43% saved on cloud spend. How Elmonsf got the math right with Gumlet.

Elmonsf is a leading Edtech platform across the MENA region, specializing in preparation for Saudi Arabia’s General Aptitude Test (GAT). With a heavy focus on video-based learning, they serve a massive student base, generating over 20 Million+ requests per day.

They felt unable to grow and provide seamless learning experiences with their current video solution - VdoCipher.

What went wrong?

1. Costs were not scale-friendly

2. Poor optimisation meant poor video experiences

3. Subpar mobile viewing experiences

4. Video piracy occurred even after security implementations

5. Outage incidents meant inconsistent uptime for courses

To scale and provide an unmatched experience, they needed a platform that could avoid all this with secure easy-to-use DRM, seamless auto-optimization, and buffer-free playback across different screen sizes in tier 1, 2, and 3 cities.

Enter Gumlet

Elmonsf, already acquainted with video delivery architectures, wanted to take their media pipelines to the next level. This meant partnering with Gumlet in order to provide the best learning experiences possible.

Within one week, with the help of Gumlet’s team, they migrated their entire library with zero downtime - and here’s what they got:

1. 36% better optimization than what VdoCipher could give them
2. 43% decrease in bandwidth usage led to significant cloud spend saved
3. Best possible mobile optimization means unparalleled user experiences
4. They got video security with DRM that hasn’t been breached ever.

With all this, they received a 99.95% uptime SLA and Multi-CDN delivery infrastructure, which made outages a thing of the past.

Ahmed Khan, Elmonsf's Software Engineer shared the following:

"Moving to Gumlet allowed us to push our performance further than we thought possible. Achieving nearly 36% optimization on top of what we had was the edge we needed to scale our courses efficiently."

The numbers tell the story

• 20 million+ requests per day
• 200K+ unique DRM secured plays everyday
• 36% additional optimization over VdoCipher
• 43% reduction in cloud spend
• 99.95% uptime SLA
• <1 week for migration (with zero downtime)