ZOMBIE SCAN & REMOVAL

Identify & Eliminate Waste Fast

Fast-moving teams spin up temporary environments, experiments, or short-term projects but forget to shut them down. Over time, this creates zombies that waste money and increase risk. The problem grows as teams work without centralized oversight. IT and platform leaders lose visibility and control but the cloud bill keeps going up. A quick scan helps you find them and eliminate them.

Free Zombie Scan

Stop Spending on Things You Forgot About

You know that feeling when you realize you’ve been paying for something you’re not even using? Now imagine that in your cloud with a much bigger price tag. Identify and remove zombies then keep them away for good.

Scan to Identify Zombies

Identifying unused, zombie resources is hard without visibility and context. Cloud providers list resources by type instead of how they’re used or what they belong to.

OpsCanvas organizes resources by application and environment, without needing tags or sub-accounts. We connect deployment data to your cloud accounts, so you can see what’s active, spot what’s unused, and clean up with confidence.

Quickly Remove Costs & Risks

OpsCanvas makes integration simple. Once connected to your cloud accounts, the Zombie Scan automatically analyzes your resources, flags likely zombies, and assigns each a Zombie Score along with key details like creation date and user.

You can review and remove unused resources individually or in bulk using OpsCanvas automations.

Prevent Them From Coming Back

Removing zombie resources is only half the battle. You’ve got to prevent new zombies from being created. OpsCanvas can prevent zombies from recurring with a combination of embedded lifecycle rules to ensure non-prod environments won’t run longer than necessary, and the visibility of OpsRunner where all running application environments are displayed by application, environment, and core infrastructure, so the purpose of each resource is known.

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END-TO-END WASTE REDUCTION

Start by Seeing All Your Cloud Resources

Easily see all your cloud resources, grouped by type so you. know their purpose and can safely remove waste.

Lightweight, Automated Integration

Quickly setup, integrate and use OpsCanvas without requiring an engineering project.  Whether from the web portal or CLI, OpsCanvas automates integration by inserting a code snippet into your deployment pipelines within the git provider of choice after receiving your approval of the pull request. No direct integration of your cloud account required.

Quick Scan for Zombie Waste

Once connected, OpsCanvas scans your cloud account to identify potential zombie resources using its proprietary algorithm. Zombie scoring ranks likely zombies, and OpsRunner eliminates all active resources from consideration, leaving a set of likely zombie resources for removal.

Zombie Cost Estimations

The Zombie dashboard highlights the total cost of Zombies identified and removed, providing an immediate ROI and impact consideration when making waste removal decisions. While each company will have a unique ‘zombie footprint’, Gartner estimates on average 30% of cloud resources are unused Zombies, with some research estimates as high as 70% which can reduce a company’s monthly cloud bill by 30% or more.

Reduced Attack Surface

By removing unused resources, it reduces the attack surface for bad actors.  Zombie resources are often forgotten about and are no longer receiving necessary security updates or attention.  Security starts with visibility, so removing the invisible provides more robust security profile for your organization.

Automate Removal, with Confidence

While identifying zombie resources can be time-consuming, having enough information to confidently delete a resource is essential.  OpsCanvas provides a zombie score and removes  active resources from consideration. We  provide metadata including  who originally deployed the resource, when, and how long it’s been unused to expedite the decision process. Resources can then be automatically, safely removed.

No Tags or Sub-Accounts Required

The volume and complexity of managing cloud resources has resulted in the adoption of manual work-around methods such as tagging resources, and managing resources across hundreds of sub-accounts.  Despite the best of intentions, these processes often result in an incomplete implementation and/or unanticipated complexity which slows everything down while waste creeps back in.  OpsCanvas is able to organize resources by unique application, environment and core infrastructure without tagging or over-use of sub-accounts, which ensures complete visibility and nothing falling through the cracks.

Meets You Where You Are

OpsCanvas works with whatever your organization is already doing, No need to change your processes, cloud account, or infrastructure to have a successful Zombie scan.

Access to a Full Orchestration Platform

While Zombie Removal delivers an immediate ROI and value from day one, it only scratches the surface of the visibility and automations OpsCanvas can provide.  OpsRunner adds immediate visibility of your active resources grouped by application, running environment, and core infrastructure.  It also provides one-click actions to automate deployments, updates, promotions, decommissions, and all of the processes required to manage your running environments.  And for new applications or cloud migrations, the Designer generates TerraForm IaC, K8s cluster configurations, and deployment scripting, so the team can focus on innovation and not coding new deployments.  

Lightweight, Automated Integration

Quickly setup, integrate and use OpsCanvas without requiring an engineering project to integrate.  Whether from the web portal or CLI, OpsCanvas automates integration by inserting a code snippet into your deployment pipelines within the git provider of choice after receiving your approval of the pull request. No direct integration of your cloud account required.

