Bengaluru-based · Remote across India
Cloud Consulting Services in Bangalore
Independent AWS and Azure consulting — architecture, migration, cost optimisation, DevOps and security, from someone who does not resell either. No partner margin, no reseller quota, and a written recommendation you could hand to another engineer.
- Vendor-neutral — no reseller margin on your consumption
- Cost audit from ₹25,000 — the engagement that can pay for itself
- Plans are standalone — hand the runbook to anyone you like
- Accounts in your name — billed to you, directly, at cost
- Restores are witnessed — an untested backup is a belief
The short answer
A cloud cost audit costs ₹25,000–₹75,000, an architecture and migration plan ₹50,000–₹2,00,000, and a migration ₹2,00,000–₹25,00,000 depending on what is moving. Start with the audit: it is the cheapest thing here and the only one that can pay for itself inside a month.
The AWS-or-Azure question is usually settled by a licence rather than by technology. If you already pay for Microsoft 365, Windows Server or SQL Server, Hybrid Benefit often makes Azure cheaper overall. If you are Linux-first, AWS. I resell neither, so there is no margin riding on that answer.
What I do
Six engagements, and one of them comes first
Most people arrive asking for a migration. The audit is usually the better opening move — it costs a fraction as much, produces a number you can verify against your own invoice, and tells you whether the rest of the advice is worth buying.
Cloud architecture
A target design before anything moves: sizing, networking, identity, environments and the failure modes written down. The cheapest hour in any cloud project is the one spent here.
₹50,000 – ₹2,00,000
Migration
Lift-and-shift where that is honest, re-architecting where it actually pays — in waves, with a pilot workload first and a rollback plan that has been tested rather than described.
₹2,00,000 – ₹25,00,000
Cost optimisation
A written audit of where the bill leaks: idle instances, non-production running 24×7, orphaned disks, on-demand pricing where reserved would do. Usually the first engagement worth buying.
₹25,000 – ₹75,000
DevOps and automation
Infrastructure as code, CI/CD, environments that can be rebuilt from a repository rather than remembered. The test is whether you could recreate production from scratch.
Scoped per estate
Security and access
Identity and least privilege, network segmentation, secrets out of code, encryption, audit logging — and MFA on the root account, which is still the single most common finding.
Included in architecture work
Backup and disaster recovery
3-2-1 design, automated, monitored, and proven with a witnessed restore. An untested backup is a belief, not a backup.
₹40,000 – ₹1,50,000
Tech stack
What the work is done with.
AWS, Azure and Google Cloud as the three I design and migrate on, plus DigitalOcean and Hetzner for the small predictable workloads where hyperscaler pricing adds cost without adding value. Infrastructure defined in Terraform and kept in your repository, so the estate can be rebuilt rather than remembered. Monitoring on Grafana and Prometheus, because a migration you cannot observe is a migration you cannot prove.
AWS
Azure
Google Cloud
DigitalOcean
Terraform
Docker
Kubernetes
Linux
PostgreSQL
Grafana
Prometheus
Cloudflare
Migration path
How a migration actually runs
The two stages that get skipped are the first and the fourth. Assessment is where the dependencies nobody documented turn up, and the pilot workload is what turns the plan from a belief into evidence — before the waves start and before a cutover date is promised to anyone.
The provider decision
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud, for a startup or SME
The row that decides it more often than any other is the pricing model — specifically where each provider's discount comes from, because on Azure it can be a licence you have already bought rather than a new commitment.
