Clouver Explained
Understanding Our Unique Approach for Building Integrations and What it Means for Your Business
Clouver acts as your in-house cloud development team, tasked with building and deploying integration infrastructure directly onto your own cloud. Read below on how our approach sets us apart from the competition and drives value for your business.
Exploring our Integration Approach Vs. Third Party Platforms
Unlike third-party platforms, where you pay to use their infrastructure, Clouver takes a different approach. By deploying integrations directly onto your cloud environment, Clouver serves as your internal cloud developer. This unlocks business value such as - unlimited scalability, ability to be compliant, instant update times that are not achievable with traditional third-party platforms.
Third Party Platforms
Externally Hosted
You're not the owner of the cloud integration infrastructure. Instead, you're utilizing a third-party infrastructure to deploy integrations onto their platform.
As you don't own the infrastructure, you'll need to provide separate credentials to the platform. For instance, connecting your Gmail to an external CRM means granting access to your Gmail, posing security and data risks.
External platforms have the liberty to charge however they please, whether it's through per-API call fees or monthly subscriptions, given that it's their infrastructure you're leveraging. Building your own cloud infrastructure would necessitate hiring a costly and specialized cloud developer. This understanding allows external platforms to set prices as they see fit.
Clouver
Self-Hosted
With Clouver, you're the owner of the infrastructure. When you hit deploy, the entire integration infrastructure is yours. We simply act as your dedicated cloud integration developers.
As you possess the infrastructure, there's no requirement to grant Clouver access. We never access or store your data from any of your applications. For example, when deploying Gmail integration with an external CRM, your data remains secure and under your domain.
Your infrastructure resides on your cloud, allowing for cost savings compared to third-party platforms, which often charge based on tasks and limits. With Clouver, you pay a flat integration fee per month for the deployment and maintenance of the infrastructure. Essentially, we become your cloud development team for just $30 USD per month.
Third-Party's Externally Hosted Approach
Pricing: Monthly and per-task model, making it expensive and scalability a pain, each time you go over tasks, you have to either wait or pay extra to upgrade.
Data: Data hosted on the external platform, posing security and privacy risks as you have to provide them access to your applications when you integrate.
Infrastructure Control: Zero control over the infrastructure as you don't own, its owned by the third party platform. If tomorrow, you decide to move integration platforms, you will have to re-create the entire infrastructure on another third-party platform.
Compliance: Limited control over data location and compliance. You cannot choose where your data lives as that is decided by the external platform.
Clouver's Self-Hosted Approach
Pricing: Flat integration fee per month for integration deployment and you pay pennies on the dollar directly to your cloud provider for running your tasks, making it significantly cheaper giving you scalability and flexibility.
Data: Data hosted on your own cloud, ensuring greater security and privacy. We never touch or log your data so its always with you.
Infrastructure Control: Full ownership and control of infrastructure. If you decide to hire your own team and need access to the infrastructure, you can easily go into your cloud and access it. Its yours to keep.
Compliance: Ability to ensure data compliance and choose hosting location. When deploying with Clouver, you can choose where the data lives, making it easy for you to be compliant.
Monthly Fee
Our $30/integration monthly charge covers deployment and maintenance of the cloud infrastructure. Your monthly fee goes towards the deployment and maintenance of your cloud infrastructure, Clouver essentially acting as your dedicated cloud developer.
Cloud Cost
You pay the computation costs directly to the cloud provider as the integration infrastructure is pushed directly to your cloud. The cloud is extremely cheap, costing you pennies on the dollar compared to third-party platforms. You can can contact us to learn more about the exact compute cost.
Data Security
With Clouver, your integration infrastructure and the data lives directly within your cloud. Clouver does not need any permissions from your services. Since its on your cloud, its in your control and you can manage access and security based on your needs and requirements.
Regulated Data
Healthcare and medical data is sensitive and protected by regulations like HIPPA, which ensure the information is protected. These industries must use HIPPA-compliant cloud providers. With Clouver, you can choose the cloud provider that is HIPPA compliant and meets all the security requirements. Clouver can help you build integrations within the healthcare industry.
Data Storage
With Clouver, you can choose the location of your server, where the data will be stored. This gives you flexibility when it comes to compliance or in general a peace of mind as to where the data is stored. This is not possible with third-party apps where most of them store your data in the US and transferring data can be complex and resource intensive.
