Cloudhouse Technologies

What Cloudhouse Technologies does

Cloudhouse Technologies is a UK-based infrastructure software vendor founded in 2010 by Mat Clothier that provides a unified enterprise change management platform built around three products: Guardian, Foundry, and Alchemy. Alchemy packages legacy Windows applications (originally XP, 7, Server 2003/2008) so they run unchanged on modern Windows, Azure, AWS, or virtual desktop environments via a patented runtime redirection and compatibility engine that intercepts Windows API calls. Foundry automates application packaging at scale, with Foundry Studio converting VMs to containers for VMware exit strategies and Foundry Flow delivering one-click packaging for non-persistent virtual desktop environments. Guardian provides continuous configuration drift detection across hybrid estates, with native ServiceNow, Freshservice, Ivanti Neurons, and BMC Helix reconciliation, and pre-mapped audit evidence for FCA, SOX, DORA, and PCI DSS compliance.

The company serves 500+ enterprises across 6 continents, with named customers spanning financial services (NYSE, National Australia Bank, Westpac, ANZ, Bangor Savings Bank, Ascensus), government and public sector (UK Home Office, Ministry of Justice, NATS, Fife Council), utilities (National Grid, Yorkshire Water, Scottish Water), healthcare (UK NHS Trusts, MHS Homes), manufacturing (Jaguar Land Rover, Global MedTech), and technology/logistics (NASA, Royal Mail, Amadeus, Keppel Group). It originated the technology behind AWS's End-of-Support Migration Programme and remains a route for continued support after EMP end-of-life.

Cloudhouse operates primarily through direct enterprise sales with structured 30-minute engineering-led conversations, supplemented by G-Cloud 14 procurement for UK public sector, AWS Marketplace, and a partner network that includes Microsoft, Citrix, VMware, and Accenture. Revenue is generated via subscription licensing for Guardian, term licensing for Foundry and Alchemy, and accompanying professional services engagements. The company is privately held, bootstrapped, headquartered in London, and ranked 13th in the Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50.

Name

Cloudhouse Technologies

Legal name

Cloudhouse Technologies Limited

Website

https://cloudhouse.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cloudhouse Technologies is a UK-based infrastructure software vendor offering a unified platform (Guardian, Foundry, Alchemy) that enables enterprises to detect configuration drift, package and modernise applications, and run legacy Windows software on modern platforms without rewrites. It serves 500+ regulated enterprises across financial services, government, healthcare, and manufacturing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise IT Modernization and Application Compatibility Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Software Publishers (5132), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Application Modernization & Upgrades (incl. S/4HANA, cloud migrations) (BPAEAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cloud Migration & Rehosting (Lift-and-Shift) (BPAEACAB), Hybrid Cloud Migration, Modernization & Integration (HDABAMAH), IT Incident, Problem & Change Management Platforms (HDAEALAI), Cloud Application Modernization & Refactoring (BPAEACAC)

Keywords

• Application compatibility
• Configuration drift detection
• Legacy application modernization
• VM-to-container conversion
• Enterprise change management

Headquarters

HQ city

Atherton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing/Subscription: Guardian sold as subscription with continuous monitoring and compliance capabilities. Foundry and Alchemy sold as licensing arrangements for application packaging and modernisation. Enterprise contracts with guaranteed migration success.
2. Professional Services: Hands-on professional services team provides support from discovery and scoping through packaging, testing, and deployment. Services available via AWS Marketplace for AWS End-of-Support Migration Programme.
3. Platform Usage: Guardian free trial available at trial.getguardian.io. Calculators (VM cost calculator, IT outage cost calculator) used as lead generation tools.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Cloudhouse sells an enterprise change management software platform comprising three products: Guardian for continuous configuration drift detection, change validation and compliance evidence across hybrid IT estates; Foundry for automated application packaging, including VM-to-container conversion and virtual desktop packaging; and Alchemy for running legacy Windows applications on modern platforms without code rewrites. The platform is licensed on subscription or enterprise agreements and is supported by professional services engagements for migration and packaging projects.

Product overview

Cloudhouse is a unified enterprise change management platform consisting of three core products: Guardian (configuration drift detection and compliance monitoring), Foundry (application packaging automation with Studio and Flow modules), and Alchemy (legacy Windows application compatibility and modernisation). The platform enables enterprises to manage IT change visibility, package and modernise applications, and maintain compliance without rewriting existing systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Guardian: Configuration drift detection, change validation and continuous compliance platform for hybrid IT estates.
• Foundry
• Alchemy

