Systems
Production and infrastructure
Hosting, backups and monitoring for what you run, set up so you can keep it running yourself.
from $750
About this service
What you get
What you run, set up so it stays up and can be brought back if something goes wrong: hosting you control, backups, monitoring that tells you when something breaks, and the security settings tightened.
How it goes
A small job, such as setting up backups or monitoring for one app, has a fixed price. A bigger one, like moving an app to new hosting, starts with a scoping phase and is done in parts. Either way it ends with a handover, so your team can keep it running.
Who it's for
Organizations running software that matters to them, often set up by a volunteer or a past contractor, on hosting nobody on the team fully knows.
What it doesn't cover
Running it for you for good. The point is that you can. If you'd like help each month, the care plan covers a few hours of upkeep.
Prices
Every option
In US dollars.
| Option | Price |
|---|---|
| Small job | $750 |
| Scoping phase, before the buildA written scope for the build and one fixed price for it. It's yours to keep, even if you take it elsewhere. | $1,000 |
If your organization can't afford this yet, tell us what you're working on, and we'll be straight with you about what we can do.
Builds
What a build usually costs
A build has one fixed price. It covers the whole build. The work is delivered in parts, each ending with something working you can use, and you can stop after any of them.
Most builds like these land between
- Moving your app to hosting you control$2,500
- Getting an app ready for real use: security, backups and monitoring$2,500 to $5,000
Ranges, not quotes. The scoping phase gives you the exact number before anything is built, and its fee counts toward it.
Paying
How paying works
- Half before work starts and half on handover, and each part of a build the same way. Jobs under $1,000 are paid in full up front.
- The fee for a diagnostic, an assessment or a scoping phase counts toward the build if you book it within 60 days.
- You can pay by card or bank transfer (ACH).
Systems
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- Care planfrom $475 a month
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- Technical advisorfrom $600 a month
Someone to talk technical decisions through, for a set number of hours each month.
Not sure this is the one?
Start with a diagnostic
A fixed-price look at how your organization runs its technology, and a written report you keep on what would make the work lighter. from $1,250
Tell us what you're working on
We'll be straight with you about whether this is the right service, including when it isn't.
Purposeful software for meaningful work.