In the previous article, I mentioned that Web Teck Solutions, in partnership with AWS, now offers hosting on the robust and scalable AWS cloud at accessible and relatively affordable prices for SMEs and medium-sized companies that previously couldn’t migrate to the AWS cloud due to costs.

In that article, some alternatives to some AWS cloud services were mentioned — more economical and equally robust: Cloudflare R2 and Brevo.

These services are some of the many that different cloud providers are offering, and more and more companies are adopting a Hybrid Cloud deployment model.

In this article, you’ll learn what Hybrid Cloud is, what benefits it brings for small and medium-sized companies in Colombia, and why you should consider migrating your website to this modern and robust hosting model.

The Hybrid Cloud — What Is It?:

The Hybrid Cloud is the strategy of developing, migrating, and deploying as well as maintaining web applications across different cloud providers. For example:

A company realizes that certain services are more economical, easier, or more robust on a certain cloud (for example, Cloudflare R2) than on another cloud (for example, AWS S3), so it decides to deploy the company’s data storage on that service while keeping the main web application on AWS (on EC2, for example).

Today, many companies are implementing this strategy, using the best and most economical services from each cloud, benefiting the company’s web growth in the short and long term.

What Requirements Should a Company Consider When Deploying a Hybrid Cloud Strategy?:

If deploying on a specific cloud requires someone expert in development, migration, and deployment on that cloud (for example, an AWS cloud deployment specialist), deploying a Hybrid Cloud strategy requires someone expert in the strategic use of different cloud services, optimizing costs, technologies, and workflows.

At Web Teck Solutions, we specialize in AWS deployment for SMEs and medium-sized companies, and in Hybrid Cloud strategies.

What Types of Hybrid Cloud Technologies Do We Implement at Web Teck Solutions?:

After several years of implementing, hosting, and optimizing different workflows, web applications, and technologies, we have implemented certain more efficient work methods for the benefit of our clients.

Technologies we use:

Cloudflare Pages:

Cloudflare Pages (and in the future, Workers) is the go-to platform for developing and hosting static marketing and informational websites. This platform features automated CICD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) connected to private, secure GitHub repositories containing each client company’s website application code.

It also has web triggers or webhooks that automate deployment based on HTTPS requests from the backend code of an application or content manager.

This way, content updates that a company needs to make easily and intuitively are automated in the best way possible. For example, for Google Ads campaigns, SEO, landing pages, or client conversion funnels.

Data and Multimedia Storage on Cloudflare R2 — Enterprise-Level Economy and Robustness:

Cloudflare R2 is an object or data storage for any type of content such as photos, videos, vectors, archival databases, etc. It is hosted on the Cloudflare platform, using the servers closest to the user or company.

In addition to its economical prices, they don’t charge for data egress, only per object request. This means that if a request is made to render an image on a company’s website, R2 makes a request, and a very minimal amount is charged (e.g., 0.00000001). This request doesn’t increase in price if the object is very heavy or very light, so unlike S3 (which can be costly for a long or heavy 1GB video), it saves the company a lot of money.

At Web Teck Solutions, we have an even more advanced and optimized system designed for maximum cost savings for a company: We perform caching (storage of the most-used multimedia, data, etc.) with Cloudflare CDN so that once a first request is made for a video or image from R2, subsequent requests won’t be charged, making it practically very economical to host websites with small and medium-sized storage.

Additionally, we implement all types of strategies with SSG technologies and AstroJS to statically cache the main content of the website, so your marketing website can support large amounts of traffic and users without worrying about huge data egress costs.

Cloudflare Containers and AWS EC2 for Applications That Require More Power:

In the case of content managers like WordPress, PayloadCMS, and any other custom-built ones, more general platforms are required that support and execute all types of code. AWS EC2 web servers and now Cloudflare’s pay-per-use containers service are what we recommend most for these types of applications.

AWS EC2 is a traditional server, and with the advantage of AWS technology’s power, it’s not just any VPS hosting. With options for unlimited burst credits, guaranteed base disk read speeds, and servers with modern AWS technology, hosting your WordPress, CMS, or any other application with us produces unmatched speed, performance, and security guarantees.

Cloudflare Containers is an option that allows hosting any type of code in the cloud — any type of web application (including WordPress if well optimized). However, the price is pay-per-use and is 10 times or more expensive per hour than using AWS EC2. However, it requires less maintenance and features computing close to the user, automatically using the servers closest to your country or location of your client base, increasing response time, performance, and client conversions.

