What is the difference between AWS and Azure or Google Cloud?
AWS has the broadest managed-service catalogue (200+ services) and the longest track record for serverless and autoscaling workloads. Azure integrates best with the Microsoft stack (Microsoft Entra ID, formerly Azure Active Directory, .NET and Microsoft 365). Google Cloud is strongest in data analytics and machine learning. Miracuves recommends AWS for SaaS, marketplace and fintech projects that need proven autoscaling and serverless, and recommends Azure or Google Cloud when your team already has a commitment to those ecosystems.
How much does AWS development cost at Miracuves?
It depends on the offer. The AWS infrastructure base - ECS Fargate, Lambda, CloudFront and RDS written in Terraform and applied to your own account - starts from $3,699 and takes 3-5 weeks. Custom AWS architecture or migration work costs $6,000-$25,000 over 5-8 weeks, depending on scope; larger scopes are quoted in writing before work starts. An ongoing retainer for feature work and maintenance starts from $2,299/month. If a catalogue product fits, a ready-made platform starts from $2,199 and goes live in 6 working days. Your AWS bill is separate from our fee and paid by you directly. Every quote is written before payment, with no surprise invoices after kickoff.
Does Miracuves deliver the full source code and infrastructure-as-code?
Yes - completely. Miracuves delivers the full application codebase, Terraform modules or CDK constructs, Docker Compose files, CI/CD pipelines and deployment runbooks, and your AWS accounts and billing are in your company's name from day one. Your team or any other development company can replicate, modify or extend the infrastructure immediately after handoff. There is no lock-in to Miracuves; the managed AWS services themselves (RDS, DynamoDB and the rest) remain Amazon's, under your account.
How fast can an AWS project realistically be delivered?
It depends on the offer. The Miracuves AWS infrastructure base - ECS Fargate services, Lambda functions, CloudFront CDN and RDS databases in Terraform - takes 3-5 weeks. Custom AWS builds and migrations from on-prem run 5-8 weeks; larger scopes are quoted in writing before work starts. If one of our 90+ ready-made platforms fits, it goes live in 6 working days. Every timeline is put in writing before we ask for any payment.
When should I use AWS vs DigitalOcean or a simple VPS?
AWS when you need auto-scaling (variable traffic), managed databases (RDS), global CDN (CloudFront), serverless event processing (Lambda), or compliance requirements (SOC 2, HIPAA). DigitalOcean or a VPS when your traffic is predictable, your database is simple, and your team is comfortable managing a single server. Miracuves recommends honestly based on your actual workload - not our preference.
What does Miracuves use for infrastructure as code?
Miracuves uses Terraform as the primary IaC tool for all AWS projects. Terraform modules cover VPC networking, ECS clusters, RDS instances, S3 buckets, IAM policies, and CloudFront distributions - all version-controlled in your repository. For teams that prefer programmatic IaC, we also support AWS CDK with TypeScript. Every change goes through pull request review.
Can Miracuves migrate an existing application to AWS?
Yes - cloud migration is a core Miracuves service. We analyze your current on-prem or self-hosted infrastructure, design the target AWS architecture (VPC, compute, storage, networking), plan migration with zero-downtime strategies, and execute in phases. Post-migration, we optimize for cost using Savings Plans and right-sizing.
What will our monthly AWS bill be, and who pays it?
You pay AWS directly: the bill is separate from our fee and the accounts are in your name. A typical production ECS setup runs $500-5,000/month depending on traffic, compute, data transfer and storage. We estimate it with the AWS Pricing Calculator before the build, set AWS Budgets alerts and cost-allocation tags at launch, and apply FinOps practices - right-sizing, Savings Plans once usage is steady, and removing idle resources - to keep the bill down.
How does Miracuves handle NDA, IP, and post-launch support?
Bilateral NDA before details are shared. IP assignment confirming 100% client ownership is signed at project start - including all Terraform code, Docker images, and CI/CD pipelines. Every delivery includes 60 days of post-launch support for infrastructure issues within agreed scope; feature additions are quoted separately.
Who owns the AWS account, and can we take over from Miracuves later?
You do. The AWS accounts are opened in your company's name and billed to you from day one; Miracuves works inside them through IAM roles you create and can revoke. The Terraform or CDK code, pipelines, scripts and application code we write are 100% yours. At handoff we remove our own access and give you a checklist showing it, so your team or another company can take over the next morning. Managed services such as RDS and DynamoDB stay Amazon's services, run under your account.
Can you build to SOC 2, HIPAA or PCI DSS requirements on AWS?
Yes. AWS works on a shared responsibility model: Amazon secures the underlying infrastructure and publishes its own compliance reports in AWS Artifact, while the configuration of your accounts is your side. We build to the controls these frameworks require - encryption at rest with KMS, private subnets, least-privilege IAM, CloudTrail logging, backups with restore tests - and for HIPAA we use HIPAA-eligible services under the Business Associate Addendum you accept with AWS. Audits and attestations belong to your organization.
Do you offer custom AWS development for an existing product?
Yes, and most custom AWS work starts that way. We review how the product runs today, write down what should change and quote it before work starts. Typical scopes: moving a monolith into containers on ECS, adding serverless processing with Lambda and SQS, bringing infrastructure that was clicked together in the console under Terraform, and adding staging environments and CI/CD. Custom AWS work runs 5-8 weeks at $6,000-$25,000 depending on scope.