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The bill rises every quarter
Nobody can say exactly what for.
EU cloud for B2B SaaS in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Move your SaaS out of the US cloud and into an EU cloud, without a platform team of your own.
In 8 to 12 weeks. A Golden Kubestronaut plans the move, migrates and then operates your platform. Maintenance happens in the evening, German time, and everything is yours as code.
30 minutes on video, with numbers from your own cloud bill. Useful even if we never work together.
Prefer to run the numbers yourself first? Vendor Lock-in Calculator (about 3 minutes)
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Four steps into an EU cloud
Four steps, each with a clear result. You decide afterwards whether to take the next one.
Cloud bill check
Free, 30 minutes on video
In 30 minutes you see what you pay your cloud provider for every month, and get a first estimate of what the same platform would cost in an EU cloud.
You send an export of your cloud bill beforehand. On the call: your three biggest cost drivers, a rough range for an EU cloud and your strongest dependency on the provider.
EU cloud check
2 weeks, remote, fixed price
In two weeks you know whether moving to an EU cloud pays off: with a plan, a timeline and a fixed price.
An assessment of costs, dependencies and risks. Result: today's costs compared with an EU cloud, the five biggest risks, a clear recommendation to move or optimise, and a migration plan. It ends with a 90-minute workshop with your CTO and management. If you order the migration within 60 days, the check is credited in full.
EU cloud migration
8 to 12 weeks from kickoff, fixed price
Your SaaS in an EU cloud: predictable costs, data in Europe, no platform team of your own needed.
Kickoff on site, the new environment built next to the old one, migration service by service with a way back, cutovers in the evening, handover as code with an operations handbook.
Platform operations
Monthly
Your platform runs, maintenance happens after hours, and everything is yours as code. With an operations handbook and a handover, your team or another provider can take over operations.
Updates, monitoring, tested backups, a monthly cost check and a quarterly review. Access only through an EU access point, logged and revocable at any time.
What you can rely on
- At most two migrations at a time, and I do each one myself.
- The EU cloud check is credited in full if you order the migration within 60 days.
- The old environment keeps running until you accept the new one.
- Kickoff day on site included.
- Maintenance in the evening, with no evening or night surcharge.
- Everything lives as code with you. You can carry on without me at any time.
- A direct line to me, no ticket system.
Free tools
Not ready for a call? Check where you stand first
Three short self-checks. Each answers its own question, runs in your browser and gives you a result with a concrete next step.
- Free
- No sign-up
- Inputs stay in your browser
Cloud migrationFits the EU cloud move
Vendor Lock-in Calculator
How tightly are you bound to your cloud provider, and what would switching cost?
Open toolabout 3 minutesKubernetes operations
Kubernetes Readiness Check
12 questions on updates, security, backups and monitoring, with your three most important risks.
Open toolabout 5 minutesE-commerce peaks
Peak-Traffic Risk Check
Sales exposure on your peak day and a planning view of the remaining preparation.
Open toolabout 3 minutes
Sound familiar?
Where most SaaS teams get stuck
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Customers ask about data location
Procurement and security questionnaires ask where your data lives and who can access it.
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Operations depend on one person
If they are out or leave, the knowledge stops with them.
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Developers build infrastructure instead of features
Updates get postponed until something breaks.
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Backups that were never tested
They run, but nobody has ever tried a restore.
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Maintenance means night shifts
Either your team stays up, or the provider charges a surcharge.
Your technical partner
Senior expertise, directly involved
I am Niels Heidbrink, founder of dthn. I help IT and SaaS teams design and operate cloud infrastructure that remains understandable under real production pressure.
With more than eight years of experience across on-premise environments, hyperscalers and European cloud providers, I combine cloud operations, software engineering, networking, security and automation. You work directly with the person responsible for the technical outcome.
8+ years in infrastructure
Golden Kubestronaut
12x AWS certified
The result
What changes after the migration
A predictable bill
With a monthly cost check.
Data in Europe
With a European provider.
Maintenance in the evening
Without your team having to stay up.
Developers on the product
Instead of on the infrastructure.
No single point of failure
Operations no longer depend on one person.
Everything as code, with you
You can carry on without me at any time.
The migration in detail
How the migration runs, week by week
30 minutes, free
Cloud bill check
Your three biggest cost drivers and a first estimate for an EU cloud.
2 weeks, fixed price
EU cloud check
Dependencies, costs, risks and a clear recommendation with a plan and a fixed price.
weeks 1–2
Kickoff on site and target picture
We decide where and how your platform will run. You can still step out at this point.
weeks 3–6
New environment
It is built in parallel while the old one keeps running.
weeks 7–10
Migration
Service by service, with a planned way back, cut over in the evening.
weeks 11–12
Handover
Everything as code in your repository, with an operations handbook.
Operations
Updates, monitoring, tested backups and a monthly cost check.
Services
Fixed scope. Clear starting point.
