AWS consulting services
We migrate applications to Amazon Web Services and engineer AWS platforms for product and engineering teams. We plan workload cutovers, make costs visible and prepare your team to operate the platform after handover.
01Capabilities
AWS engineering for migration, cost and operations
We scope AWS cloud engineering around the workload and its operating requirements for logistics, healthcare and SaaS products.
- Migration
Move applications with a planned cutover
We move applications and data to AWS around an agreed cutover, planning data transfer, DNS changes and rollback so the business can prepare for the transition.
- Cost
Make spend visible and act on it
We assess instance sizing, storage classes, data transfer and unused environments against an agreed cost optimization target and AWS billing baseline, so you can judge each change's savings.
- Platform
Build the landing zone for product delivery
We establish accounts, networking, identity and guardrails as infrastructure as code. Product teams get a repeatable foundation for deployment, with access boundaries and configuration your security team can review.
- Operations
Prepare the platform for daily operations
We build logging, metrics, alerts and runbooks around the people operating your AWS estate. Recovery, handover and ongoing support have an agreed scope. We work under an ISO 27001:2022 certified information-security management system.
02Case studies
AWS cost reduction and application delivery
A US B2B SaaS client reported an AWS cost reduction of 30% or more against its previous setup. The other projects span document automation, logistics, healthcare, entertainment and knowledge work.
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
HospitalityAdaptable booking platform for entertainment venuesunicrew developed a platform for Booked It that enhanced the customer experience for nightclub, entertainment center, and festival goers.600+Businesses using the platform- AutomationDoubling data-entry throughput with a custom recognition toolunicrew automated a manual data-entry bottleneck with a C# and AWS recognition tool, doubling the data sets the team processed each month.2xData sets processed per month
- LogisticsA freight-management platform and mobile apps for a US logistics startup (Mover Technologies)
- HealthcareStabilizing and Scaling a Home Health Monitoring PlatformA U.S. consumer health tech company needed system stability and an experienced partner. unicrew stabilized the platform, optimized infrastructure costs, and delivered new features, becoming a long-term technology partner.
Knowledge ManagementSaaS for Digital ResearchA SaaS solution that helps knowledge workers streamline research work involving a substantial amount of information.
03Fit
Choose the AWS scope around each workload
We assess service needs, existing cloud skills and operating responsibilities before choosing an AWS design.
| Your situation | What we recommend |
|---|---|
| Broad service needs, workloads that vary in shape, and a team that already has AWS skills | Use AWSWe use AWS where its managed services meet the workload requirements and your platform team can support the design. |
| A Microsoft estate: .NET, Active Directory, SQL Server, an enterprise agreement already signed | Assess AzureWe compare Azure against AWS using identity integration, existing agreements and the work needed to operate each option. |
| An AWS estate meeting product needs, with a cost reduction target | Optimize the AWS estateWe review sizing, storage, data transfer and unused environments first, then assess whether architecture changes would add enough value. |
| One predictable application, a small team, and a preference for managed operations | A managed runtimeWe scope a managed platform around the application's deployment and recovery needs, with the operational work made explicit. |
| A data residency or regulatory requirement constrains hosting | Assess hostingWe establish the permitted locations and customer responsibilities before selecting the AWS region or hosting model. |
| An AWS migration is partly complete and the remaining cutover needs a revised plan | Re-plan the cutoverWe map the remaining dependencies, data transfer and rollback, then scope the next move before adding further workloads. |
Scope
unicrew has 100+ senior in-house engineers across six countries. Our team includes AWS Certified Solutions Architects. We define the architecture, cost baseline and handover for the AWS work we take on. The scope distinguishes AWS infrastructure responsibilities from application security, configuration and operations owned by your team or our engineers.
AWS savings come from many small fixes, such as right-sizing instances and moving storage to cheaper classes. We start by making the bill readable per team and per feature. Once each team can see what its own service costs, saving becomes part of how it works.
Oleksandr TrofimovChief Technology Officer, unicrew04Delivery
AWS cloud migration from assessment to handover
We plan the AWS migration per workload, separating cutover work from later tuning and operational handover.
- Assess workloads and dependenciesWe map applications, data flows and integrations, then review current usage and billing. This gives the migration plan a workload inventory and a cost baseline.
- Choose the path for each workloadWe assess rehosting, re-platforming or rebuilding against the application's dependencies and migration goals. The plan states what changes during the move and what remains for later.
- Build the landing zone and rehearse rollbackWe establish accounts, networking, identity and guardrails before moving workloads. Cutover rehearsals include the data transition, DNS changes and rollback procedure.
- Verify the move, then tuneWe verify the migrated workload against agreed behaviour and traffic checks, with QA and test automation scoped to the move. Cost and performance tuning follow, alongside runbooks and operational handover.
05Client voices
What clients say about AWS delivery
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.
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.
06Stack
Technologies alongside an AWS estate
We assess the container and database choices separately from the AWS hosting decision.
07Questions
Questions about AWS scope and delivery
We define what the AWS engineering fee covers and what your team will operate before quoting the work.
Yes. Our engineers can work alongside your team or take responsibility for a scoped AWS delivery.
Our QA practice supports the verification agreed for the engagement. A managed development team includes unicrew delivery coordination; for a defined migration outcome, we scope cloud migration.
Choose based on your existing estate and the workloads you need to run.
For a Microsoft estate, we assess identity integration, SQL Server dependencies and existing agreements on Azure. For AWS, we assess the required managed services and your team's ability to operate them. The comparison includes migration effort, ongoing engineering and cloud consumption.
Yes, where the savings come from configuration or unused resources; the billing review establishes that scope.
We assess instance sizing, storage classes, data transfer and unused environments against an agreed baseline. Architecture changes are a separate decision, made after we establish what the existing estate can save.
We choose the infrastructure-as-code tool your team can review, reproduce and maintain.
We assess Terraform, CloudFormation and CDK against your existing standard and the skills of the people who will operate AWS. Infrastructure stays in version control, with a reproducible deployment process and an agreed owner for changes.
We start with an engineering scoping call around the AWS work you need to deliver.
For an existing estate, we ask for read access to the account and billing data. You get a written migration path or cost profile, the first scope of work and the inputs needed for an estimate. Most engagements start within two to four weeks.
We quote engineering fees against scope; AWS consumption is a separate cost.
- Time and materials is billed hourly and quoted per project.
- Fixed price is outcome based and quoted per project.
- Team extension is billed monthly per team member.
The AWS consumption estimate depends on the workloads, usage and services selected, and is reviewed separately from our delivery fees.
Scope your next AWS migration or cost project
Bring the workload inventory, account structure and billing data to a scoping call. We will outline the migration path or cost work, the operating responsibilities and the information needed for an estimate.