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A typical SME cloud migration runs €15,000–€60,000 over 2–4 months. Per workload there are three honest options: lift-and-shift (fast, keeps old problems), replatform (containers + managed DB — the usual sweet spot), or leave it alone. Here's how to decide, and in what order to move.

Running everything on two clouds doubles cost and halves velocity. The realistic play: Docker + Postgres + S3-compatible storage keep ~90% of your stack portable, business logic stays out of proprietary glue, and infrastructure as code makes the exit real instead of theoretical.

Most startup cloud bills hide 30–60% waste: oversized instances, zombie resources, unmanaged storage, and egress surprises. Here are the seven fixes we apply in cost audits, ordered by effort — most are done in a day each.