or the Archera team for feedback and suggestions
Our team is always happy to review and provide guidance on your plans.
Calculation Details
Default Analysis
Calculations use the last 30 days of data for default analysis
For AWS: defaults to the last 30 days of Cost Explorer data unless you enable CUR in both AWS and Archera
Custom plans can be adjusted to use less data for more granular analysis
Service Coverage
Default plans look for services with 80% or more uptime
For more granular coverage, you can adjust a custom plan to use less time
Segments Overview
Segments are bundles of infrastructure resources such as servers, databases, and other infrastructure. The portion of infrastructure resources that are coverable based on the segment are shown under Service Breakdown.
When you select a segment in the Commitment Planner, you'll get resources that are "Coverable," meaning you can purchase commitment contracts to get discounted pricing. Typical term lengths for these contracts are 1 or 3 years.
Purchase Plans
Once you've selected your Segment, you can review Recommended Plans. Archera analyzes your current instances and commitments to determine what infrastructure can and should be covered by which permutations of available savings vehicles.
Built-in Plans
Flexibility Optimized
Least upfront spend
Shorter term length commitments
More Savings Plans vs Reserved Instances
Best for segments going through change or with limited capital access
Balanced
Middle ground between flexibility and savings
Moderate upfront costs and term lengths
Solid savings without overcommitting
Savings Optimized
Larger upfront cost
Longer term lengths
Highest Net Savings Rates
Best for stable, well-established infrastructure
You can click the dots to edit and save a Recommended Plan as a Custom Plan.
Plan Summaries
Each plan includes a detailed line item summary breakdown. Most items can be hovered over to get further details.
Coverage Section
The orange and green bar shows:
Additional coverage being proposed in the plan
Target coverage percentage
Cost Preview
A graphical representation of monthly breakdown:
Dark Blue: Native offerings from cloud providers
Orange: Upfront costs (if any)
Light Blue: Archera Guaranteed Commitments
Plan Totals
Options to view:
Monthly breakdowns
Yearly totals
Lifetime costs
Raw Savings and Commitment dollar values
Archera's Guaranteed Commitments
Archera's unique commitment offering provides additional options beyond native cloud provider offerings. These commitments offer superior flexibility and terms. See What are Guaranteed Commitments? for more details.
Adjusting Plans
You can verify contracts in any plan, make adjustments, and create your own Custom Plan:
Click the "View Details" button on any plan
Customize to your needs
Review and save your custom configuration
See How to Create a Custom Purchase or Renewal Plan for a step-by-step guide.
Plan Details View
Contracts Tab
Review contract groups and the resources they apply to. Click "Edit Reservation" to modify contract group settings.
Monthly Costs
Displays:
Total Upfront Cost
Net Savings
Commitment amounts
Total Costs Graph
Shows cumulative total cost over time.
Break Even Analysis
Displays the date when the cost breaks even and your company sees returns on savings.
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