Dexsof/Services/Maintenance & Support

Your Software Is Live.The Work Is Not Over.

We keep your software fast, secure, and working through proactive maintenance, structured SLAs, and engineering support that is available when it actually matters.

Maintenance & support

We stay with it after launch.

Ongoing engineering support for production systems — bug fixes, dependency updates, performance monitoring, and feature iteration on a retainer that scales with your needs.

1hr
Critical acknowledgement
24/7
Uptime monitoring
12/yr
Health reports
Engineer monitoring a live production system
The reality

Unmaintained software quietly deteriorates.

Every week, new vulnerabilities are discovered in the libraries and frameworks your software depends on. Browsers update. APIs change. Mobile operating systems alter their permission models. The cost of emergency response to a compromised or failing production system is not comparable to the cost of the maintenance that would have prevented it.

Bug fixing & incident response

Production defects triaged and fixed, with a named path to escalation when something breaks in the middle of the night.

Dependency & security patching

Framework and library versions kept current, security patches applied and tested — before a vulnerability becomes your problem.

Performance monitoring

Continuous measurement of the paths that matter, with optimisation work scheduled when the numbers start to drift.

Database maintenance

Index health, storage growth, and slow query optimisation handled routinely instead of during an outage.

Feature iteration

Enhancement development on the same retainer — your product keeps moving forward, not just staying alive.

Third-party integrations

Payment providers, CRMs, and APIs change their contracts. We track the deprecations and update before they break.

Disaster recovery

Recovery plans written down and actually tested — a backup nobody has ever restored is not a backup.

Monthly health reports

What was done, what was found, and an improvement roadmap for the months ahead — delivered on a fixed date.

Our approach

What a retainer actually includes.

Six things that run every month on a defined cadence — no chasing, no reminders, no waiting for something to break first.

01
Monthly dependency updates.

Framework versions, library versions, and security patches applied, tested, and deployed — every month, not when a vulnerability becomes a headline.

02
24/7 uptime monitoring.

Automated monitoring of all critical endpoints with alert thresholds configured. We know when something is wrong before your users do.

03
Error and exception tracking.

Application errors captured and classified by frequency and severity. Patterns identified before they become incidents.

04
Bug fixing hours.

A defined allocation of engineering time each month, prioritised by severity. Fixed before users make it a support ticket.

05
Infrastructure management.

Certificate renewals, DNS health, cloud resource management, and backup verification — handled before they expire or fail.

06
Monthly health report.

What was done, what was found, what was fixed, and what is upcoming — on a fixed date every month. No chasing for updates.

Response commitments

Our SLA, in writing.

Four severity levels, each with a committed acknowledgement and resolution window. SLA performance is tracked and reported in the monthly health report — adherence documented, not assumed.

P1
Critical — application down or data at risk.Acknowledged within 1 hour, active response within 2 hours, service restored within 4–8 hours.
P2
High — major feature broken, no workaround.Acknowledged within 4 hours, resolved within 2 business days.
P3
Medium — feature broken, workaround available.Acknowledged within 24 hours, resolved within 5 business days.
P4
Low — cosmetic issue.Addressed in the next scheduled maintenance window.
Taking over existing systems

Your last agency moved on. We have not.

We take on software we did not build — but never blind. Three things happen before we put our name on your uptime.

We audit first

Codebase quality, dependency health, infrastructure configuration, and known issues — reviewed before anything is promised.

A written assessment

You get our findings in writing before we commit to a maintenance scope, and we stay honest about what we found.

Documentation as we go

Every fix adds to a knowledge base for the system, so the understanding stays with your business rather than in one engineer’s head.

Tech Stack

Technologies we work with.

We pick the right tool for the job — here's what our teams reach for across every layer.

DADatadog
SESentry
PAPagerDuty
How it works

We take it over, then we keep it running.

Five stages from first audit to live incident response — agreed in the retainer before anything goes wrong.

Dexsof team at work
01
System Audit

We review the codebase, infrastructure, dependencies, and monitoring setup before taking on any maintenance engagement. Honest about what we find.

02
Onboarding

We get to know the system — its architecture, its weaknesses, and its deployment process — before we are responsible for keeping it running.

