Direct line. Every month.
$2,500/mo retainer
A monthly retainer giving you direct access to a Redoubt Forge architect for ongoing security and architecture guidance. Includes 10 to 15 hours per month of architect time, monthly architecture reviews, ad-hoc guidance, and quarterly roadmap alignment. Team tier subscription is included for the duration of the engagement. Three-month minimum.
Professional Services
Ongoing. Direct. Cumulative.
For teams that need ongoing expert backup as they implement compliance programs, scale workloads, or respond to new framework requirements. Recurring engagement, fixed monthly cost, dedicated architect attention, Team tier included.
Engagement Shape
Ongoing Advisory is a recurring monthly engagement with a three-month minimum commitment, after which it continues month to month until you cancel. Each month gives you 10 to 15 hours of architect time across the deliverables below. The minimum exists because the value compounds: the first month builds context, the second month produces guidance, the third month begins to influence your architecture and operating patterns. Shorter engagements do not give the architect enough time to internalize your environment.
Why Three Months
Month one is context. Month two is guidance. Month three is influence. The minimum is not a contract trick; it is the shortest period in which the work compounds enough to be worth either party's time.
What You Get Each Month
Each month includes four deliverables: a monthly architecture review of changes since the last month, where the architect identifies risks, optimizations, and decisions that need a second set of eyes; up to 10 hours of ad-hoc guidance on questions, design reviews, or implementation problems your team raises during the month; optimization recommendations for cost, performance, or security based on what the architect observes; and quarterly roadmap alignment where the architect helps you connect your architecture trajectory to your compliance and product roadmap.
Four Per Month, On Cadence
Architecture review, ad-hoc hours, optimization notes, quarterly roadmap touchpoint. The cadence is the deliverable. A retainer that only shows up when someone files a ticket is a retainer that gets forgotten.
Who It Is For
Typical candidates are teams in the middle of a multi-quarter compliance program who need an expert to validate decisions along the way: a defense contractor executing a CMMC Level 2 remediation roadmap, a SaaS vendor in the middle of a FedRAMP authorization cycle, a healthcare team standardizing HIPAA Security Rule compliance across multiple product lines. If you need a single focused engagement with concrete deliverables, Architecture Review is a better fit. If you need ongoing expert backup without hiring a full-time compliance architect, Ongoing Advisory is the right pattern.
Pricing and Inclusion
$2,500 per month for the duration of the engagement. Team tier subscription is included for the entire engagement period. Three-month minimum, then month-to-month. Cancel at the end of any month after the minimum; your Team subscription continues at the standard rate or downgrades based on your preference. See Pricing for tier details.
Capacity
Ongoing Advisory is capped at two concurrent engagements for the same reason as Architecture Review: founder-level delivery quality. If the cap is full, you will be placed on a waitlist with a target start date. The cap is a feature, not a limitation.
A Retainer That Earns Its Cadence
Multi-quarter compliance programs do not need a one-off review. They need a senior reviewer in the loop while decisions are still wet. Ongoing Advisory keeps the architect close enough to influence the work without becoming a full-time hire. The Team tier ships inside the retainer so the conversations have a platform to point at. Two concurrent engagements is the ceiling so each one stays sharp.
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