| AWS | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core strength | The widest service catalogue and the deepest hiring pool in India; most third-party tooling assumes it | Integration with what a business already runs — Microsoft 365, Active Directory, Windows Server, SQL Server | Data, analytics and machine learning; BigQuery is genuinely differentiated |
| Pricing model | Per-second or per-hour on demand; Savings Plans and Reserved Instances for a 1–3 year commitment | Same shape, plus Hybrid Benefit — existing Windows and SQL licences carry across, which changes the total | Per-second, with automatic sustained-use discounts and committed-use contracts |
| Where the discount comes from | You commit, deliberately, for one or three years | You already bought Microsoft licences — so the saving is retrospective rather than a new commitment | Applied automatically as you use it, with no commitment needed for the first tier |
| Best for a startup | Default choice — most tutorials, libraries and hires assume AWS | Only if the founders already run the Microsoft stack | Data-heavy products, and teams already on Google Workspace |
| Best for an SME | Mixed estates and anything Linux-first | Usually the cheapest overall where Microsoft licensing already exists — often decisively | Analytics workloads beside an existing estate, rather than the whole estate |
| Hiring and support in India | Largest pool by a wide margin | Strong, especially in enterprise and Microsoft-partner channels | Smallest of the three, which matters when someone leaves |
| Where it is the wrong choice | Small, predictable workloads where the hyperscaler model adds cost without adding value | A Linux-only estate with no Microsoft licences to carry across | A conventional business estate with no data or analytics story |
The Microsoft licence argument in full is in AWS vs Azure for Indian SMEs. A shorter shortlist — including DigitalOcean and staying on-premises, which are sometimes the right answer — is on the cloud consulting page.
Cost optimisation
Where a ₹1,20,000 bill actually goes
This is a worked model, not a client result. No client has given me permission to publish their invoice, and inventing one would make every other figure on this site worth less. So the starting bill is taken from the published range for a production workload in India, each saving states the assumption that produces it, and you can substitute your own numbers — the method is the point, not the total.
| Line | Before | After | The assumption behind it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production compute | ₹58,000 | ₹34,800 | On-demand moved to a savings plan at 40% — the midpoint of the 30–50% published on the cloud consulting page |
| Dev & staging compute | ₹22,000 | ₹6,500 | Running 24×7 (168 hrs) scheduled down to a 50-hour working week: 50 ÷ 168 = 30% of the hours |
| Storage & snapshots | ₹18,000 | ₹11,000 | Orphaned disks and snapshots from deleted projects removed, and cold data moved to an archive tier |
| Data transfer | ₹12,000 | ₹7,000 | Traffic that was crossing regions unnecessarily kept inside one region |
| Managed services | ₹10,000 | ₹6,000 | Convenience tiers dropped to the tier that does the same job at this volume |
Totals: ₹1,20,000 a month before, ₹65,300 after — a 46% reduction on this illustrative estate. The only lever here with a published figure is commitment pricing at 30–50%; everything else depends entirely on what is in your account, which is why an audit produces findings rather than promises. Bill bands are sourced in what the cloud actually costs an Indian business.
Engagements and pricing
What each piece of work costs
Every one of these is a deliverable you could hand to someone else. A plan that only makes sense if I execute it is not a plan, it is a sales document.
| Engagement | Indicative range | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud cost audit | ₹25,000 – ₹75,000 | Written report of where the bill leaks, a right-sizing plan and a projected monthly saving you can check against your own invoice |
| Architecture & migration plan | ₹50,000 – ₹2,00,000 | Target design, sizing, security model, migration runbook and a rollback plan — deliverable on its own, with no obligation to have me execute it |
| Small business migration | ₹2,00,000 – ₹8,00,000 | Shared hosting or a single server moved to a properly designed cloud estate, in waves, with a pilot first |
| Mid-size estate migration | ₹8,00,000 – ₹25,00,000 | Multiple workloads in waves, re-architected where it pays and lifted where it does not |
| Backup & disaster recovery | ₹40,000 – ₹1,50,000 | 3-2-1 design, automation, monitoring and a witnessed restore test — the only test that counts |
| Ongoing cloud management | Monthly retainer | Monitoring, patching, a monthly cost review and a quarterly architecture check |
- Provider bills
- In your name, paid by you directly to AWS, Azure or Google at their price — never marked up through me
- Reseller status
- None, for any provider. No partner margin and no quota behind the recommendation
- Who owns the code
- You — Terraform and pipelines live in your repository from the first commit
- Where I will say no
- Compliance certification needs an auditor, not a consultant. I will tell you that rather than sign it off
Indicative Indian market ranges, not a rate card. Every figure is sourced in pricing.
FAQ
Cloud consulting — questions I get asked
What does a cloud consultant cost in Bangalore?
