FAQs
Honest answers, no sales pitch.
Real answers to the questions buyers actually ask before signing with an MSP.
Common questions
What people ask before they engage.
What's actually included in a managed IT plan?
24/7 monitoring, automatic patching, unlimited help-desk for end users, antivirus / EDR, password and account management, and a senior engineer on call for escalations. Everything is flat per-seat — no surprise hourly invoices, no per-ticket pricing.
How fast do you actually respond?
Critical incidents (site down, ransomware, can't email anyone): under 15 minutes. Normal help-desk requests: under 1 hour during business hours, same-business-day after hours. Every ticket gets an SLA and a real person, not a ticket-bot.
Do you replace our internal IT or work alongside them?
Both, depending on the engagement. We're often the entire IT function for ~10–75 person teams, and we co-manage with internal IT when there's a help-desk lead in place who needs senior-engineer escalation. Either way we document everything so nothing depends on a single person.
Are you really 24/7?
Monitoring and security response are 24/7 for every managed client. Help-desk for normal requests runs Mon–Sat 6am–10pm ET and Sun 8am–5pm ET. Critical/after-hours emergencies go to the on-call engineer immediately.
What does pricing look like?
Managed IT is flat per-seat per month. Cybersecurity, cloud, and ETS Vault Compute are flat monthly bundles. Project work (migrations, deployments) is quoted up front with a fixed scope — no open-ended hourly billing. See /pricing for current ranges.
How does onboarding work?
Free 30-minute discovery call → free written assessment of your current environment → a fixed-scope proposal with timeline → onboarding sprint (typically 2–4 weeks) where we document, secure, and bring everything under management. You always know what's next and what it costs.
Ready when you are
Let's talk about your IT.
A 30-minute call is all it takes to know whether we're the right partner. No pressure, no jargon, no obligation.
What to expect
- 130-minute discovery call
We listen first — your environment, pain points, and goals.
- 2Free IT assessment
Senior engineer reviews your stack and flags real risks.
- 3Plain-English roadmap
Clear scope, clear pricing. Walk away with a plan, not a pitch.
