Sovereign cells vs Layer3Cloud

Name: Aspian Cloud
Brand: Aspian Cloud

Layer3Cloud is Nigerian cloud infrastructure in Lagos and Abuja. Aspian Cloud is a platform and service on top of infrastructure: deploys, approvals, evidence and operator training.

Checked on 7 November 2026 against Layer3Cloud’s own pages. Prices and features change; follow each source before relying on a row.

Side by side

Our column describes sovereign cells, the optional hosting add-on. Aspian Cloud’s change control works on Layer3Cloud too; see integrations.

Where apps run: Layer3Cloud
Nigeria: two sites, Lagos (LAG-NG) and Abuja (ABJ-NG). Object storage is hosted in both.
layer3.cloud
Aspian Cloud
Cells in Lagos, Abuja, London or the EU, or in your own data centre. Each cell holds apps, databases, logs and backups in one jurisdiction
/security
Deploy from GitHub: Layer3Cloud
Not confirmed. The PaaS page lists app hosting and CI/CD DevOps tools, but no git-push or GitHub-connected deploys.
layer3.cloud
Aspian Cloud
Builds a GitHub repository at an exact commit
/docs/deploys
Builds without a Dockerfile: Layer3Cloud
Not confirmed. No buildpack or auto-detect build is described. Managed Kubernetes is offered.
layer3.cloud
Aspian Cloud
Not yet. Today the build needs a Dockerfile at the repository root
/docs/deploys
Preview environments: Layer3Cloud
Not confirmed. Preview environments are not mentioned.
layer3.cloud
Aspian Cloud
A preview for every branch
/cells
Managed Postgres: Layer3Cloud
Yes. Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB, with backups, high availability and point-in-time recovery.
layer3.cloud
Aspian Cloud
Postgres 17 with three instances and synchronous replicas; point-in-time recovery; signed restore drills
/cells
Rollback: Layer3Cloud
Not confirmed for app deploys. Backup-as-a-Service and DRaaS are offered at the infrastructure level.
layer3.cloud
Aspian Cloud
Release rollback is a reversible action that never waits for an approver. It never reverses a database migration
/docs/plans-and-approvals
Cheapest paid plan: Layer3Cloud
Smallest virtual server: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD at NGN 12,750.22/month. The page does not say which plan type the price is for. No PaaS price is published.
layer3.cloud
Aspian Cloud
Shared cells are billed on usage by the hour, with a spend cap; change control is priced by tier
/cells
Billing currency: Layer3Cloud
Naira. Prices are listed in NGN, and the PaaS page says billing is in naira.
layer3.cloud
Aspian Cloud
USD, GBP, EUR or naira through Paystack or Flutterwave. No dollar card needed in Nigeria
/editions
Approval before production changes: Layer3Cloud
Not confirmed. Nothing found on approval steps before production changes.
layer3.cloud
Aspian Cloud
Passkey approval bound to the exact plan hash; two people on Business and above. The requester can never approve
/docs/plans-and-approvals
Audit trail: Layer3Cloud
Not confirmed.
layer3.cloud
Aspian Cloud
Signed, hash-chained audit trail per organisation on every edition, checkpointed outside the database
/security
MCP for AI agents: Layer3Cloud
Not confirmed. No MCP or AI-agent integration found.
layer3.cloud
Aspian Cloud
MCP server where every tool has a risk class and reading customer content taints the agent key. Not yet offered as a hosted endpoint
/docs/mcp
Published SLA: Layer3Cloud
99.9% uptime SLA, stated as included in all plans. The service-credit terms were not found.
layer3.cloud
Aspian Cloud
Proposed per edition, in draft awaiting legal review
/legal/sla
Certifications: Layer3Cloud
Home page badges: PCI DSS, an 'ISO Cloud' certification, BSI 27001 and BSI 22301. The data-centre page says sites are audited to SSAE-18 SOC 1, SOC 2, HIPAA and PCI. NDPA attestation is not stated, and certificates were not checked.
layer3.cloud
Aspian Cloud
None claimed. Evidence packs map platform records to NDPA 2023, UK GDPR and ISO/IEC 27001
/trust

