Focus on your product, without worrying about your infrastructure

ES Foundation is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) that leverages AWS and GCP to provide a cloud-agnostic infrastructure solution. It allows companies to focus on innovation while ES Foundation handles the complexities of infrastructure.

By using pre-built and tested modules within ES Foundation, ES Foundation enables rapid deployment of your applications. This pre-integration speeds up the development process, reducing your time to market significantly.

Being cloud agnostic means that ES Foundation can operate across different cloud providers without being tied to any one in particular. You can choose between AWS, GCP, or a combination of both, depending on your needs and preferences.

Yes, ES Foundation is fully customizable. It's built on containerized environments that can be tailored to match the specific requirements of your applications, providing a flexible and scalable infrastructure.

At ES Foundation, our support extends well beyond the standard offerings. Here’s what makes our service uniquely beneficial:

1. Direct Access to Expertise: You’ll have direct access to our highly experienced DevOps engineers, who bring decades of cloud expertise to the table. This ensures that you are guided by knowledgeable professionals who understand the intricacies of cloud environments and DevOps practices.

2. Tailored Cloud Readiness Advice: Unlike many other providers, we offer personalized consultations and detailed advice on optimizing your application for the cloud. Our team goes the extra mile to ensure your application not only transitions smoothly but also thrives in its new environment.

3. 24/7 AI-Powered Assistance: Our digital assistant, ES Portal, is available around the clock. Powered by advanced AI, the ES Portal is fully aware of the specifics of your cloud setup and can promptly address all your queries. This means you get real-time, context-aware solutions anytime you need them. With ES Foundation, you receive comprehensive, expert-backed support designed to enhance your cloud operations and maximize your application's potential.

ES Foundation offers subscribers a powerful and uniquely advantageous platform characterized by several key benefits: High Quality: Experience the smartest cloud solutions, meticulously selected and consolidated on one platform to deliver top-tier performance and reliability. Fully Customized: Tailored to fit your specific needs, our platform integrates smoothly into your existing systems and workflows, ensuring a seamless transition and operation.

• Fast Implementation: Get up and running swiftly with minimal disruption to your ongoing operations. Our streamlined processes ensure quick deployment and integration.

• Easy to Use: Designed for simplicity and efficiency, our platform reduces complexity and dependencies, providing a more intuitive user experience.

• All the Freedom You Need: Enjoy complete ownership and control over your digital assets coupled with our expert support, ensuring you have the freedom to operate as you see fit without compromise.

• Super Secure: Benefit from a platform built with the highest standards of security and privacy in mind, protecting your data and operations from threats at all levels. This comprehensive set of benefits ensures that subscribing to ES Foundation not only meets your immediate needs but also supports your strategic goals securely and efficiently.

Upon cancellation of your subscription, there are several key steps we take to ensure a smooth transition and continued functionality of your infrastructure:

1. Module Transfer: We will transfer copies of the current versions of ES Foundation modules to your designated private S3 buckets. This allows you to maintain control and continue operations without interruption. Please note, while you can use and maintain these modules for your operations, resale is not permitted.

2. Ownership of Custom Modules: Any custom modules we have developed specifically for you are fully owned by you. This ensures that you retain full rights to these custom resources.

3. Seamless Transition: There will be no downtime for your infrastructure during this switchover process. We ensure a seamless transition so that your operations are not affected by the change in subscription status.

By following these steps, we guarantee that your infrastructure remains operational and under your control, even after your subscription ends.

ES Foundation leverages extensive cloud expertise to optimize and manage costs effectively. Here’s how we make a difference:

• Smart Technology Choices: We use our in-depth knowledge of cloud technologies to select cost-effective options, such as replacing traditional NAT gateways with NAT instances, and utilizing spot instances which can significantly reduce your spending.

• Efficient Resource Management: Our approach includes shutting down pre-production environments outside office hours, ensuring you only pay for resources when they are actually needed.

• Financial Support with Cloud Credits: We assist organizations in acquiring up to $5000 in cloud cost credits, providing substantial financial relief and support in your cloud journey.

• Serverless Infrastructure: By adhering to serverless principles, all infrastructure is built to scale based on demand. This means you do not incur costs for compute resources when they are not in use, leading to more efficient spending.

• Cloud Agnostic Solutions: As a cloud-agnostic partner, we offer flexible alternatives like Cloudflare R2 for applications with high data transfer needs, ensuring you always have the most cost-effective and suitable solution for your requirements.

• Proactive monitoring: We constantly monitor your environment and propose cloud based savings plans for longer term usage. With ES Foundation, you gain a partner committed to reducing your cloud expenses through strategic advice, resource optimization, and financial incentives.

The base Terraform modules of ES Foundation are:

• Backup module for backing up resources

• CI/CD module for continuous integration

• Customizable modules for custom module support

• Database module based on Aurora Serverless V2 (Postgres or MySQL)

• Deploy module that coordinates blue/green deployments

• ECS module for ECS cluster creation

• Encryption module that coordinates KMS (encryption) keys

• Hibernate module saving your costs on pre-production environments by shutting these down outside office hours

• Infrastructure module to deploy your infrastructure with GitOps

• Load Balancer module for making scaling web services

• Logs module that logs all data in your environment through CloudTrail

• S3 module to create file storage buckets

• SSL module for (wildcard) SSL certificates

• Support module for cost management and ES Engineer access

• Task module for containerized tasks (web or worker)

• VPC module for networking including NAT access (instance or gateway)

• Web module for SPA applications like React or Angular

ES Foundation also includes advanced modules such as Cloudflare Zero-Trust security and HashiCorp Vault for secrets management, enhancing the security and efficiency of your infrastructure.