Clear decision guides for Technical Cloud & DevOps Consultancies
Straight comparisons of the tools you're choosing between, honest about where each one falls short. Where we quote a benchmark, we show its source.
16 guides for Technical Cloud & DevOps Consultancies of 1,000
A Solo DevOps Consultant's Case for Doppler Over Vault
Why most solo cloud and DevOps consultants get more done with Doppler than with a self-hosted Vault, and when it's actually time to introduce Vault instead.
On-Call Tools for a Two-Person DevOps Shop
A tiny cloud or DevOps consultancy needs one reliable page at 3am more than fancy workflow automation. Here is how to weigh incident.io against PagerDuty.
Scanning Infrastructure Code: A Worked Example for DevOps Consultants
A walkthrough of scanning Terraform and container pipelines for a technical cloud and DevOps consultancy choosing Snyk or GitHub Advanced Security.
CI/CD Choices for a One-Person Cloud Consultancy
How solo and small technical cloud consultancies should weigh GitHub Actions against GitLab CI, keeping setup cost, portability, and client handoff in mind.
Choosing Database Infrastructure Across Multiple Client Accounts
Independent cloud and DevOps consultants juggling several client accounts need a repeatable database setup. Here's how to choose one.
Is Wiz or Prisma Cloud Worth It for a Two-Person DevOps Shop?
Solo and small cloud consultancies ask whether either platform is overkill. Here's a plain answer, plus when a client's contract decides it for you.
Datadog vs New Relic for a Solo Cloud Consultant
A freelance cloud or DevOps consultant needs a monitoring tool that is fast to set up alone and easy to justify on a small client's invoice.
SOC 2 for a Small Cloud and DevOps Consultancy
Whether a small cloud or DevOps consultancy needs SOC 2 at all, and how Vanta, Drata and Secureframe compare for a lean team without in-house compliance staff.
CrowdStrike vs SentinelOne for Freelance IT Consultants
Enterprise EDR pricing assumes hundreds of endpoints. Here is how a solo DevOps consultant should think about CrowdStrike vs SentinelOne with a fleet of one.
AWS or Google Cloud for a Solo Cloud or DevOps Consultant
A worked example for a small technical cloud or DevOps consultancy weighing AWS against Google Cloud across client accounts.
Kong vs Apigee for a GitOps Shop Running Everything in Terraform
When the whole platform is defined in Terraform and reconciled by Argo, a gateway configured through a web console becomes the one thing nobody can roll back.
Kubernetes or ECS for a One- or Two-Person DevOps Shop
Solo and two-person DevOps consultants: a step-by-step way to choose between Kubernetes and ECS for client work, weighing your time and handoff risk.
Setting Up Feature Flags for Clients as a Cloud Consultant
A step-by-step runbook for cloud and DevOps consultancies choosing between LaunchDarkly and Split, and handing the platform to a client's own team.
Backstage vs Port for a Small Cloud Consultancy
A self-hosted portal is a second product a small team never planned to ship. Here's when Backstage still makes sense and when Port is the simpler call.
Cursor vs GitHub Copilot for Cloud and DevOps Consultants
Most of a cloud consultant's week is Terraform and YAML, not application code. How that shifts the Cursor vs GitHub Copilot decision for solo and small teams.
Auth0 or Clerk for a Solo Consultant Building Client Apps
Weighing Auth0 against Clerk when you're a one-person cloud or DevOps consultancy with no time to spare on identity plumbing.