Non-prod is the silent cloud bill killer. All those dev, QA, UAT, and testing namespaces stay up 24/7 even though your team works ~40 hours a week. Zombie Mode is a simple, mechanical scheduler for Kubernetes that powers down non-prod workloads nights and weekends. No GitOps surgery, no Terraform rewrite.
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You tell it: “Dev and QA go to sleep at 6:30 pm, wake up at 7:30 am, stay off all weekend.” Zombie Mode: finds those workloads → scales them down safely → brings them back up on schedule.No billing access, no agents in your cloud account, no AI guessing. Just Kubernetes objects on a schedule.
How it Works (k8s-specific)
Install It For Free
No upfront cost, no credit card required. Connect your clusters in minutes.
Pick What Sleeps
Set your off-hours schedule. Example: 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weekdays + full weekends.
Arm Zombie Mode
That's it. All workloads scale to zero automatically.
Auto-Resurrection
On first deploy or ping, every pod returns exactly as you left it.
Why it Saves Real Money
Most non-prod runs idle 60–70% of the time
Turning off apps, with auto-scaled nodes, is where the dollars are
If 3 of your 10 clusters slip into Extended Support in 2025, your cloud bill can double for those clusters — sleeping non-prod makes staying current a lot less risky
Starting in 2025, extended-support Kubernetes versions can cost up to 6x more. If you forget to upgrade even 3 of your 20 clusters, your cloud spend can double. Sleeping non-prod gives you room to fix it before it hits the bill.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this a cost analytics tool? No. It’s mechanical. You set the schedule. Zombie Mode shuts down the K8s workloads and brings them back up.
Will this break CI/CD? No. Your pipelines will still deploy. If an app is asleep, it will come back up with the latest image/config
What does it work on? Kubernetes workloads (Deployments, StatefulSets) in your dev/QA/staging/test namespaces. Fleet-wide.
Do you need cloud billing permissions? No. We calculate savings based on your cluster/node profile and the hours we put your workloads to sleep.
Can I start with just one cluster? Yes. Most teams start with dev → add QA → then roll it out to every non-prod.
Turn Off Dev Tonight
Point us at one dev or QA cluster and we’ll show you the savings in 24 hours.
