Fractional DevOps plans
DevOps retainers at $1,450, $2,950 or $5,500/month. SLA from next business day to 4 hours to phone; CI/CD from Growth. Onboarding in 3–5 days. Month-to-month.
Pricing
Pick the level of cover your infrastructure actually needs
Month-to-month. Cancel or pause with 30 days' notice. Upgrade or downgrade as your infrastructure evolves.
Essential
For startups with stable workloads.
$1,450/ month
- Included: 24/7 monitoring — CloudWatch, Datadog
- Included: Security patching — weekly OS and dependency updates
- Included: Incident response — next business day
- Included: Backups — daily database and file verification
- Included: Cloud cost review — quarterly
- Not included: CI/CD development (maintenance only)
- Not included: Slack access — email and ticket only
Growth
Most chosenFor active SaaS teams shipping code weekly.
$2,950/ month
- Included: Everything in Essential
- Included: CI/CD management — GitLab / GitHub Actions
- Included: Infrastructure as Code — Terraform / Ansible
- Included: Slack access — direct channel, Mon–Fri
- Included: Faster SLA — response within 4 business hours
- Included: Monthly strategy call with your CTO or lead dev
Scale
For high-scale apps or architectural migrations.
$5,500/ month
- Included: Everything in Growth
- Included: Cloud cost review — monthly instead of quarterly
- Included: Architecture design — scalable multi-region systems
- Included: Kubernetes — full EKS / AKS cluster oversight
- Included: Advanced security — WAF and DDoS protection
- Included: Team mentoring for junior developers
- Included: Priority SLA — direct phone access for emergencies
Prices are in USD, excluding VAT. Need more capacity for a one-off project? Subscribers get a discounted hourly rate of $120/hr.
Common questions about the retainer
What if we have a critical emergency at 2 AM?
Our systems are designed to self-heal. For critical downtime we offer a Priority SLA on the Scale plan, which includes direct phone access. On the other plans we respond the next business morning.
Is there a long-term contract?
No. Services are month-to-month. You can cancel or pause with 30 days' notice.
Do you work with my developers?
Yes. On the Growth and Scale plans we join your Slack channel and work directly with your team as a partner, not as an external ticket queue.
What if we need more capacity for a project?
We offer a discounted hourly rate for subscribers: $120/hr. It is billed against the specific project, not added to the retainer.
How are SLAs priced on each plan?
The SLA is set by the plan, not sold as an add-on. Essential ($1,450/month) responds the next business day, by email and ticket. Growth ($2,950/month) responds within 4 business hours, with a direct Slack channel Mon–Fri. Scale ($5,500/month) adds a priority SLA with direct phone access for emergencies.
What does CI/CD implementation cost, and how long does it take?
Ongoing CI/CD management (GitLab or GitHub Actions) is included from the Growth plan; on Essential we maintain existing pipelines only. Building a new pipeline or migrating an old one is scoped on the discovery call and billed as a project at the subscriber rate of $120/hr, so the price and the timeline are agreed before work starts.
How often do you review our cloud costs?
A cloud cost review is part of every plan. On Essential and Growth we review your cloud costs quarterly; on Scale, monthly. The first cost report is delivered at the end of the onboarding.
How quickly can we start?
Onboarding typically takes three to five business days, with an initial assessment of your infrastructure before the first week is out.
Can we switch plans later?
Yes, in either direction, at the start of any billing month. Most clients start on Essential or Growth and move up when a migration or a funding round changes what the infrastructure has to carry.