How Rippling reduced CI/CD costs by 50% with AWS Spot Instances

Rippling, a workforce management platform, combined Buildkite with AWS Spot Instances to reduce infrastructure costs while scaling their CI/CD pipelines. By using flexible CI/CD tools like Buildkite Pipelines and embracing Spot Instances, Rippling achieved significant cost savings without compromising performance or reliability. The primary benefits of using Spot Instances for CI/CD pipelines include cost savings, scalability, and parallel execution. However, there are potential drawbacks such as interruption risk, availability constraints, and complexity. Through strategic planning, iterative optimization, and monitoring, Rippling navigated these challenges and capitalized on the substantial cost savings Spot Instances offers.