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AWS Partner with SMB Competency

AWS for small and medium businesses. Without hiring a cloud team.

DevOps TechLab is an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with the AWS SMB Competency, AWS’s check of how well a partner serves small and medium businesses. We move your workloads to AWS, keep them secure and backed up, add AI where it pays, and keep the monthly bill in check. We help you apply for AWS funding where you qualify, and bill your AWS usage in rupees on a GST invoice.

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AWS Partner with SMB CompetencyAlso an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with the AWS Generative AI Competency

What AWS checked

  • Our SMB practice and the AWS solutions we deliver
  • Launched SMB projects, checked one by one
  • Public SMB case studies
  • Certified engineers who do the work
  • 25–35%lower AWS bill on SMB workloads
  • US$12.5M+in AWS credits and funding supported
  • 70+startups helped with AWS credits
  • 30+certified cloud engineers

Totals across our AWS clients · as of October 2026

In short

DevOps TechLab is an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with the AWS SMB Competency. We help small and medium businesses move to AWS, lower the AWS bill, claim AWS credits and funding, and pay in rupees on a GST invoice.

ISO 27001 · SOC 2 · Working with companies across India and abroad from Ahmedabad, in IST

Who we work with

Built for businesses without a cloud team.

Startups, growing businesses and established mid-size companies. AWS counts a business as small or medium when it earns under about US$100M a year. Most of our AWS clients have no full-time cloud engineer, so we act as that team.

Startups

Building on AWS from day one

You have a product to ship and no time to become cloud experts.

  • AWS Activate credits, applied for with you
  • An AWS setup that grows with you, not a rebuild later
  • Code to production with CI/CD

70+ startups helped with AWS credits

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Growing businesses

Moving off servers or hosting

Your apps run on office servers, a data centre or managed hosting, and you’ve outgrown it.

  • A migration plan app by app, with a way back
  • AWS MAP funding where the move qualifies
  • Backups, logs and monitoring from day one

275+ workloads migrated

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Established mid-size

Already on AWS, want it run well

AWS is running, but nobody owns it day to day and the bill keeps rising.

  • A named engineer who looks after your AWS
  • Security and backups checked, then kept that way
  • The bill brought down and kept in check

265+ environments managed

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AWS counts a business as small or medium when it earns under about US$100M a year. Most of our clients are well under that.

SMB solutions on AWS

What we deliver on AWS for small and medium businesses.

Seven solutions, each with the use cases we deliver most for SMBs and the AWS services behind them. Where a client story shows it, we link to it.

Migration and modernisation

Move servers, hosting and databases to AWS in planned waves, then modernise where it pays.

SMB use cases
  • Leave managed hosting for your own AWS environmentCase study: Devine Globe →
  • Move office or data-centre servers, app by app
  • Move databases to Amazon RDS or Aurora, with backups built in
  • AWS Application Migration Service
  • AWS Database Migration Service
  • Amazon RDS
  • AWS Transform
Cloud migration service

Security and compliance

Accounts set up with guardrails, threats detected, and the logs your auditors ask for.

SMB use cases
  • Audit logs and alarms on a production workloadCase study: Devine Globe →
  • Multi-account setup with guardrails for a growing team
  • Answers for customer security questionnaires
  • AWS Control Tower
  • AWS Security Hub
  • Amazon GuardDuty
  • AWS WAF
Cloud security & compliance service

Backup and disaster recovery

Copies you can restore, kept off site, tested on a schedule.

SMB use cases
  • Daily database backups with 30-day retentionCase study: Devine Globe →
  • Office data copied to Amazon S3 automatically
  • Recovery to a second AWS Region if one goes down
  • AWS Backup
  • AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
  • Amazon RDS
Backup & disaster recovery service

Cost optimisation

Find the waste, commit where it pays, and keep the bill from creeping back.

SMB use cases
  • An SMB AWS bill brought down by about 25–35%Case study: SMB on AWS →
  • Savings Plans and Reserved Instances sized to real use
  • Budgets and alerts by team or product
  • AWS Cost Explorer
  • AWS Budgets
  • AWS Compute Optimizer
  • Savings Plans
  • AWS Graviton
Cost optimisation (FinOps) service

Managed operations

A named engineer who watches, patches and reports on your AWS, month after month.

SMB use cases
  • Monitoring and alerts for CPU, memory, disk and databaseCase study: SMB on AWS →
  • Patching and backups checked every month
  • A monthly report in plain words
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • AWS Systems Manager
  • AWS Backup
Managed cloud services service

DevOps and CI/CD

Releases that are small, tested and repeatable, with your setup written as code.

SMB use cases
  • GitLab CI/CD into a production AWS environmentCase study: Devine Globe →
  • Infrastructure as code for every environment
  • Containers on Amazon ECS or EKS
  • AWS CodePipeline
  • AWS CodeBuild
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • Amazon ECS
  • Amazon EKS
DevOps & CI/CD automation service

Where to start

Small first steps, each with a clear result.

