Skeddly

What Skeddly does

Skeddly is a bootstrapped, multi-cloud automation SaaS that schedules and executes IT operations across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Operated by Eleven41 Software Inc., a privately held Canadian corporation founded in 2011 and headquartered in Ontario, Skeddly was the first automated scheduling service for AWS and has remained in continuous production since. The platform exposes a library of 65+ discrete actions (start/stop instances, create/delete snapshots, backups, IAM operations, CloudFormation lifecycle, SSM commands, and more) that customers can trigger on schedule, manually, or via SNS notifications. Higher-level modules including Managed Backups, Managed Starts/Stops, and Projects orchestrate these actions into reusable plans and segmented sub-accounts, while a published SLA and an Atlassian Statuspage back the reliability claim.

The product is differentiated primarily by least-privilege IAM policy generation (per-action permissions rather than broad access), purpose-built high-availability execution infrastructure, advanced retention schemes such as grandfather-father-son, and cross-region/cross-account snapshot and AMI copy with automated permissioning. Architecture is multi-tenant SaaS hosted on AWS, with Amazon SNS, Slack, HipChat, and email as notification destinations.

Skeddly monetizes through a freemium plus per-action plus subscription model: a 30-day free trial with no credit card, a permanent free usage tier (e.g., 31 free Start/Stop executions for select instance types, 10 free EBS snapshots, 10 free AMI images), and per-action pricing that scales by action type and resource size. Distribution is product-led via self-serve sign-up at app.skeddly.com, augmented by AWS Marketplace listing, MSP/reseller enablement via sub-users and Managed Policies, an affiliate program powered by FirstPromoter, SEO-driven free utility tools such as the EBS Snapshot Cost Calculator, a long-running technical blog, and event presence at AWS re:Invent. Customers range from individual developers and SMBs to named enterprise logos including eFront, Fronde, WOW air, Lexmark, Consegna Cloud, GotoMyErp, and DSCXN.

Name

Skeddly

Legal name

Eleven41 Software Inc.

Website

https://skeddly.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Skeddly is a bootstrapped, multi-cloud SaaS launched in 2011 by Eleven41 Software Inc. (Ontario, Canada) that schedules and automates 65+ IT actions across AWS, Azure, and GCP. It serves individual developers, SMBs, MSPs, and enterprises via a self-serve, freemium-plus-per-action pricing model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cloud Automation Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Compute Resource Management & Scheduling (Cluster/Workload Managers) (HDABADAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data Security & Privacy for Cloud (DLP, DSPM, Tokenization) (HDABAHAK), SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) (HDABAHAE)

Keywords

• Cloud automation
• AWS scheduling
• Cloud cost optimization
• Managed cloud backups
• Multi-cloud scheduler

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Monthly Subscription Fees: Recurring monthly billing for subscriber accounts beyond the 30-day free trial; fees are calculated and billed monthly and may be increased with 30 days notice.
2. Per-Action Usage Pricing: Usage-based component where customers pay per execution of individual actions (e.g., Start EC2 Instance, Stop EC2 Instance, Create EBS Snapshot, AMI image, etc.), with pricing that varies by action type and EC2 instance size.
3. Free Trial and Free Tier: 30-day free trial with no credit card required, plus an ongoing free usage tier including a fixed number of free executions (e.g., 31 Start/Stop executions per instance type, 10 free EBS snapshots, 10 free AMI images). Functions as a freemium on-ramp.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Skeddly is a managed cloud automation SaaS that schedules and automatically executes IT actions against customer accounts on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Customers register, connect their cloud credentials, and use a library of 65+ pre-built actions to start/stop instances, create/delete snapshots, run backups, and automate recurring IT tasks on a schedule, manually, or via SNS triggers.

Product overview

Skeddly is a single unified SaaS product - an automated scheduling and cloud automation platform that has operated in production since 2011 (built and operated by Eleven41 Software Inc., a Canadian corporation). It exposes a library of 65+ discrete "actions" that customers can run on schedule, manually, or in response to SNS notifications, and packages them into three named modules - Managed Backups, Managed Starts/Stops, and Projects - that automate the orchestration of the underlying actions. Around the core product, Skeddly offers named solution bundles (AWS EC2 Scheduler, AWS Backups, Azure VM Scheduler, Azure Backups, GCP VM Scheduler, and GCP Backups), a free EBS Snapshot Cost Calculator tool, an operational Status Page, and a Cost Savings Report.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Skeddly Skeddly is a managed cloud automation service that schedules and automatically executes IT actions across AWS, Azure, and GCP. It exposes a library of 65+ actions that start/stop instances, create/delete snapshots, run backups, and automate recurring IT tasks for businesses running public cloud workloads.
• EBS Snapshot Cost Calculator Free standalone calculator that estimates the storage used and monthly costs of creating one EBS snapshot per day over a 30-day month, by EBS volume size, daily change percentage, and AWS region. It is offered at no charge as both a utility and a top-of-funnel lead-generation asset.

