Cloud Infrastructure Development built in code, with an agreed operating owner.
We provide cloud infrastructure development for platform teams launching a workload or rebuilding its environment on AWS or Azure. We deliver an environment built in code with Terraform, a cost model and an agreed handover or continuing operating arrangement.
- 120+Projects delivered across 12 countries since 2012
- 100+Senior in-house engineers, six countries
- 5.0Unified rating across 61 client reviews on Clutch
- AWS CertifiedSolutions Architects on the team
- ISO 27001Certified security practice, audited by Quay Audit UK
01Overview
What cloud infrastructure development covers
You review the target architecture and running-cost model before we provision the environment. The build scope connects the workload's requirements to the resources, integrations and operating responsibilities it needs.
- Designed around your workloadWe specify networking, compute, storage and security controls around the workload's traffic, data and integration requirements.
- Defined in code from the first environmentInfrastructure as Code records the environment in version-controlled Terraform. Its configuration supports repeatable provisioning and review of changes.
- Who holds it on day 31We agree who operates the delivered environment: a dedicated team, a managed team or your own engineers after handover. Continuing operation is part of that agreement.
- When something already runsCloud migration moves existing workloads. Cloud consulting answers an architecture or investment question. DevOps develops the release practice. Infrastructure engineering builds the environment those workloads use.
02Proof
What these builds had to get right
A platform adoption figure describes its use; assess the environment work behind the result against the build you want to commission.
- CancerDocs received a fully automated deployment processWe delivered a fully automated deployment process as part of our work on the oncology consultation platform.Deploymentfully automated process delivered for CancerDocs
- The plan paired technical requirements with running costsThe cloud migration plan for Booked It's entertainment booking platform combined financial reasoning (FinOps) with technical specifications for scalability and security. That connection between the target design and its costs informs the environment decision.600+businesses using Booked It's entertainment platform when the case study was published
- Continuing development and maintenanceWe provided ongoing software development and maintenance for a US home-health monitoring platform. The company case account describes the software as exceptionally stable.Minimalend-user support requests, a qualitative outcome reported in the published home-health platform account
03Compare
Choose how the environment will be built and operated
Compare the workload's requirements with the engineering and operating responsibility each option provides. A capable internal platform engineer can design and maintain the environment; managed platforms or your current cloud provider can fit workloads within their service scope.
| An environment designed for youunicrew | Configure resources directly in the consoleAd hoc | Managed hostingHosted |
|---|---|---|
| Best forA workload needing a designed target environment, code-defined configuration and an agreed handover or operating team. | Best forA limited environment whose setup can be managed directly, with an internal owner maintaining its configuration. | Best forA workload supported by the platform's services, integrations and operating terms. |
| What it asks of youTechnical requirements, an architecture decision-maker, cloud access and agreement on the operating scope. | What it asks of youTime to configure resources, record decisions, control access and maintain the setup as requirements change. | What it asks of youChecking workload fit, pricing, access and which application responsibilities remain with your team. |
| What it leaves behindThe defined environment, deployment configuration and architecture records, with handover and ongoing operation agreed. | What it leaves behindA configured environment and the records your team maintains for its operation and future changes. | What it leaves behindAn operating service under the provider's terms, with application configuration and data access defined by that arrangement. |
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Start with migration or consulting
An existing workload's move fits cloud migration. An architecture decision fits cloud consulting; a bill-first review fits the cost audit. A new environment can be scoped around the workload you want to commission.
Talk it throughOne box ticked is a conversation, not a project
Define the workload and the environment decision first. We discuss the required resources, integrations and who will operate the result before recommending a build scope.
Talk it throughWorth scoping the architecture first
Scope the target design around the requirements that apply together. The architecture and running-cost model give your technical and commercial owners a basis for approval.
Book a discovery callA build, with one question left open
Define handover alongside the build: your engineers can take over the environment, or continuing engineering and operation can be included in the agreement.
Book a discovery callDesign it, define it in code, name the owner
Bring the workload requirements and the proposed operating responsibilities to discovery. We scope the code-defined environment, its cost model and the handover or continuing service together.
Talk about the environmentWe define cloud infrastructure in Terraform, and the engineers who wrote it can stay on to run it. When they do, the team that made the architecture decisions stays accountable for them and keeps the code in step with what runs.
