An independent cloud architecture review — a second opinion with no rebuild agenda
Senior engineers review your AWS, Azure or GCP architecture for cost, security, reliability and scalability. We are not a reseller and we do not profit from your spend or a rebuild — so when the big consultancy says "replatform everything", you get an unbiased read on whether that is true.
The old way
A review from the vendor who profits when you rebuild
The Cipher way
An independent read on your cloud — findings you own, no lock-in
Four pillars, reviewed against well-architected practice
A structured, vendor-neutral assessment of your cloud environment — not a sales pitch for a migration or a rebuild.
Cost & FinOps
Where the money is going, what is waste, and what a defensible target spend looks like — with no incentive to grow your bill.
Security & compliance
IAM, network exposure, encryption, logging and guardrails reviewed against well-architected practice and Australian privacy expectations.
Reliability & resilience
Backups, single points of failure, multi-AZ posture and recovery objectives — so an outage is a plan, not a surprise.
Architecture & scalability
Whether the current architecture can carry your roadmap, and where targeted fixes beat the expensive rebuild someone is trying to sell you.
How it works
A fixed-scope review, on your terms
01
Read-only access
You grant scoped, revocable read-only access to your own cloud accounts. We never need write access to review.
02
Structured review
We assess cost, security, reliability and architecture against well-architected frameworks for your cloud (AWS, Azure or GCP).
03
Prioritised report
Findings ranked by impact and effort — quick wins, cost savings and risks — with a clear roadmap and a walkthrough session.
04
You decide
Implement with your own team, or engage us. The report is yours either way. No lock-in, no obligation.
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Get an unbiased read on your cloud architecture
A vendor-neutral review of cost, security, reliability and scalability — with a prioritised report and roadmap you keep, and no obligation to rebuild anything.
Vendor-neutral by design
We don't resell cloud or profit from your spend
No rebuild agenda
The smallest change that works, recommended honestly
Australian contracts & invoicing
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