Cloud management that doesn't break the bank
Local support for St. Louis area organizations moving to the cloud.
The problem nobody talks about
Here's what cloud vendors won't tell you in the sales meeting: most businesses overspend on cloud services by 40 to 50 percent. The technology works fine. The problem is that nobody has eyes on what's actually running.
It starts innocently enough. Your team spins up a test server in Azure. Someone provisions extra storage "just in case." A developer forgets to shut down a compute instance over the weekend. Each individual decision is small. The cumulative bill is not.
The complexity compounds when compliance enters the picture. HIPAA, PCI, SOC 2, GDPR — each framework has its own requirements for how data is stored, who can access it, and how breaches get reported. Cloud platforms don't configure themselves for compliance. That's your problem — or your IT provider's.
Then there's the multi-cloud reality. Your email lives in Microsoft 365. Your CRM runs on AWS. Your legacy application still sits on that server in the back office. Nobody designed this architecture. It evolved. And now you need someone who understands all of it.
Most businesses in the Greater St. Louis area face the same situation.
They adopted cloud services one at a time to solve immediate problems, and now they have a patchwork of platforms nobody fully understands. And when you try to hire someone who can manage all of it — good luck. Cloud engineers who understand AWS, Azure, and M365 at a deep level command $120,000+ salaries. That's before benefits, PTO, and the fact that one person can't be on call 24/7.
That's what we fix. We bring visibility to what you already have, cut what you don't need, and manage the rest so your bill makes sense every month.
How NOC does cloud differently
Transparent Pricing
We're the only MSP in St. Louis that publishes pricing on our website. Because the traditional MSP pricing game (hide the costs, create urgency, negotiate at the table) wastes everyone's time. You shouldn't need to sit through a sales pitch to find out if you can afford us. This approach extends to how we manage your cloud. You'll always know what you're spending, why you're spending it, and what you're getting for it.
Multi-Platform Expertise Without the Lock-In
We manage AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Microsoft 365 because different platforms solve different problems. Your development team might belong on AWS. Your office staff belongs in M365. We help you figure out which combination makes sense — and we don't have a financial incentive to push you toward any one vendor.
Security That Scales
Cloud security requires ongoing work, from patches, to configurations, access reviews, and compliance documentation. We build all of this into how we manage your cloud from day one.
For businesses with compliance requirements (HIPAA, PCI, SOC 2) we've built environments that pass audits.
No-drama Migration
Moving to the cloud (or between clouds) should not require a month of downtime and a stress ulcer. A good migration requires understanding your business — which systems matter most, which users will struggle, and how to sequence the move so nobody loses a day of work. The technical part is the easy part.
Platform coverage: what goes where
Not every workload belongs in the same cloud. Here's how we think about platform selection:
| Platform | Best For | Common Use Cases |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Custom apps, compute-heavy workloads, development teams | SaaS products, high-traffic applications, data processing |
| Microsoft Azure | Microsoft-ecosystem businesses, enterprise integrations | Active Directory, hybrid on-prem/cloud, enterprise apps |
| Google Cloud Platform (GCP) | Data analytics, machine learning, data warehousing | BI workloads, serious data work, analytics pipelines |
| Microsoft 365 | All businesses with office staff | Email, file storage, Teams, SharePoint, collaboration |
| Multi-cloud | Most mid-sized businesses (realistic outcome) | Combination of the above, managed under one support contract |
The honest truth is that most mid-sized businesses end up with some combination of these cloud platforms.
We help you figure out which combination makes sense — and keep all of it running.
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What good results look like
| Metric | Data |
|---|---|
| Cloud overspend at unmanaged SMBs | 40–50% average |
| Average annual downtime cost for unmanaged SMBs | $175,000/year |
| Average annual cost for a fully managed 50-employee firm | $32,500/year |
| NOC critical issue resolution (actual) | 2.78 hrs avg vs. 4-hr SLA |
| NOC normal ticket resolution (actual) | 17.7 hrs avg vs. 72-hr SLA |
| NOC client satisfaction | 97.5% satisfied, 4.88/5 |
REAL CLIENT TESTIMONIAL
Connor was able to quickly remote in and fix my error. He was friendly, knowledgeable and wanted to get things fixed as quickly as possible, which he did!
Delana Brooks
ABiLITY
The bottom line.
Cloud services should make your business faster, more flexible, and more secure — not more expensive and confusing. If you're tired of surprise bills, platforms nobody understands, and IT providers who can't explain what they're actually doing, we should talk.
We don't hide our pricing. We don't push platforms you don't need. We don't pretend "just move it to the cloud" is a strategy. What we do is help you build a cloud environment that works the way your business works — and manage it so you never have to think about it again.
Curious what it costs?
See our pricing page — the numbers are right there.
Questions about your specific situation? Talk to an expert — no sales pitch required.
