For startups
DevOps for startups.One task at a time, no retainer.
Senior DevOps for your cloud, servers and CI/CD. Send us a task, get a free scope with the time and the price, and we do it.
Where it usually hurts
The startup-specific failure modes
Your engineers lose half the week to the cloud.
We take the cloud off their plate.
Production is down and nobody owns the infra.
Send it over. We fix it and write down why it broke.
The cloud bill is eating the runway.
A fixed-price audit shows what you can cut.
Small infra tasks keep piling up.
Send them one at a time. Each gets a price before we start.
How it works
One task at a time
Most of the startups we work with have no retainer. It runs like this.
Step 1
Send the task
In chat, by ticket or through the form.
Step 2
Get a scope and a price
Free, with the time it takes, before any work starts.
Step 3
We do it
And tell you what else we noticed on the way.
Are you a startup? You don't need a package yet.
We know how tight the first months of a product are. Send us tasks one at a time and pay only for the work, with a scope and a price agreed before each one. We stay with you until the product is up and running. After that, and only if you want it, we suggest a package that fits your budget, so our help grows with you instead of adding to your costs.
- No package to startOne task at a time, priced before we begin.
- With you until it takes offOn hand while your product finds its feet.
- A package when you are readySized to your budget, and only if you want one.
What we usually run
The services behind this work
Cloud Management
IAM, networking and cost on AWS, GCP or DigitalOcean.
Open serviceDevOps as a Service
Senior DevOps by the month, once the work is ongoing.
Open serviceMonitoring & Observability
Alerts that reach someone who can act on them.
Open serviceCloud Cost Optimization
A fixed-price audit of what you can cut.
Open serviceWhat it looked like
Engagements you can read in full
Anonymised, with the numbers the work actually produced.
-68% cost
Case Study - Cost Optimization
A 68% infrastructure cost cut, with zero downtime and a more reliable platform
+60% traffic
Case Study - Headless Commerce
Headless commerce migration: zero downtime, 60% more traffic
~95% reclaimed
Case Study - Cloud Storage
Reclaiming years of cloud storage without risking a single user's data
FAQ
Common questions
We are just starting out. Is this overkill?
No. A small app still needs backups that restore and a deploy that does not break production. That is one task, not a contract, so bring it when it comes up.
Do we have to sign a retainer?
No. Bring us a single task or a problem, get a plan and a fixed price, and we do it. We work like that for as long as your product needs to get going. After that, and only if you want it, we suggest a package that fits your budget, so the cost grows with you.
Can you work alongside our existing engineers?
That is the typical mode. We own the infra layer (cloud, servers, CI/CD, secrets, on-call). Your engineers own the application. Handover and a weekly sync, not gatekeeping.
Are you cheaper than hiring a DevOps engineer?
Yes for the first 12 to 18 months, because there is no salary, no equity, no onboarding, and no risk of the wrong hire. Past that point a full-time hire usually wins, and we tell you when we think you have reached it.
What about US time-zone coverage?
Overlap with US business hours is part of the standard model, and we work with teams on both sides of the Atlantic. We are not a 24/7 NOC, and we say so before you need one rather than after.
Can you help with technical due diligence for a funding round?
Yes. Investors increasingly ask what happens if your one engineer leaves, whether the infrastructure can be rebuilt from code, and where customer data physically sits. We put together the documentation, the architecture diagram and the access and backup story, and we fix the items that would otherwise come back as conditions on the round.
Other industries we cover
Sound like your situation?
Describe the problem and get a scope back
One task or the whole list. You get a plan, a time estimate and a fixed price before any work starts, and a straight answer if we are not the right people for it.