6-12
Months to Production
Evaluation paralysis, integration hell, trial-and-error
The Curated Platform Engineering Stack
10+ Years of Production Experience, Ready in Days
Skip the Platform Engineering Assembly Tax. Get battle-tested Kubernetes, observability, security, networking, AI, and application management curated from 10+ years of experience and 150+ production clusters with expert operations or expert support.
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150+Production Clusters
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10+Years Experience
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€2.5MCustomer Savings
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CNCFAI-Conformance Certified
The Platform Engineering Assembly Tax
Platform teams spend 6–12 months integrating Kubernetes, observability, security, networking, and AI projects from the CNCF landscape, then need 8–15 specialists costing €1M–€2M annually just to keep it running
€1.8M
Annual Ops Cost
8-15 specialist engineers just to keep platforms running
€1M+
Hidden Opportunity
Best engineers fight infrastructure, not building products
What You Achieve With Giant Swarm
10+ years of battle-tested production curation delivered as a complete platform stack or as individual capabilities
Save Time, Money & Effort
Skip the Assembly Tax
Stop burning months on integration and millions on specialists. Get battle-tested configurations from 150+ production clusters, ready now.
100% Open Source, Zero Lock-in
Keep Full Control
Your infrastructure, your data, your rules. Runs entirely in your environment with full data sovereignty. Every component is yours to keep.
Insight, Not Black Box
Build Real Knowledge
We don't just run your platform—we show you how it works. Knowledge transfer is built in, not an expensive add-on.
Platform Capabilities:
Start with One, Expand Anytime
Get what you need now. Add more capabilities as your platform matures.
Every component works standalone or as part of the complete stack.
- Fair-share GPU scheduling: everyone gets access
- Token-level cost tracking: see exactly where budget goes
- CNCF certified: future-proof your AI investments
Production AI in Days with GPU Optimization Built In
- Production-ready AI infrastructure in days vs. 6-12 months DIY
- Maximize expensive GPU investments with intelligent scheduling
- Complete visibility: tokens, compute costs by team/project/model
vs. DIY AI Infrastructure
AI platform expertise nearly impossible to hire. We provide battle-tested infrastructure with GPU optimization, governance, and observability built in.
- Pre-integrated: Cilium, Kyverno, Flux, Karpenter included
- Production-ready defaults, not bare cluster
- Multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, on-prem) from single control plane
Production-Ready Kubernetes Foundation in Days
- Multi-cloud clusters (AWS, Azure, on-prem) production-ready in days
- Redirect 3 engineers from ops to business value
- 30-40% cloud cost reduction with intelligent auto-scaling
vs. EKS/AKS
Complete platform with integrated tooling and expert operations, not just a control plane you still need to integrate and operate yourself.
- Correlated observability - metrics to logs to traces in seconds
- Self-hosted - your data never leaves your environment
- Predictable pricing - no surprise bills as data volumes grow
See Everything, Fix Issues Fast at 50% Lower Cost
- Unified metrics, logs, traces - find root cause in minutes, not hours
- Self-hosted and fully managed - your team focuses on products, not pipelines
- Predictable costs that don't scale with your data volume
vs. usage-based SaaS
Self-hosted in your environment with fixed pricing. Data sovereignty + cost predictability - no meter running on every log line.
- Clear feedback to developers, not cryptic errors
- Pre-configured policies for compliance (PSS, CIS benchmarks)
- Open source stack, fraction of commercial licensing costs
Enterprise Security Without the Enterprise Price Tag
- Comprehensive Kubernetes security: runtime protection, vulnerability scanning, policy enforcement
- Pre-configured for compliance: PSS, CIS benchmarks, audit-ready from day one
- Self-hosted and fully managed, so your team focuses on security strategy, not tool maintenance
vs. Commercial Security Platforms
Self-hosted open source stack with the same security outcomes. No per-node licensing, no usage-based pricing, no vendor lock-in.
- Deploy app, get HTTPS endpoint once configured
- No manual DNS or certificate requests per app
- Reduced ops burden. Platform team stays strategic
Networking That Disappears: Apps Go Live Faster
- Minimal-config networking: apps get DNS and certificates once set up
- Same-day app launches vs. multi-day network config cycles
- Fewer network specialists needed. Your platform team stays focused on strategic work
vs. DIY Networking
Fewer specialists needed. Minimal per-app configuration. Production-ready networking in days, not weeks of setup.