You don’t need a big project to start. Each of these has a fixed scope and ends with something you can use, whether or not you carry on with us.

Most start here

20-minute AWS review

A call with an AWS engineer about where you are and what to do first.

Time
20 minutes
You get
Two or three next steps, in writing
Cost
Free
Ask for this

Well-Architected review

Your AWS setup checked against AWS’s six Well-Architected pillars.

Time
About 2 hours with your team
You get
A ranked list of fixes
Cost
Free
Ask for this

Migration assessment

What you run today, what moves first, and what it will cost on AWS.

Time
Usually 1–2 weeks
You get
A wave plan and AWS cost estimate
Cost
May be funded by AWS MAP
Ask for this

AWS bill check

Where your AWS money goes, and what to change first.

Time
Usually a week
You get
Savings ranked by size and effort
Cost
Quoted up front
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Bedrock pilot

One AI use case built on Amazon Bedrock and tried on your own data.

Time
Usually a few weeks
You get
A working pilot your team can try
Cost
May be funded by AWS
Ask for this

Startup credits check

Which AWS Activate tier fits you, and help with the application.

Time
One call
You get
The tier you qualify for and next steps
Cost
Free
Ask for this

How it runs

Four steps, no surprises.

The same path for every SMB engagement, sized to your business. You see the plan and the cost before any work starts.

Example: an SMB move to AWSWk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8
AssessInventory, costs, risks
PlanScope, quote, funding
Wave 1First apps moved and tested
Wave 2The rest, in order
RunMonitoring, patching, reports

An example only. Most SMB moves we plan fit in about two months; yours is sized after the assessment.

AWS funding and credits

AWS will pay for part of it. We help you claim it.

Credits for startups and small businesses, funding for migrations and pilots, and a review of what you already run. We check what you qualify for and handle the application.

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Startups

AWS Activate

Up to US$200,000

in AWS credits (Activate Portfolio, through an Activate Provider such as a VC or accelerator). Self-funded startups: up to US$1,000.

  • Pre-Series B
  • Founded within the last 10 years
  • Portfolio tier needs an Activate Provider’s Org ID

70+ startups helped so far. We check which tier you fit and help with the application.

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SMBs new to AWS

AWS Lift

Up to US$83,500

in AWS promotional credits, released in 7 tiers. Credits expire 4 months after each release.

  • Spending under US$750 a month on AWS
  • Not used AWS Activate before
  • US$500 or less in other AWS credits in the past year

We help you apply and plan the first workloads so the credits go to real use.

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Moving to AWS

AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP)

Funding + credits

set by AWS for each project, to offset the cost of migrating.

  • Existing servers, databases or apps to move
  • Three phases: Assess, Mobilize, Migrate and Modernize
  • Larger moves qualify for more

We run the assessment, build the business case and apply for MAP funding where your project qualifies.

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Testing an idea

Proof-of-concept funding

Case by case

AWS can fund proof-of-concept work, including generative AI pilots, when it is likely to go live on AWS.

  • A clear use case and success measure
  • A plan to run it on AWS if it works
  • Approved by AWS before work starts

We scope the pilot, apply on your behalf and only start once funding is confirmed.

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Already on AWS

AWS Well-Architected review

Free review

of your AWS setup against the six Well-Architected pillars.

  • Any workload already running on AWS
  • About two hours with your team
  • A ranked list of fixes afterwards

We run the review and give you the fix list. Fixing it is up to you, or we can do it.

Ask about this →
Not sure?

Tell us where you are. We’ll tell you what you can claim.

Most companies qualify for at least one of these. A 20-minute call is enough to find out which.

Check my eligibility →

AWS decides eligibility and amounts, and programmes change. Figures are from AWS’s own pages, checked on 2 October 2026. Help with applications is part of our service; we’ll tell you upfront if anything is charged.

Buy AWS through us

Same AWS. A simpler bill.

One INR invoice with GST for every AWS account, a monthly cost report, and engineers who answer when something breaks. Your accounts and workloads don’t change.