Quick Scan for Zombie Waste

Once connected, OpsCanvas scans your cloud account to identify potential zombie resources using its proprietary algorithm. Zombie scoring ranks likely zombies, and OpsRunner eliminates all active resources from consideration, leaving a set of likely zombie resources for removal.

Zombie Cost Estimations

The Zombie dashboard highlights the total cost of Zombies identified and removed, providing an immediate ROI and impact consideration when making waste removal decisions. While each company will have a unique ‘zombie footprint’, Gartner estimates on average 30% of cloud resources are unused Zombies, with some research estimates as high as 70% which can reduce a company’s monthly cloud bill by 30% or more.

Reduced Attack Surface

By removing unused resources, it reduces the attack surface for bad actors.  Zombie resources are often forgotten about and are no longer receiving necessary security updates or attention.  Security starts with visibility, so removing the invisible provides more robust security profile for your organization.

Automate Removal, with Confidence

While identifying zombie resources can be time-consuming, having enough information to confidently delete a resource is essential.  OpsCanvas provides a zombie score and removes  active resources from consideration. We  provide metadata including  who originally deployed the resource, when, and how long it’s been unused to expedite the decision process. Resources can then be automatically, safely removed.

No Tags or Sub-Accounts Required

The volume and complexity of managing cloud resources has resulted in the adoption of manual work-around methods such as tagging resources, and managing resources across hundreds of sub-accounts.  Despite the best of intentions, these processes often result in an incomplete implementation and/or unanticipated complexity which slows everything down while waste creeps back in.  OpsCanvas is able to organize resources by unique application, environment and core infrastructure without tagging or over-use of sub-accounts, which ensures complete visibility and nothing falling through the cracks.

Meets You Where You Are

OpsCanvas works with whatever your organization is already doing, No need to change your processes, cloud account, or infrastructure to have a successful Zombie scan.

Access to a Full Orchestration Platform

While Zombie Removal delivers an immediate ROI and value from day one, it only scratches the surface of the visibility and automations OpsCanvas can provide.  OpsRunner adds immediate visibility of your active resources grouped by application, running environment, and core infrastructure.  It also provides one-click actions to automate deployments, updates, promotions, decommissions, and all of the processes required to manage your running environments.  And for new applications or cloud migrations, the Designer generates TerraForm IaC, K8s cluster configurations, and deployment scripting, so the team can focus on innovation and not coding new deployments.  

Benefits of Zombie Scan Protection

Elevate your cloud security and automate away the errors so your team is freed of the stress and scrutiny. Compete better with a lean, fast, and secure cloud right away!

30%

Unseen Risks eliminated

By gaining end-to-end visibility and identifying Zombie resources, OpsCanvas can automate the removal of these unused resources and the risks associated with them.

30%

Lower Cloud Bill

By gaining end-to-end visibility and identifying Zombie resources, OpsCanvas can automate the removal of these unused resources and the risks associated with them.

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Team Disruption

Reduce security breaches caused by human error with deployment automation and guardrails.

Here’s What CFO and CISOs are saying:

My first reaction was “It’s too good to be true.

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I never imagined it could be this easy

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I’ve never saved money so fast. We decommission unused resources with pre-built automations

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FAQ

What is OpsCanvas?

A cloud orchestration platform that simplifies deployments with real-time visibility, automation, and governance through CI/CD pipelines.

What is OpsRunner?

A lightweight component that integrates into CI/CD pipelines to extract deployment details, enabling real-time visibility and one-click actions.

Does OpsCanvas access our data?

OpsCanvas does not have access to any runtime data (such as personal information or confidential company information), we exist in only on deployment logs.

How does it integrate with existing tools?

OpsCanvas uses OpsRunner to integrate directly with CI/CD tools like GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket—no need for direct cloud access.

Does OpsCanvas work with Terraform?

Yes, it uses Terraform under the hood for managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) seamlessly.

Can it handle both new and existing deployments?

Yes, OpsRunner manages existing deployments while OpsCanvas Designer simplifies new setups.

What is OpsCanvas Designer?

A visual tool for designing and deploying cloud infrastructure using best-practice IaC templates.

What are the main benefits?

Streamlines workflows, eliminates manual tasks, improves visibility, and simplifies security and compliance.

What kind of automation does it offer?

Provides ready-to-use IaC templates and automates Kubernetes setups, managed services, and runtime configurations.

Can I customize configurations?

Yes, OpsCanvas allows custom IaC standards and configurations.

How secure is OpsCanvas?

Uses repository-based integration instead of direct cloud access to enhance security.

What deployment model does it use?

Follows a GitOps-based model for consistent and compliant deployments.

Can it automate existing cloud environments?

Yes, OpsRunner can automatically discover and manage existing resources.