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FinOps & Cost
We hunt down the waste, right size what you run and set guardrails so the bill stops creeping back up.
-38%cloud spend92%cost coverage3 wkspayback
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Cloud that scales, stays up, and costs less.
CloudForge is a Chicago-based cloud consulting and engineering company for AWS, Azure and GCP. We combine FinOps, DevOps and SRE expertise to reduce cloud spend, automate software delivery and improve production reliability.
15+Years in production infra
50+Environments shipped
8+Certifications held
cloudforge deploy / production live
Production release
$ cloudforge deploy --env production
Build 7f3c1a verified
Canary healthy at 10%
SLO checks passed
Production rollout complete
Monthly cloud spend$38,420
38%Uptime SLO99.99%
Deploy time4.2 min
Built across your stack
AWS
Azure
Google Cloud
Kubernetes
VMware
Microsoft
Datadog
Slack
ServiceNow
Jira
AWSAzureGoogle CloudKubernetesVMwareMicrosoftDatadogSlackServiceNowJira40%off the cloud bill
99.99%uptime hit
10×faster deploys
50+systems shipped
What we do
Bring us in where it hurts
Maybe you’re building something new. Maybe a system keeps paging your team at 2am. Either way, we step in where real experience earns its keep.
Cloud Architecture
Foundations on AWS, Azure and GCP that hold up. Accounts, networking and security done right so you are not rebuilding in a year.
ExploreDevOps & CI/CD
Pipelines that move code to production safely, with rollbacks that work the moment you need them.
ExploreSRE & Reliability
Honest monitoring, sensible SLOs and an on-call rotation that lets your engineers sleep through the night.
ExploreDevSecOps
Security built into how you ship. When the SOC 2 audit lands, it is a formality, not a fire drill.
ExplorePlatform Engineering
Paved paths so product teams ship on their own, without filing a ticket or taking down prod.
ExploreCloud consulting services
One team across the cloud lifecycle
From a focused cloud assessment to migration, FinOps and day-two operations, CloudForge helps SaaS, fintech, healthcare and e-commerce teams improve AWS, Azure and Google Cloud environments.
Assess and plan
Find the highest-risk and highest-cost gaps before they become expensive projects.
- AWS Well-Architected Review
- Cloud architecture review
- Infrastructure audit and capacity planning
Build and migrate
Move workloads and modernize foundations without creating a platform your team cannot own.
- Cloud migration consulting
- Secure landing zones
- Terraform and OpenTofu infrastructure as code
Optimize cloud cost
Turn cloud spend into an engineering signal with clear ownership, controls and measurable savings.
- FinOps and cloud cost allocation
- Rightsizing and commitment management
- Kubernetes cost optimization
Operate and improve
Help engineers release faster while making production more observable, secure and reliable.
- DevOps and CI/CD automation
- SRE, observability and SLOs
- Cloud security and DevSecOps
Cloud engineering research
Guides for the decisions behind your next cloud move
Original field guidance for technology, engineering and finance leaders who need an operating decision, not another generic checklist.
Cloud cost anomaly detection across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
A practical control loop for thresholds, ownership, investigation, containment and measurable response.
Read the guideFinOps for AI: govern GPU, model and token cost
Connect experiments and production inference to owners, unit economics, budgets and architecture decisions.
Read the guideInternal developer platform strategy: build, buy or integrate
Choose platform investments around validated developer workflows, trusted components and measurable adoption.
Read the guideDevSecOps pipeline security with SBOMs, SLSA and policy as code
Design trusted builds, artifact evidence and risk-based release controls that teams can operate.
Read the guideProof, not promises
The numbers that matter
We don’t bill for hours. We bill for a smaller invoice, quieter nights, faster releases and a team that owns the work long after we’re gone.
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Cut our AWS bill 38% in the first month and turned scary Friday deploys into a non-event.
VP Engineering
Series B SaaS
38%
lower AWS bill
0 min
downtime on migration
58%
faster recovery
6 wks
early to SOC 2
Ways to work together
Start small. Scale as you trust the work.
Every option below is a paid engagement. Pick the one that fits, and we go from there.
Power Hour
One hour on one problem. Bring an architecture review, a stubborn bug, or a second opinion.
$250/ 60 min
- Live working session
- Straight answers you can use
- Written follow-up after
Infrastructure Audit
A full read on your cloud, pipelines and reliability, with a roadmap you can act on right away.
$2,500/ fixed
- Cloud, CI/CD and security review
- Where the money is leaking
- Prioritized roadmap and quick wins
- 90 minute findings walkthrough
Fractional Platform
Ongoing senior infrastructure help from the team, embedded with you week to week.
Custom/ monthly
- Dedicated days each week
- Building and mentoring, hands on
- Roadmap ownership and on-call advisory
- Priority response
The company
One CloudForge practice, with clear accountability.
Cloud architecture, delivery, reliability and cost work stays inside one company operating model. Responsibilities, specialists and outcomes are documented before the engagement begins.
CloudForge Engineering
Cloud, DevOps, SRE and FinOps consulting practice
CloudForge brings cloud architecture, delivery engineering, reliability and cost management into one accountable consulting practice. Engagements are documented, measurable and designed for a clean handover to the client team.
Cloud consulting FAQ
Questions teams ask before they start
We analyze AWS, Azure and Google Cloud usage, ownership and unit costs; remove idle resources; rightsize compute and databases; improve cost allocation; and evaluate Savings Plans, Reserved Instances and Committed Use Discounts. The goal is durable savings without trading away reliability.
Your next cloud move
A stronger cloud for what’s next.
Lower cloud costs. More reliable infrastructure. A smoother path to production. Get practical guidance for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, from Terraform infrastructure to CI/CD with GitHub Actions.
Start with a paid 30-minute consult and leave with a prioritized plan, whether or not we keep working together.
- Expert guidance
- A clear plan
- Hands-on support
Example deployment workflow
terraform plan -out=tfplan
gh workflow run deploy.yml
kubectl rollout status deployment/appCloud platforms. Connected delivery.
AWS- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud
Terraform
GitHub Actions