Before: AWS Infrastructure
- Monthly Costs: $1,300/month
- Complexity: Unpredictable charges, hidden costs
- Data Location: Outside Europe (GDPR concerns)
- Control: Vendor lock-in, limited flexibility
How EVA Real Estate cut cloud costs by 81%
From AWS to sovereign European infrastructure - $1,300 to $250 per month with 4 months ROI
- 81% Cost Reduction
- $12,600 Annual Savings
- 100% EU Sovereignty
About the Customer
The Challenge
EVA Real Estate, one of Dubai's top 3 real estate agencies, was running their entire CRM and ERP infrastructure on AWS. While the service was reliable, the monthly costs were becoming unsustainable as the business grew.
Key pain points included unpredictable costs with hidden charges, data stored outside of Europe creating GDPR concerns, vendor lock-in making it difficult to migrate, and a complex pricing model that was difficult to optimize.
Migration Process
How We Approached the Migration
Kick-off
Understanding goals & requirementsAnalysis
Assessing architecture & dependenciesReport
Calculating savings & feasibilityProposal
Timeline & transparent quoteMigration
Deploy, test & optimizeFree assessment • No vendor lock-in • Full transparency
Migration Method
Full Lift & Shift Migration
EVA Real Estate's legacy systems were migrated 1:1 to European infrastructure without code changes
AWS Infrastructure
- AWS EC2 VM #1
- AWS EC2 VM #2
- AWS EC2 VM #3
Lift & Shift
1:1 without code changes
Dedicated & Virtualized Infrastructure
- EU Cloud VM #1
- EU Cloud VM #2
- EU Cloud VM #3
Double the Resources at the Same Price
After the migration, EVA Real Estate had approximately double the computing resources available. This enabled them to run additional VMs with new services without increasing monthly costs.
Cost Transformation
From $1,300 to $250 per month
After: Hetzner Dedicated
- Monthly Costs: $250/month (81% savings)
- Simplicity: Predictable, transparent pricing
- Data Location: 100% in Germany, privacy-focused
- Control: Full sovereignty, no lock-in
I recently worked with Timo and the WZ-IT team, and honestly, it turned out to be one of the best tech decisions I have made for my business. Right from the start, Timo took the time to walk me through every step in a simple and calm way. No matter how many questions I had, he never rushed me. The results speak for themselves. With WZ-IT, we reduced our monthly expenses from $1,300 down to $250. This was a huge win for us.
Aleksandr ShulikoCTO, EVA Real Estate, UAE
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- Virtualize with Managed Proxmox
- Secure your Proxmox & backup setup
- Modernize your infrastructure - sovereign
- Plan a sovereign open-source stack
- Integrate a local AI solution
- Modernize your legacy software
- Design an open-source AI architecture
- Get collaboration fully managed
- Ship your prototype to production
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- Concrete next steps for infrastructure, software or AI
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