Do we need our own migration team to do this?

No. CHAI™ runs the discovery, the analysis and the planning. On your side it is one short call to qualify, one access grant so the tools can see what you run, and the decision at the end. Everything in between runs automatically.

Some of our software came from a vendor and we cannot see the source code. Is it still covered?

Yes. Tri-Vector Assessment™ analyses each application across runtime and workload, so software you cannot open up is assessed alongside everything else. It still gets a difficulty score, an effort estimate in weeks, and a recommended path.

What do we actually get at the end?

Four things. A list of every server and application you run. A map of what depends on what. A cost comparison of what you pay today, what the move costs, and what you spend afterwards. And a recommendation for each application: move as is, modernize, rebuild, or retire.

Do we have to continue with you after the assessment?

No. You keep the plan whichever way you go, and you can hand it to your board, your provider, or another supplier.

Who decides what moves, and when?

You do. Nothing migrates until you have signed off the final list of applications and the criteria the work is judged against, and nothing reaches production until you approve the result. Rollback is tested before cutover.

Does AWS help pay for this?

Through the Migration Acceleration Program, AWS puts funding behind businesses making this move. CloudHedge is a MAP qualified partner and builds the case with the AWS team from the start, so AWS confirms what applies to you before you commit to anything.

Does our data or application code leave our environment?

No. The assessment runs inside your own AWS account, and nothing leaves your environment.

Will we end up paying more for licensing once we move?

An Optimization and Licensing Assessment right-sizes your Windows Server and SQL Server licensing before anything moves rather than after, which is where most avoidable spend gets locked in. CloudHedge is an OLA delivery partner and that review is part of the engagement.

CHAI™ for SMB

Modernization for teams that cannot stop.

Q: How do you find everything we are running?

CHAI DART™ finds and catalogues every application and server you have, including the ones nobody has looked at in years, and maps how they depend on each other. You do not need to produce a list first.

The world’s most accurate application assessment, then the move itself — carried out for you, not handed back as a report.

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Built for small and mid-sized organizations
Runs in your own AWS account
The plan is yours to keep

Your environment, sorted

48 applications, a decision for each

Tri-Vector™

Drag a block to another path · select a path to filter

Select a path to see what it covers. You approve the list before anything moves.

The problem

Why the move never gets started.

It is rarely the technology. What works for a large enterprise rarely fits a team your size.

Select all that apply

0 / 4 Recognise any of these? You are exactly who this was built for.

Built around your environment

One size does not fit all.

Programmes built for large enterprises may not fit every business. Nothing here comes from a template.

A decision per application, not a blanket policy

Every application is judged on its own merits, so the awkward ones do not end up broken or left behind.

You choose how far it goes

Assessment only, assessment and the move, or the full modernization. You can stop at the end of any of them.

Sequenced around your constraints

The effort estimate per application fits the work to your calendar, your budget cycle, and the systems you cannot take offline.

Shape the engagement

We carry out the migration you sign off on.

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Every application and server, found and listed
Dependencies mapped and written down
Cost comparison: now, to move, and after
A recommended path for every application
Migration carried out by CHAI Flow™
You approve at both ends, rollback tested first
Replatform and containerize where it pays off
100+ agents validate and retry on failure

The CloudHedge solution

From first scan to final cutover.

One platform reads the environment, decides what each application needs, and carries out the move.

CHAI DART™

Find everything you run

Patented Tri-Vector Assessment™ reads runtime behaviour, workload and code together, with or without source. It finds every application and server you have — including the ones nobody has looked at in years — and maps what depends on what.

Weeks, not quarters

Agents run discovery and transformation in parallel rather than one consultant at a time. The work lands on your timetable.

You approve at both ends

Sign off the application list before anything moves, then approve the result before it reaches production. Rollback is tested first.

With AWS

Assess, migrate and modernize at zero cost.

CloudHedge is an AWS ISV funded partner. That funding covers the assessment, the migration and the modernization.