Billed in US dollars

AWS Inc

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    CurrencyUS dollars
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    Tax invoiceForeign USD invoice
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    How you payInternational card or wire; banks add a forex markup (often about 3%)
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    Failed paymentsRecurring USD card charges are often declined
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    Several AWS accountsA bill per payer account
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    PriceAWS list price
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    Cost reportingSelf-serve in AWS Cost Explorer
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    Credits and fundingYou apply yourself
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    Help when something breaksPaid AWS Support plan
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    Other IT spendSeparate suppliers
Billed in INR

AWS India, direct

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    CurrencyIndian rupees
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    Tax invoiceGST invoice from AWS India
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    How you payIndian cards, UPI or net banking
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    Failed paymentsDomestic payment
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    Several AWS accountsA bill per payer account
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    PriceAWS list price
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    Cost reportingSelf-serve in AWS Cost Explorer
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    Credits and fundingYou apply yourself
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    Help when something breaksPaid AWS Support plan
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    Other IT spendSeparate suppliers
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Billed in INR

Through DevOps TechLab

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    CurrencyIndian rupees
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    Tax invoiceGST invoice from DevOps TechLab, input tax credit as usual
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    How you payBank transfer against our invoice
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    Failed paymentsNo card on file
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    Several AWS accountsAll accounts on one invoice, split by account
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    PriceBetter rates where we can pass them on
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    Cost reportingMonthly cost report and budget alerts from our team
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    Credits and fundingWe help you apply (see the section above)
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    Help when something breaksFirst-line help from our engineers, escalation to AWS through us
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    Other IT spendAWS, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and devices from one supplier
Get a billing quote →

AWS India (Amazon Web Services India Pvt Ltd) bills Indian accounts in INR with GST; AWS Inc bills in US dollars. Card forex markups vary by bank.

SMB case studies on AWS

Small and medium businesses we’ve built for on AWS.

Public case studies, each told in full with the architecture on our Resources page. Clients agreed to be named; the SMB production client is not named on the original.

SMB on AWS architecture on AWS
SMB on AWSSMB production workload
SMB Competency

AWS infrastructure, security and cost optimisation for an SMB workload

  • 25–35%lower AWS cost
  • Well-Architectedaligned
  • Amazon VPC
  • Amazon EC2
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • AWS CloudTrail
Read the case study
Devine Globe architecture on AWS
Devine GlobeWeb application
Migration to AWS

From managed hosting to a secure, production-ready AWS environment

  • 30-daydatabase backups
  • 1-yearaudit log retention
  • Amazon EC2
  • Amazon RDS for MySQL
  • Amazon S3
  • AWS CloudTrail
Read the case study
EasyGift architecture on AWS
EasyGiftArham Technosoft · Corporate gifting
Generative AI Competency

An AI gifting platform that turns a request into an on-budget quote in minutes

  • 854products embedded
  • 12vendors
  • US$90–130a month to run
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Amazon Nova Lite
  • AWS Lambda
  • Aurora Serverless v2
Read the case study
The One Technologies architecture on AWS
The One TechnologiesCorporate gifting
Generative AI Competency

AI quote and proposal automation for corporate gifting

  • Minutesfrom request to quote
  • Serverlessno AI servers to run
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • AWS Lambda
  • Aurora Serverless v2
  • AWS CloudFormation
Read the case study
Spotem architecture on AWS
SpotemCorporate gifting
Generative AI Competency

Visual product search: upload a photo, get similar products in seconds

  • Secondsto visual matches
  • Photosearch by image
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Amazon Nova Lite
  • Titan Multimodal Embeddings
  • Aurora Serverless v2
Read the case study
HK Infosoft architecture on AWS
HK InfosoftCorporate gifting
Generative AI Competency

Semantic product discovery: search the catalogue the way customers talk

  • Secondsto relevant products
  • Plain languagesearch by intent
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • Titan Text Embeddings V2
  • Aurora Serverless v2
  • Amazon CloudFront
Read the case study

Our AWS credentials

Checked by AWS. Done by certified engineers.

What AWS has checked about our people and our work, and what you can expect from the engineers on your account.

AWS SMB Competency

AWS reviewed our technical work and customer references for small and medium businesses.

AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner

AWS’s higher services tier, based on certified people, launched projects and customer results.

AWS Generative AI Competency

AWS reviewed our generative AI builds for customers on AWS.

AWS Well-Architected Partner

We run Well-Architected reviews and fix what they find.

Authorised AWS reseller

Buy AWS through us and get one INR invoice with GST.

AWS designation: AWS Partner with SMB Competency.

Questions SMBs ask

AWS for small business, answered.

The questions we hear most from founders, owners and IT leads before they start.

Yes. Most of our AWS clients have no full-time cloud engineer. A named engineer on our side looks after your AWS, and you get a plain-words report each month.

No. We move in waves, usually starting with the app that’s easiest to move or costs the most to keep where it is. Each wave is tested before cutover and has a way back.

With a free 20-minute AWS review. You get two or three next steps in writing. If you’re already on AWS, a free Well-Architected review is another good first step.

Yes. We’ve helped 70+ startups with AWS credits, and we set up AWS so it grows with you instead of needing a rebuild later.

Talk to an engineer

Know what’s costing you on AWS.

Our AWS assessment reviews your estate across architecture, cost, security and funding, and hands you a prioritised roadmap mapped to the AWS Well-Architected Framework, with no obligation to go ahead.

Every month you wait, the bill grows, the audit gets harder and the AI project waits another quarter.

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