One maintenance ladder. Match upkeep to system risk.

Sites, web apps, mobile apps, SaaS systems, and AI workflows can all use the same published plans. What matters is how often the system changes, how quickly incidents need a response, and how much active monitoring it needs.

B6Care Plans

The two ladders

There are two ways to keep a system on retainer:

Care Plans — managed maintenance with monitoring, support, and care. Hours are part of the plan; the rest of the plan is the relationship.
Buckets — pure development hours, no monitoring, no support overhead. For clients who already know what they need built each month.

You can move between them. A Care Plan fits systems that need monitoring and response coverage; a Bucket fits an already-defined monthly queue.

Care Plans

Plan	Monthly	Hours included	Best for
Hearth Care	$750/mo	2 hrs	Static or simple sites
Aegis Care	$1,500/mo	6 hrs	Active businesses, CMS-driven sites
Laurel Care	$4,500/mo	15 hrs	Apps, SaaS, AI systems
Olympian Care	$10,000+/mo	40 hrs	Scaling startups, fractional engineering

On a small screen, swipe the ledger sideways to compare plans.

What's included at every tier

Hours. Listed above. They cover bug fixes, content edits, small adjustments, security patches, and routine maintenance.
Monitoring. Agreed uptime, performance, and error checks configured to surface incidents through the response path.
Response window. Within 24 business hours on Hearth Care; 12 business hours on Aegis Care; 4 business hours on Laurel Care; and 2–4 business hours on Olympian Care.
Front-of-queue priority. Active retainer requests move ahead of unscheduled project work.
Quarterly check-in. A short call covering performance, content, security, and what's next.

Bucket Retainers (pure dev hours, no monitoring)

Plan	Monthly	Hours	Effective rate
Hearth	$1,800/mo	10 hrs	$180/hr
Aegis	$4,000/mo	25 hrs	$160/hr
Olympian	$7,500/mo	50 hrs	$150/hr

On a small screen, swipe the ledger sideways to compare buckets.

Buckets are for clients who already know what they need built each month and don't need monitoring on top.

How to pick

If you have a website that mostly sits there — an Arcadia marketing site, an editorial site that updates a few times a quarter — Hearth Care at $750/mo is enough. We patch security, fix bugs, swap content when you ask. Two hours covers it.

If your site or app is part of how the business operates — content goes out weekly, the contact form is a real lead source, the team makes edits, integrations sometimes wobble — Aegis Care at $1,500/mo is the likely starting point. Six hours creates a defined work allowance; the monitoring provides an agreed incident signal rather than a guarantee that every issue will be caught first.

A SaaS product, internal tool, mobile app, or production AI system will often require Laurel Care at $4,500/mo or higher. The correct tier depends on operating risk, integrations, traffic, response needs, and the monthly change queue.