Architecture decisions without the cloud guesswork.
Eliminate subjective engineering debates and costly cloud over-provisioning. Archknot evaluates scale, compliance, and budget to deliver mathematically sound multi-cloud architectures with validated Terraform.
100%
Vendor-Neutral
15 Domains
Automated Interview
< 5 Minutes
To Validated Blueprint
Zero Defect
Terraform IaC
The Multi-Million Dollar Problem
Why modern infrastructure decisions fail
Engineering teams spend months in subjective design meetings, while paying 3x to 5x excess cloud fees and failing security audits.
- ✕$400/hr Fractional CTOs: Weeks of meetings resulting in static PDFs that get outdated the moment requirements change.
- ✕Cloud Vendor Bias: Hyperscaler sales reps pushing proprietary services that lock your company into astronomical egress costs.
- ✕Premature Kubernetes: Teams with 5 engineers maintaining massive k8s clusters with no dedicated SRE, causing crippling upgrade outages.
- ✕Hidden AI / GPU Costs: Blindly using OpenAI / Anthropic APIs past the break-even tipping point where dedicated GPUs would save 70%.
- ✓15-Domain Autonomous Interview: Extracts traffic RPS, latency requirements, data residency, and budget constraints systematically.
- ✓100% Vendor-Neutral: Evaluates AWS, GCP, Azure, and modern SaaS purely on performance, unit economics, and SLA compliance.
- ✓Mathematical Break-Even Models: Exact formulas for LLM API vs Dedicated Cloud GPU vs Owned Hardware transitions.
- ✓Exportable ADRs & Production Terraform: Complete, verified Infrastructure-as-Code with VPC subnets, IAM roles, and SOC 2 controls.
Inspect a real architecture package
Example output generated for an enterprise Healthcare & AI Candidate Screening Platform (Atlas Health Cloud).
Comparative Architecture Options
Algorithm Score: 96% MatchLean Managed Serverless
Utilizes fully managed container services with auto-scaling to 0 during idle hours. Perfect for teams with < 5 engineers.
Stack: AWS ECS Fargate + Supabase
Timeline: 2 Days
Best for rapid validation & minimal operational overhead
Balanced Enterprise Stack
Dedicated VPC with private subnets, synchronous multi-AZ database replication, Redis caching layer, and automated point-in-time recovery.
Stack: AWS ECS + RDS PostgreSQL (Multi-AZ)
Timeline: 1 Week
Recommended for SOC 2 compliance & 99.95% SLA
Hyper-Scale Multi-Region
Containerized Kubernetes microservices with Istio service mesh, cross-region replication, and automated canary deployments.
Stack: Kubernetes (EKS) + Distributed DB
Timeline: 3 Weeks
For > 10,000 RPS & multi-region active-active failover
Enterprise Feature Suite
Everything required to engineer defensible infrastructure
From requirement discovery to code generation, Archknot replaces weeks of trial and error with deterministic models.
Adaptive Consulting Interview
15 critical domain checks covering RPS load, read/write skew, team DevOps skill, data privacy, and SLA requirements.
3-Way Strategy Comparison
Side-by-side trade-off matrix comparing Lean Serverless, Recommended Enterprise, and Hyper-Scale models with lock-in scores.
Deterministic Cost Scenarios
Multi-year financial forecasts modeling compute, storage, egress bandwidth, and managed services at 1x, 3x, and 10x scale.
GPU Break-Even Calculus
Mathematical tipping point analysis for OpenAI / Anthropic APIs vs vLLM on dedicated cloud GPUs vs owned hardware.
Automated Compliance Controls
Pre-mapped technical safeguards for SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, and PCI-DSS requirements directly in the architecture.
Zero-Defect Terraform Synthesis
Production-ready Infrastructure-as-Code modules with VPC isolation, IAM least privilege, and KMS encryption.
Commercial Plans
Invest in certainty, not consulting hours
Transparent subscriptions for startups, scaleups, and enterprise infrastructure teams.
For CTOs, tech leads, and startups building new systems.
- Unlimited architecture consultations
- Full 15-domain requirements interview
- 3-way strategy trade-off engine
- GPU break-even simulator
- Validated Terraform IaC exports
For multi-team organizations requiring governance & compliance.
- Everything in Pro Architect
- Unlimited team members & role RBAC
- SOC 2, HIPAA, & GDPR audit reports
- Custom private technology catalog
- Cloud database synchronization
- Priority infrastructure model updates
For Fortune 500 & sovereign private cloud deployments.
- Air-gapped on-premise installation
- Custom LLM / Jev micro-decision fine-tuning
- Dedicated principal architect SLA review
- Custom enterprise SSO & SAML 2.0
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