Vantage
Vantage sells cloud cost management software that helps companies track and optimize their cloud, AI, and SaaS spending. It serves thousands of organizations globally, including Fortune 500 companies, and manages billions in annualized infrastructure costs.
The growth story
Vantage grew from 36 to 114 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $25M along the way, most recently a Series A in March 2023.
About
Vantage provides tools for engineering, finance, and FinOps teams to analyze and optimize cloud spending. Its platform offers granular cost attribution, unit cost analysis, and AI-driven automation to help companies make data-driven decisions.
Founded in 2020, Vantage has raised $25M in funding, including a Series A round in March 2023 led by Andreessen Horowitz and Scale Venture Partners. The company employs 114 people, with engineering being its largest function.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Vantage's largest function, with 20 employees. The company is led by founders with backgrounds at AWS, DigitalOcean, and GitHub, and has a median employee tenure of one year.
The Vantage org chart
Ben Schaechter (Co-Founder & CEO) leads 18 mapped leaders with 7 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 24 (+26% YoY), Sales 17 (+6% YoY), Information Technology 8 (0% YoY), Business Development 8 (+100% YoY), Customer Success and Support 7 (0% YoY), Operations 7 (+17% YoY).
Talent flow
Vantage recruits heavily from DigitalOcean, Datadog, and AWS, with six hires from DigitalOcean alone. Alumni have moved to companies like Uncountable, Metabase, and Nooks.
Most common previous employers of Vantage staff: DigitalOcean (6), Datadog (4), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (3), Confluent (3), Astronomer (2), GitLab (2). Former Vantage employees most often moved to Uncountable (4), Metabase (2), Nooks (2), Nudge Security (1), Clay (1), Promevo (1).
Alumni worth knowing
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Web traffic
Traffic mix: 42% direct, 49% search, 2% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Vantage: Leadership (28), Microsoft Office (25), JavaScript (22), Customer Service (19), Public Speaking (19), Management (19), Social Media (18), Microsoft Excel (16).
Where the team actually sits
Vantage people are concentrated in New York, United States (16), Washington, United States (4), California, United States (3), Colorado, United States (3).
Search footprint
Vantage attracts about 19,600 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $86K a month if bought through ads. It gained 2,764 ranking keywords and lost 2,363 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.70 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.80 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.40 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.40 / 5
Frequently asked
Vantage has 114 employees as of September 2026.
Vantage has raised $25M in total, most recently a Series A round in March 2023.
Vantage was founded in 2020 by Ben Schaechter, Brooke McKim.
Ben Schaechter (Co-Founder & CEO) sits at the top of Vantage's reporting structure, with 7 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Vantage staff are DigitalOcean (6 people), Datadog (4 people), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (3 people).
Former Vantage employees most often move to Uncountable (4), Metabase (2), Nooks (2).
Vantage attracts about 19,600 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $86K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Vantage staff are Leadership, Microsoft Office, JavaScript, Customer Service, Public Speaking.
Vantage staff are concentrated in New York, United States (16), Washington, United States (4), California, United States (3).
Vantage has about 24 people in Engineering, up 26% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Vantage has about 17 people in Sales, up 6% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 52 current and 59 former Vantage profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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