Oleksandr TrofimovChief Technology Officer, unicrew04Capabilities
Cloud infrastructure services we design and build
We scope cloud infrastructure services to the capabilities your workload needs. If the design calls for two, you commission those two.
- Cloud architecture design and consulting
Cloud architecture design
Multi-cloud or hybridWe design networking, compute and storage for AWS, Azure or hybrid environments around capacity, availability and recovery requirements. Public cloud uses provider infrastructure; private cloud dedicates an environment to one organization; hybrid combines them. Compare workload fit, operating responsibility and running costs across these models. Multiple-cloud deployment uses more than one provider; weigh its integration, management and data-transfer costs against the workload benefit before choosing it. A data platform is a separate engineering scope.
- Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
Infrastructure as Code
Repeatable and auditableWe define resources and their configuration in Terraform and automate provisioning from that definition. The environment supports the workload's deployment needs, including applications such as hotel booking.
- Docker and Kubernetes containerization
Containers and orchestration
Cloud-neutral by designWe package selected services as Docker containers and configure Kubernetes where orchestration fits the load and operating requirements. We weigh that approach against provider-managed services rather than requiring an orchestration layer for every workload.
- Hybrid cloud infrastructure setup
Hybrid and on-premise
Some of it stays putWe connect cloud resources with systems that remain on-premise. The design specifies network, access and monitoring requirements across the agreed environments, including hardware that stays behind your firewall.
- CI/CD pipeline and DevSecOps engineering
CI/CD and DevSecOps
Scanning inside the pipelineWe build the environment's deployment interface and agree the vulnerability scanning and configuration checks it needs. Deployment pipelines connect application releases to the target infrastructure; ongoing delivery automation has its own DevOps scope.
- Cloud cost optimization and FinOps
Cost control by design
Right-sizing and schedulingWe model resource costs alongside the architecture and plan capacity around expected use. Right-sizing, monitoring and scheduling are scoped for that environment; cloud financial management connects those decisions to operating spend.
- Cloud monitoring and reliability engineering
Observability and reliability
Auto-scaling and alertingWe configure monitoring, alerting and auto-scaling around the agreed operating and recovery requirements. We define who receives alerts and acts on them. Related work on a US home-health platform included ongoing software maintenance.
- Cloud security and compliance hardening
Security and compliance hardening
Zero-trust access controlWe configure identity and access management, encryption at rest and in transit, and guardrails to the agreed security requirements. A dedicated posture review or compliance programme is scoped through cybersecurity consulting.
05Trust
What a cloud infrastructure engagement hands over
The handover connects the environment's code, running-cost assumptions and agreed build access to the responsibilities of its next operating owner.
- ReproducibleThe environment, defined in TerraformVersion-controlled configuration supports repeatable provisioning and a handover to the agreed operating team
- Costed firstA FinOps model beside the architectureResource and capacity assumptions are recorded with the design for your review before provisioning
- Least privilegeAccess agreed with your technical contactFor build engagements: read-only wherever the work allows, no production writes during discovery, and work in your cloud environment where customers, insurers or shippers require it
06Stack
Platforms and tools for the built environment
We select AWS or Azure resources and the Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes configuration the workload needs. Application dependencies also inform the environment design.
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Heroku07Engagement
How a build is shaped, and how you pay
Choose continuing engineering, a phased environment build or a separately commissioned design. The design-only option is cloud consulting; ongoing operation is agreed with the build scope. There is no minimum engagement period.
A dedicated cloud team
Long-runThe engineers who define the environment can continue to develop and operate it under an agreed arrangement. The team keeps the infrastructure code aligned with what runs.
- Best when
- Your roadmap needs continuing infrastructure engineering and an agreed operating team
- You pay
- Billed monthly, per team member
- Typical start
- Two to four weeks
A scoped build
PhasedCommission the environment against an agreed design, with phased delivery and reviews. You approve priorities as the scope develops and agree the handover to its operating owner.
- Best when
- You want a running environment early and the budget released against it
- You pay
- Billed hourly, quoted per project
- Typical start
- Two to four weeks
The design on its own
Decision firstCommission the target architecture and running-cost model as a defined advisory deliverable. You review the design before deciding whether to commission its implementation.