FAQs
Clouver offers a flat monthly fee of $30 for deployment and maintenance of your cloud infrastructure. This pricing model ensures cost predictability and eliminates any surprise charges often associated with usage-based pricing models of other platforms.
No, our $30 monthly fee covers all costs associated with deployment and maintenance of your cloud infrastructure. There are no additional charges for usage or API calls. You will pay the task fees directly to your cloud provider, these costs are significantly lower compared to what you would pay to the third party platform to run the same amount of tasks.
Clouver: Clouver operates by deploying its entire infrastructure onto your own cloud environment. This means that all the necessary software and systems are set up directly within your chosen cloud provider, whether it's AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, or another option. Essentially, Clouver acts like a dedicated team managing and optimizing your cloud infrastructure for you.
Other Integration Platforms: On the other hand, other platforms operate as a third-party platform where you build and manage your integrations on their cloud infrastructure. You create workflows by connecting different apps and services using Zapier's interface, and tasks and API calls are executed within Zapier's ecosystem.
Comparison from the Cloud Perspective: When it comes to cost, Zapier's business model charges users based on the number of tasks and API calls executed. Since you're using Zapier's cloud infrastructure, you're subject to their pricing model, which can become expensive as your usage increases.
In contrast, with Clouver, the entire integration code base is deployed to your own cloud environment. This means you only pay for the usage of your cloud resources, which typically costs pennies on the dollar compared to Zapier's pricing structure. By leveraging your own cloud resources, Clouver offers a more cost-effective solution without the task limitations imposed by third-party platforms like Zapier.
No, Clouver operates on a transparent pricing model of a per-integration charge with no extra usage costs. Once you subscribe to Clouver, you gain access to unlimited task automation without worrying about unexpected charges or hidden fees, providing cost predictability and peace of mind.
Yes, Clouver seamlessly integrates with a wide range of software applications and platforms commonly used in business environments. Whether you use CRM systems, project management tools, accounting software, or communication platforms, Clouver offers robust integrations to enhance automation capabilities and streamline workflows across your organization.
With Clouver, you own and control your data, ensuring compliance with data regulations such as GDPR and CCPA. Your data remains securely stored on your cloud infrastructure, giving you full control over its usage and storage.
Clouver simplifies the process of deploying infrastructure to the cloud, making it exceptionally straightforward for users. While it may not offer drag-and-drop features or an elaborate user interface, Clouver excels in its simplicity and efficiency. Users only need to input their cloud provider's credentials, such as AWS keys, once they've selected the desired integrations.
For instance, consider an example where a user wants to automate the process of syncing contacts between Airtable and HubSpot. With Clouver, setting up this integration is a breeze. The user selects the Airtable and HubSpot integrations from Clouver's library of supported apps, inputs their AWS credentials, and configures the specific parameters for the integration, such as mapping fields between Airtable and HubSpot.
Once configured, Clouver handles the deployment of the necessary infrastructure to the user's cloud environment seamlessly. This means that users don't need to worry about the complexities of setting up servers, managing databases, or configuring networking—all of which are taken care of by Clouver in the background.
Yes, Clouver allows you to choose the location of your cloud infrastructure to meet specific compliance requirements. Whether you need to comply with GDPR or industry-specific regulations, you have the flexibility to select the hosting location that best suits your needs.
With Clouver, your data security remains paramount as it never leaves your cloud environment. Clouver operates on a zero-touch policy, meaning it doesn't interact with or store your data in any way. Instead, all data remains securely within your cloud infrastructure, giving you full control and ownership over your information.
By not accessing or storing your data, Clouver eliminates potential security risks associated with data breaches or unauthorized access. Your sensitive information stays protected within your cloud environment, and you have the flexibility to implement robust security measures according to your specific requirements and compliance standards.
In essence, with Clouver, your data security is as strong as you make it within your own cloud environment. Clouver provides the tools and infrastructure to enable secure data processing and integration, while ensuring that your data remains under your control at all times.
Clouver prioritizes data privacy and security by providing you with full ownership and control of your data. We implement robust security measures to safeguard your data against unauthorized access or breaches, ensuring peace of mind for your business.
Yes, Clouver can assist with compliance audits or regulatory inquiries by providing documentation and support related to our platform's deployment and maintenance processes. We're committed to helping you meet your compliance obligations and address any regulatory concerns.