Synthesis Software Technologies is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Umbrella, a global leader in multi-cloud FinOps platforms. This collaboration marks an important expansion of Synthesis’ Cloud Division as it strengthens its ability to deliver advanced cloud financial management, optimisation, and operational intelligence to organisations across Africa.
Umbrella provides a powerful, AI-enabled FinOps platform designed to help businesses gain full visibility into their cloud spend, optimise usage, and drive financial accountability across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. With automated insights, precise cost allocation, and smart optimisation recommendations, Umbrella is fast becoming the preferred cloud cost-management tool for enterprises using multi-cloud architectures.
For Synthesis, the partnership arrives at a pivotal time. Organisations across South Africa are increasing their use of cloud services but struggling to maintain transparency, governance, and efficiency as environments expand across multiple platforms. Umbrella addresses this challenge by simplifying cloud financial management, enabling organisations to manage spend, predict costs, and make informed engineering decisions faster and more accurately.
Driving Smarter, More Efficient Cloud Operations
The Synthesis–Umbrella partnership is rooted in a shared commitment to help organisations modernise, optimise, and sustainably grow their cloud environments. Through this collaboration, Synthesis will enable customers to:
1. Increase Financial Transparency and Accountability
With advanced rebilling, and multi-tenant cost allocation, businesses gain granular insight into which teams, departments, or products drive cloud expenditure, and where to intervene.
2. Leverage AI-Driven Cloud Intelligence
Umbrella’s machine-learning engine identifies waste, forecasts trends, and simplifies complex cloud financial data into actionable insights.
3. Integrate FinOps Into Daily Operations
Synthesis incorporates Umbrella into its own Cloud Managed Services offerings, using it to provide clients with ongoing cloud optimisation, governance, and operational excellence.
4. Access a Scalable SaaS FinOps Platform
For customers looking to self-manage, Umbrella is also offered as a SaaS solution, delivering enterprise-grade capabilities without the need for heavy in-house tooling or engineering overhead.
A Partnership Proven by Synthesis’ Own Cloud Environments
Synthesis not only leveraging Umbrella for clients, it also uses the platform internally to manage its own multi-cloud operations across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
This first-hand experience has allowed Synthesis engineers to validate Umbrella’s capabilities, refine best practices, and bring deep operational expertise to every client engagement.
Umbrella has further been adopted within our Managed Operations services, providing our Managed Services customers insights into their cloud spend and providing recommendations to our teams on optimization opportunities.
In summary, Synthesis therefore sees Umbrella playing 3 critical roles for ourselves and that of our customers;
- Providing insights on our own internally run multi-cloud environments
- Providing insights to our Managed Operations customers and support teams
- Having the ability to resell, implement and configure the platform for customers that are looking to manage their own cloud environments, be that single or multi-cloud environments through their own FinOps teams
Dean Maier, Head of Cloud at Synthesis, says:
“Umbrella is one of the most advanced multi-cloud FinOps tools available globally. Our partnership is perfectly aligned with the needs of organisations who want greater clarity, reduced waste, and smarter decision-making in the cloud.
At Synthesis, we use Umbrella ourselves, across multiple clouds, and have seen the tangible impact it makes. By combining Umbrella’s technology with our managed services and cloud engineering expertise, we are giving customers an exceptionally powerful way to optimise their cloud environments, improve cost control, and drive operational efficiency.”
Byron Phillips, Head of Managed Operations at Synthesis, says:
“As part of Synthesis Managed Operations, the Umbrella FinOps platform provides industry-leading visibility and intelligence across cloud environments. Through AI-driven insights, automated optimisation recommendations and precise cost allocation, Umbrella enables our Managed Services teams to proactively identify waste, improve governance and drive continuous efficiency for customers. This foundation supports an ongoing optimisation lifecycle that converts complex cost data into clear actions and measurable outcomes, ensuring cloud spend remains aligned with business objectives.
David Drai, CEO, Umbrella, says:
“Partnering with Synthesis allows us to bring modern, AI-driven FinOps to more organisations across Africa. Their engineering expertise combined with our platform creates real, measurable impact for customers operating at multi-cloud scale.”
Empowering the Future of Cloud Efficiency in Africa
As cloud adoption accelerates, organisations need tools that scale with their business and deliver real, measurable value. The Synthesis–Umbrella partnership provides exactly that: a unified, intelligent, AI-powe
