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.
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
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Google Cloud
GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Run & Vertex AI
Certified across all 3 clouds
Unified Terraform management
Cross-cloud cost optimization
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
Comprehensive comparison across infrastructure, support, security, and cost management
| Feature | CloudLink | AWS (Self-Managed) |
|---|
| Dedicated DevOps Engineer | | Hire internally ($180K+) |
| 15-Minute Emergency Response | | |
| 24/7 On-Call Coverage | | Build rotation ($$$) |
| Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) | | DIY / Learn |
| Cost Optimization & FinOps | | AWS Trusted Advisor (basic) |
| Security Best Practices | | DIY / Learn |
| CI/CD Pipeline Management | | DIY / Learn |
| Monitoring & Alerting Stack | | CloudWatch ($$$) |
| SOC2 / HIPAA Compliance | | Hire consultants ($$$) |
| Flat Monthly Pricing | | |
| No Internal Hiring Required | | |
| Multi-Cloud Portability | | |
| White-Label Dashboard | | |
| Vacation / Sick Leave Coverage | | |
| Knowledge Transfer Docs | | Document yourself |
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
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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 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
Full security audit included
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"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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