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BFSI · Microfinance · Managed Cloud Operations

How Svatantra Microfin sustained 40% cost savings with ongoing managed AWS operations

Svatantra Microfin is an RBI-licensed microfinance NBFC serving customers across a growing network of rural branches in India. After moving its core applications from legacy infrastructure to AWS, the next challenge was keeping the environment secure, reliable, and cost-efficient as usage evolved. Flentas now operates Svatantra's AWS environment as a fully managed service, combining 24/7 monitoring, automated patching, security operations, and continuous FinOps across segregated UAT and production environments.

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Svatantra MicrofinRBI-licensed microfinance NBFCSegregated UAT & production environmentsOngoing managed AWS operations
At a Glance
~40%Cost savings sustained through ongoing FinOps
24/7Managed monitoring and incident response
ContinuousSecurity, patching, and cost optimization
The Challenge

Migration was only the beginning

Moving to AWS solved Svatantra's infrastructure scalability challenges, but keeping the environment secure, reliable, and cost-efficient required a consistent operating model.

Manual maintenance

Patching and infrastructure maintenance relied heavily on manual effort, increasing operational overhead and risk.

Limited operational visibility

Without centralized monitoring and alerting, identifying infrastructure and application issues proactively was difficult.

Security needed to stay maintained

Closing security gaps during migration was not enough; controls needed to be continuously monitored and maintained.

Cloud costs needed ongoing management

As workloads changed, Svatantra needed continuous optimization rather than a one-time cost reduction exercise.

The Approach

A fully managed AWS environment built for continuous optimization

Flentas took over the ongoing operation of Svatantra's AWS environment, combining infrastructure management, security, monitoring, and FinOps into a continuous managed-services model.

  1. 01

    Maintained segregated VPCs for UAT and production, with Application and Network Load Balancers supporting controlled application traffic.

  2. 02

    Ran continuous security operations, including AWS WAF with geo restrictions and automated patching through AWS Systems Manager.

  3. 03

    Centralized audit logging through AWS CloudTrail and automated EC2 scheduling with Amazon EventBridge to reduce unnecessary compute usage.

  4. 04

    Delivered 24/7 monitoring and alerting through Amazon CloudWatch and SNS, while continuously optimizing compute costs through AWS Savings Plans.

Business Outcome

Lower costs, stronger security, and reliable operations

~40% cost savings sustained

Through ongoing FinOps, automated scheduling, and AWS Savings Plans.

24/7 managed operations

Providing continuous monitoring, alerting, and operational support.

Critical security gaps closed and maintained

Including S3 exposure and missing WAF protection.

Reduced operational overhead

With automated patching, scheduling, monitoring, and routine infrastructure management.

Greater operational visibility

Through centralized monitoring, logging, and alerting across the environment.

A more consistent operating model

Enabling Svatantra's teams to focus on business and product priorities rather than day-to-day cloud administration.

Technologies & Partners

Built on a continuously managed AWS stack

Amazon EC2Amazon VPCApplication & Network Load BalancersAmazon S3AWS WAFAWS Systems ManagerAWS CloudTrailAmazon EventBridgeAWS Savings PlansAmazon CloudWatch & SNS
Common Questions

What NBFCs usually ask about ongoing managed AWS operations

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Where this fits

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