AWS ISV funded partner AWS Modernization Competency MAP qualified OLA delivery

Assess

The full picture of what you are running, what depends on what, and a path for every application.

Migrate

The move itself, carried out and validated, with you approving the list before anything shifts.

Modernize

Replatform and containerize the applications where it actually pays off, rather than everything by default.

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# CHAI for SMB: move to AWS without a migration team

CHAI™ by CloudHedge delivers the world's most accurate application assessment, then the move itself — carried out for you, not handed back as a report. Built for organizations where one or two people carry all of IT.

Delivered by CloudHedge Technologies Inc., an AWS Modernization Competency Partner, AWS ISV Accelerate Partner, AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) qualified partner, and AWS Optimization and Licensing Assessment (OLA) delivery partner.

## Who this is for
Small and mid-sized organizations running their own servers, where a renewal, a lease ending, or hardware going out of support has forced the question of what to do next, and the people who would run the move are already fully occupied.

## The problem: why the move never gets started
- **The proposal is bigger than the problem.** Engagements get scoped in quarters and priced to match. An environment this size cannot sign a nine month contract, so the project dies at the quote.
- **Nobody has the full list.** What runs where, and what depends on what, lives in two people's heads — and one of them has left. Discovery is the real blocker.
- **The deadline is not yours.** A lease ending, a renewal repricing, hardware out of support. Someone else set the date, and there is no room for an overrun.
- **There is nobody free to run it.** The people who would run the migration are the ones keeping everything running today. Nobody can stop for three months.

## One size does not fit all
Programmes built for large enterprises may not fit every business. Nothing comes from a template.
- **A decision per application, not a blanket policy.** Every application is judged on its own merits, rather than being moved a particular way because it was simpler to treat the whole environment the same.
- **You choose how far it goes.** Assessment only, assessment and the move, or the full modernization. The engagement is shaped around which of those you are, and you can stop at the end of any of them.
- **Sequenced around your constraints.** The effort estimate per application lets the work fit your calendar, your budget cycle, and the systems you cannot take offline.

## The solution: from first scan to final cutover
### Read it, with CHAI DART™
Patented Tri-Vector Assessment™ reads runtime behaviour, workload and code together, with or without source. It finds every application and server you are running — including the ones nobody has looked at in years — and maps what depends on what.

### Decide it
Every application gets one of three paths: move as is, replatform, or containerize. Each carries a difficulty score and an effort estimate in weeks, so the work can be sequenced against your own calendar.

### Move it, with CHAI Flow™
More than 100 specialized agents carry the plan through to a running system. When a step fails validation they correct and retry, rather than handing your team something broken to debug.

### You approve at both ends
Nothing moves until you sign off the list of applications, and nothing reaches production until you approve the result against the criteria you set.

## What you gain
- A list of every server and application you run, including what is not on anyone's list today
- A map of what depends on what
- A cost comparison: what you pay today, what the move costs, what you spend afterwards
- A recommendation for each application, with a difficulty score and an effort estimate

**Weeks, not quarters.** Agents run discovery and transformation in parallel rather than one consultant at a time, so the work lands on your timetable.

## The AWS angle
CloudHedge is an AWS ISV funded partner, an AWS Modernization Competency Partner, MAP qualified, and an OLA delivery partner.

That funding covers the assessment, the migration and the modernization.

- **Assess.** The full picture of what you are running, what depends on what, and a path for every application.
- **Migrate.** The move itself, carried out and validated, with you approving the list before anything shifts.
- **Modernize.** Replatform and containerize the applications where it actually pays off.

Listed on AWS Marketplace: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-mkkcvp6ckwiuw

## Start here
The assessment is free, and the plan is yours to keep whichever way you go.

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## Related
- VMware Exit, for larger virtualized environments: /solutions/vmware-exit/
- Legacy to Agentic: /solutions/legacy-to-agentic/
- Customer stories: /success-stories/