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Last updated: 8 July 2026

How Optios scaled smarter and cut costs with Google Cloud

A fast-growing SaaS company in the hairdressing and beauty salon industry faced performance issues and rising costs with its existing cloud infrastructure. The challenge was to improve scalability and efficiency to support continued growth. The platform was migrated to Google Cloud, enabling better performance and flexible resource management. This resulted in a scalable cloud environment with improved speed, lower operational costs, and a strong foundation for future expansion.

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Challenge

Optios faced performance limitations and unpredictable cloud costs as they scaled their SaaS platform. Their existing infrastructure lacked the flexibility, speed and reliability they needed to support their fast growth.

02

Solution

Optios migrated to the Google Cloud Platform to rebuild their architecture with Kubernetes, Cloud SQL and Anthos Service Mesh.

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Result

They now run a faster, more secure and better manageable platform, with scalable costs and a modern DevOps setup.

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Challenge

Hitting the limits of growth

Optios provides software that helps hairdressers and beauty salons manage appointments, sales and stock. As more customers joined, their cloud system started to slow down and costs grew too high. Fixing problems took too long, and the platform wasn’t flexible enough to keep up with their plans to grow.

They needed a cloud setup that could handle more users, run faster and keep costs under control.

Solution

A cloud-native move to Google Cloud

Optios chose Google Cloud because it offered better pricing, strong support for Kubernetes (a tool to manage software easily) and built-in tools for analytics and security. We worked closely together to redesign their platform using:
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) to run and scale containerized apps
Cloud SQL for efficient database management
Service Mesh for managing container traffic and improving security
Infrastructure-as-Code to automate and streamline the DevOps cycle

We moved their platform step-by-step. We started with internal tools, then simple features and finally the core apps. This careful approach kept things running smoothly, with almost no downtime. And it worked 👏. Customers barely noticed anything except for better performance.

The migration was a real team effort. Our solution architect handled the architecture design, while we managed planning and communication between vBridge (now ACA Group) and our internal teams to make sure everything was ready.

"The migration was a real team effort. Our solution architect handled the architecture design, while we managed planning and communication between vBridge (now ACA Group) and our internal teams to make sure everything was ready."
Sven Cornelis
CEO
Sven CornelisCEO
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Result

Faster, leaner and ready for whatever’s next

Post-migration, Optios saw major improvements. Performance is up, load times are down and infrastructure is easier to manage. Security was built into the new platform from the start. Most importantly, the cloud costs are now predictable and scale with the business.

Optios now has a future-proof platform that is ready to support their next stage of growth.

 

Since the migration, our applications perform much better and load times are significantly shorter. Managing the cloud environment is easier too, which saves us valuable time.

"Since the migration, our applications perform much better and load times are significantly shorter. Managing the cloud environment is easier too, which saves us valuable time."
Sven Ornelis
CEO
Sven OrnelisCEO
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