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Managed cloud for SaaS

A cloud bill you can explain, alerts someone reads.

A cloud bill that grows faster than customers and alerts that nobody reads are signs that operations need an owner. We run your infrastructure in accounts you own, with monitoring, tested backups and a bill you can explain.

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// what matters here

What is different in this industry.

Infrastructure as code

Every server and setting described in code, so it can be rebuilt and reviewed.

Alerts that reach a person

Monitoring and alerts that go to a named team, not an unread inbox.

Backups that are tested

Backups restored on a schedule, so you know they work before you need them.

A bill that follows growth

Cost reviewed each month, with waste removed and sizes matched to traffic.

// example projects

Priced examples for this service.

Each one is hypothetical, labelled as such, and priced live from our rate card. Open any of them in the estimator and make it yours.

Example projectWeb app

Rescue of an inherited codebase

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A SaaS startup's product was built by an agency that has moved on, the code has no tests, releases break billing, and the hosting is in an account nobody fully controls.

// What we would build

We review the code, the hosting and who holds the keys, write up what we found, then stabilise: tests around the parts that make money, fixes for what breaks, hosting moved into your own account, and a release process your next team can follow, with support while it settles.

// What is in it

A plain written review of code, hosting and access
Tests around billing and the core workflow first
Fixes for the faults that break releases
Hosting and keys moved into accounts you own
A release process your next team can follow

// Stack

Next.js
PostgreSQL
AWS
Terraform
GitHub Actions

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$89,300 to US$137,000, delivered within 19 weeksCAD 127,200 to 194,600
Hosting: ≈ US$492 a monthCAD 700 a month
Support: ≈ US$5,010 a monthCAD 7,135 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

Discovery: 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Design approved: 3.9 to 6.4 weeks
Core features: 2.9 to 4.4 weeks
Full build: 1.9 to 2.9 weeks
Testing and fixes: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Launch: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%: CAD 25,440 to 38,920
Discovery 7.7%: CAD 9,794.40 to 14,984.20
Design approved 7.7%: CAD 9,794.40 to 14,984.20
Core features 23.3%: CAD 29,637.60 to 45,341.80
Full build 15.5%: CAD 19,716 to 30,163
Testing and fixes 7.7%: CAD 9,794.40 to 14,984.20
Launch 8.1%: CAD 10,303.20 to 15,762.60
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 12,720 to 19,460

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Example projectAPI

Public API with docs and SDKs

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A SaaS company's larger customers want to connect it to their own systems, and the internal endpoints the web app uses are undocumented and change without warning.

// What we would build

A versioned public API with keys and OAuth, a developer portal with docs and examples, SDKs in two languages, webhooks and a gateway with rate limits and monitoring, so customers can build on the product safely.

// What is in it

A versioned REST API with keys and OAuth
A developer portal with docs and examples
SDKs in two languages
Webhooks for the events customers care about
Rate limits, monitoring and usage per customer

// Stack

Node.js
PostgreSQL
OpenAPI
API gateway
AWS

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$72,800 to US$111,000, delivered within 14 weeksCAD 103,700 to 158,600
Hosting: ≈ US$492 a monthCAD 700 a month
Support: ≈ US$2,500 a monthCAD 3,565 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

API contract agreed: 2.9 to 3.9 weeks
Core resources built: 2.4 to 4.4 weeks
Security, gateway and connections: 1.9 to 2.9 weeks
Docs, SDKs and load tests: 1.4 to 1.9 weeks
Launch and first callers: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%: CAD 20,740 to 31,720
API contract agreed 8.7%: CAD 9,021.90 to 13,798.20
Core resources built 26.2%: CAD 27,169.40 to 41,553.20
Security, gateway and connections 17.5%: CAD 18,147.50 to 27,755.00
Docs, SDKs and load tests 8.7%: CAD 9,021.90 to 13,798.20
Launch and first callers 8.9%: CAD 9,229.30 to 14,115.40
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 10,370 to 15,860

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// questions

Questions we get about this.

Which clouds do you run SaaS infrastructure on?

Usually AWS or DigitalOcean, in accounts you own, in a Canadian region where that matters.

Can you take over infrastructure another team set up?

Yes. We start with a review and move it into code and your own accounts step by step.

How is managed cloud priced for SaaS?

Hosting at cost plus a monthly support level. The estimator shows both.

Back to the industry: Startups and SaaS companies About the service: Cloud, DevOps and operations

// next

Not quite your project?

Tell us what you have in mind. We will come back to you with a range and the questions that would narrow it. Or book a call and talk it through.

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