Managed IT Services
723 Studios runs the cloud infrastructure, monitoring, backups and security behind the software your business depends on — so a named team owns uptime and incidents instead of nobody, and changes ship on a plan rather than in a panic.
Plans from $500/month for larger environments · 99% uptime SLA · 24/7 monitoring and incident response
What managed IT services cover here
Managed IT is the operations side of software: the infrastructure it runs on, the people who watch it, and the plan for what changes next. These are the six things a 723 Studios plan actually owns.
Cloud infrastructure
AWS, Azure and Google Cloud environments built and managed for you: containers on Docker or Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, auto-scaling and load balancing, so the platform grows with traffic instead of falling over at the first spike.
Managed hosting and uptime
Where the application and its database actually live: hardened servers, a global CDN, TLS certificates, and a 99% uptime service-level agreement that we are accountable to, not just a promise in a sales deck.
Monitoring and incident response
24/7 monitoring of uptime, error rates, response times, certificates and disk space, with alerting that reaches a human. When something breaks, the response is a runbook and a named engineer, not a support ticket that waits until Monday.
Backups and recovery
Scheduled, encrypted backups and a documented restore path — and restores tested on a schedule, because an untested backup is a guess. A recovery point objective is agreed up front so you know what a bad day would actually cost.
Security updates and patching
Operating system and dependency patching, TLS and secret rotation, least-privilege access control, and hardening reviews. Where a regulation applies, the same work is delivered with HIPAA, PCI-DSS or SOC 2 readiness in mind.
Ongoing development and IT roadmap
A plan for the next release, not just keeping the lights on: feature work, upgrades, integrations and capacity planning delivered by the same team that built the system, so nobody has to reverse-engineer it first.
What a managed IT plan includes
Every plan is quoted as a fixed monthly number after an infrastructure review, and covers the same core commitments.
- An infrastructure review first — what you run, what is fragile, and what the plan needs to cover, before any number is quoted
- 24/7 monitoring and alerting across uptime, errors, latency, certificates, and capacity
- Incident response with a documented runbook and a named engineer responsible for the system
- Backups plus tested restores, on a schedule matched to how much data you can afford to lose
- Security patching for the operating system, runtimes, and dependencies, with a maintenance window you control
- Deployments and releases run through a pipeline, so shipping a change is routine rather than an event
- A monthly report and roadmap — what changed, what is at risk, and what is planned next
- A team that already knows the code, because the people running it are the people who built it
What managed IT services cost
Hosting scale sets a floor; the scope of monitoring, patching and development work sets the plan. These are the published starting points.
| What you need | Starting plan | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Static marketing site | $10/month | Hosting, global CDN, free SSL, git-based deploys, monitoring |
| Dynamic site or small application | $25/month | Application and database hosting, backups, monitoring and patching |
| Multi-service platform | $75/month | Containerised platform hosting, auto-scaling, CI/CD and 24/7 monitoring |
| Maintained and extended application | from $500/month | Everything above plus ongoing development, roadmap work, and a monthly review |
| Larger or regulated environment | Quoted after review | Multi-environment infrastructure, compliance readiness, and a tailored SLA |
A plan is only worth having if it removes work from your plate. The honest test is whether the monthly number is smaller than the cost of the outages, patches and releases nobody currently owns. See the full hosting plans for the infrastructure tiers, or request a managed IT quote and we will come back with a fixed scope.
Managed hosting vs managed IT services
They are related, and they are not the same purchase.
Hosting
Where your site or application runs: servers, storage, bandwidth, CDN and SSL. A hosting plan is a place for the software to live, priced by the resources it consumes. See hosting plans.
Managed IT services
Who runs it, watches it, patches it and answers when it breaks — and who owns the plan for what changes next. It is a service relationship with an SLA, not a resource allocation.
In practice the two overlap: our managed IT plans include the hosting, because an SLA you can enforce only makes sense if the same team controls the infrastructure underneath it.
When 723 Studios is not the right fit
We would rather lose a bad-fit enquiry than win it and disappoint you later.
- Office networks, desktops and employee laptops — we are not a break/fix helpdesk. We manage cloud infrastructure, the applications running on it, and the data behind them, not the Wi-Fi, printers or workstation support for a staffed office.
- Software you do not want changed — a plan includes development capacity. If you only want monitoring and uptime with no roadmap, a hosting tier is the smaller, cheaper answer.
- Anonymous, lowest-price-only selection — an SLA means a named engineer answers. That is not the cheapest line item, and we will say so.
How onboarding runs
From "nobody owns this" to a named team with a runbook, in three steps.
Infrastructure review
A short engagement to document what you run, where it is fragile, what is unpatched, and what a failure would cost. No charge, no obligation.
Fixed monthly plan
A written scope: what is monitored, the backup and patch schedule, the SLA, and the development capacity included. One number, month to month.
Operate and report
Monitoring and patching turn on, the runbook is written, and a monthly report keeps the roadmap and the risks in view.
Managed IT services FAQ
What are managed IT services?
Managed IT services are an ongoing relationship in which a provider runs the infrastructure your software depends on: hosting, monitoring, backups, security patching and incident response, on a fixed monthly plan with a service-level agreement. It is the operations side of software, as opposed to building it once and handing it over.
Do you provide managed IT services in Fort Lauderdale and South Florida?
Yes. 723 Studios is based in Fort Lauderdale and manages cloud infrastructure and applications for businesses across Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties, as well as remote clients across the United States. Monitoring and incident response are handled from the same team that built the system, in the same time zone.
What is the difference between managed hosting and managed IT services?
Hosting is where your application runs: servers, storage, bandwidth, CDN and SSL, priced by resources. Managed IT services are who runs it: the monitoring, patching, backups, incident response and development roadmap, with an SLA. Our managed IT plans include the hosting, because an SLA only means something if the same team controls the infrastructure underneath it.
How much do managed IT services cost?
Hosting tiers start at $10/month for a static site, $25/month for a dynamic site or small application, and $75/month for a multi-service platform. A maintained and extended application with a development roadmap starts at $500/month, and larger or regulated environments are quoted after an infrastructure review. The number is fixed monthly, not open-ended.
Do you manage office networks and employee laptops?
No, and we say so rather than pretend otherwise. 723 Studios manages cloud infrastructure, the applications running on it, and their data. We are not a break/fix helpdesk for office Wi-Fi, printers or workstation support. If that is what you need, a local managed service provider is the better call.
Can you take over infrastructure and applications another team built?
Yes, and that is a common way we start. The first step is an infrastructure review that documents what runs where, what is unpatched or fragile, and what a failure would cost. From there the plan covers monitoring, backups and patching immediately, and development work begins once the codebase is understood.
What happens when something goes down outside business hours?
Monitoring runs 24/7 and alerts reach a named engineer, not a queue. An incident is worked against a documented runbook, and you get a written note on what failed, what was done, and what will prevent a repeat. There is no after-hours surcharge hidden in the plan.
Stop being the only person who knows it works
Tell us what you run today and we will come back with a review, a fixed monthly plan and the SLA that goes with it.