Products and services

• Guardian Continuous configuration drift detection, change validation and compliance monitoring platform for hybrid IT estates across servers, containers, cloud and endpoints, with audit-ready evidence generation for FCA, SOX, DORA, PCI DSS and ISO 27001 and native reconciliation against ServiceNow, Freshservice, Ivanti Neurons and BMC Helix. Sold to regulated enterprises with a self-serve free trial.
• Foundry Application packaging automation platform covering the entire packaging lifecycle across Windows and Linux environments, with two modules (Studio for VM-to-container modernisation and Flow for non-persistent virtual desktop packaging), native Amazon WorkSpaces Applications support, CI/CD-native packaging pipelines and cloud-agnostic deployment. Sold to enterprise IT teams and system integrators on subscription licensing.
• Alchemy Legacy Windows application compatibility and modernisation platform that packages applications from outdated operating systems (Windows XP, 7, Server 2003/2008) so they run unchanged on modern Windows, Azure, AWS, Google Cloud or virtual desktops, using a patented compatibility engine that abstracts applications from the underlying OS and intercepts Windows API calls. Sold to regulated enterprises, governments and healthcare organisations via licensing and professional services engagements.
• Drift Detection Audit Configuration-monitoring service powered by Guardian that continuously assesses the configuration state of customer estates and delivers audit-ready evidence, enabling IT teams to establish proactive operational control over drift. Sold as a professional services engagement.
• Outage Cost Calculator Free online interactive calculator that helps organisations quantify the financial impact of unplanned IT downtime by combining industry downtime-cost benchmarks with organisation-specific inputs, used to build business cases for operational resilience investments.
• Outage Stress Test 20-question assessment that identifies hidden weaknesses across IT estates, covering risks from AI-driven change, automation, cloud adoption and reduced staffing during holiday periods, producing a stress profile for operational resilience planning.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% faster configuration drift detection (weeks to minutes)
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)flagshipTechnology or IntegrationCloudhouse is the original technology behind AWS's End-of-Support Migration Programme (EMP) for Windows Server. With EMP now end-of-life, Cloudhouse remains the route for continued support and modernisation. Alchemy packages are cloud-agnostic and proven on AWS EC2, WorkSpaces, and AppStream 2.0. Professional services available via AWS Marketplace.
• ServiceNowcoreTechnology or IntegrationGuardian integrates natively with ServiceNow for bidirectional IT service management integration. Automatic reconciliation of approved vs. actual configuration changes. IT incident auto-raised on policy breach. Full CMDB alignment.
• FreshservicecoreTechnology or IntegrationGuardian integration with Freshservice enables ITSM-native reconciliation for configuration change management alongside ServiceNow support.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for Windows application compatibility. Cloudhouse enables legacy Windows applications to run on modern Windows Server 2022/2025, Windows 10/11, Azure. G-Cloud listed supplier working with Microsoft technologies.
• CitrixcoreTechnology or IntegrationCloudhouse supports Azure Virtual Desktop, Citrix Cloud, and virtual desktop environments. Foundry Flow packages applications for non-persistent VDI rebuilds with elastic fleet assignment.
• VMwarecoreTechnology or IntegrationFoundry addresses Broadcom-era VMware exit strategy. Automated VM-to-container conversion enables enterprises to escape VMware licensing cost increases. Studio analyses VM estate and identifies containerisation opportunities.
• AccenturecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAccenture worked alongside Cloudhouse to package every End-of-Support workload for Keppel Group, removing the last technical blocker between data centre and AWS migration.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights12 records

Broad incumbents

• Ivanti: Ivanti Neurons for endpoint and patch management includes configuration monitoring and ITSM reconciliation. Directly comparable to Cloudhouse Guardian for change validation and compliance.
• Microsoft (App-V, FSLogix, Azure Migrate): Microsoft ships App-V (application virtualization), FSLogix (profile/container), and Azure Migrate as part of a broader platform. Directly competes with Alchemy and Foundry in the Windows modernisation space.
• Citrix (Virtual Apps, App Streaming): Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenApp) and legacy App Streaming technology address similar legacy application delivery and VDI packaging problems addressed by Cloudhouse Alchemy and Foundry Flow.
• VMware by Broadcom (ThinApp, Tanzu): VMware offers ThinApp application virtualization and Tanzu Application Platform. Foundry is positioned against VMware for VM-to-container modernisation, while ThinApp overlaps with Alchemy.

Direct peers

• Tripwire (Fortra): File integrity monitoring and configuration compliance vendor. Closest direct competitor to Cloudhouse Guardian for configuration drift detection and CIS benchmark compliance.
• Ericom Software: Application and browser isolation/virtualization vendor. Overlaps with Cloudhouse on delivering legacy Windows applications to modern endpoints and cloud environments.
• Cameyo (Google): Virtual application delivery platform (now part of Google) that delivers Windows and legacy applications to any device via the browser. Competes with Alchemy for cloud-based legacy application delivery.
• Numecent: Cloudpaging and application streaming vendor that enables legacy Windows applications to run on modern platforms without rewrites. Closest direct competitor to Cloudhouse Alchemy in the app compatibility space.
• Flexera (Snow Software): Software asset management and application readiness vendor. Comparable to Cloudhouse in legacy application rationalization and modernisation across enterprise IT estates.
• Liquidware: Application layering and profile management vendor for Windows desktops and VDI environments. Directly comparable to Cloudhouse Foundry/Foundry Flow for application packaging on non-persistent VDI.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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