Engineering retainers for continuous platform ownership.
Intellizu provides ongoing engineering partnership for stability, automation, infrastructure, and feature evolution in production systems. We keep your platforms reliable, observable, secure, and ready for what's next — most engagements begin with a Systems Assessment.
4hr Response SLA
Fast, reliable support when it matters.
Principal-led
A principal engineer owns your engagement and stays accountable.
Proactive maintenance
We prevent issues before they impact you.
Optional on-call coverage
Extend your team with round-the-clock support.
Why systems need ongoing ownership, not one-off fixes.
Production systems drift. Dependencies change. Tight gaps reappear. Without consistent ownership, small issues compound into outages, risk, and missed opportunities.
Drift & technical debt
Configurations, dependencies, and infrastructure quietly diverge from their last known-good state until small inconsistencies turn into outages.
Reactive firefighting
With no one watching the system, every issue becomes an emergency—handled late, under pressure, at the worst possible time.
Security & compliance risk
Unpatched dependencies, expiring certificates, and drifting controls widen your attack surface and erode audit readiness.
Lost velocity
As debt accumulates, every change gets slower and riskier—until shipping anything new feels expensive and fragile.
Knowledge gaps
When the people who built a system move on, context disappears—and with it the ability to change things safely.
Cost creep
Idle resources, oversized infrastructure, and forgotten services inflate cloud spend month after month with no one accountable.
Observability blind spots
Without maintained dashboards and alerts, you learn about failures from customers instead of from your own systems.
Dependency & version rot
Libraries, runtimes, and platforms reach end-of-life; deferred upgrades pile up into risky, all-at-once migrations.
Engagement models
Choose the level of partnership that fits your stage and goals.
Stability
Keep it running. Keep it safe.
Starting at
$5,000 /mo
Includes
- Proactive monitoring and alerting
- Security patching and updates
- Backup, disaster recovery & DR testing
- Incident response and RCA
- Monthly operational reporting
- Response SLA
Ownership
Own the platform. Drive improvement.
Starting at
$8,000 /mo
Includes
- Everything in Stability
- Infrastructure and cost optimization
- Automation and reliability engineering
- Platform roadmap and backlog
- Architecture and code reviews
- Regular delivery cadence
Partner
Build the future. Together.
Starting at
$15,000+ /mo
Includes
- Everything in Ownership
- Feature development and delivery
- Advanced platform strategy
- Dedicated engineering capacity
- Executive reviews and KPI reporting
- Optional on-call coverage
What we own together
One engagement covers the domains that would otherwise require multiple vendors or dedicated internal headcount.
Platform operations
Run, patch, and evolve the core platform.
Infrastructure
Cloud, networking, and provisioning.
Security & Compliance
Identity, access, policy, and controls.
Reliability & Observability
Monitoring, logging, and incident readiness.
Automation & CI/CD
Pipelines, tests, and deployment flow.
Cost & Efficiency
Right-sizing, waste reduction, forecasting.
Simple onboarding
A clear, low-friction path from first conversation to ongoing ownership.
Systems Assessment
We map your systems, risks, and priorities to set a baseline.
Retainer Recommendation
We recommend the right engagement model and goals.
Onboarding
We align on access, tooling, and your operating rhythm.
Ongoing Ownership
We deliver continuous improvement with a predictable rhythm.
Reliable systems. Continuous improvement. Stronger outcomes.
Ongoing ownership keeps your platform stable today and sets you up to move faster tomorrow.