No hidden day rates, no “contact us to find out”. Here is how working with The Good Shell is priced, and what you get at each level.
Free 30-min Infrastructure Review — $0
Every engagement starts here. Thirty minutes with a senior engineer looking at your actual setup — not a sales pitch. You leave with 2-3 concrete findings you can act on, whether or not we ever work together. Book a free 30-min review →
7-Day Infrastructure Audit — $4,500 fixed
A focused, senior review of your DevOps, SRE or validator infrastructure, delivered in one week. Includes a 60-min kick-off call, a 7-day review window, a written report with prioritised findings, a 90-min debrief call and 14 days of follow-up for report questions. If after the kick-off call the audit is not a good fit, we refund 100%.
Hours Bank — from 40 hours
Senior DevOps and SRE help on tap, for teams that want expertise without a hire. Start from a 40-hour bank, draw it down as needs arise and top up whenever you like. You get the right expert for each task and a detailed hours log at the end of every month. Billed only for hours actually worked.
Project Delivery — custom quote
A defined outcome planned and delivered end to end: a migration, a Kubernetes platform build, an observability stack. The deep-dive and written work plan come first, free — you meet the engineer and see the plan before any work starts, with no obligation.
Staff Augmentation — custom quote
A senior engineer embedded in your team, part-time or full-time: standups, Slack, roadmap. Kickoff, weekly syncs and a shared channel. Monthly engagement with no lock-in — stop with 30 days notice. For validator and infrastructure operations we also run 24/7 managed ops with defined SLOs across 24 blockchain networks (10M+ daily checks, 99.97% uptime).
How pricing works
- Every engagement starts with a free 30-minute infrastructure review: you leave with 2-3 concrete findings, no commitment, no pitch.
- You get a written proposal within 24 hours: fixed scope, fixed price, start date.
- No lock-in contracts. Monthly engagements can be stopped with 30 days notice.
- Mutual NDA on day 1 by default. Engineers only, no account managers.
Not sure where to start?
Book the free review. If a deeper look makes sense, the audit is the next step: fixed-price, low-risk, and most teams use the report to decide what to fix and whether to work with us further. Book a free 30-min infrastructure review →