- Edge AI visual inspection deployed in 2 days (not 6 months)
- 10-15% OEE improvement, 16x downtime reduction potential
- Data stays in factory (data sovereignty compliance)
Smart Factory Capabilities Without Million-Euro Infrastructure Team
- Production edge-to-cloud infrastructure in days, not quarters
- 10-15% OEE improvement with real-time manufacturing data
- Avoid €1M+ annual cost (8-10 FTE platform ops team)
vs. DIY Edge Infrastructure
Production-ready edge-to-cloud in days vs. 6-12 months DIY integration. Fully managed 24/7, no Kubernetes expertise required at factory level.
- One portal: services, docs, deployments, ownership
- GitOps from day one with proven patterns
- Developers self-serve. Platform team stays strategic
Find What You Need, Deploy What You Want
- One portal for everything: services, docs, deployments, ownership. No more hunting through scattered wikis
- Developers find answers themselves. Platform team focuses on platform, not support tickets
- Production-ready GitOps from day one with proven repository patterns
vs. Scattered DIY Tooling
One portal instead of dozens of wikis, dashboards, and Slack threads. Proven GitOps patterns instead of months deciding how to structure repositories.
- Governed agent registry: no shadow AI, only vetted tools
- Standard protocol (MCP): connects agents to all your infrastructure
- Open source: full auditability, zero lock-in
Connect AI Agents to Everything Without Losing Control
- Governed AI agents connected to your entire tool landscape in days, not months
- Expert knowledge captured as reusable workflows — scale without hiring
- Enterprise-grade security: SSO-based permissions, trusted registry, full audit trail
vs. Unmanaged AI Adoption
Without governance, fragmented AI tools create security risks and chaos. We provide the governed, auditable, open-source foundation.
Choose Your Delivery Model
Whether you want us to run it 24/7 or prefer to operate it yourself with expert guidance, you get the same battle-tested platform stack or individual capabilities
Fully-Managed
- Zero operational burden: focus 100% on business value
- 24/7 proactive monitoring and expert operations
- We get paged before issues impact you
- Continuous upgrades and security patches
Best for: Teams who want maximum focus on product development, no platform operations overhead
Expert-Supported
- Complete control: everything in your hands
- Build in-house knowledge with expert training
- No third-party access to production systems
- Expert support when you need it
Best for: Security-conscious teams, regulated industries requiring full control, organizations building internal capability
Both Models Include:
Production-validated configurations from 150+ clusters Expert knowledge transfer Self-hosted in your environment 100% open-source (zero vendor lock-in) Same curated platform stack or individual capabilities
Proven at Scale:
Real Customer Outcomes
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€1M+
Customer Savings
Replaced €1M+ commercial security
quote with €60K platform -
30-40%
Cloud Cost Reduction
Retail customer using
integrated cost optimization -
90%
Vulnerability Reduction
Achieved in under 1 year
with integrated security
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“The Giant Swarm guys are really amazing and know their stuff in and out. Specifically in the area of containers and Kubernetes and everything around this I never met a more knowledgeable partner.”
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“Giant Swarm allows our small team to offer a world-class platform for all our modern applications and AI workloads.”
Calculate Your Savings
Select the size of your environment, capabilities, and your preferred delivery model to see your estimated TCO savings.
250
€440K
Estimated annual savings on TCO
56%
Cost reduction vs. DIY
| Hire 4 engineers | Giant Swarm + 0.5 in-house engineers | |
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| Annual cost | €480K | €180K |
| Time to value | 6–24 months to assemble and harden a platform | Weeks to production-ready capabilities |
| Quality risk | Higher (one-off integrations, limited battle-testing) | Lower (curated stack, proven at scale) |
| Turnover risk | High dependency on a few key engineers | Expert team and documented patterns reduce key-person risk |
| 24/7 coverage | Requires hiring & running 24/7 on-call rotation | 24/7 with SLAs (MTTA of Experts < 2 min) |
Ready to Skip the Assembly Tax?
See how Giant Swarm delivers production-ready platform capabilities in days, not 6-12 months of integration hell
Book a DemoOr talk to an expert about your specific requirements.