	Layer3Cloud	Aspian Cloud
Where apps run	Nigeria: two sites, Lagos (LAG-NG) and Abuja (ABJ-NG). Object storage is hosted in both. layer3.cloud	Cells in Lagos, Abuja, London or the EU, or in your own data centre. Each cell holds apps, databases, logs and backups in one jurisdiction /security
Deploy from GitHub	Not confirmed. The PaaS page lists app hosting and CI/CD DevOps tools, but no git-push or GitHub-connected deploys. layer3.cloud	Builds a GitHub repository at an exact commit /docs/deploys
Builds without a Dockerfile	Not confirmed. No buildpack or auto-detect build is described. Managed Kubernetes is offered. layer3.cloud	Not yet. Today the build needs a Dockerfile at the repository root /docs/deploys
Preview environments	Not confirmed. Preview environments are not mentioned. layer3.cloud	A preview for every branch /cells
Managed Postgres	Yes. Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB, with backups, high availability and point-in-time recovery. layer3.cloud	Postgres 17 with three instances and synchronous replicas; point-in-time recovery; signed restore drills /cells
Rollback	Not confirmed for app deploys. Backup-as-a-Service and DRaaS are offered at the infrastructure level. layer3.cloud	Release rollback is a reversible action that never waits for an approver. It never reverses a database migration /docs/plans-and-approvals
Cheapest paid plan	Smallest virtual server: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD at NGN 12,750.22/month. The page does not say which plan type the price is for. No PaaS price is published. layer3.cloud	Shared cells are billed on usage by the hour, with a spend cap; change control is priced by tier /cells
Billing currency	Naira. Prices are listed in NGN, and the PaaS page says billing is in naira. layer3.cloud	USD, GBP, EUR or naira through Paystack or Flutterwave. No dollar card needed in Nigeria /editions
Approval before production changes	Not confirmed. Nothing found on approval steps before production changes. layer3.cloud	Passkey approval bound to the exact plan hash; two people on Business and above. The requester can never approve /docs/plans-and-approvals
Audit trail	Not confirmed. layer3.cloud	Signed, hash-chained audit trail per organisation on every edition, checkpointed outside the database /security
MCP for AI agents	Not confirmed. No MCP or AI-agent integration found. layer3.cloud	MCP server where every tool has a risk class and reading customer content taints the agent key. Not yet offered as a hosted endpoint /docs/mcp
Published SLA	99.9% uptime SLA, stated as included in all plans. The service-credit terms were not found. layer3.cloud	Proposed per edition, in draft awaiting legal review /legal/sla
Certifications	Home page badges: PCI DSS, an 'ISO Cloud' certification, BSI 27001 and BSI 22301. The data-centre page says sites are audited to SSAE-18 SOC 1, SOC 2, HIPAA and PCI. NDPA attestation is not stated, and certificates were not checked. layer3.cloud	None claimed. Evidence packs map platform records to NDPA 2023, UK GDPR and ISO/IEC 27001 /trust

When Layer3Cloud fits better

Data must stay in Nigeria (Lagos/Abuja), for example under a regulator or contract requirement.
Naira-priced infrastructure: VMs, object storage, Kubernetes, backup and DR.
Enterprises with their own ops team who want a local provider with managed services and 24/7 support.

Moving from Layer3Cloud

Take your things out of Layer3Cloud

S3-compatible object storage means existing S3 tooling (rclone, the AWS SDK) can copy data in or out. layer3.cloud
Managed Kubernetes and VMs let containerised apps move without code changes. Build and deploy pipelines must be brought along (for example GitHub Actions), since no git-push deploy is confirmed. layer3.cloud
Can coexist as a Nigeria-resident database or backup tier next to a global edge host. Managed Postgres has point-in-time recovery. layer3.cloud

Bring them to Aspian Cloud

Add a Dockerfile at the repository root if you do not have one, and make the server listen on the port in $PORT. See Deploy with a Dockerfile.
Export your environment variables to a file on your machine. Secret values go into Aspian Cloud as write-only secrets and are never shown again.
Take a pg_dump of each database. We restore it into your cell and run a restore drill, so the first Trust Page fact about the new database is a tested restore.
Deploy to a preview first. Low-risk changes like previews never wait for an approver.
Point your domain at the new app with a domain_change plan. It is an irreversible action, so it needs a passkey approval.

We plan the move with you. Talk to us.