Retainer
Recurring spend briefing
A monthly or quarterly written briefing on the same application, so finance sees the same shape of note each period instead of a scramble after every invoice.
Who it is for
Teams who have already completed a compute cost review and want the same reading repeated on a calendar, not a one-off fire drill.
What you leave with
A short period note: what moved, what stayed idle, what needs a decision before the next invoice.
Scope
The same application and billing account as the original review. New applications start with a cost review, not a briefing retainer.
- Duration
- Retainer in three-month blocks. Either side can stop at the end of a block with ten working days’ notice.
- Where
- Written note by email. Call by video unless you are already in Kuala Lumpur that week.
- Fee basis
- From RM 2,900 per month or RM 7,400 per quarter, after a cost review. Quoted to the application we already know.
- Who leads
- Priya Nair writes the period notes. Farah reviews any period that moves more than a threshold you set at the start.
Included
- A written period note (monthly or quarterly, as agreed)
- One thirty-minute call per period
- Carry-forward of open questions from the previous note
Not included
- New applications or new billing accounts
- Emergency same-day readings
How the sitting runs
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Calendar
We agree the period, the invoice due date, and the day the note should arrive.
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Pack
You send the period invoice within three working days of receiving it.
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Note and call
The note arrives on the agreed day. The call is optional if the period is quiet.
Preparation
A completed compute cost review in the last six months, or a willingness to run one before the retainer starts.
Limits we keep
If invoices arrive more than a week late, the note slips by the same number of days. We do not invent a period from partial bills.
Next step
Ask for a retainer only after a review, or ask us to start with the review.