Crossplane expertise — from Switzerland

Your Crossplane Competence Center Switzerland — VSHN has the most Crossplane production experience in Europe and is a recognised official Crossplane commercial vendor. We help you design, build, and operate Crossplane-based cloud infrastructure platforms on any cloud provider.

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Europe's Leading Crossplane Expertise

VSHN has the most Crossplane production experience in Europe and is a recognised official Crossplane commercial vendor. We bring battle-tested knowledge from real production deployments — from initial architecture through day-two operations. Our engineers know the pitfalls, the best practices, and the shortcuts that save you months of effort.

Infrastructure as Code with Kubernetes

Crossplane extends Kubernetes with custom resource definitions for cloud infrastructure. Manage databases, storage, networking, and more using familiar kubectl workflows and GitOps pipelines — all from a single control plane running on your chosen infrastructure.

Multi-Cloud Architecture

We help you design Crossplane setups that span AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, cloudscale.ch, and Exoscale from a single control plane. Avoid vendor lock-in while maintaining consistent governance and policy enforcement across all your cloud environments.

Self-Service Developer Platform

Build a golden path for your development teams. Crossplane Compositions let platform engineers define approved infrastructure blueprints that developers can provision on demand — with guardrails, cost controls, and compliance built in from the start. VSHN helps you design and implement these abstractions.

CNCF Graduated Project

Crossplane is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation graduated project, backed by a vibrant open-source community. No licence surprises, no vendor lock-in. VSHN actively contributes to the Crossplane ecosystem and brings deep production experience to every engagement.

Consulting, Training & Support

From architecture reviews and proof-of-concept builds to hands-on training and ongoing support — VSHN offers the full spectrum of Crossplane services. We help your team become self-sufficient or provide long-term operational partnership, whichever fits your needs.

What VSHN offers for Crossplane

Frequently Asked Questions

What Crossplane services does VSHN offer?
VSHN offers consulting, architecture design, implementation, training, and operational support for Crossplane. Whether you are evaluating Crossplane for the first time or running it in production on cloudscale.ch, Exoscale, AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure, we bring hands-on experience to accelerate your project. Engagements are scoped to your needs — from a one-day architecture review to a multi-month platform build.
What is Crossplane?
Crossplane is an open-source, Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) graduated project that extends Kubernetes with the ability to provision and manage cloud infrastructure. It lets you define infrastructure resources — databases, networks, storage, managed services — as Kubernetes custom resources. Platform teams use Crossplane to build self-service infrastructure platforms with guardrails, while developers consume infrastructure using familiar Kubernetes APIs and GitOps workflows.
Why is VSHN the right partner for Crossplane in Europe?
VSHN has the most Crossplane production experience in Europe and is listed as an official commercial vendor on crossplane.io. We have built internal developer platforms, multi-cloud orchestration layers, and self-service provisioning systems for customers across Switzerland and Europe. This experience means we know which Crossplane patterns work at scale, how to structure Compositions for maintainability, and how to avoid common pitfalls that can cost teams weeks of debugging.
Can VSHN help us migrate from Terraform to Crossplane?
Yes. Migrating from Terraform to Crossplane is one of our core competencies. We assess your existing Terraform estate, design a migration strategy, build equivalent Crossplane Compositions, and execute the migration with zero downtime for your running infrastructure. Many organisations move to Crossplane to unify their platform tooling on Kubernetes and benefit from continuous reconciliation instead of plan-and-apply workflows.
What cloud providers does VSHN support with Crossplane?
VSHN has production experience with Crossplane providers for AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, cloudscale.ch, and Exoscale. We also work with the Kubernetes, Helm, and SQL providers for in-cluster and database resources. If your cloud provider has a Crossplane provider available, we can help you integrate it. Swiss cloud providers like cloudscale.ch and Exoscale are a natural fit for organisations with data residency requirements.
Does VSHN offer Crossplane training?
Yes. We offer hands-on Crossplane training for platform engineers and development teams. Training covers Crossplane architecture, provider configuration, Composition design, XRDs, testing strategies, and day-two operations. Sessions can be delivered on-site in Switzerland or remotely. We tailor the content to your team's experience level and your specific infrastructure — whether you run on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, or Swiss providers like cloudscale.ch.
Can Crossplane replace Terraform?
Crossplane and Terraform solve similar problems but take different approaches. Terraform uses a declarative HCL language and a plan-and-apply workflow. Crossplane uses the Kubernetes resource model with continuous reconciliation — infrastructure drifts are automatically corrected. Many organisations migrate from Terraform to Crossplane to unify their platform tooling on Kubernetes. VSHN can assist with migration planning and execution, ensuring a smooth transition with zero downtime for your running infrastructure.
Does VSHN run Crossplane on its own platform?
Yes. VSHN uses Crossplane extensively on APPUiO Cloud, our Swiss Kubernetes managed platform, to provision and manage customer infrastructure. This gives us deep, first-hand operational experience with Crossplane at scale — including upgrades, monitoring, backup strategies with over 100 GB of state data, and incident response. Our production platform targets 99.99% availability, and Crossplane is a key component of how we deliver that SLA to our customers.
How do I engage VSHN for Crossplane consulting?
Contact us using the form below. Describe your project — whether it is an architecture review, a proof of concept, a production migration, or ongoing support. We provide a written scope and CHF-denominated cost estimate within one business day. There is no commitment at the scoping stage. Engagements typically start within one to two weeks of agreement.

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Want to leverage Crossplane for your cloud infrastructure? Contact us for a free initial consultation and CHF quote.