Cloud.gov Hosting is a managed Platform as a Service that abstracts away most infrastructure work so digital teams can focus on shipping features. It runs on hardened cloud infrastructure and gives you opinionated, compliant building blocks for modern web apps and sites.

• What you build: 12-factor apps and public websites using common languages and frameworks. You push code; the platform handles build, run, and scale.
• What Cloud.gov manages: containers, networking, OS patching, backups, logging/metrics pipelines, and managed services like relational databases and search.
• Environments without friction: create dev, staging, and prod spaces in minutes with role-based access, short-lived credentials, and consistent pipelines.
• Use cases that fit: content-heavy sites, transactional web apps, APIs, forms and submissions, data visualizations, and microsites that need rapid launches and reliable uptime.
• When it is not a fit: workloads needing deep control of the hypervisor, custom kernels, or specialized GPU/low-latency tuning that belongs in IaaS.

The net result is faster iteration, lower operational toil, and a shorter path from commit to production, without surrendering control of your code or your data.

Cloud.gov is FedRAMP Authorized at the Moderate baseline and provides a reusable authorization package to streamline ATOs. Teams inherit platform and infrastructure controls mapped to NIST 800-53 Rev. 5, which reduces audit scope and speeds assessments.

• Inherited controls and monitoring: continuous monitoring, monthly vulnerability scans, POA&M updates, incident reporting, centralized logging, automated backups, and platform patching.
• Zero Trust aligned: encrypted networking, granular access policies, and short-lived credentials consistent with EO 14028 and CISA Zero Trust guidance.
• Operational guardrails: consistent buildpacks and deployment workflows, scaling in seconds, and straightforward rollback and redeploy patterns.
• Managed services: provision databases and search through the platform, with lifecycle management and sensible defaults that meet federal security expectations.
• Reliability and performance: opinionated, hardened components reduce variance across apps, improving uptime and response consistency under load.

For digital experience leaders, this means less time in compliance documentation and infrastructure firefighting, and more time delivering measurable improvements to the user journey.

Cloud.gov uses simple, transparent pricing so teams pay for what they use rather than bundled extras. You can evaluate in a free sandbox and move to production when ready.

• Procurement-friendly: onboarding without a lengthy RFP, with government-to-government support through the U.S. General Services Administration.
• Cost model: pay-as-you-go tiers and metered resources. Estimate spend by application footprint, environments, and managed service instances.
• No vendor lock-in: your team retains control of code, repos, and data, with standard practices that make migration feasible if priorities change.
• Migrating to Cloud.gov: audit your app for 12-factor alignment, externalize state, containerize build steps or use supported buildpacks, and map existing data stores to managed service offerings.
• Governance tips: define environment standards, enforce access policies, and track cost per service to keep teams accountable while they scale.

Handled well, Cloud.gov shortens time to value, reduces ATO and ongoing audit burden, and keeps total cost of ownership predictable as demand grows.