Container Orchestration That Actually Works

EKS is managed Kubernetes, giving you full K8s API compatibility and the massive ecosystem of Helm charts, operators, and tools. ECS is AWS-native container orchestration, simpler but locked to AWS APIs. Fargate is a serverless compute engine that works with BOTH EKS and ECS, removing the need to manage EC2 nodes entirely. We help you pick the right combination based on your team skills, workload requirements, and budget.

A production-ready EKS cluster with networking, RBAC, monitoring, logging, and auto-scaling typically takes 2-3 weeks. This includes VPC design, node group configuration, Karpenter for scaling, Prometheus and Grafana for observability, and GitOps pipelines with ArgoCD. We deliver incrementally so you have a working cluster by end of week one.

Yes. We follow a strangler fig approach, containerizing one service at a time so you get incremental wins without big-bang risk. We start by packaging your monolith in a container as-is, deploy it to EKS, then progressively extract microservices. Most migrations take 6-12 weeks depending on the size of the codebase.

We build upgrade runbooks specific to your cluster. The process includes testing workloads against the new version in a staging cluster, updating add-ons and controllers, performing rolling node group upgrades with zero downtime, and validating all workloads post-upgrade. We also set up automated compatibility checks so you are never caught off guard by deprecations.

Pricing depends on scope. An EKS cluster setup with best practices starts around $10K-$20K. Full platform engineering engagements including service mesh, GitOps, observability, and developer tooling range from $30K-$75K. We offer fixed-price projects with clear deliverables. Book a free consultation for a custom estimate.

Yes. We offer ongoing managed Kubernetes services including cluster upgrades, security patching, cost optimization, incident response, and 24/7 monitoring. Most teams see this as a fraction of the cost of hiring a dedicated platform engineering team. We also train your team to handle day-to-day operations if you prefer to bring management in-house.