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)flagshipTechnology or IntegrationSkeddly's deepest integration is with AWS, the platform it was originally built for. It supports 30+ AWS services (EC2, RDS, Redshift, S3, Route 53, ElastiCache, Directory Service, CloudFormation, DocumentDB, DynamoDB, Lambda, SWF, VPC, SSM, Storage Gateway, Transfer for SFTP, WorkSpaces, Athena, API Gateway, AppStream, CodeDeploy, Events, Secrets Manager, Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail, etc.) via IAM roles and access keys. Skeddly is also listed on AWS Marketplace.
• Microsoft AzurecoreTechnology or IntegrationSkeddly supports Azure Virtual Machines for both cost-optimization scheduling (Azure VM Scheduler) and backup automation (Azure Backups), with grandfather-father-son deletion policies and label-based resource selection.
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)coreTechnology or IntegrationSkeddly offers GCP VM Scheduler and GCP Backups (multi-region snapshots with label matching and grandfather-father-son retention), positioning GCP as a fully supported third cloud alongside AWS and Azure.
• IntercomcoreTechnology or IntegrationSkeddly uses Intercom for customer and technical support, in-product messaging, analytics, and as the engine behind its Help Center (help.skeddly.com). The privacy policy discloses data sharing with Intercom, Inc. and Intercom R&D Unlimited Company.
• Amazon Web Services (Data Hosting)flagshipOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerCustomer-uploaded data and service data is stored on AWS infrastructure; Skeddly explicitly states that all data uploaded or stored in connection with the Service is stored via Amazon Web Services, Inc.
• IGIL Webs SRL (FirstPromoter)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerFirstPromoter powers Skeddly's affiliate/referral program software; personal information about affiliates is shared with IGIL Webs SRL to manage the program and calculate payouts.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Zesty: Zesty is a cloud cost optimization platform focused on AWS reserved instance and compute commitment management, plus automated scaling and rightsizing. It addresses an adjacent FinOps buyer to Skeddly's scheduling customers, though its core focus is commitments rather than scheduled start/stop.

Broad incumbents

• Azure Automation: Azure Automation is Microsoft's native service for scheduling start/stop of Azure VMs and orchestrating operational tasks. It overlaps with Skeddly's Azure VM Scheduler and provides a default option for Azure-only customers evaluating Skeddly.
• Veeam: Veeam is a leading data protection and backup vendor that has expanded into cloud-native backup for AWS, Azure and GCP, including snapshot-based backup features comparable to Skeddly's backup automation. It competes in the same cloud-backup buyer conversations as a larger, broader incumbent.
• CloudHealth by VMware: CloudHealth is a broad cloud cost management and governance platform used by large enterprises for FinOps, including visibility into compute spend that Skeddly helps reduce. It is a much larger incumbent addressing adjacent budget-allocation and showback problems that Skeddly does not.
• Cloudability (by Apptio): Cloudability, now part of Apptio, is a long-standing cloud cost management and FinOps platform that helps enterprises track, allocate and optimize cloud spend across providers. It is a broader incumbent addressing the same FinOps buyer as Skeddly but with a much wider feature set.
• AWS Instance Scheduler: AWS Instance Scheduler is a free, AWS-native reference implementation that automatically starts and stops EC2 and RDS instances, directly competing with Skeddly's core scheduling value proposition. It is offered by the underlying cloud provider itself.
• Google Cloud Scheduler: Google Cloud Scheduler is Google's native cron-style scheduler for automating cloud workloads including Compute Engine start/stop. It competes with Skeddly's GCP VM Scheduler as the default option inside GCP.

Direct peers

• ParkMyCloud (now part of Spot by NetApp): ParkMyCloud pioneered SaaS-based scheduling of cloud instances for cost savings and is the closest historical direct competitor to Skeddly's EC2/Azure VM/GCP VM start/stop scheduling use case. It was acquired by Spot by NetApp, validating the category.
• Spot by NetApp: Spot (formerly Spotinst) is a leading cloud cost optimization and automation platform that, like Skeddly, automates start/stop scheduling of cloud compute and containers. Spot acquired ParkMyCloud to extend its footprint in exactly the workload-scheduling niche where Skeddly plays.
• N2WS (now N2W Software): N2WS (now N2W Software) provides enterprise backup and disaster recovery for AWS, including EBS snapshots, RDS snapshots, and cross-region/cross-account copy, which overlaps with Skeddly's AWS Backups solution bundle. It targets a similar MSP/enterprise backup buyer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/skeddly

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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