Monitoring Guidance Retainer

Monthly advisory sessions that help you interpret uptime, certificate, malware, and log alerts — without handing your site to a black-box platform.

From R3 200 per month · Month-to-month, cancel with 14 days' notice · Remote

Monitoring Guidance Retainer

Who it is for

Teams already running basic monitors who need human interpretation and prioritisation.

Result

Steady guidance on which alerts matter, what to ignore, and when to escalate to a full assessment.

Format

Monthly advisory calls with written action notes

Provider

Assigned Content Sprucefield advisor

Preparation

Access to your monitoring dashboards or exported alert history.

Constraints

We advise; your team or host remains the change agent unless separately engaged.

Included

  • One 45-minute advisory call per month
  • Review of alert screenshots or exports you share
  • Updated short action list after each call
  • Email clarification between calls (reasonable volume)

Outside this engagement

  • Direct response to incidents outside agreed hours
  • Tool licensing fees

Process

  1. Kick-off to map monitors
  2. Monthly review cadence
  3. Quarterly scope check