Most e-commerce companies are unknowingly burning $10,000-50,000+ monthly on bloated search infrastructure. You’re not just paying for search—you’re paying for someone else’s roadmap, their artificial limits, and their profit margins.
💡 RBMsoft recently helped an e-commerce platform cut their search costs from $47,000/month to $14,000/month, same performance, 70% savings. Read on to see if you’re next.
1. Idle Compute Waste
Your current platform probably runs hot 24/7, even during low-traffic hours. Average waste: $8,000-15,000/month
What’s happening: Poor auto-scaling means you’re paying for Black Friday capacity every Tuesday at 3 AM.
2. Storage Bloat
Redundant indexing and uncompressed vector formats are eating your budget alive. Average waste: $5,000-12,000/month
What’s happening: Your platform stores the same data 3-5 times “for performance” when modern compression can deliver the same speed at 1/32nd the cost.
3. Vendor Markup Tax
You’re paying 300-500% markup for basic cloud resources, wrapped in proprietary licensing. Average overpay: $15,000-25,000/month
What’s happening: That $500/month server becomes $2,500/month when filtered through vendor markup and licensing fees.
4. Pricing Punishment for Success
Your costs spike exponentially as you grow—the opposite of what should happen with scale. Growth penalty: 40-80% cost increases per traffic doubling
What’s happening: Proprietary platforms charge more as you succeed, creating an economic ceiling on your growth.
The RBMsoft Fix: Smart Architecture That Scales WITH You
OpenSearch + Intelligent Infrastructure Design
- Disk-optimized vector search: Up to 32x compression without performance loss
- Shard-aware routing: Queries hit only the data they need
- Pull-based ingestion: 40% better throughput, 60% lower resource usage
Real impact: Handle 3x the traffic with 50% fewer nodes.
Transparent, Elastic Scaling
- Traffic-aware autoscaling: Scale up for peak hours, scale down for overnight
- Multi-cloud flexibility: Never get locked into one provider’s pricing
- Real-time cost monitoring: Know exactly what you’re spending and why
Real impact: Infrastructure costs that shrink during low traffic instead of staying constant.
No-Surprises Cost Structure
- Open-source foundation: No licensing fees that scale with your success
- Predictable scaling: Know exactly what 10x growth will cost you
- Full cost transparency: Every dollar tracked and optimized
Real impact: Budget with confidence instead of hoping costs don’t spike.
Case Study: From $47K/Month to $14K/Month in 8 Weeks
The Problem: Mid-size fashion e-commerce company, 2M+ SKUs, growing 40% year-over-year
- Monthly search costs: $47,000
- Infrastructure: 47 nodes, 1,000+ shards, 24 replicas per index
- Performance issues: Slow during traffic spikes, expensive to scale
- Vendor lock-in: Proprietary data formats made switching seem impossible
The RBMsoft Solution:
- Week 1-2: Cost audit revealed 80% infrastructure waste
- Week 3-6: Migrated to optimized OpenSearch architecture
- Week 7-8: Fine-tuned performance and implemented monitoring
The Results:
- New monthly costs: $14,000 (70% reduction)
- Performance improvement: 2.3x faster average query response
- Scalability: Can handle 5x traffic spikes without cost increases
- Annual savings: $396,000
“We thought our search costs were just the price of doing business at scale. RBMsoft showed us we were paying for waste, not performance. The savings paid for our entire marketing budget increase this year.” – CEO, Randi Spear
Quick Diagnostic: Are You Overpaying?
Check all that apply:
- Your search costs increased >30% in the last 12 months
- You pay licensing fees based on data volume or queries
- Your search infrastructure runs at the same cost 24/7
- You can’t easily predict what 2x growth will cost you
- Adding new search features requires vendor approval/timeline
- You’re using >20 nodes for your search infrastructure
- Your vendor negotiates pricing rather than showing transparent costs
If you checked 3+ boxes, you’re likely overpaying by $100,000+ annually.
The 30-Minute Reality Check
Here’s what our free audit reveals:
- Current waste analysis: Exactly how much you’re overspending and where
- Performance gaps: Where your current setup is costing you conversions
- Scaling projection: What your costs will look like at 2x, 5x, 10x growth
- Migration roadmap: Step-by-step plan with timeline and expected savings
- ROI calculation: Total 3-year savings vs. migration investment
No sales pitch. No obligation. Just facts about your infrastructure.
Why Companies Choose RBMsoft for Search Optimization
Proven Track Record
- 50+ successful migrations from expensive proprietary platforms
- Average cost reduction: 60-75%
- Zero performance degradation across all implementations
- Combined client savings: $12M+ in reduced infrastructure costs
Risk-Free Approach
- Parallel testing: Prove performance before switching
- Gradual migration: No “big bang” disruptions to your business
- Performance guarantees: Meet or exceed current search quality
- 24/7 monitoring: Continuous optimization after go-live
Business-First Perspective
- Cost transparency: Know exactly what you’ll pay at any scale
- Growth-friendly pricing: Infrastructure that gets more efficient as you scale
- Innovation acceleration: Deploy new search features in days, not months
- Vendor independence: Never be held hostage by licensing negotiations
The Cost of Waiting
Every month you delay costs you:
- Direct overspend: $5,000-25,000+ in unnecessary infrastructure costs
- Opportunity cost: Savings that could fund marketing, product development, or team growth
- Competitive disadvantage: Slower feature deployment vs. companies with modern search stacks
- Scaling penalties: Higher costs for the same performance as you grow
Meanwhile, your competitors are:
- Reinvesting search savings into customer acquisition
- Deploying AI search features 6-12 months ahead of you
- Scaling efficiently without infrastructure cost explosions
Get Your Free Cost Audit
Within 1 week, you’ll know:
- Exactly how much you’re wasting on search infrastructure
- What you could be paying instead (spoiler: it’s usually 50-70% less)
- Your complete migration roadmap with timeline and costs
- ROI projections for the next 3 years
The audit takes 30 minutes. The savings last forever.
Ready to stop the bleeding?
Schedule Your Free Audit →
RBMsoft has helped 50+ e-commerce companies escape expensive search vendor lock-in, saving over $12M in combined infrastructure costs. Our proven methodology reduces search costs by 60-75% while improving performance and eliminating vendor dependency.
Don’t keep paying premium prices for commodity infrastructure. Let us show you what you could be saving instead.
