Retainer Packages services from CogniTech Systems in Chester
SERVICES

Retainer Packages.

A block of our engineering time held for you, month after month

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Priced per engagement
Build or Co-build
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OVERVIEW

Why businesses come to us for this.

Work rarely stops when a project ships. A retainer holds a set amount of our engineering time for you each month so the changes, the fixes and the next idea get done without starting a negotiation every time.

It suits a business that has something live and keeps needing small pieces of work done properly. The time can go on development, infrastructure, AI work or support, whatever that month actually needs, and the amount and the terms are agreed up front.

WHAT IS INCLUDED

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The difference between these two is the commitment. Monthly suits a business planning quarter to quarter, yearly suits one that signs a budget off once and wants a better rate for it.

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Yearly Retainers

A block of engineering time booked for the year and drawn down as you need it. Budgeted once, at a better rate than buying it month by month, and there the moment something comes up.
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OTHER PRACTICE AREAS

The rest of the stack.

Most engagements draw on more than one of these.

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AI & Machine Learning
Proven against your own data before anyone commits to building it
7 SERVICES
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IoT & Edge
Devices, gateways and servers built for the site they have to survive
3 SERVICES
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Web Systems
The systems your staff and customers use every day, built around how you work
5 SERVICES
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Infrastructure
The servers, pipelines and cloud architecture your systems actually run on
6 SERVICES
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SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) Services
Findable for what your customers actually search for, measured in enquiries
1 SERVICES
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Social Media Setup & Management
Set up properly once, then kept running in the weeks you are too busy
2 SERVICES
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Tech Support
Someone who already knows your systems when something stops working
1 SERVICES
COMMON QUESTIONS

The questions we get asked about Retainer Packages

The time is already booked, so work starts instead of joining a queue behind a quote. It usually works out cheaper per hour, and it takes the negotiation out of every small change.

That is agreed up front rather than left vague. What matters is that you know the answer before you commit, not that you find out at the end of the month.

Whatever that month needs. Development, infrastructure, AI work, support and design all draw on the same block, so you are not holding hours for a service you do not want this month.

Yes, and businesses do, in both directions. Growth changes what you need and so does a quiet quarter.

Often not, and we will say so. Retainers suit businesses with something live that keeps needing work. If you need one change a year, pay for one change a year.

That depends what we agree, and we make it explicit at the start. Being clear about it is what stops the argument over whether an outage came out of your monthly hours.
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