Dynamic Cart Allocation Audit (DCAA)

Dynamic Cart Allocation Audit (DCAA)

Unlock Hidden Performance & Reduce Cloud Spend by Removing Invisible Cart Waste

DCAA is Perfacuity’s breakthrough analysis engine that identifies compute wasted on non-converting cart activity—an invisible drain on performance, cloud cost, and conversion rates.

Modern e-commerce platforms allocate cart resources long before a customer shows purchase intent. This creates massive, unmeasured compute load from sessions that never convert. DCAA detects and quantifies this waste, enabling performance improvements that directly affect revenue.

For every dollar spent to support an application, it becomes possible to understand the level of compute waste.

Why DCAA Matters

Measure What No Other Tool Sees

Traditional APM, RUM, and analytics tools focus on speed and behavior—but none measure the resource cost of default cart architectures. DCAA quantifies the compute burden generated by cart status calls, passive cart interactions, and non-purchase sessions.

A New Signal in FinOps

DCAA feeds directly into cloud cost governance by connecting compute waste to real spend and revenue impact. CFOs, CTOs, and performance engineers finally get a shared metric.

Key Metrics Introduced

Cart Waste Index (CWI)

Measures the percentage of cart compute consumed by non-converting users.

Revenue-Weighted CWI

Normalizes inefficiency against revenue to quantify true cost impact.

CWI² (Compute Waste Index Squared)

A multi-domain waste metric incorporating:

  • Cart inefficiency
  • Cache-miss waste
  • Bot/automation waste
  • Retry/duplicate waste

Value Delivered

Improve Performance Under Load

Redirect compute to converting customers during peak traffic.

Reduce Cloud Cost

Identify hidden cost centers invisible to current tooling.

Increase Conversion Rates

Minimize session delays caused by backend cart saturation.

Achieve Architectural Efficiency

Move from “default cart allocation” to “intent-driven cart activation.”

Proof From the Field

Our methodology originated in a high-scale global deployment where shifting from a default cart to an intent-driven model generated:

  • 97% reduction in wasted cart traffic
  • 10M+/month in uplift from improved global performance
  • Significant stability improvements during high-traffic product drops


Contact us for more information on leveraging DCAA to improve both your costs and conversion rates.