# Arxentra > Cloud infrastructure platform and AWS alternative. Deploy, manage, and scale applications with Kubernetes orchestration, integrated billing, and up to 60% cost savings vs AWS/Google Cloud/Azure. ## Main Pages - [Home](https://arxentra.com/): Cloud infrastructure platform landing page - [Pricing](https://arxentra.com/pricing): Transparent cloud pricing with interactive calculator - [Documentation](https://arxentra.com/docs): API reference, CLI tools, and service guides - [About](https://arxentra.com/about): Company information and mission - [Contact](https://arxentra.com/contact): Sales inquiries and support - [Careers](https://arxentra.com/careers): Open positions at Arxentra - [Blog](https://arxentra.com/blog): Technical articles on cloud, DevOps, and security ## Services - [Cloud Computing](https://arxentra.com/cloud-computing): Virtual machines, containers, and compute resources - [Services Overview](https://arxentra.com/services-overview): Full catalog of infrastructure services - [Data Storage](https://arxentra.com/data-storage): Object storage, block storage, and managed databases - [Security Solutions](https://arxentra.com/security-solutions): DDoS protection, firewalls, and encryption - [DevOps Tools](https://arxentra.com/devops-tools): CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and automation ## Comparisons - [AWS Alternative](https://arxentra.com/aws-alternative): Detailed Arxentra vs AWS comparison - [Arxentra vs AWS Pricing](https://arxentra.com/blog/arxentra-vs-aws-pricing-comparison): Side-by-side pricing tables - [Arxentra vs DigitalOcean](https://arxentra.com/blog/arxentra-vs-digitalocean-developer-experience): Developer experience comparison - [Arxentra vs Vercel](https://arxentra.com/blog/arxentra-vs-vercel-full-stack-hosting): Full-stack hosting comparison - [Arxentra vs Railway](https://arxentra.com/blog/arxentra-vs-railway-cloud-deployment): Cloud deployment comparison - [Arxentra vs Render](https://arxentra.com/blog/arxentra-vs-render-full-stack-deployment-comparison): Full-stack deployment comparison - [Arxentra vs Fly.io](https://arxentra.com/blog/arxentra-vs-fly-io-edge-deployment-comparison): Edge deployment comparison - [Arxentra vs Heroku](https://arxentra.com/blog/arxentra-vs-heroku-migration-comparison-guide): Migration and platform comparison - [Arxentra vs AWS TCO](https://arxentra.com/blog/arxentra-vs-aws-total-cost-comparison-startups): Total cost of ownership for startups - [Best AWS Alternatives 2026](https://arxentra.com/blog/best-aws-alternatives-for-startups-2026): Multi-platform roundup - [Best Heroku Alternatives 2026](https://arxentra.com/blog/best-heroku-alternatives-developers-2026): 8 platforms ranked with pricing - [Docker vs Kubernetes](https://arxentra.com/blog/docker-vs-kubernetes-when-to-use-each): When to use each - [Terraform vs Pulumi vs CloudFormation](https://arxentra.com/blog/terraform-vs-pulumi-vs-cloudformation-comparison): IaC tool comparison - [PostgreSQL vs MySQL vs MongoDB](https://arxentra.com/blog/postgresql-vs-mysql-vs-mongodb-database-comparison): Database selection guide - [GitHub Actions vs GitLab CI vs Jenkins](https://arxentra.com/blog/github-actions-vs-gitlab-ci-vs-jenkins-comparison): CI/CD comparison - [Vercel vs Netlify vs Cloudflare Pages](https://arxentra.com/blog/vercel-vs-netlify-vs-cloudflare-pages-comparison): Frontend hosting comparison - [Nginx vs Apache vs Caddy](https://arxentra.com/blog/nginx-vs-apache-vs-caddy-web-server-comparison): Web server comparison - [Serverless vs Containers vs VPS](https://arxentra.com/blog/serverless-vs-containers-vs-vps-hosting-decision): Hosting decision guide - [Microservices vs Monolith 2026](https://arxentra.com/blog/microservices-vs-monolith-architecture-decision-guide-2026): Architecture decision guide ## Concepts - [What is Cloud Hosting?](https://arxentra.com/blog/what-is-cloud-hosting-complete-guide): Complete guide with types, pricing, providers - [What is Kubernetes?](https://arxentra.com/blog/what-is-kubernetes-simple-explanation-guide): Simple explanation and getting started - [What is CI/CD?](https://arxentra.com/blog/what-is-cicd-pipeline-devops-guide): Pipeline