DevOps and CI/CD: ship updates without holding your breath

A pipeline for a single application with a test and a production environment can start at €2,500 in the Starter package, depending on scope. Containerization, infrastructure as code and several environments typically belong in the Professional package from €8,000. We quote complex system landscapes individually as Enterprise.

A first pipeline for a manageable application is often up and running in a few weeks. Grown systems without tests need more time because we first create a test foundation. We will set the concrete timeline with you after the current-state analysis.

Not necessarily. For many mid-sized applications, Docker and a well-configured server are perfectly sufficient. We only recommend Kubernetes when several services need to be scaled and run with high availability.

Yes, in most cases. We first review the code and server environment and introduce automation step by step without jeopardizing day-to-day operations. If tests are missing, we first add the most important checks.

No. We use widely adopted tools, store everything in your own repository and document the workflows. Your team or another service provider can continue the pipeline at any time.

After the free initial consultation, we analyze your current delivery process and prepare a transparent quote. Then we build the pipeline step by step, support the first release and hand everything over to your team, fully documented.

DevOps combines software development (development) and operations (operations). Instead of handing code over to another team once it is finished, testing, delivery and monitoring are automated and owned jointly. The result is more frequent, smaller releases with fewer surprises in live operation.

CI stands for continuous integration: every code change is built and tested automatically. CD stands for continuous delivery or continuous deployment: verified changes are delivered automatically to test and live environments. The pipeline is the fixed sequence of these steps, implemented for example with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.

With DevOps as a service, an external provider takes over the setup and ongoing support of pipelines, deployments and monitoring instead of you building your own DevOps team. This suits companies that develop software but don't want to staff a dedicated position for it. We agree scope and support hours individually.

With infrastructure as code, servers, networks and cloud resources aren't set up by hand but described in configuration files, for example with Terraform or Ansible. These files are versioned in the repository, so every change is traceable and environments can be rebuilt identically. This reduces errors and makes recovery and scaling easier.

Both tools are mature. What usually decides is where your code already lives: with GitHub, GitHub Actions is the natural choice, with GitLab accordingly GitLab CI, which can also be self-hosted. We set up the pipeline in your existing environment and recommend switching only if it brings a clear advantage.