AWS for SMB
AWS sized for mid-market teams — simple account structure, readable billing with tagging, essential IAM/MFA guardrails, and pair-built workloads. Designed so a two-person ops team can run it today and a ten-person team can extend it tomorrow without rebuilding.
Overview
Small and mid-size businesses are told that AWS is for enterprises — that you need a dedicated cloud team, complex account structures, and expensive support plans to use it effectively. The reality is that AWS works brilliantly for growing companies when it is sized right. We set up AWS without the enterprise complexity: just enough structure to stay secure and cost-conscious, the services a growing business actually needs, and patterns a two-person team can run today that a twenty-person team can inherit later.
Clevertek scopes every engagement to your environment — capacity, sites, compliance and support model — so you get a tailored plan rather than a fixed SKU. Pricing is quote-only, and our solutions architects will work through your requirements before any proposal.
Our approach
We design AWS environments specifically for growing companies that do not have a dedicated cloud team. The setup is intentionally lean: a simple multi-account structure with one production and one non-production account, basic budget and cost-allocation tags, and guardrails that prevent runaway spend without requiring daily oversight. We select services that your team can operate — managed databases instead of self-managed, serverless where it saves cost, and simplified networking that works without a network engineer. Every build is done with your team beside us, and we deliver runbooks written for non-cloud-specialist readers. As you grow, the foundation supports adding a second region, a development team, or managed support without rebuilding.
Why work with us
Right-sized, not enterprise-lite
No 200-account org charts, no complex networking topologies, no tooling that needs a full-time cloud engineer. We build what you need now and can extend later.
Affordable from month one
Right-sized resources, budget alerts, and cost visibility from the start. We track spend per workload and flag waste before it compounds.
Built for a generalist to run
Runbooks written for non-cloud-specialist readers, simple monitoring that tells you what matters, and deployment pipelines that do not need babysitting.
Growth-ready by design
The architecture supports adding users, regions, and workloads without rebuilding. Your second year on AWS is an extension, not a restart.
Hands-on enablement, not just delivery
We build the first environment with your team watching, explain every decision, and hand over runbooks you can actually follow. You are not dependent on us for day-to-day operations.
Honest about what you need
If you are not ready for cloud, we tell you. If a managed service is the right call, we explain why. No upsell to services you will not use.
Key benefits
What this solution delivers for your business.
Professional infrastructure without enterprise cost
Get a secure, scalable, and well-architected cloud environment at a fraction of the cost of enterprise setups — right-sized for your current team and budget.
No dedicated cloud engineer required
Simple account structure, managed services, and easy-to-follow runbooks mean your existing team can operate the environment without hiring cloud specialists.
Predictable, readable monthly costs
Budget alerts, cost allocation tags, and monthly cost reviews prevent surprise bills. You know what each part of your business spends on infrastructure.
Fast setup, faster value
A working, secure AWS environment can be stood up in days, not months. Your first workload can be live within two weeks of engagement start.
Built to scale without breaking
Patterns that support adding a second developer, a second region, or a second product without re-architecting. Growth is an addition, not a rebuild.
Freedom from shared-hosting limitations
Move beyond the performance, security, and scalability ceiling of shared hosting — on your terms, at your pace, with your budget.
What's included
Part of this managed service.
Lean landing zone setup
Simple, secure AWS foundation with one or two accounts, basic networking, IAM, and cost guardrails — designed for a small team to operate.
- Simple account structure
- Basic VPC and subnet design
- IAM with least-privilege by role
- Budget alerts and cost tags
Managed service selection
We choose AWS services that match your team capability and workload needs — managed databases over self-managed, serverless where it saves cost.
- RDS managed databases
- Lambda and API Gateway for apps
- CloudFront for content delivery
- S3 for cost-effective storage
Deployment pipelines
Simple CI/CD pipelines that automate testing and deployment — because your small team should not manually copy files to servers.
- CodeCommit and CodePipeline
- Automated testing gate
- Environment promotion workflow
- Rollback capability
Operations and monitoring
Simple monitoring that tells you when something needs attention — not an alert storm that your team ignores.
- CloudWatch dashboards
- Budget and cost anomaly alerts
- Basic incident response runbook
- Monthly cost and ops review
Where it helps
Real-world scenarios where this solution delivers measurable outcomes.
A startup first real infrastructure
Stand up a secure, cost-effective AWS environment that a two-person team can operate and a ten-person team can scale — without enterprise complexity.
An SMB stuck on shared hosting
Move your web applications and databases to AWS without the enterprise price tag, gaining performance, security, and scalability on your terms.
Growing out of spreadsheets and shared drives
Set up a proper cloud foundation — file storage, backups, simple CRM hosting — that your non-technical team can manage while you focus on growth.
Questions buyers actually ask
Is AWS too expensive for a small company?
Only if ungoverned. Right-sized and tagged from the start with budget alerts, it is often cheaper than premium shared hosting — and you are not trapped in a shared-hosting ceiling.
Will we need a full-time cloud person?
Not at first. We set it up to be run by a generalist using managed services and simple runbooks. You can add managed support as your infrastructure grows.
Can we move later if we outgrow this?
The patterns are standard AWS services and well-documented. Growing out of this setup is an extension, not a restart.
What is the minimum monthly spend?
There is no minimum. We design to your budget. Many SMB workloads run comfortably on USD $50-200 per month in compute and storage.
What if something breaks?
We set up monitoring and basic incident response as part of the build. For ongoing support, we offer managed operations plans that scale with your environment.
Ready to scope a solution?
Talk to a Clevertek solutions architect about your requirements — no obligation.