At Web Teck Solutions, we have development, migration, and deployment strategies to make Cloudflare Containers usage costs as minimal as possible, through the structured use of Cloudflare Pages for the website’s informational content and Cloudflare Containers only to host the content manager with specific usage limits (by hours, e.g., maximum 10-20 hours per month).

Our client companies can count on the guarantee of not spending more than necessary, taking into account and planning how much maximum usage time they’ll need in that web application.

Brevo — Send Emails Almost Unlimitedly at Accessible and Robust Prices:

Brevo features a robust and very complete platform for email marketing, sending, responding, and workflows related to emails and messages, so SMEs can use cloud technology to guarantee automated sending of emails and contact form notifications to clients and increase conversions and sales of services or products.

Cloudflare CDN and WAF — Greater Speed, Performance, and Cloud Security:

On all our websites and web applications, we implement Cloudflare as an initial shield and protection against all types of DDoS attacks, so common today, as well as anti-spam filters in every form through Cloudflare Turnstile.

Additionally, every website with its DNS on Cloudflare DNS benefits from Cloudflare’s global quality protection against hacking and DDoS.

Cloudflare CDN caches almost all types of static content on your website after the first request made by a user, so subsequent requests and traffic receive the content cached by Cloudflare, avoiding and reducing the high data egress costs of AWS (which are $0.09 per GB of data).

How Much Does It Cost to Deploy Your Website in the Hybrid Cloud with Web Teck Solutions?:

At Web Teck Solutions, we understand that investing in cloud technology is an important decision for SMEs. We have designed our Hybrid Cloud strategy to offer you maximum cost efficiency, performance, and security, making high-level enterprise technology truly accessible.

Our Hybrid Cloud deployment, hosting, and maintenance services for your website start from:

• If you obtain any of our basic, professional, or premium web plans, you have the option of the most economical maintenance, hosting, and updates from $50,000 COP/month. This hosting plan includes all the most basic and essential elements you need to position your website in the cloud. If you want to scale or implement enterprise cloud data storage and analysis, multimedia, videos, advanced web applications, etc., we have the following plans:
• From $290,000 COP/month for optimized marketing solutions and informational websites with moderate to high traffic. This plan includes the management of your frontend on Cloudflare Pages, data storage on Cloudflare R2, and your backend in an optimized container, ensuring a fast, secure, and highly economical online presence.
• From $550,000 COP/month for interactive web applications, platforms with greater backend requirements or personalized content managers, where resource optimization and scalability are key.
• For more advanced deployments and architectures requiring high availability, complex integration, or intensive customization (e.g., high-volume e-commerce, complex CRMs/CMS), prices start from $850,000 COP upward.

Important Considerations About Your Total Investment:

• Initial Investment for Hybrid Cloud Build/Migration: To guarantee maximum speed, stability, security, and the promised long-term cost optimization, all services hosted on our Hybrid Cloud architecture require an initial build or migration and adaptation to the technologies and methodologies we use. This initial phase, where we optimize your code and configure the hybrid architecture, has an additional value that varies significantly depending on the complexity and scope of your project.
• Strategic Initial Planning: Keep in mind that the initial deployment and Hybrid Cloud configuration also involve a cost for detailed strategic planning and preparation of the specific resources required to start your project.
• Flexible and Personalized Prices: Our monthly plan prices are guidelines. We invite you to contact us for a personalized consultation and to obtain a specific quote adapted to the exact needs of your project, both for the initial investment and monthly maintenance.
• External Pay-Per-Use Complementary Services: Specific services that imply unlimited pay-per-use (such as mass email sending not covered by Brevo, or very high-volume storage that exceeds R2’s economical capacities) are managed in your own account with the corresponding provider. We take care of the expert configuration and management of these services in your account, guaranteeing their optimal functioning.

If you have previously obtained any of our web plans and packages, you receive a 50% initial discount for the first months on your monthly maintenance plan.

If you had considered taking your projects and websites to the cloud but were concerned about the costs and complexity of traditional solutions, now is your moment. Take advantage of the opportunity to grow your digital presence with Hybrid Cloud technology, optimized for companies in Colombia.

Your Company in the Cloud with Web Teck Solutions Gets the Best Technologies and the Best Cost-Reduction Strategies

At Web Teck Solutions, we not only care about the security, performance, and scalability of your web applications and data storage — we also make sure that cloud costs for your company are as low as possible.

This way, your company can grow without worrying about large costs, so you can focus on other aspects while we handle the maintenance, scalability, and optimization of your cloud products.