Relais S to keep things running
From €1,400 a month, excl. VAT
- Best suited to
- Stable software with no changes planned
- What the plan includes
- Security updates, verified backups, monitoring and fixes
An outsourced CTO for your company’s software
Deepy Relais provides the technical leadership of your software and handles its maintenance, improvements, hosting and security, within a fixed monthly fee.
Role
The role of an outsourced CTO
An outsourced CTO, also called a fractional CTO, provides a company’s technical leadership without being on its payroll. They advise the owner on priorities, decide technical matters and make sure the software runs properly.
This arrangement suits small businesses and SMEs whose business depends on their software, without justifying a full-time technical director. An in-house technical director is justified when your software keeps a team busy full time.
Scope
What Deepy Relais takes on
Technical leadership and its delivery, by the same team.
Technical direction
Every request receives written advice before it is carried out, and priorities are reviewed with you every quarter.
Maintenance
Security updates, verified backups, monitoring and fixes.
Improvements
One improvement a month or one project a quarter, depending on the plan.
Hosting and security
We manage the hosting, the releases, the monitoring and the alerts.
Follow-up of your suppliers
We follow up the work of your other IT suppliers and handle with them any incident that affects your software.
Monthly report
Each month you receive a written report of the work carried out, our recommendations and the points awaiting your decision.
Plans
Three monthly plans
Relais M to keep improving
From €2,800 a month, excl. VAT
- Best suited to
- Software that needs regular improvements
- What the plan includes
- Relais S, plus one improvement a month or one project a quarter
Relais L to build
From €5,000 a month, excl. VAT
- Best suited to
- A project that runs over several quarters
- What the plan includes
- Relais M, plus one project carried on continuously
Relais XL, on requestFor a need beyond Relais L: scope and price quoted on request.
The amount depends on how many pieces of software you have, their condition, how critical they are to your business and the options you choose, such as on-call cover in the evening and at weekends. It is confirmed after the takeover audit.
Questions
Questions about an outsourced CTO
What is the difference between an outsourced CTO and a development agency?
A project agency is paid to deliver; running the software afterwards belongs to another contract, when there is one.
An outsourced CTO stays in place after delivery: they maintain the software, advise on priorities and report every month.
Can an outsourced CTO take over software developed by a third party?
Yes. The takeover starts with an inventory of logins and access, and ends with a first report.
The takeover starts with an audit, with its scope and price agreed before it starts: 4 days, from €2,000 excl. VAT, for Relais S; 10 days, from €5,000 excl. VAT, for Relais M and Relais L. It is billed separately from the plan.
Who owns the code and the accounts?
You remain the owner of the code, the domain name and the hosting accounts throughout the contract. We can manage them on your behalf, and everything is handed back to you when the service ends.
Call
Talk to a consultant
A consultant talks with you for 20 minutes by video call, free of charge. You describe your software and your priorities; the consultant gives you an opinion, whether or not you go further.