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Cloud Consulting & Migration

Move to the Cloud.
Smarter. Faster. Cheaper.

End-to-end cloud consulting, architecture design, and seamless migration across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud & more — with transparent pricing and zero surprise bills.

500+
Migrations Completed
38%
Avg. Cost Reduction
4.9★
Client Satisfaction
24/7
Cloud Support

Cloud Services & Solutions

Comprehensive cloud services from strategy to execution, with clear cost benchmarks for every engagement.

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Cloud Strategy & Assessment

Deep-dive audit of your current infrastructure, workload analysis, and a tailored multi-cloud or hybrid strategy roadmap with ROI projections.

Typical engagement
$5,000 – $25,000
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Cloud Migration

Lift-and-shift, re-platforming, or full re-architecture of your on-premises workloads to AWS, Azure, or GCP with zero-downtime cutover strategies.

Per application / workload
$15,000 – $150,000
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Cloud Security & Compliance

Zero-trust architecture, IAM policy hardening, encryption, SIEM integration, and compliance alignment for HIPAA, SOC 2, GDPR, and PCI-DSS.

Per compliance framework
$10,000 – $60,000
⚙️

DevOps & CI/CD Pipelines

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Pulumi), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and fully automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.

Initial setup + monthly retainer
$8,000 – $40,000
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FinOps & Cost Optimization

Reserved instance planning, spot instance management, resource right-sizing, unused resource cleanup, and real-time cost dashboards to slash cloud bills by 30–50%.

Ongoing managed service
$2,500 – $8,000/mo
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AI/ML Cloud Infrastructure

GPU cluster provisioning, MLOps pipelines, model serving infrastructure (SageMaker, Vertex AI, AzureML), vector databases, and LLM deployment on cloud.

Infrastructure setup
$20,000 – $200,000

Major Cloud Platforms

Detailed breakdown of the world's leading cloud providers, their key services, and realistic pricing estimates.

Amazon Web Services

Market leader · 200+ services · Global scale

The world's most comprehensive cloud platform, powering over 33% of the cloud market. Strongest ecosystem with the widest service catalogue covering compute, storage, AI, and serverless.

  • EC2 (Virtual Machines)$0.0042–$32/hr
  • S3 Object Storage$0.023/GB/mo
  • RDS (Managed DB)$0.017–$3.20/hr
  • Lambda (Serverless)$0.20/1M requests
  • EKS (Kubernetes)$0.10/hr + nodes
  • CloudFront CDN$0.0085/GB
  • SageMaker (ML)$0.065–$32/hr
Market share
33%

Microsoft Azure

Enterprise leader · Microsoft 365 integration

Microsoft's cloud platform dominates enterprise, especially for organizations already using Microsoft 365, Active Directory, or Windows Server. Best for hybrid cloud and enterprise compliance scenarios.

  • Azure VMs (Compute)$0.004–$27/hr
  • Blob Storage$0.018/GB/mo
  • Azure SQL Database$15–$5,000+/mo
  • Azure Functions$0.20/1M requests
  • AKS (Kubernetes)Free mgmt + nodes
  • Azure OpenAI Service$0.002–$0.12/1K tok
  • Azure DevOps$6/user/month
Market share
22%

Google Cloud Platform

AI/ML leader · BigQuery · Data analytics

Google's cloud platform leads in data analytics (BigQuery), machine learning (Vertex AI), and Kubernetes (invented at Google). Competitive pricing with sustained-use discounts applied automatically.

  • Compute Engine (VMs)$0.005–$28/hr
  • Cloud Storage$0.02/GB/mo
  • BigQuery (Warehouse)$5/TB queried
  • Cloud Functions$0.40/1M requests
  • GKE (Kubernetes)$0.10/hr cluster
  • Vertex AI (ML)$0.08–$32/hr GPU
  • Cloud Spanner (DB)$0.90/node/hr
Market share
11%

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Database leader · Always Free tier · Oracle apps

Oracle Cloud is the top choice for Oracle Database workloads, offering Autonomous Database and the most generous Always Free tier. Competitive pricing on compute, often 30–50% cheaper than AWS for like-for-like.

  • Compute Instances (VMs)$0.003–$8/hr
  • Object Storage$0.0255/GB/mo
  • Autonomous Database$0.0348/OCPU/hr
  • OCI Functions$0.20/1M requests
  • Kubernetes Engine (OKE)Free management
  • Always Free Tier$0 (2 VMs + DB)
Market share
3%

IBM Cloud

Hybrid cloud · Watson AI · Red Hat OpenShift

IBM Cloud specializes in regulated industries (banking, healthcare, government), offering the strongest hybrid cloud story through Red Hat OpenShift and deep Watson AI integration.

