Docker and Kubernetes Development Company

For platforms with several services, uneven traffic or more than one environment - usually yes: Kubernetes restarts failed containers, rolls out releases without downtime, and scales pods and nodes with load. It is not free to run: a cluster needs upgrades several times a year, monitoring and someone who understands it. For one or two small services, Cloud Run, Azure Container Apps, ECS on Fargate or a PaaS runs the same Docker image with far less to operate, and Docker Compose on one server is enough for many internal tools. Kubernetes itself carries no uptime SLA - the managed control plane's SLA is the provider's contract, and availability comes from how the workload is spread across zones. Miracuves assesses honestly and recommends the right level.

A container migration - your existing application containerized and running on a managed Kubernetes cluster with CI/CD and monitoring - starts from $3,699 and takes 2-4 weeks, at a fixed price once scoped. A custom Kubernetes build typically costs $8,000-$25,000 over 2-8 weeks; where it lands depends on the number of services, how much state has to move, how many clusters, environments and regions are in scope, compliance requirements and whether a service mesh or custom operators are needed, and larger scopes are quoted in writing before work starts. Ongoing cluster work on a retainer starts from $2,299/month. If a catalogue product fits, the ready-made platform starts from $2,199 and ships in 6 days. Your cloud bill for cluster fees, nodes, load balancers and storage is paid to the provider and is separate from our fee. Every quote is written before payment, with no surprise invoices after kickoff.

Yes - completely. Miracuves delivers all Dockerfiles, Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, Terraform modules, Argo CD pipeline configs, monitoring dashboards and environment setup guides. The cloud accounts, clusters and billing are in your name from day one; managed services such as EKS, GKE or AKS remain the provider's services under its terms. Zero lock-in: your team can deploy, extend and maintain everything independently after handoff.

A scoped container migration of an application you already run takes 2-4 weeks from $3,699. A greenfield Kubernetes platform built from a specification takes 2-8 weeks depending on service count and compliance requirements; larger scopes are quoted in writing before work starts. Both timelines are written into the proposal, and no payment is asked for until you have them.

Docker packages your app. Docker Swarm orchestrates simple clusters. Kubernetes orchestrates at enterprise scale with auto-scaling, service mesh, and multi-cloud portability. Miracuves recommends Kubernetes for microservices and multi-cloud platforms. Docker Compose or Swarm is sufficient for simple, single-host deployments.

Prometheus for metrics collection, Grafana dashboards for visualization, alerting rules for pod health and resource usage, Jaeger for distributed tracing, and Fluentd for log aggregation - all configured before the first production deployment goes live.

Yes, as part of every engagement. Miracuves provisions managed Kubernetes clusters on EKS, GKE or AKS via Terraform in your own cloud account, configures VPC networking, sets up RBAC and network policies, and validates production readiness before handoff. Multi-cloud configurations are available for disaster recovery when a requirement calls for them.

Every cluster Miracuves delivers comes with 60 days of post-launch support: a failing pod, a broken pipeline or an alert that fires within the delivered scope is fixed at no extra cost. New services or features beyond the scope are quoted separately, and cluster upgrades and ongoing work can continue on the monthly retainer from $2,299.

A bilateral NDA is signed before you share anything about your infrastructure, and it covers architecture diagrams, credentials handling, business logic and IP. The IP assignment that makes every Dockerfile, chart and Terraform module 100% yours is signed at project start - not at the end - and cloud access is granted through roles you control and can revoke.

Yes, and it is a common starting point. We begin with a written audit: the Kubernetes version and how long it stays supported, who holds cluster-admin, which services are exposed publicly, where secrets live, which pods have no resource limits, whether backups restore, and what the cluster costs each month. The fixes are then prioritized, and hand-applied resources are brought into Helm, Terraform and GitOps so the repository becomes the record of what runs. Nothing in production is changed before you approve the plan.

Yes. Many engagements are narrow: hardening the Dockerfiles, writing Helm charts for services that already run, moving deploys from kubectl scripts to Argo CD or Flux, adding autoscaling and monitoring, or a cost review of an existing cluster. Custom work of this kind starts from $3,699, depending on the work, and is quoted in writing after a short review of your repositories and cluster access.

Yes. Kubernetes runs on your own hardware through self-managed distributions, and the major clouds offer options to run or manage clusters outside their regions. It fits when data must stay on premises or near factory and edge sites. The trade-off is that your team, or a retainer, owns the control plane, etcd backups and upgrades that a managed service would otherwise handle, so we cost that in before recommending it.