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Migrated LegalTech Platform from Heroku to Azure

3 weeks
2 engineers
LegalTech SaaS
AzureAKSPostgreSQLRedis CacheDocker
60%
Cost Reduction
40x
Search Speed
Certified
SOC2
Zero
Downtime
Platform Migration Results
Metric
Before
After
Monthly Cost
$15,000
$6,000 -60%
Doc Search
8+ sec
<200 ms 40x faster
SOC2
None
Certified 5 deals won
Architecture
Monolith
6 microservices Modernized
Legal document platform microservices architectureLegal document platform microservices architecture
Microservices Modernization — 40x Faster Document Search

The Challenge

LegalTech SaaS on Heroku hitting performance limits at $15K/month. No SOC2, and enterprise clients requiring security certifications to proceed.

$15K/month Heroku bill with performance ceiling
No SOC2 or security certifications
Document search taking 8+ seconds at scale
Heroku single-tenant database limiting multi-tenancy

Our Solution

Full migration to Azure AKS with managed PostgreSQL Flexible Server, Azure Redis Cache, and pre-configured SOC2 controls via Terraform.

Containerized monolith into 6 microservices
Deployed to AKS with Terraform-managed infrastructure
Migrated to Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server with read replicas
Implemented Elasticsearch for sub-200ms document search
Configured SOC2 controls: encryption, audit logging, RBAC
Results & Impact

Won 5 enterprise contracts within 3 months of SOC2 certification.

Project Timeline

Week 1
Containerization, AKS provisioning, Terraform modules
Week 2
Database migration, Elasticsearch setup, SOC2 controls
Week 3
Load testing, DNS cutover, SOC2 evidence collection
C

"Heroku to Azure in 3 weeks. Performance tripled, costs dropped 60%, and we got SOC2."

CTO
LegalTech SaaS

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