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Build and run AI-built apps in your private cloud
AI-assisted speed, your infrastructure. Build with the full Ciao delivery loop and deploy into your own AWS, Azure or GCP account or private VPC.
Private-cloud apps are applications built with AI-assisted engineering but deployed into infrastructure you control — your own AWS, Azure or GCP account or a private VPC under separate terms. Ciao builds them as real React, TypeScript and Supabase applications with automated QA, live security testing and Guardrails governance. Unlike AI builders that host only on their own cloud, Ciao separates where software is built from where it runs, so data residency and network boundaries stay yours.
Published 2026-07-03 · Last updated 2026-07-03
Some applications cannot live on someone else's cloud
For plenty of teams, where an app is hosted is an afterthought. For others it is the first question: the data is regulated, residency is contractual, the security team requires traffic to stay inside the corporate network boundary, or a customer agreement names the region and account the workload must run in. Those constraints have historically disqualified AI app builders outright — most of them build and host in one inseparable bundle, on their infrastructure, on their terms.
The result is a frustrating trade: business units watch peers ship AI-built tools in days while their own requests queue behind infrastructure and compliance review, because the tools that are fast cannot deploy where policy demands and the path that deploys correctly is hand-built and slow.
Ciao separates the two halves. Software is built on the platform — the Builder, the AI software organization, QA, Security and Guardrails all apply — and deployed to Ciao cloud, your own AWS, Azure or GCP account, or a private VPC under separate terms. Your cloud team keeps the account, the network boundary, the region and the keys. Your business teams keep the build speed. The security review has real answers: SOC 2 Type II reports under NDA, SSO via SAML and OIDC, role-based access control and an append-only audit trail across the lifecycle.
What private-cloud deployment usually requires
When the destination is your own cloud, the requirements list is written by your platform and security teams:
- Your account, your boundary — Workloads deployed into your own AWS, Azure or GCP account or a private VPC, inside the network perimeter and account structure you already govern.
- Data residency — Data staying in the region your contracts and regulators name — with multi-region support and data residency options in the platform.
- Identity integration — SSO via SAML or OIDC against your identity provider, optional MFA, and role-based access control aligned to your directory groups.
- Auditability — An append-only audit trail across prompts, merges, deploys and admin actions — evidence that satisfies internal audit, not just curiosity.
- Operational fit — Deployment triage, drift detection, rollback and reconciliation through SysOps, plus Doctor's read-only diagnosis of the live app.
- Procurement answers — SOC 2 Type II under NDA, zero-retention model contracts, no training on customer code, and separate terms for VPC deployment your legal team can review.
How a private-cloud build runs
1. Agree the destination
Your cloud account or private VPC, the region, and the terms — VPC and on-prem deployment run under separate terms scoped with sales.
2. Build on the platform
Teams describe applications in plain language and shape them in live preview — the build experience is identical regardless of where the app will run.
3. Integrate identity early
SSO via SAML or OIDC, MFA options and role-based access control are wired against your identity provider before launch, not after.
4. Gate with QA and security
Deterministic browser replays, smoke gates, static scanning, dependency checks and access-control probes confirmed against the live app.
5. Govern the changes
Guardrails applies your plain-English policies and records human review, with the audit trail your compliance function expects.
6. Deploy into your account
The application ships into your AWS, Azure or GCP account or private VPC — inside your boundary, under your controls.
7. Operate with shared visibility
Doctor diagnoses live issues read-only; SysOps handles drift, rollback and reconciliation; Conductor shows the fleet if you run many apps this way.
Security and governance checklist
- ✓ Deployment into your own AWS, Azure or GCP account or private VPC under separate terms
- ✓ Data residency honored with multi-region support
- ✓ SSO via SAML or OIDC, optional MFA, role-based access control
- ✓ Append-only audit trail across prompts, merges, deploys and admin actions
- ✓ Security findings confirmed against the live app before flagging
- ✓ SOC 2 Type II reports available under NDA for procurement review
- ✓ No training on customer code; zero-retention model contracts
What teams run in their private cloud
Regulated internal tools
Approval workflows, case management and data-handling tools that policy requires to stay inside the corporate boundary.
Customer portal in your own account
A client-facing portal deployed into the same cloud account as the systems it reads from, keeping data paths short and auditable.
Residency-bound regional apps
Applications whose contracts name the region — deployed to that region, in your account, provably.
Finance and treasury workflows
Payment-adjacent internal tools where the security team's first question is where does this run, answered with your VPC.
Healthcare operations tools
Operational workflow apps — scheduling, intake coordination, documentation tracking — running inside the organization's own cloud boundary.
Government service workflows
Public-sector intake and processing tools deployed into government-controlled cloud accounts under the required terms.
Requirements and how Ciao covers them
Private-cloud requirements come from platform, security and procurement teams at once, and they are non-negotiable by nature. This table maps the requirements that appear in nearly every review to the way the platform meets them, from account control to what happens after launch.
| Requirement | How Ciao covers it |
|---|---|
| Runs in our account | Deploys to your own AWS, Azure or GCP account or private VPC |
| Region and residency | Multi-region support and data residency options |
| Our identity provider | SSO via SAML and OIDC, optional MFA, RBAC |
| Audit evidence | Append-only trail across prompts, merges, deploys, admin actions |
| Procurement diligence | SOC 2 Type II under NDA; zero-retention model contracts |
| Operations after launch | Doctor diagnosis, SysOps drift detection and rollback |
| Build speed preserved | Same plain-language Builder and delivery loop as Ciao cloud |
Frequently asked questions
Which clouds are supported?
Deployment targets include your own AWS, Azure or GCP account and private VPC, alongside Ciao cloud and on-prem. Private VPC and on-prem deployments run under separate terms scoped with sales.
What does deployment under separate terms mean?
Private VPC and on-prem deployments involve commitments beyond standard self-serve hosting — environment specifics, responsibilities and support boundaries — so they are contracted separately. A sales conversation defines those terms against your environment.
Who controls the infrastructure after deployment?
You do — it is your cloud account, your network boundary, your keys and your region. Ciao's operational tooling works with that: Doctor is read-only when it diagnoses the live app, and SysOps handles drift, rollback and reconciliation within the agreed setup.
Does building on the platform expose our data or code?
Customer code is never used to train models, and inference runs under zero-retention model contracts. SOC 2 Type II reports are available under NDA, and the append-only audit trail covers prompts, merges, deploys and admin actions for your own review.
Is the build experience different when deploying privately?
No. Teams use the same Builder, live preview, QA, Security and Guardrails loop as on Ciao cloud. The difference is the destination: the shipped application lands in your account instead of ours.
How is this priced?
Private-cloud programs are enterprise engagements: development programs start at USD 10,000 per year, with VPC deployment terms scoped separately. Talk to sales with your target account and region for a concrete answer.