PilotPlan01
Assess the estate
Identify workloads, dependencies, constraints, and which systems should not move.
Cloud platform selection
Compare cloud platforms against the workload you actually need to run
Evaluate AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and hybrid options using workload fit, existing skills, costs, security, migration effort, and operating model.
Direct answer
PilotPlan frames cloud selection as an operating decision, not a generic feature comparison. It connects business outcomes to workload architecture, team skills, security controls, migration dependencies, cost drivers, and day-two operations.
The decision problems
- A cloud preference exists before workloads are assessed
- Headline service prices ignore data transfer, support, and operations
- The implementation team lacks skills for the proposed architecture
- Security and governance arrive after the platform decision
Information PilotPlan needs
- Workload inventory, dependencies, data gravity, and performance needs
- Existing identity, networking, observability, and deployment tooling
- Team skills, support model, resilience targets, and compliance
- Migration deadline, modernization appetite, and budget boundaries
What the plan includes
- Cloud or hybrid recommendation with workload-level reasoning
- Architecture and operating-model implications
- Cost drivers, unknowns, and validation tasks
- Migration waves, landing-zone work, pilot scope, and rollback criteria
Important limitations
- Cloud bills require workload measurements and calculator inputs; broad estimates are not commitments.
- Landing-zone, security, network, and identity design require qualified technical review.
- Provider-specific service availability and pricing vary by region.
How the decision becomes a plan
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Define the target
Describe outcomes, architecture principles, governance, and operational responsibilities.
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Compare realistic options
Evaluate platform fit and migration paths using the same decision criteria.
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Pilot before scaling
Validate performance, cost, security, recovery, and team readiness on a bounded workload.
Questions people ask
Can PilotPlan compare AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud?
Yes, when the workload and organizational constraints are clear. The report compares platform fit, migration effort, skills, cost drivers, governance, and operational implications.
Does PilotPlan create a cloud architecture?
It creates a decision-level architecture and migration plan. Production designs still require workload discovery, security review, testing, and engineering validation.
Can the answer be hybrid or multicloud?
Yes, but only when the added complexity is justified by real requirements rather than treated as a default.
What information should I provide for a cloud platform selection plan?
Provide the business outcome, current process and systems, users, integrations, data, security or compliance constraints, budget, timing, and known decision criteria. Missing inputs should be recorded as questions or assumptions, not silently invented.
Are the recommended costs and timelines guaranteed?
No. They are planning estimates based on the available brief and current sources. Confirm licenses, services, contract terms, technical scope, staffing, and delivery dates with accountable vendors and implementation owners.
How should the final recommendation be validated?
Run scripted demonstrations or a proof of concept against the hardest requirements, verify references and quotes, review security and legal terms, and require delivery owners to approve the scope, assumptions, dependencies, and exit criteria.
Build a cloud platform selection plan
Describe the challenge, constraints, current stack, budget, and timeline. PilotPlan researches the options and assembles a sourced implementation plan.
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