Keep it alive
I built it. I can run it.
from $99/mo three flat tiers · cancel anytime
Your app shouldn't become your second job. Hosting, SSL, monitoring, patches, backups, and a monthly allowance of fixes — handled, for a flat monthly price. You run your business; I keep the machine running.
Keep-Alive
$99/mo
- ✓ Hosting management
- ✓ SSL & domain
- ✓ Uptime monitoring
- ✓ Monthly patch pass
- ✓ Backup verification
Recommended
Steady
$199/mo
- ✓ Everything in Keep-Alive
- ✓ 2 hrs/mo of small fixes & tweaks
- ✓ Dependency updates
- ✓ Monthly health report
Co-Pilot
$299/mo
- ✓ Everything in Steady
- ✓ 5 hrs/mo total
- ✓ Priority queue
- ✓ Quarterly roadmap call
Annual: pay for 10 months, get 12. Every Dev Sprint handoff includes a free 30-day Steady trial. Honest math: industry maintenance norms run 20–25% of build cost per year — on a $4,997 build that's ~$85–105/mo, which is why Keep-Alive starts at $99.
This is for you if…
- • I built your app and you want it watched by the person who knows it best
- • You never want to think about SSL certs, patches, or backups
- • You want small fixes handled without a new negotiation each time
Not for you if…
- • You want a full-time dev team on retainer — that's a different (and much pricier) product
- • Your app needs constant new features — that's mini-sprints or another Sprint, quoted flat
- • Someone else built it and you want me to run it sight-unseen (paid review first — see FAQ)
Questions
Asked constantly. Answered honestly.
Can you run an app you didn’t build? +
Yes — after a paid review. It's the same $497 Blueprint product, applied to your existing codebase: I map what's there, fix-or-flag what's risky, and then quote the right Run Plan tier. I don't adopt unknown apps at a flat monthly price blind — that protects every client on these plans.
Do unused hours roll over? +
No. The monthly hours on Steady and Co-Pilot cover small fixes, tweaks, and updates inside that month. Anything bigger gets quoted as a fixed-price mini-sprint, so you always know the cost before work starts — the no-surprise-bills rule applies everywhere.
What counts as a "small fix"? +
Copy and layout changes, dependency updates, a misbehaving form, a config tweak, a small feature adjustment — work that fits inside your tier's monthly hours. New features and redesigns are quoted separately as mini-sprints. When something's ambiguous, I tell you which side it falls on before touching it.
What if I cancel? +
You cancel anytime, effective at the end of the billing period — and since you own the code, the repo, and all the accounts already, nothing has to be migrated or ransomed back. Annual plans get two months free (pay for 10, get 12).