Sunday Scaries? Not for Your Cloud Budget!

Hey everyone! Hope your 2026 is off to a fantastic start! As we’re settling back into our routines (and for some of us, like myself, settling back after a long maternity leave!), I’m finally back in the swing of things and so excited to share what’s happening on the Wursta partnership front!

In fact, a recent chat with our partners at Ternary reminded me that while being back at work is exciting, there’s one thing none of us missed: the Sunday Scaries! But for many IT and Finance leaders, that dread is very real when they log in Monday morning and see a massive, unexpected spike in cloud spend that happened while everyone was offline.

Shadow Spend: The Uninvited Weekend Guest

During our strategy session, we discussed just how common these “scaries” have become. Whether it’s an unintentional AI experiment left running or a service account that suddenly goes rogue on a Saturday night, these spikes can rack up $100k bills before anyone even has their first cup of Monday coffee.

Google is becoming much less forgiving about these accidental “oops” moments. They expect you to have the right monitoring in place, and that is exactly why we’ve teamed up with Ternary.

Banishing the Scaries with Anomaly Detection

Ternary’s Anomaly Detection is like having a security guard for your wallet that never sleeps. It uses machine learning to monitor your environment 24/7. If your Vertex AI costs or compute usage suddenly deviates from the norm on a Sunday morning, it triggers an immediate alert.

Instead of a reactive “what happened?” on Monday, you get a proactive “we caught it!” over the weekend. It’s all part of what they call the Universal Spend Ledger, giving you a single pane of glass to manage all your technical spend

Why Wursta + Ternary?

We chose Ternary because they are purpose-built for Google Cloud. Plus, they are available on the Google Cloud Marketplace, which means you can use your existing GCP commitments to pay for it—keeping your invoicing simple and streamlined!

Ready to Sleep Better this Sunday?

We want to help you take the “scare” out of your cloud bill. Here is how you can get started:

• Reach out to your Account Manager: They can set up a demo with our SME, Joe Sallman, to show you how this looks in action.
• Grab our Q1 Promo: We are currently offering a 1-month free trial of the Ternary platform through March 31, 2026.

Would you like me to introduce you to your Account Manager to get that trial started?

Here’s to no more scary Mondays,

Courtney