Question 1

How much does an infrastructure audit cost?

Accepted Answer

It depends on your environment's complexity. A standard audit takes about 2 days for 5 to 15 services. For multi-cloud or on-premise architectures, expect 3 to 5 days. We provide a fixed quote after a free 30-minute scoping call where we define the exact scope together.

The deliverable includes a detailed report with an infrastructure map, risk analysis, cost optimization estimates and a prioritized roadmap. On average, our clients identify 30% in potential savings from the first audit. No billing surprises, everything is agreed upon upfront.

Question 2

Can you work on our existing infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

Yes, that is our daily work. We operate on any type of environment: on-premise, public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), private cloud or hybrid. We work on both legacy stacks (traditional VMs, physical servers, manual scripts) and modern cloud-native architectures (Kubernetes, microservices, GitOps).

Our approach always starts with an audit of your existing setup to understand your constraints and priorities. For example, for a public sector client, we optimized an existing VMware infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible without any cloud migration, reducing provisioning time from several days to minutes.

The goal is to start from what you have and improve progressively, not rebuild everything. Every intervention is documented and every change is tracked to guarantee operational continuity. We have managed over 600 client environments with stacks ranging from classic VMware to multi-cluster Kubernetes.

Question 3

Do you work with AWS, Azure or GCP?

Accepted Answer

Yes, we are cloud-agnostic. We operate on AWS, Azure, GCP and on our own Hikube platform for organizations that prioritize Swiss sovereignty. Our engineers are certified on these platforms and master their specific services (EKS, AKS, GKE for Kubernetes, native storage services, monitoring solutions).

We also help clients migrate between providers when it makes sense. CID ERP, for example, migrated from AWS to Hikube and reduced hosting costs by 5x while guaranteeing data sovereignty in Switzerland.

We always design architectures with portability in mind, favoring open standards (Terraform, Helm, Kubernetes) to avoid vendor lock-in. This gives you the freedom to switch providers at any time.

Our Geneva-based team also works on multi-cloud environments that combine several providers, ensuring consistent monitoring and security practices across all your infrastructure components regardless of where they are hosted.

Question 4

How does the transition work after a consulting engagement?

Accepted Answer

Every engagement includes a structured handover phase of 1 to 2 weeks: complete technical documentation (architecture diagrams, operational procedures, runbooks), knowledge transfer sessions with your teams, and a 2-week post-engagement support period. We train your teams on the tools and processes we implemented, with hands-on exercises on your real environment. If needed, we can extend support through a Managed Services or SLA Expert contract. Our goal is to make your teams autonomous, not to create a long-term dependency.

Question 5

What is the typical duration of a migration project?

Accepted Answer

Between 2 and 12 weeks depending on complexity. The process follows four phases:
- Initial audit (1 week)
- Target architecture design (1-2 weeks)
- Progressive migration with validation at each step and load testing
- Handover with documentation and training

For a simple application with 3-5 services, expect 2 to 4 weeks. For complex architectures with stateful databases, multi-environment setups and compliance requirements, plan for 8 to 12 weeks. eEAT's migration (10,000 users, 6,500 IoT sensors) was completed in 30 days. We always keep the old infrastructure running in parallel until full validation, with a tested rollback plan.

DevOps Consulting & Infrastructure Audit in Switzerland

How can Hidora help?

Infrastructure audit

Cloud-native migration

CI/CD setup

Observability & SRE

DevOps team training

Our approach

Discovery

Proposal

Execution

Handover

Who is it for?

Migration to Kubernetes

Cloud native upskilling

Automation and digital transformation

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