Entry engagements with a defined scope, each carried out directly by Niels and ending in documented results.
EU cloud instead of US cloud
EU Cloud Migration
For B2B SaaS companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with 10 to 100 employees, running on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud
Out of the US cloud, into an EU cloud: an EU cloud check in two weeks, the migration in 8 to 12 weeks with a way back, then operations with evening maintenance. Everything is yours as code.
See scope & processFewer exceptions. Safer releases.
Kubernetes Delivery Audit
For software vendors and ISVs with a growing number of customer environments
Find out which standards for customer environments and deployments save you the most work, so new releases and projects do not start from scratch every time.
See scope & processKubernetes under control
Kubernetes Health Audit
For B2B SaaS companies running production workloads on Kubernetes
Identify operational, security, and cost risks in your Kubernetes platform and receive a prioritized action plan.
See scope & processReady for peak days
Peak Readiness Audit
For e-commerce teams preparing for campaigns, seasonal peaks, and sales events
Find out where your store, cloud infrastructure, and operations will reach their limits before your next traffic peak.
See scope & processMigrate with an exit plan
Cloud Migration Roadmap
For industrial and IoT companies with platforms that have grown over time
Assess dependencies, risks, and costs before migrating an established platform or making a new long-term commitment.
See scope & processSecurity you can demonstrate
Cloud Security Deep-Dive
For SaaS and software companies preparing for audits and enterprise deals
Find technical security and evidence gaps in your cloud before they jeopardize a certification or customer deal.
See scope & processMake AI production-ready
AI Infrastructure Readiness Audit
For SaaS teams moving from an AI prototype to production
Assess the data, operations, privacy, and costs of your AI feature before a successful prototype becomes a production risk.
See scope & processGive every cloud dollar a purpose
Cloud Cost Reduction Audit
For growing cloud environments with rising or difficult-to-explain costs
Identify concrete savings opportunities in AWS and Kubernetes without blindly cutting availability or development speed.
See scope & processTurn signals into decisions
Observability Setup
For e-commerce and product teams operating without visibility during incidents
Detect business-critical incidents earlier and shorten troubleshooting with signals your team can actually use.
See scope & process
Who it is for
For teams that need the cloud, not cloud overhead
The service fits organizations with production workloads and limited time for platform operations.
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SaaS & product companies
You need a stable platform for a growing product, but hiring a complete platform team is not the priority.
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Lean internal IT teams
Your team owns business-critical infrastructure and needs experienced operational capacity alongside it.
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Agencies & software providers
You deliver customer applications and want a dependable partner for the underlying cloud platform.
If platform maintenance is consuming the capacity meant for customers and products, we should talk.
Customer stories
What customers say about working with dthn
Niels begleitet MWAY/Relution seit vielen Jahren als verlässlicher Partner beim Aufbau und Betrieb unserer Cloud-Infrastruktur. Dabei betreut er komplexe Setups über verschiedene Plattformen hinweg - unter anderem Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, IONOS und Hetzner.
Was ihn besonders auszeichnet, ist die seltene Kombination aus tiefem technischen Verständnis in Cloud-Infrastrukturen, Networking und Softwareentwicklung. Dadurch ist er in der Lage, nicht nur einzelne Komponenten zu optimieren, sondern ganzheitliche, skalierbare und stabile Systemarchitekturen zu gestalten.
Hired Niels to build my sports court booking SaaS from scratch - Flutter mobile apps (Android/iOS) and Go backend. He handled EVERY engineering aspect solo: beautiful cross-platform apps with real-time features, payments, and a fast, scalable Go API + admin panel. Niels excelled at efficiency - automated CI/CD, smart caching, and cost-optimized architecture that saved me significant money long-term. Communication was proactive, clear.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about the EU cloud migration
What if something goes wrong during the move?
The old environment keeps running until you accept the new one. Each service moves separately, with a planned way back, and cutovers happen in the evening, outside your business hours.
Which EU cloud will it be?
We decide that in the EU cloud check, based on your requirements. One example: formary moved from an agency-run private cloud to its own Hetzner Cloud setup.
What about services like Lambda, DynamoDB or Cognito?
In the EU cloud check we list every provider-specific service and assess whether it can be replaced, needs an alternative or is better left where it is.
Is the move worth it at all?
That is exactly what the EU cloud check answers. If optimising with your current provider makes more sense, I recommend that route.
Who has access to our systems afterwards?
Access is only possible through an EU access point, logged and revocable at any time.
What stays with our team?
We agree on that beforehand. Everything lives as code in your repository, together with an operations handbook. You can carry on without me at any time.
Who is this for?
For B2B SaaS companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with 10 to 100 employees that run on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud and have no platform team of their own.
What do you actually pay for your cloud every month?
In the free cloud bill check you see, in 30 minutes, your three biggest cost drivers, your strongest dependency on your provider and roughly what an EU cloud would cost. The assessment is yours, even if we do not work together afterwards.
