What is CloudBooster?
CloudBooster is a governed infrastructure change platform designed specifically for AWS environments. It provides lean engineering teams with a structured workflow to manage infrastructure changes safely and efficiently without requiring dedicated DevOps personnel. The platform operates on a bring-your-own-account model, ensuring that all workloads remain within the user's AWS account while CloudBooster manages the governance layer.
The platform transforms infrastructure changes into a controlled lifecycle that includes proposal, validation, approval, application, and recording phases. It incorporates AI-powered features for change proposals and cost estimation while maintaining rigorous security checks, cost analysis, and approval workflows. This approach helps teams avoid common pitfalls like CTO bottlenecks, unsafe AI-generated changes, premature DevOps hiring, or consultant dependencies.
Features
- Governed Change Lifecycle: Structured workflow for proposing, checking, approving, applying, and recording infrastructure changes
- AI-Powered Assistance: AI chat, change proposals, cost estimation, and planning interviews for infrastructure management
- Security & Cost Checks: Automated validation of security, cost implications, and change impact before deployment
- Bring-Your-Own-Account Model: Workloads stay in user's AWS account while CloudBooster provides governance layer
- Infrastructure Catalog: 54 primitives and 180+ overlays for building AWS infrastructure with composition engine
Use Cases
- Startups creating new infrastructure on AWS without dedicated DevOps teams
- Engineering teams needing governed infrastructure changes with approval workflows
- Organizations transitioning from ad-hoc infrastructure management to structured processes
- Teams using AI-generated infrastructure code that requires safety validation
- Companies wanting to implement infrastructure governance without hiring additional personnel
FAQs
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What happens if a change fails security or cost checks?
CloudBooster stops the deployment process when unsafe states are detected, preventing potentially harmful changes from reaching production until issues are resolved. -
How does the AI assistant help with infrastructure changes?
The AI assistant provides chat functionality for infrastructure questions, generates change proposals, offers cost estimations, and guides through planning interviews to help teams design and implement infrastructure changes. -
Can multiple team members collaborate on infrastructure changes?
Yes, CloudBooster supports team invitations and role management with different permission levels, allowing collaborative work on infrastructure proposals and approvals. -
What types of infrastructure changes can be managed?
The platform currently supports new infrastructure creation on AWS with a catalog of 54 primitives and 180+ overlays, covering common AWS services and configurations. -
How does drift detection work in CloudBooster?
CloudBooster monitors infrastructure for configuration drift, unhealthy states, and regressions after changes are applied, with manual detection in lower tiers and scheduled scanning in premium plans.
