Do we need Kubernetes, or is it overkill for our scale?

Kubernetes adds real value at a certain scale but is over-engineering for most startups. We'll give you an honest recommendation based on your team size, complexity, and growth trajectory — and won't push a solution bigger than your problem.

How do you handle the Kubernetes learning curve?

We build the platform with developer experience as a first-class requirement, so your engineers interact with simple abstractions — not raw Kubernetes YAML. We also train the platform team who will own and operate it.

What's the difference between cloud infrastructure and cloud technologies?

Cloud infrastructure covers the fundamentals — VMs, networking, storage, migration. Cloud technologies focuses on the modern layers above that: Kubernetes, serverless, IaC, GitOps, and developer platforms.

Cloud & Infrastructure

Cloud Technologies

Build and run cloud-native platforms on Kubernetes, serverless, and infrastructure-as-code. Upturn delivers modern platform engineering that scales reliably and costs less.

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99.99%

Platform uptime

40%

Cost reduction

10×

Deploy frequency

KubernetesServerlessIaC

Challenges

The problems we solve for Cloud Technologies

Monoliths that resist change

A single large application where every change risks breaking everything else slows the entire engineering team.

Infrastructure that isn't code

Click-ops cloud infrastructure is invisible, un-reviewable, and impossible to reproduce — a DevOps anti-pattern.

Container sprawl

Kubernetes is powerful but complex. Without expertise, container environments become expensive and hard to manage.

No developer self-service

Developers waiting for ops teams to provision environments creates weeks of delay on every new project.

How we solve it

Our approach to Cloud Technologies

Platform engineering

An internal developer platform that actually ships

We build the platform layer that lets your developers provision environments, deploy safely, and observe their services in production.

Golden path templates for new services
Self-service environment provisioning
Integrated observability from day one

IaC and GitOps

Infrastructure that's reviewed, versioned, and tested

Terraform, Pulumi, and GitOps practices mean your infrastructure is as auditable as your application code.

Terraform modules with remote state
GitOps with ArgoCD or Flux
Policy-as-code with OPA / Sentinel

Results

What you can expect

99.99%

Platform uptime

Multi-zone Kubernetes deployments with automated failover achieve four-nines availability.

40%

Infrastructure cost reduction

Right-sized pods, cluster autoscaling, and spot instances dramatically cut cloud bills.

10×

Deploy frequency increase

CI/CD with automated testing and progressive delivery makes daily deploys routine.

3 min

New environment provisioning

Self-service templates mean developers get environments in minutes, not weeks.

Methodology

How we deliver Cloud Technologies

Assess

Evaluate current infrastructure, containerization maturity, and developer experience.

Design

Architect the target platform with resilience, security, and developer UX in mind.

Foundation

Kubernetes cluster, networking, RBAC, and secret management first.

Platform

Build the golden path — templates, CI/CD, observability, and developer portal.

Migrate

Move services onto the platform incrementally, one team at a time.

Enable

Train developers and platform engineers; document runbooks and ADRs.

What you receive

Kubernetes cluster configuration
Terraform IaC modules
CI/CD pipeline templates
Observability stack setup
Developer onboarding guide
Platform runbook
Architecture decision records

Technology stack

KubernetesHelmTerraformArgoCDPrometheusGrafanaIstioAWS EKS / Azure AKS / GKE

FAQ

Common questions

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The first consultation is free. Let's find out if this is the right fit for you.

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