What is Appvia Wayfinder?

Appvia Wayfinder is a self-service platform designed to make cloud provisioning fast, secure, and standardised across multiple clouds. Developers gain autonomy over their environments and workloads with policy-enforced access controls, while platform teams benefit from reduced operational overheads, consistent workflows, and scalable self-service infrastructure.

Profile

Appvia Wayfinder is a developer-first, self-service platform that transforms cloud provisioning, enabling teams to manage environments and workloads securely across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Wayfinder standardises workflows with built-in policy controls, giving developers autonomy while ensuring compliance with organisational best practices. With pre-defined infrastructure templates, environment isolation, and flexible Terraform integrations, Wayfinder removes the need for custom engineering and complex workarounds, allowing teams to scale effortlessly. Platform teams benefit from streamlined operations and reduced manual interventions, enabling consistent, secure deployments without being overwhelmed by requests. With Wayfinder, managing complex cloud environments becomes straightforward, empowering organisations to expand capabilities confidently. Designed to integrate seamlessly with existing tools, Wayfinder replaces fragmented processes with a unified approach. By automating key aspects of cloud management, Wayfinder frees teams to focus on strategic work, providing the efficiency needed to keep up with organisational demands.

Focus

Appvia Wayfinder is built to make cloud resource management intuitive and secure by enabling self-service access for developers, aligned with enterprise-grade policy and security standards. Designed for platform teams seeking consistency and control, Wayfinder minimises manual interventions by automating cloud provisioning across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Wayfinder's core focus is to empower platform teams to reduce operational complexity, eliminate custom scripts, and unify fragmented workflows with an efficient, policy-driven approach to cloud management. By putting security, policy compliance, and repeatable infrastructure setups at the forefront, Wayfinder allows developers the freedom to self-serve while ensuring standardisation and control across environments.

Background

Appvia was founded in 2018 by Jonathan Shanks and Jay Keshur, along with a team of cloud engineers experienced in managing large-scale projects for the UK Home Office. Supporting over 700 developers across 400 applications on Kubernetes highlighted a critical need for secure, scalable self-service in complex cloud environments. This insight led the founders to create Wayfinder, a platform that empowers developers with self-service capabilities while ensuring platform teams maintain security and compliance across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Wayfinder was built to simplify cloud provisioning, reducing the need for custom engineering and fragmented workflows. The platform standardises infrastructure management through policy-driven controls, allowing organisations to scale consistently and securely. Today, Wayfinder combines Appvia’s cloud engineering expertise with open-source flexibility, enabling teams to streamline cloud workflows, lower operational burdens, and enhance development speed across multi-cloud environments.

Appvia Wayfinder main features

Self-Service Cloud Provisioning

Empower developers to provision cloud resources independently using pre-defined Terraform templates for AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Enable fast, secure, and compliant self-service without requiring custom scripts or manual setups.

Environment Management and Isolation

Allow developers to create and manage isolated environments for testing, staging, and production.
Enforce policies to ensure each environment meets security and compliance standards.

Team Workspaces and Access Control

Provide a unified workspace to organize cloud resources and manage role-based access.
Facilitate secure and consistent collaboration across projects.

Automated DNS and Certificate Management

Deliver instant access to secured application endpoints with automated DNS and certificate provisioning.
Ensure encrypted connections are always in place for all environments.

Integrated Policy Enforcement

Implement policy-driven controls to help platform teams enforce security, compliance, and cost standards.
Ensure consistency and reduce risks across multi-cloud environments.

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