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CloudLink vs AWS (Self-Managed)

Stop hiring $180K DevOps engineers. Get a full team for a fraction.

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75% less
vs. Hiring Cost
7 days
Onboarding Time
99.99%
Uptime Guarantee
<15 min
Response SLA
Pain Points

Why Teams Leave AWS (Self-Managed)

Managing AWS yourself means hiring expensive engineers, building on-call rotations, and maintaining infrastructure 24/7. CloudLink handles it all.

DevOps Hiring Is Brutal

Senior DevOps engineers command $150-200K+ salary. Finding, hiring, and retaining them takes 3-6 months. CloudLink deploys a team in days.

On-Call Burnout Is Real

Your 2-person engineering team can't sustain 24/7 coverage. CloudLink provides true round-the-clock SRE support.

AWS Complexity Grows Exponentially

With 200+ services, AWS config drift and security gaps are inevitable. Our engineers specialize in taming this complexity.

Hidden Costs Everywhere

NAT Gateway fees, data transfer charges, CloudWatch costs — AWS bills are designed to surprise you. We optimize every line item.

Multi-Cloud

Deploy on Any Cloud. We Manage It All.

CloudLink is cloud-agnostic. Whether you're on AWS, Azure, or GCP — our engineers are certified across all three major providers.

AWS
Amazon Web Services
EKS, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront & 200+ services
Az
Microsoft Azure
AKS, Cosmos DB, Functions & 600+ services
G
Google Cloud
GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Run & Vertex AI
Certified across all 3 clouds
Unified Terraform management
Cross-cloud cost optimization
Features

Feature-by-Feature Comparison

Comprehensive comparison across infrastructure, support, security, and cost management

FeatureCloudLinkAWS (Self-Managed)
Dedicated DevOps EngineerHire internally ($180K+)
15-Minute Emergency Response
24/7 On-Call CoverageBuild rotation ($$$)
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)DIY / Learn
Cost Optimization & FinOpsAWS Trusted Advisor (basic)
Security Best PracticesDIY / Learn
CI/CD Pipeline ManagementDIY / Learn
Monitoring & Alerting StackCloudWatch ($$$)
SOC2 / HIPAA ComplianceHire consultants ($$$)
Flat Monthly Pricing
No Internal Hiring Required
Multi-Cloud Portability
White-Label Dashboard
Vacation / Sick Leave Coverage
Knowledge Transfer DocsDocument yourself
Pricing

Total Cost of Ownership

Monthly cost comparison including all hidden fees, tools, and engineering hours

CloudLink
All-inclusive retainer
Flat Monthly Retainer$3,500
AWS Infrastructure$2,000
6 items included in retainer
Total$5,500/mo
A
AWS (Self-Managed)
Pay per item + engineering
AWS Infrastructure$2,000
Senior DevOps Engineer (Salary/12)$15,000
Benefits & Overhead (30%)$4,500
Monitoring Tools (Datadog)$500
Security Tooling$300
On-Call / PagerDuty$200
Training & Certifications$350
Total$22,850/mo
$17,350/mo saved
That's 76% less than AWS (Self-Managed)$208,200 saved annually

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Migration

Migration Timeline

Our engineers handle the entire migration from AWS (Self-Managed). Zero downtime guaranteed.

Day 1-2
Full AWS account audit, resource tagging, and cost analysis
Day 3-4
Terraform import of existing infrastructure as code
Day 5
Monitoring, alerting, and security hardening deployment
Day 6
CI/CD pipeline and deployment automation setup
Day 7
Runbook creation, handoff, and 24/7 monitoring enabled
Zero-downtime migration
Full security audit included
Money-back guarantee
MT

"We were about to hire a $180K DevOps engineer. CloudLink gave us an entire team for less than half that. Best decision we made."

Marcus T.
CTO, FinTech Startup

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SOC2 Certified
15-Min SLA
99.99% Uptime
4.9/5 on Clutch
500+
Companies Trust Us
99.99%
Uptime SLA
<15 min
Response Time
$4M+
Client Savings
"CloudLink saved us $200K in Black Friday downtime. Their response time is unmatched."
— Marcus T., CTO, FinTech Startup
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