stages, tools, DORA metrics - [What is Infrastructure as Code?](https://arxentra.com/blog/what-is-infrastructure-as-code-iac-guide): Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation - [What is DevOps?](https://arxentra.com/blog/what-is-devops-engineering-practices-guide): Practices, tools, culture, CALMS framework - [What is Cloud Infrastructure Management?](https://arxentra.com/blog/what-is-cloud-infrastructure-management) - [What is Kubernetes Orchestration?](https://arxentra.com/blog/what-is-kubernetes-orchestration) - [What is Infrastructure as Code?](https://arxentra.com/blog/what-is-infrastructure-as-code) - [What is Container Orchestration?](https://arxentra.com/blog/what-is-container-orchestration) - [What is Cloud Cost Optimization (FinOps)?](https://arxentra.com/blog/what-is-cloud-cost-optimization-finops) ## Buyer Guides - [Best Cloud Hosting for Startups 2026](https://arxentra.com/blog/best-cloud-hosting-startups-small-business-2026): 8 providers ranked with pricing - [Best Database Hosting 2026](https://arxentra.com/blog/best-database-hosting-production-applications-2026): PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB providers - [Best CI/CD Tools 2026](https://arxentra.com/blog/best-cicd-tools-comparison-engineering-teams-2026): 7 tools compared with pricing - [Best Monitoring Tools 2026](https://arxentra.com/blog/best-monitoring-tools-cloud-infrastructure-2026): Datadog, Grafana, New Relic compared - [Best Container Registry 2026](https://arxentra.com/blog/best-container-registry-docker-images-2026): Docker Hub, GHCR, ECR, Harbor - [Cloud Platform Selection Framework](https://arxentra.com/blog/cloud-platform-selection-framework-startups): How startups should choose ## Guides - [How to Choose a Cloud Provider in 2026](https://arxentra.com/blog/how-to-choose-cloud-provider-2026) - [How to Reduce Cloud Costs by 50%](https://arxentra.com/blog/how-to-reduce-cloud-costs-50-percent) - [How to Set Up CI/CD from Scratch](https://arxentra.com/blog/how-to-set-up-cicd-pipeline-from-scratch) - [How to Monitor Cloud Infrastructure](https://arxentra.com/blog/how-to-monitor-cloud-infrastructure) - [How to Deploy Docker to Production](https://arxentra.com/blog/how-to-deploy-docker-containers-production): Step-by-step guide - [How to Set Up PostgreSQL HA](https://arxentra.com/blog/how-to-set-up-postgresql-high-availability): Streaming replication + Patroni - [How to Secure a VPS Server](https://arxentra.com/blog/how-to-secure-vps-server-complete-guide): Complete hardening guide - [How to Set Up Kubernetes](https://arxentra.com/blog/how-to-set-up-kubernetes-cluster-from-scratch): Cluster from scratch with kubeadm - [How to Build GitHub Actions CI/CD](https://arxentra.com/blog/how-to-implement-github-actions-cicd-pipeline): Pipeline tutorial - [How to Deploy Full-Stack Apps](https://arxentra.com/blog/deploy-fullstack-app-cloud-hosting-guide): Complete cloud deployment - [SSL/TLS Certificate Guide](https://arxentra.com/blog/ssl-tls-certificates-complete-guide-https): Let's Encrypt, A+ grade - [Git Branching Strategies](https://arxentra.com/blog/git-branching-strategies-gitflow-trunk-based-guide): GitFlow vs trunk-based - [Web Performance Optimization](https://arxentra.com/blog/web-application-performance-optimization-guide): Core Web Vitals guide - [How to Secure Cloud Infrastructure](https://arxentra.com/blog/how-to-secure-cloud-infrastructure-checklist) ## Deployment Tutorials - [Deploy Next.js to Cloud](https://arxentra.com/blog/deploy-nextjs-app-to-cloud) - [Deploy FastAPI to Production](https://arxentra.com/blog/deploy-python-fastapi-production) - [Host SaaS Application](https://arxentra.com/blog/host-saas-application-cloud-infrastructure) - [Migrate from Heroku](https://arxentra.com/blog/migrate-from-heroku-to-arxentra) - [Host Minecraft Server](https://arxentra.com/blog/host-minecraft-server-cloud) ## Hosting - [VPS for Ecommerce](https://arxentra.com/blog/vps-hosting-ecommerce-websites) - [Managed VPS vs Cloud VM](https://arxentra.com/blog/managed-vps-vs-cloud-vm) - [Laravel VPS Hosting](https://arxentra.com/blog/php-laravel-vps-hosting) - [Django VPS