- Best when
- You need the shape and the running cost in writing before you commit budget
- You pay
- Outcome based, quoted per project
- Typical start
- Two to four weeks
We read it before we touch it, and rebuilding it is a separate decision
We assess the existing environment's configuration, dependencies and costs before recommending a rebuild. Cloud consulting defines the changes to consider; migration executes an agreed move. Any new environment is commissioned against that decision.
08Industries
Industries we build cloud infrastructure for
Business workflows define the environment's integration, capacity and data-access requirements. We agree those requirements with the people responsible for the systems.
Logistics and transportation
Infrastructure for freight and order workflows, connecting cloud storage with server-based systems. We define network, access and monitoring requirements for the mix of environments the operation uses.
Hospitality and leisure
Environments for hotel booking workflows and their third-party interfaces. We plan compute, storage and recovery requirements around the booking services and their operating needs.
Healthcare
Environments for consultation and monitoring software, including oncology consultation workflows. The responsible owners define data access and deployment requirements; we scope the infrastructure and controls around them.
E-commerce
We build AWS environments for centralized product information management and Microsoft Dynamics ERP integration. A European manufacturer sold B2B and B2C across seven EU markets.
Fintech and accounting
Environments for payment and bookkeeping integration workloads. We design access, storage and network interfaces around the transaction data and the systems it must reach.
EdTech and learning
Environments for teaching and research software, including university time tracking. Compute and storage requirements follow the application workload and the integrations its users depend on.
Discuss the environment your workload needs
Bring the workload, its dependencies and the responsibilities you want the operating team to take on. Discovery establishes the architecture work to scope and the decisions your technical and commercial owners need to make.
What happens after you contact us
- We reply within one business dayWe respond to your enquiry and identify the information needed to discuss the environment.
- A call about what has to run, and what must never go downWe discuss traffic, availability and recovery requirements, existing systems and the proposed operating owner.
- The target architecture, with its cost model beside itThe scoped architecture work defines the environment, its design decisions and the expected resource costs.
- Contracts and NDAs, then a start dateWe agree contracts, NDAs, build access and the proposed start date for the commissioned scope.
09Delivery
How does cloud infrastructure development work?
Cloud infrastructure development moves from workload requirements through target design, provisioning and live-workload checks to an agreed operating handover. Continuing operation and tuning follow the commissioned scope.
- Requirements and constraintsWe map the workload's traffic, data and dependencies with the people who know the system. You provide the operating requirements and technical contact. Build discovery uses agreed least-privilege access, read-only wherever the work allows, with no write access to production.You getDocumented workload, integration and operating requirements for the target environment.
- Architecture and cost modelWe compare cloud resources, managed services and container options against the requirements. You provide an architecture decision-maker and the commercial constraints for the running-cost model.You getThe target architecture, recorded design decisions and a FinOps cost model for approval.
- Build it in codeWe define the agreed environment in Terraform and configure its resources, deployment pipelines and security controls. Containers are included where the design calls for them. Your technical owner approves the accounts and access model needed for the build.You getA provisioned environment with infrastructure code, deployment configuration and the agreed controls.
- The first workload goes liveWe deploy the workload and check the integrations in scope on the new environment. Your workload owner provides the operating window and confirms the application behavior against the agreed requirements.You getA live workload with the scoped application and integration checks completed.
- Run, monitor and tuneWe hand over monitoring, alerts and the operating responsibilities, then review resource sizing and scaling where continuing work is agreed. You name the operating owner and approve the handover or continuing service scope.You getAn operating handover with monitoring, alert responsibilities and a resource-cost baseline.
10Client voices
Our clients say
Artelogic anticipates our needs and meets them before we even identify them. My team lead wants to keep both of Artelogic’s developers on the project until the product’s release. We have a backlog of 40 big projects, so I only see Artelogic’s involvement increasing.
unicrew met deadlines and stayed on budget. The team went above and beyond what I expected; unicrew was excellent. It was more of a full-service provision than expected, so I was delighted.
Artelogic helped us get the solution live, and our customer was happy. Communication was open, and Artelogic responded quickly. The most important thing was Artelogic’s good communication.