  • Virtual Server Instances$0.011–$15/hr
  • Cloud Object Storage$0.022/GB/mo
  • Db2 on Cloud$204–$1,050/mo
  • Watson AI Services$0.02/1K chars
  • OpenShift on IBM Cloud$0.171/core/hr
  • Cloud Functions$0.000017/GBs
Market share
4%

Alibaba Cloud

APAC leader · Most competitive pricing

The dominant cloud provider across Asia-Pacific, offering industry-leading pricing for compute and storage. Strong in e-commerce and gaming verticals, with 70+ data centers across 25 regions globally.

  • ECS (Elastic Compute)$0.003–$10/hr
  • OSS Object Storage$0.02/GB/mo
  • ApsaraDB RDS$0.05–$10/hr
  • Function Compute$0.20/1M requests
  • Container Service ACKFree + node cost
  • Alibaba Cloud AI$0.0009/image
Market share
4%

Migration Process

A proven 6-phase methodology delivering predictable outcomes, zero surprise costs, and minimal disruption.

01

Discovery & Assessment

Comprehensive audit of your existing infrastructure, application dependencies, data flows, and compliance requirements. We deliver a detailed readiness report and total cost of ownership analysis.

2–4 weeks
02

Architecture Design

Cloud-native architecture design with the right mix of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS components. We produce detailed infrastructure diagrams, network topology, and security blueprint tailored to your workloads.

2–3 weeks
03

Proof of Concept

We migrate one representative workload to validate architecture decisions, test performance benchmarks, confirm security posture, and verify cost projections before full-scale migration begins.

1–2 weeks
04

Phased Migration

Wave-based migration of workloads prioritized by complexity and business criticality. Each wave includes parallel running, data sync, validation testing, and a documented rollback plan before cutover.

4–16 weeks
05

Optimization & Tuning

Post-migration performance tuning, auto-scaling configuration, reserved instance purchasing, tagging strategy implementation, and FinOps dashboard deployment to maximize ROI.

2–4 weeks
06

Handover & Managed Support

Knowledge transfer, runbook documentation, team training, and optional ongoing managed services including 24/7 monitoring, incident response, and monthly cloud cost reviews.

Ongoing

Estimate Your Migration Cost

Get a ballpark figure for your cloud migration project based on your infrastructure profile.

Migration Cost Calculator

Estimates based on 500+ real migration projects. Final quotes may vary.

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$48,000 – $96,000
One-time project cost · Excludes ongoing cloud spend
Includes
Assessment Architecture Migration Security Training

Cloud Provider Feature Matrix

Side-by-side comparison of the top cloud platforms across key decision criteria.

Feature / Criteria AWS Azure Google Cloud Oracle Cloud IBM Cloud
Global Regions 33 regions 60+ regions 35 regions 44 regions 6 regions
Free Tier 12 months 12 months Always free Always free (best) Lite plan
Kubernetes (Managed) EKS – $0.10/hr AKS – Free mgmt GKE – $0.10/hr OKE – Free OpenShift – $0.171/hr
Serverless Lambda ✓✓ Functions ✓✓ Cloud Run ✓✓ OCI Functions IBM Functions
AI / ML Platform SageMaker Azure ML + OpenAI Vertex AI (best ML) OCI AI Services Watson AI
Data Warehouse Redshift Synapse Analytics BigQuery (leader) Autonomous DW Db2 Warehouse
Hybrid Cloud Outposts Arc ✓✓ Anthos Dedicated Region Satellite ✓✓
HIPAA Compliant
Best Suited For General / Startup Enterprise / Microsoft AI / Data / Analytics Oracle DB Workloads Regulated Industries
Avg. Monthly Bill (mid-size) $3,500–$15,000 $3,000–$14,000 $2,500–$12,000 $1,800–$9,000 $2,000–$11,000

What Our Clients Say

Real outcomes from real migrations across industries.

★★★★★

"Nipunar Consultation migrated our entire 47-application portfolio to AWS in just 14 weeks with zero downtime. Our infrastructure costs dropped by 41% in the first year. Absolutely exceptional team."

RS
Rahul Sharma
CTO, FinTech startup · Mumbai
★★★★★

"Their FinOps team identified $380,000 in annual waste within the first month. The detailed cost dashboards they built are something our finance team uses daily now."

PK
Priya Kapoor
VP Engineering, E-Commerce · Bangalore
★★★★★

"We had a hard HIPAA compliance deadline and a messy on-prem setup. Nipunar Consultation delivered a compliant Azure environment on time and under budget. I can't recommend them enough."

AM
Anjali Mehta
Director IT, Healthcare Corp · Delhi

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