Cloud Services
Cloud Services & Cloud Support — GCP, AWS, Azure
Cloud migration, cloud-native development, and ongoing cloud support for South African startups and SMMEs. Pick the cloud that fits your roadmap; we'll handle the build, the bill, and the 3 AM incidents.
What we do
Cloud Migration
Assess, lift, optimise. We map your workloads, design a target architecture on GCP, AWS, or Azure, and execute the migration without breaking production. Fixed-scope per phase.
Cloud-Native Development
Next.js on Vercel, Lambda + DynamoDB on AWS, Cloud Run + Firestore on GCP, Container Apps on Azure. We pick the stack that fits the workload, not the trend.
Cloud Support & Maintenance
Ongoing managed support for production cloud workloads. Patch cadence, monitoring, alerting, cost reviews, and incident response. SLA-backed under NoorSupport.
Cost Optimization
Two-week engagement to surface waste and right-size your account. Typical first-month savings: 15–35% of spend on un-tuned accounts.
GCP vs AWS vs Azure — at a glance
| Feature | GCP | AWS | Azure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa region | Johannesburg (africa-south1) | Cape Town (af-south-1) | Johannesburg (South Africa North) |
| Strongest for | Data, analytics, ML | Breadth, mature services | Enterprise + Microsoft stack |
| Serverless default | Cloud Run | Lambda | Container Apps |
| Managed Postgres | Cloud SQL | RDS / Aurora | Azure Database for Postgres |
| Free-tier friendliness | Strongest for new projects | 12-month time-boxed | Generous but service-specific |
Not sure which fits? NoorBuild engagements include a cloud-choice review as part of discovery.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which cloud provider is best for a South African startup?
It depends on your workload. AWS gives you the widest service catalogue and the largest African Cape Town region (af-south-1) — strong default for data-heavy workloads and regulated industries. GCP is excellent for analytics, BigQuery, and ML pipelines. Azure makes sense when you have existing Microsoft identity (Entra ID) and enterprise integrations. We help startups pick the cloud that matches their roadmap, not their resume.
Do you offer cloud migration as a fixed-scope engagement?
Yes. We scope migration projects in three phases (assess, lift, optimise) and quote a fixed price per phase. For a typical SaaS migration from a self-managed VM to AWS or GCP managed services, the assess phase runs USD 4,000 and the full migration ranges from USD 12,000 to USD 35,000 depending on data volume and integration count.
Can you reduce our cloud bill?
Yes — cost optimization is a standalone two-week engagement. We audit your account for orphaned resources, right-sizing opportunities, reserved-instance arbitrage, savings-plan candidates, and architectural changes that compound over time. Typical first-month savings range from 15% to 35% of monthly cloud spend for accounts that have never been optimized.
Do you offer 24/7 cloud support?
Yes — 24/7 production support is available under NoorSupport Enterprise. Coverage includes infrastructure incident response, monitoring/alerting setup (Grafana, CloudWatch, Datadog), and the runbooks your on-call team will actually use at 3 AM.
Talk to a cloud engineer
30 minutes to walk through your stack, your bill, and the cheapest realistic path forward.