Deployment](https://arxentra.com/blog/django-vps-deployment-guide) - [WooCommerce Performance](https://arxentra.com/blog/wordpress-woocommerce-vps-performance) - [SaaS on VPS](https://arxentra.com/blog/vps-hosting-saas-applications) - [Cloud Hosting Comparison](https://arxentra.com/blog/cloud-hosting-comparison-startups) - [Managed vs Self-Managed](https://arxentra.com/blog/managed-hosting-vs-self-managed) ## DevOps - [Node.js VPS Checklist](https://arxentra.com/blog/nodejs-deployment-checklist-vps) - [CI/CD for Startups](https://arxentra.com/blog/ci-cd-pipeline-startups-guide) - [GitOps for Small Teams](https://arxentra.com/blog/gitops-for-small-teams-guide) - [Canary Deployments](https://arxentra.com/blog/canary-deployment-best-practices) - [Blue-Green Deployments](https://arxentra.com/blog/blue-green-deployment-checklist) - [Docker to Kubernetes](https://arxentra.com/blog/docker-compose-to-kubernetes-migration) - [Docker Image Optimization](https://arxentra.com/blog/docker-image-optimization-production-containers-guide): Multi-stage builds and production containers - [Terraform Best Practices](https://arxentra.com/blog/terraform-best-practices-infrastructure-as-code-startups): IaC for growing startups - [VPS Monitoring](https://arxentra.com/blog/vps-monitoring-alerting-setup) ## Kubernetes - [K8s Cost Control](https://arxentra.com/blog/kubernetes-cost-control-checklist) - [K8s Security Baseline](https://arxentra.com/blog/kubernetes-security-baseline) - [K8s Autoscaling](https://arxentra.com/blog/kubernetes-autoscaling-guide) - [K8s Observability](https://arxentra.com/blog/kubernetes-observability-stack-guide) - [Service Mesh: Istio vs Linkerd](https://arxentra.com/blog/service-mesh-kubernetes-istio-linkerd-production-guide): Production deployment guide ## Database - [PostgreSQL Backup & PITR](https://arxentra.com/blog/postgres-backup-pitr-guide) - [PostgreSQL HA](https://arxentra.com/blog/postgres-ha-for-smb) - [MySQL vs PostgreSQL](https://arxentra.com/blog/mysql-vs-postgresql-startups) - [Connection Pooling](https://arxentra.com/blog/database-connection-pooling-guide) - [Managed Database Hosting 2026](https://arxentra.com/blog/best-managed-database-hosting-comparison-2026): PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB providers compared - [Database Sharding Strategies](https://arxentra.com/blog/database-sharding-strategies-high-traffic-saas-guide): Horizontal scaling for SaaS ## Security & Compliance - [SSH Hardening](https://arxentra.com/blog/secure-ssh-hardening-vps) - [Rollback Strategy](https://arxentra.com/blog/rollback-strategy-cloud-deployments) - [SOC 2 Compliance for Startups](https://arxentra.com/blog/soc2-compliance-checklist-cloud-startups-2026): Trust service criteria and audit preparation ## AI & ML Infrastructure - [GPU Cloud Hosting Guide](https://arxentra.com/blog/gpu-cloud-hosting-ai-ml-workloads-deployment-guide): Instance selection, model serving, cost optimization - [Self-Hosted LLM Deployment](https://arxentra.com/blog/llm-deployment-infrastructure-self-hosted-ai-production): Model quantization, serving frameworks, scaling ## Observability - [Prometheus & Grafana Setup](https://arxentra.com/blog/prometheus-grafana-monitoring-stack-production-setup): Production monitoring stack - [OpenTelemetry Tracing](https://arxentra.com/blog/opentelemetry-distributed-tracing-saas-applications): Distributed tracing for SaaS - [Centralized Log Management](https://arxentra.com/blog/centralized-log-management-production-saas-guide): Structured logging pipelines ## Architecture - [Event-Driven Architecture](https://arxentra.com/blog/event-driven-architecture-patterns-saas-platforms): Message brokers, event sourcing, CQRS - [Automated Scaling Strategies](https://arxentra.com/blog/automated-scaling-strategies-web-applications-cloud): HPA, VPA, capacity planning ## Support - [Help Center](https://arxentra.com/help): Guides and troubleshooting - [Status Page](https://arxentra.com/status): Service uptime and incidents - [Community](https://arxentra.com/community): Forums and discussions ## Legal - [Privacy Policy](https://arxentra.com/privacy) - [Terms of Service](https://arxentra.com/terms)