03
Baseline Monitoring

If monitoring is absent or inadequate, we set it up as part of onboarding. You cannot maintain what you cannot see.

04
Regular Maintenance

Scheduled dependency updates, security patches, database maintenance, and performance reviews on a defined cadence. Every month, without being asked.

05
Incident Response

When something breaks, we are on it. Response times and escalation paths are agreed in the retainer contract — before anything goes wrong.

What clients say

Voices from the people we built for.

Dexsof rebuilt a system we'd been promised twice before. They shipped in eleven weeks what two other teams couldn't in eighteen months — and the code is the cleanest I've reviewed in a decade.
Priya Anand
VP Engineering · Helix
★★★★★
Genuine senior engineers. The kind who say 'we shouldn't build that' before we waste a quarter on the wrong thing.
Ana Souza
Founder · Verda
★★★★★
We came for a 6-week prototype. Three years later they still run our core platform.
Idris Khan
Head of Engineering · Cantilever
★★★★★
The team integrated seamlessly with our in-house engineers and elevated the entire output. We shipped on time and under budget.
Marcus Lee
CTO · Structr
★★★★★
The mobile app they built has a 4.8-star rating on the App Store. The UX work alone was worth every dollar.
Sofia Reyes
CPO · Laundr
★★★★★
From discovery to deployment in eight weeks. Dexsof is what a modern dev studio should look like.
Omar Al-Rashid
CEO · Netfin
★★★★★
Dexsof rebuilt a system we'd been promised twice before. They shipped in eleven weeks what two other teams couldn't in eighteen months — and the code is the cleanest I've reviewed in a decade.
Priya Anand
VP Engineering · Helix
★★★★★
Genuine senior engineers. The kind who say 'we shouldn't build that' before we waste a quarter on the wrong thing.
Ana Souza
Founder · Verda
★★★★★
We came for a 6-week prototype. Three years later they still run our core platform.
Idris Khan
Head of Engineering · Cantilever
★★★★★
The team integrated seamlessly with our in-house engineers and elevated the entire output. We shipped on time and under budget.
Marcus Lee
CTO · Structr
★★★★★
The mobile app they built has a 4.8-star rating on the App Store. The UX work alone was worth every dollar.
Sofia Reyes
CPO · Laundr
★★★★★
From discovery to deployment in eight weeks. Dexsof is what a modern dev studio should look like.
Omar Al-Rashid
CEO · Netfin
★★★★★
We brought Dexsof in mid-project to rescue a failing build. They diagnosed the architecture problems in days, refactored the core, and had us back on track within two weeks — without losing a single feature.
James Okafor
CTO · Bridgepoint
★★★★★
Fast and reliable.
Lena Hoffmann
Co-founder · Flowbase
★★★★★
Every deadline hit, every estimate accurate. Working with Dexsof felt like having a co-founder with a full dev team behind them.
Tariq Mahmood
CEO · Nuvio
★★★★★
They picked up our legacy codebase that three other contractors had given up on, cleaned it up, and shipped three new features in the same sprint — all without touching the production schedule. Impressive discipline from the entire team.
Rachel Torres
VP Product · Kargo
★★★★★
Dexsof flagged two architectural issues that would have cost us six months.
Daniel Choi
Founder · Stackr
★★★★★
Their design and engineering teams worked as one. The result was a product that looked premium and performed even better under load.
Fatima Al-Amin
CPO · Selio
★★★★★
FAQ

Common questions.

Anything not covered here, ask us directly — we answer within 24 hours.

What does a typical maintenance retainer include?

A defined number of engineering hours per month covering bug fixes, dependency updates, monitoring response, and small feature work. Incident response SLAs are included.

How quickly do you respond to production incidents?

Response times are agreed in the retainer — typically 1 hour for critical incidents, 4 hours for high severity, next business day for normal priority.

Can you maintain software you did not build?

Yes — about half of our maintenance clients inherited their systems from us, and half came with existing codebases. We start with a code audit before committing to a maintenance scope.

What if we need more hours than the retainer covers in a given month?

We notify you before exceeding the retainer limit and agree on the additional scope. No surprise invoices.

Have a maintenance & support project in mind?

Let’s talk about it.

Tell us what you are building and we will get back to you within 24 hours — with honesty, not a sales pitch.