I’m consistently humbled by Artelogic’s performance. Projects of this caliber are hard to outsource. Teams come and go, and this type of work almost never gets done. They’ve kept their priorities straight as they’ve grown and always deliver.
Artelogic has enabled us to develop and roll out products significantly faster than our previous service provider. The team has great knowledge of AWS and Heroku, which has helped us streamline and reduce costs. Artelogic has helped us reduce our AWS costs by 30% or more.
11Case studies
Our case studies
The older reviews use our former name, Artelogic. Those clients hired the company now known as unicrew.
See all case studies- SaaSAWS costs down 30%+ for a US B2B SaaS platformunicrew became the programming team for a B2B SaaS platform that had run for over a decade, streamlined how it used AWS and Heroku, and sped up rollouts.30%+Lower AWS costs
HospitalityHighly Adjustable Platform for entertainment industriesunicrew developed a platform for Booked It that enhanced the customer experience for nightclub, entertainment center, and festival goers.600+Businesses using the platform
12Questions
Cloud infrastructure development: frequently asked questions
Use these answers to assess an infrastructure proposal, from the build's cost and timing to its provider dependencies and operating ownership.
We quote cloud infrastructure development against the services, integrations and availability requirements it must support, including the handover or continuing operating scope.
The architecture stage defines the target and its running-cost model. The implementation proposal sets the commissioned work and billing model:
- Time and materials: billed hourly, quoted per project.
- Fixed price: outcome based, quoted per project.
- Team extension: billed monthly per team member.
The schedule depends on the resources, integrations, security controls and availability requirements in the agreed design. We confirm it with the proposal for your environment.
Target design, provisioning and live-workload checks require different work. Your system owners provide the access, decisions and operating windows needed for those stages; any continuing tuning is included in the operating scope.
Yes. We design the new environment's network and data interfaces around the systems it needs to reach, including systems that remain on-premise.
Discovery maps those dependencies and the access they require. Our logistics infrastructure experience includes a historical setup combining cloud servers, on-premise Linux behind a firewall and AWS storage. Your target design follows your own integration, data-location and operating requirements.
Yes. A review focused on the bill is commissioned through our fixed-scope cloud cost audit, separately from building a new environment.
In a 2024 review, a B2B SaaS client credited our AWS and Heroku knowledge with helping reduce AWS costs by 30% or more. That result belongs to the client's existing platform work; your audit assesses the accounts and resource use you run today.
We make provider dependencies explicit in the design and use Terraform and containers where they support the workload's portability and maintenance needs.
Infrastructure code and container packaging can reduce some switching effort. Provider-managed services may offer a better operating fit, but their interfaces and behavior need mapping if you move. The architecture records those trade-offs; an estate is not universally interchangeable between clouds.
We design security controls with your technical and security owners, then configure access, encryption and configuration guardrails within the agreed build scope.
unicrew is ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 9001:2015 certified, renewed through a multi-stage audit with Quay Audit UK. These organizational credentials do not certify the client environment. We have ISTQB-certified QA engineers; QA and security responsibilities are agreed for the engagement.
The operating owner is agreed with the build scope. The engineers who wrote the infrastructure can stay to run it, or we can hand it over to your team.
- A dedicated team continues engineering and operation under the agreed arrangement.
- A managed team carries the delivery and operating responsibilities you commission.
- Your engineers take over the infrastructure code, configuration and operating handover.
Application maintenance and support has a separate scope.
Compare the environment deliverables, resource-cost assumptions and operating responsibilities alongside relevant cloud engineering experience.
With unicrew, the proposal defines:
- The Terraform configuration and deployment interface to be delivered.
- Architecture decisions and the running-cost model.
- Handover, build access and any continuing operating scope.
We have AWS Certified Solutions Architects. The client reviews here link to their individual Clutch sources, so you can assess the work and its reported outcomes.
We fit teams commissioning an environment around a new workload or a deliberate rebuild, with infrastructure code, a cost model and a defined operating owner.
Our engineers design and build the target, then support the handover or continuing operating arrangement you agree. Cloud consulting fits an architecture decision on its own; cloud migration fits the move of existing workloads. A managed platform can be suitable where its services meet the workload and operating requirements.