₹25,000–₹75,000 for a cost audit, ₹50,000–₹2,00,000 for an architecture and migration plan, and ₹2,00,000–₹25,00,000 for a migration depending on how much is moving. The audit is the one to buy first: it is the cheapest engagement here and the only one that can pay for itself inside a month, which is also a fair test of whether the rest of the advice is worth having.
AWS or Azure — which should we choose?
For most Indian SMEs the honest answer is decided by a licence rather than by technology: if you already pay for Microsoft 365, Windows Server or SQL Server, Azure Hybrid Benefit usually makes Azure cheaper overall, sometimes decisively. If you are Linux-first or want the deepest hiring pool, AWS. The full argument is in AWS vs Azure for Indian SMEs, and the comparison table above covers Google Cloud alongside both.
How much can cost optimisation actually save?
The lever with a published number is commitment pricing: moving steady on-demand workloads to reserved or savings-plan capacity typically cuts 30–50% on that line. The rest — non-production running 24×7, orphaned disks and snapshots, unnecessary cross-region transfer — depends entirely on what is in your account, which is why the audit is a written finding rather than a promise. The worked model above shows the arithmetic on an illustrative bill; substitute your own numbers and the method holds.
Is that cost example a real client result?
No, and it is labelled as a model everywhere it appears. It is a worked illustration: the starting bill comes from the published range for a production workload in India, the savings-plan figure is the midpoint of the published 30–50%, and the dev/staging line is straight arithmetic on hours. No client has given me permission to publish their invoice, and inventing one would make every other number on this site worth less. Your audit produces figures from your own account.
Do you resell AWS or Azure?
No, and that is deliberate. I am not a partner or reseller for any provider, so there is no margin on your consumption and no quota behind the recommendation. Your accounts are in your name and billed to you directly at whatever the provider charges. The practical consequence is that I can tell you to leave a hyperscaler for DigitalOcean, or to stay on the server you already own — and sometimes that is the right answer.
Should we move to the cloud at all?
Not always. A steady 24×7 workload on hardware you already own is frequently cheaper where it sits, and moving it produces a monthly bill forever in exchange for a capital cost you have already paid. Cloud wins on spiky or seasonal load, on multi-site and remote working, on scaling down, and on not stocking spare hardware. The comparison is worked through in what the cloud actually costs an Indian business.
How long does a migration take?
A website and database is often a weekend. A handful of applications runs four to twelve weeks, and a mid-size estate three to nine months in waves. The assessment is what makes those numbers meaningful — the thing that consistently causes overruns is dependencies nobody documented, which is exactly what an assessment is for.
Can you just review what we already have?
Yes, and it is the most common first engagement. A cost audit or an architecture review is a standalone deliverable with a written report — you are free to hand it to your own team or another contractor to implement. There is no obligation to have me do the work, and a review that only makes sense if I execute it is not a review.
What about security and compliance?
Identity and least privilege, network segmentation, secrets out of source control, encryption at rest and in transit, and audit logging are part of any architecture work rather than an upsell. On data residency: Indian regions exist on all three providers and the decision is usually contractual rather than technical. What I will not do is sign off on a compliance claim I am not qualified to certify — that needs an auditor, and I will say so.
Who owns the accounts and the infrastructure code?
You do. Provider accounts are registered in your name and billed to you directly, and the infrastructure code lives in your repository from the first commit. If you move to another consultant, the estate goes with you and can be rebuilt from that repository — which is the actual test of whether infrastructure as code was done properly.
Do you work with our existing IT team or provider?
Yes, and that is often the best arrangement — I do the design and the migration, your team runs it afterwards, with the handover documented rather than verbal. Where there is no in-house team, managed IT support covers the ongoing side, and networking covers what has to be right on the office side of the connection.
Do you only work with clients in Bangalore?
No. I am based in Bengaluru, but cloud work is delivered remotely and most of it never needs a site visit — the exception is the on-premises half of a hybrid setup or a migration off physical servers, which does, and which I schedule across India.
Send me the bill and what it is running.
A rough monthly figure, what is on it, and what is prompting the change — a cost that has crept, a migration you are weighing, or an estate nobody has reviewed in two years. You get a scoped proposal within 24 hours. If the honest answer is to stay where you are, that is what the reply will say.
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