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Operate: Managed Kubernetes Retainer

Managed Kubernetes services

A monthly retainer that keeps your Kubernetes platform patched, monitored and accountable. Operate usually follows a Secure, Launchpad or Migrate engagement, so the team running it already knows how it was built.

Always sold as the close of Secure, Launchpad, or Migrate — rarely a cold start.

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What you get

Deliverables

Keep the platform patched, monitored, and accountable — every month.

  • Monthly patching and a monthly posture and cost report
  • Incident response from next business day up to a 24/7 on-call SLA
  • A quarterly security re-audit and cost optimization reviews on Professional
  • A dedicated engineer and compliance reporting on Enterprise

Scope

Operate tiers, scope and timelines

Each tier has a fixed scope and a stated timeline. We confirm the tier with you on the first call, before any proposal is written.

Essential

Single-cluster teams who need patching, monitoring, and incident response off their plate.

Single cluster, business-hours support, monthly patching, a monthly posture and cost report, and next-business-day incident response.

Billing

Monthly retainer.

Ongoing.

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Professional

Multi-cluster teams who need on-call coverage and recurring cost/security review.

Multi-cluster, extended/on-call SLA, a quarterly re-audit bundled in, cost optimization reviews, and same-day incident response.

Billing

Monthly retainer.

Ongoing.

Request Professional

Enterprise

Regulated or multi-tenant platforms that need a dedicated engineer and compliance-grade reporting.

24/7 on-call SLA, a dedicated engineer, compliance reporting for government and regulated environments, multi-tenant governance, and a quarterly architecture review.

Billing

Monthly retainer.

Ongoing.

Request Enterprise

Pricing

How it's priced

No open-ended hourly billing. You know the scope and the price before work starts.

A monthly retainer, priced by tier: cluster count, support hours and incident response time.

Usually agreed at the end of a Secure, Launchpad or Migrate engagement, so there's no separate onboarding project.

Proof

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  • Managed containerized services across GCP and VPS environments
  • Improved the platform's deployment process and use of cloud resources
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  • Improved model-serving reliability through tuned Kubernetes deployment strategies
  • Supported variable AI workload demand with autoscaling and resource controls
  • Integrated monitoring and logging for stable cloud-native AI operations
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FAQ

Operate: common questions

The questions buyers ask us most often before booking.

What does managed Kubernetes from Turf Dev include?

Patching, monitoring, incident response and a monthly posture and cost report on every tier. Higher tiers add multi-cluster coverage, quarterly re-audits, cost reviews, a dedicated engineer and compliance reporting.

What response times do you offer?

Next business day on Essential, same day on Professional, and a 24/7 on-call SLA on Enterprise.

Can we start with Operate without a previous engagement?

It's rare. Operate is usually the close of a Secure, Launchpad or Migrate engagement, because we need to know the platform before we take responsibility for it. For an unfamiliar cluster we start with a Secure Audit.

Do you support regulated or government environments?

Yes. The Enterprise tier includes compliance reporting for government and regulated environments and multi-tenant governance.

Field notes

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A 20-minute call with a senior engineer to confirm the right engagement and tier for your platform.

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