Java 8 monolith · RDS PostgreSQL · EC2 Auto Scaling
Scoring identified 3 bounded domains ready for service extraction ahead of a planned PCI re-certification window.
Illustrative · anonymizedConnect a scoped read-only role, repository, or database and saasups maps your estate, scores each workload against the seven strategies, and returns a prioritized roadmap — before any migration begins.
Read-onlyRead-only access only. saasups never writes, deploys, or mutates.
Grant read-only access to a Git repository. saasups clones once, analyses dependencies, infrastructure-as-code, and runtime configurations — then discards the local copy.
By connecting, you agree to saasups read-only access terms. Credentials are encrypted at rest and never shared.
No agents installed. No write permissions granted. No migration started until you say so.
Provide a scoped read-only role ARN, a repository token, or a database connection string. saasups validates access, confirms least-privilege scope, and begins enumeration immediately.
saasups maps your estate — services, dependencies, runtime configurations, cost signals, and schema patterns — into a structured workload graph. Nothing is written back.
Each workload is scored against the seven strategies: Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Rearchitect, Rebuild, Replace, or Retire. Scores carry a confidence band, rationale, and dependency context.
Receive a scored estate map and prioritized roadmap as a structured export — ready to load into your planning board, share with stakeholders, or re-score after configuration changes.
All figures illustrative. Sectors and configurations anonymized — no real organizations depicted.
Java 8 monolith · RDS PostgreSQL · EC2 Auto Scaling
Scoring identified 3 bounded domains ready for service extraction ahead of a planned PCI re-certification window.
Illustrative · anonymizedNode.js · MongoDB · Lambda + API Gateway
Container migration path confirmed with 6 workloads flagged for ECS Fargate — cost delta modeled before a single sprint was planned.
Illustrative · anonymizedPython ETL · Aurora MySQL · EKS 1.24
Schema analysis surfaced two tables with undocumented PHI adjacency — flagged for compliance gate review before any pipeline change.
Illustrative · anonymizedRuby on Rails · ElasticSearch · Elastic Beanstalk
Rails 4 dependency graph showed 14 gems with no migration path — rebuild scored higher confidence than refactor at a 36-month horizon.
Illustrative · anonymizedGo microservices · DynamoDB · CloudFront
Architecture already cloud-native; assessment confirmed Rehost to a newer EC2 family delivers 22% cost reduction with zero code changes.
Illustrative · anonymizedC# .NET Framework · SQL Server · Windows EC2
Three legacy batch jobs mapped — two had zero invocations in 18 months, scored Retire; freed 40% of legacy maintenance budget in planning.
Illustrative · anonymizedEvery estate is different. Set risk tolerance, cost optimization weight, and compliance gates before saasups scores — so recommendations reflect your constraints, not a generic heuristic.
Controls how aggressively saasups recommends strategies that require significant code or architecture changes.
Increases the scoring weight applied to compute cost reduction when ranking equivalent strategies.
Activates a pre-check pass that flags workloads with compliance-adjacent signals before scoring recommendations.
version: "1.0"assessment:label: production-estaterisk_tolerance: balanced # conservative | balanced | aggressivecost_weight: medium # low | medium | highcompliance_gate: pci-dss # none | pci-dss | hipaa | soc2 | iso27001strategies:include_all: true # score all seven strategies per workloadexport:format: json # json | yaml | csvinclude_rationale: trueinclude_dependency_graph: true
The assessment.yml configuration file is generated automatically from your selections above and included in every export.
saasups is a modernization decision layer — not an EA repository, a code-intelligence scanner, or a general transformation workbench. Before committing, engineering leaders typically weigh it against three familiar alternatives. Here is how the tradeoffs compare — objectively.
| Criterion | saasups | Manual consulting assessment | Generic migration tooling | In-house scripts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time to first recommendation | < 48 hours | 4 – 12 weeks | 2 – 6 weeks | Weeks to months |
| Read-only, agent-free | Yes — by design | N/A (human process) | Varies — often requires agents | Depends on implementation |
| Coverage across AWS service types | Comprehensive | Depends on consultant scope | Partial — targets defined resource types | Limited to what was scripted |
| 7-R confidence scoring per workload | Scored with confidence band + rationale | Qualitative only | Binary or rule-based | No standardized scoring |
| Dependency graph included | Yes | Rarely documented fully | Partial | Manual effort required |
| Re-scoreable after config change | Yes — re-run with new parameters | Requires new engagement | Limited re-run capability | Requires script modification |
| Export format | JSON · YAML · CSV · roadmap view | Slide deck / Word document | Tool-specific format | Ad hoc |
All figures illustrative. Comparison is generic — no real competitor products are referenced or disparaged.