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AWS migration · Abu Dhabi

Migrate to AWS knowing exactly what it will cost.

We plan the move, forecast the bill, and handle the credit applications that can offset it. You see a written estimate and a clear scope before anything is switched over.

No charge for the initial assessment.

Built for teams that need a number they can defend

Written before the work

Scope, sequence and cost estimate are on paper before a single workload moves.

Every figure labelled

Estimated, potentially eligible, submitted, confirmed. Four words that stop four kinds of misunderstanding.

One tracked status

At any point you can ask where the engagement stands and get one answer, not four.

Regional footprint

Based in Abu Dhabi, working with founders and IT teams across the GCC, Egypt and the UK.

Our discipline

Four labels on every number

Every number we give you carries one of four labels. If a figure reaches you without one, ask us which it is.

  1. 01

    Estimated spend

    Our projection of what your workloads will cost on AWS. A forecast, never a commitment.

  2. 02

    Potential eligibility

    A maximum you could be considered for. Not an amount you have been awarded.

  3. 03

    Submitted request

    What we have formally asked AWS for on your behalf. Submitted is not the same as approved.

  4. 04

    Confirmed award

    What AWS has approved in writing. This is the only figure you can bank.

Where we differ

What we will never tell you

Four sentences you will not hear from us, because each one has cost somebody real money.

  • “Up to $100,000 in credits” means you will get $100,000.

    “Up to” is a ceiling on what you may be considered for. Most approvals land well below it, and some land at zero.

  • Your projected annual AWS spend is the amount of credits you will receive.

    Spend and credits are unrelated numbers. One is what you will pay AWS; the other is what AWS may decide to give back.

  • Migration credits and AWS Activate are one application.

    They are separate programmes with separate criteria and separate decisions. Qualifying for one says nothing about the other.

  • Start moving critical workloads now, the credits are as good as approved.

    Nothing critical should depend on an unconfirmed credit expectation. We will tell you to wait, even when waiting is inconvenient.

How it works

From first conversation to signed handover

Ten steps. You know which one you are on at all times.

  1. 01

    Intake

    You complete the questionnaire and send the document package. We ask follow-up questions until the picture is complete.

  2. 02

    Assessment

    We review your infrastructure, spend and funding position, and tell you whether you are a realistic candidate for the credit programmes.

  3. 03

    Cost estimate

    We produce a written estimate covering one-off migration cost and ongoing AWS run rate, with assumptions listed.

  4. 04

    Your approval

    You sign off the scope, the sequence and the estimate. You also sign the expectation confirmation sheet. Nothing moves until this is done.

  5. 05

    Credit routes

    We identify which programmes apply to you, in what order, and what evidence each one needs.

  6. 06

    Applications

    We prepare and submit the applications. Each one is tracked separately because each one is decided separately.

  7. 07

    Migration

    Workloads move in the agreed sequence, lowest risk first, with rollback available at each stage.

  8. 08

    Attestations

    We assemble the proof of completed migration that AWS requires before releasing staged credits.

  9. 09

    Monitoring

    We watch actual spend against the forecast for the first billing cycles and flag divergence early.

  10. 10

    Handover

    Documentation, access, cost dashboards and open items are handed to your team in a recorded session.

Credit programmes

Credits are a discount, not a budget

AWS runs several programmes that can offset migration and early running costs. They are separate applications with separate criteria, decided by AWS and released in stages against proof of work. We prepare the applications, gather the evidence and track the decisions. We do not decide the outcome and neither does anyone who tells you otherwise.

FAQ

The questions we get asked most

Something we have not covered? Ask us directly

Tell us what you are running today

Send us your current setup and we will come back with a scope, a sequence and an estimated cost. If you are not a fit for the credit programmes, we will say so in the first conversation.