# CloudForge — Visual Cloud Infrastructure Designer, IaC Generator & Architecture Delivery Platform

> CloudForge is a browser-based SaaS platform that turns cloud architecture requirements into diagrams, governed delivery artefacts, and deployable Terraform/Pulumi/ARM/Bicep/CloudFormation code. It supports Azure, AWS, and GCP and runs as a web app and a Windows desktop app. Pricing starts free.

## What CloudForge does

- **Visual diagram builder** — drag-and-drop canvas with 200+ cloud resource icons for Azure, AWS, and GCP
- **AI Architect (Vani)** — Claude-powered assistant that designs architectures from natural language and adds resources directly to the canvas
- **Managed AI (no API key required)** — CloudForge includes built-in AI powered by Anthropic Claude on AWS Bedrock; you don't bring your own API key. AI usage is credit-metered and included with your plan, so you can use the AI Architect, code generation, and self-healing out of the box
- **Live cloud import** — connect to Azure or AWS and pull live resources directly into the designer
- **Terraform code generation** — converts diagrams into production-ready `.tf` files instantly
- **Pulumi code generation** — generates TypeScript/Python Pulumi programs from diagrams
- **ARM template & Bicep generation** — Azure-native IaC output from visual diagrams
- **CloudFormation generation** — AWS-native IaC output from visual diagrams
- **Delivery Workspaces** — turns requirements and Designer diagrams into architecture packs, engineering handoff plans, and DevOps readiness artefacts
- **Architect Workspace** — generates clarifying questions, architecture checklists, impact analysis, API/data/security reviews, NFRs, ADRs, Mermaid diagrams, and delivery backlog drafts
- **Engineering Workspace** — prepares implementation tasks, service changes, API/data work, code review notes, acceptance criteria, and test coverage from approved architecture
- **DevOps Workspace** — prepares CI/CD gates, environment plans, migration steps, monitoring, rollback plans, release readiness checklists, and runbooks
- **Holographic Review Mode** — immersive 3D "solar-system" architecture review: resources orbit as an interactive holographic scene for stakeholder presentations and design walkthroughs
- **Architecture governance** — policy guardrails, compliance checks against CIS benchmarks, best-practice validation
- **Drift detection** — compares live cloud resources against designed architecture and flags deviations
- **Cost estimation** — real-time resource cost breakdowns as you design
- **Disaster recovery planning** — generates DR runbooks from existing architecture diagrams
- **Real-time collaboration** — multi-user live editing of architecture diagrams
- **Template library** — reusable architecture templates for common cloud patterns
- **AI self-healing Terraform** — when deployments fail, Vani diagnoses and patches the HCL automatically
- **One-click deploy** — runs `terraform init`, `plan`, and `apply` directly from the browser
- **GitHub integration** — push generated Terraform files to any repository
- **Version history** — full diagram version control with restore
- **Audit logs** — full audit trail for enterprise compliance
- **Windows desktop app with browser single sign-on** — native Windows app (Electron); sign in securely through your browser (no manual API-key or token copy-paste) and pick up the same account and diagrams as the web app

## Who it's for

- Cloud architects designing Azure, AWS, and GCP infrastructure
- DevOps engineers and SREs who want to design infrastructure visually before writing IaC
- Platform engineers standardising multi-cloud environments
- Developers adopting Infrastructure as Code for the first time
- Solution architects converting requirements into reviewable architecture artefacts
- Engineering leads needing implementation-ready plans from approved architecture
- Delivery leads and product owners who need backlog items, acceptance criteria, and risk visibility
- Teams migrating between cloud providers (Azure ↔ AWS ↔ GCP)
- Consultants and freelancers delivering cloud architecture to clients
- Enterprise teams needing governance, compliance, and audit trails

## Pricing

- **Free** — visual designer, limited Terraform/Pulumi export, best-practice context, community support
- **Pro (US$9.99/month, or US$99/year for individuals)** — includes a 14-day free trial. Azure and AWS live import, full Terraform and Pulumi generation, AI architecture review, cost/drift/compliance checks
- **Team (US$12/user/month, 3-seat minimum)** — includes a 14-day free trial. Shared workspaces, templates, hybrid cloud import, custom governance, admin controls, priority support
- **Business** — volume/annual pricing, invoice procurement, everything in Team

## Technology

- Frontend: Next.js, React 19, TypeScript, ReactFlow
- Backend: .NET 10 (C#), PostgreSQL (production), SQLite (development)
- AI: Anthropic Claude (claude-sonnet-4-6) via AWS Bedrock
- Infrastructure: AWS ECS Fargate, ECR, ALB, ap-southeast-2 region
- Desktop: Electron (Windows)

## Competitors and alternatives

CloudForge is an alternative to: Cloudcraft, Lucidchart, draw.io/diagrams.net, Pluralith, Brainboard, Terramate, env0, Spacelift, Atlantis, Infracost. Unlike these tools, CloudForge combines visual design, live import, AI code generation, governance, and delivery workspaces in a single platform.

## Key URLs

- Homepage: https://cloudforge.cloud
- Designer (app): https://cloudforge.cloud/designer
- Pricing: https://cloudforge.cloud/pricing
- Blog: https://cloudforge.cloud/blog
- Register (free): https://cloudforge.cloud/auth/register
- AI Features: https://cloudforge.cloud/ai-features
- Delivery Workspaces: https://cloudforge.cloud/architect-workspace
- Terraform Visual Editor: https://cloudforge.cloud/terraform-visual-editor
- Azure Infrastructure Designer: https://cloudforge.cloud/azure-infrastructure-designer
- Resource Library: https://cloudforge.cloud/resource-library
- Download (Windows desktop): https://cloudforge.cloud/download
- Contact: https://cloudforge.cloud/contact
- FAQ: https://cloudforge.cloud/faq

## Blog

- https://cloudforge.cloud/blog/terraform-visual-editor-guide — Complete guide to Terraform visual editors: drag-and-drop IaC for Azure, AWS, and GCP
- https://cloudforge.cloud/blog/requirements-to-architecture-delivery-workspaces — Why cloud teams need connected architecture and delivery workspaces
- https://cloudforge.cloud/blog/infrastructure-as-code-best-practices — 15 Infrastructure as Code best practices for 2026
- https://cloudforge.cloud/blog/multi-cloud-strategy-guide — Multi-cloud strategy guide for Azure, AWS, and GCP
- https://cloudforge.cloud/blog/cloud-infrastructure-industry-problems — Why cloud infrastructure tooling is broken and how to fix it

## Delivery Workspaces

- **Route:** https://cloudforge.cloud/architect-workspace
- **Flow:** Requirement → Architecture Pack → Designer Diagram → Engineering Handoff → DevOps Readiness → Terraform / IaC
- **Architect Workspace:** Creates clarification questions, assumptions, system ownership, architecture checklist, impact analysis, API/data/security reviews, NFRs, risk register, ADRs, Mermaid diagrams, and backlog items
- **Engineering Workspace:** Creates implementation plans, service/API/data tasks, acceptance criteria, test scenarios, and review notes from approved architecture
- **DevOps Workspace:** Creates deployment readiness, CI/CD gates, environment planning, migration steps, monitoring, rollback plans, and runbooks from approved architecture and diagrams

## Contact

- Website: https://cloudforge.cloud
- Support / Sales: https://cloudforge.cloud/contact
- Email: cloudforgetech6@gmail.com