# Cloud hosting on AWS and Azure that is secure, affordable, and easy to recover

> Need a safe, reliable home for your software? APPSOLN sets up cloud hosting on AWS or Azure with secure access, predictable costs, and backups you can actually restore.

Cloud is where your software runs. We set up the hosting, networking, access, cost limits, and backups, so your apps and any AI tools have a secure, reliable home instead of an old server or a developer's laptop. We mostly work with AWS and Microsoft Azure, and can work with Google Cloud when you already use it.

## Who it fits

- Your software is ready to move off a developer's machine or an old server.
- Logins, passwords, and access are informal and hard to track.
- You want clear costs and a recovery plan before usage grows.

## Problems

- Live software with no clear owner or backups
- Passwords and access shared in ways nobody can track
- Surprise cloud bills as usage grows
- No plan for what happens if a service goes down

## Deliverables

- A hosting setup designed for your software
- Secure access, password storage, and network settings
- Cost and capacity notes for expected usage
- A backup and recovery checklist

## Process

- **Understand your needs.** Agree data sensitivity, location, budget, and how much downtime is acceptable.
- **Design the setup.** Choose the right cloud services and environments for your software.
- **Secure access.** Set up logins, password storage, and least-privilege access your team can follow.
- **Test recovery.** Write down and test how to restore the system if something fails.

## Client involvement

- The cloud account owner and billing contact
- Your IT or security contact for access and data location rules
- Agreement on uptime and recovery expectations
- Someone who will own the setup after handover

## Success measures

- Your software runs in a cloud account you own and understand
- Access and passwords follow a least-privilege setup
- Costs are visible before usage grows
- Recovery steps exist for the failures that matter

## Systems

- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud, when you already use it
- Logins, access, and password storage
- Backups and monitoring

## Security and access

Logins, passwords, and network access are set up so people only get what they need, and access can be audited. Your data location and privacy rules shape the design.

## Human control

Your named people own the cloud account and live access. Recovery steps are written down, so you are not dependent on one engineer.

## What you leave with

You get a documented hosting setup, secure access, cost notes, and a recovery checklist that fits your business.

## Common questions

### Do you only work with one cloud provider?

No. We mostly work with AWS and Microsoft Azure, and can work with Google Cloud. We follow the provider, region, and budget you already have instead of forcing a move.

### We are a small business. Is cloud overkill for us?

Not when it is sized properly. A small app can run securely in the cloud for a modest monthly cost, with backups included. We design for what you need today and what you expect next.

### Do we need cloud before AI?

AI needs a reliable place to run. Cloud hosting makes access, costs, and recovery clear before your business depends on it.

## Related services

- [DevOps](https://appsoln.com/services/devops/index.md): DevOps is how finished code gets to your live software safely. We automate the steps from a developer's change to a live update, keep your test and live environments matching, add alerts so problems are spotted early, and write down how to undo a release. Launches stop being stressful and stop depending on one person.
- [Full-Stack Development](https://appsoln.com/services/full-stack-development/index.md): Full-stack development means we build every part of your software: the screens people use, the logic behind them, the database, and the connections to your other tools, such as your CRM, accounting software, or payment provider. We keep it focused on a real business need, so the result is easy to test, launch, host, and add AI to later.
- [AI Integration](https://appsoln.com/services/ai-workflow-integration/index.md): AI integration turns an agreed AI idea into something your team uses every day. Information comes in from your existing tools, AI handles a specific job, a person checks the exceptions, and the results go back into the systems where you keep your records.

## Technologies and roles

- [AWS](https://appsoln.com/technologies/aws/index.md): Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's largest cloud provider. It lets you rent servers, databases, storage, and AI services by the hour instead of buying hardware.
- [Microsoft Azure](https://appsoln.com/technologies/azure/index.md): Microsoft Azure is Microsoft's cloud platform. It works closely with Microsoft 365, Windows, and .NET, and it offers servers, databases, and AI services, including Azure OpenAI.
- [Terraform](https://appsoln.com/technologies/terraform/index.md): Terraform lets you describe your cloud servers, databases, and networks in simple files instead of clicking through a web console. The same files can rebuild everything exactly, which makes changes safer and recovery faster.
- [Hire an AWS Consultant](https://appsoln.com/hire/aws-consultant/index.md): Hire APPSOLN as your AWS consultant to set up new accounts, move apps to AWS, reduce your AWS bill, and put backups and monitoring in place.
- [Hire an Azure Consultant](https://appsoln.com/hire/azure-consultant/index.md): Hire APPSOLN as your Azure consultant to set up Azure securely, move Windows and .NET systems, set up single sign-on, and use Azure OpenAI.

Canonical page: https://appsoln.com/services/cloud