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Backend Performance, Priced by Scope

Fixed-scope backend audits, launch readiness verdicts, and CI performance gates. Every engagement runs on our own tooling and leaves it in your repo.

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Why PerfOps

We ship the tooling, not a slide deck

Most performance consultants run a test, write a report, and leave. We install the same engine we run in production: SLOs as code, k6 scenarios, and a release gate that keeps checking after we're gone.

LaunchGateDeterministic GO / CONDITIONAL / NO-GO from k6 results + slo.yaml. Go CLI, GitHub Action, API.
Saturation detectorFinds the degradation onset across ramp stages and explains it: p95, error rate, long tail, hotspots.
k6 + chaos libraryRamp, spike, soak, and breakpoint scenarios, plus dependency-failure experiments.
NFR / SLO templatesPer-stack SLO baselines and a traffic model that turns DAU into avg, peak, and spike RPS.
Cost per requestMonthly infra spend mapped to RPS, so capacity decisions come with a price.
Grafana as codeDashboards, datasources, and alert rules provisioned into your stack.
Example · CI step on a pull request
$ launchgate gate --k6 summary.json --slo slo.yaml
check            observed      target
p95 latency      284 ms        ≤ 300 ms    ✓
p99 latency      612 ms        ≤ 800 ms    ✓
error rate       0.4%          < 1%        ✓
saturation       1,850 RPS     ≥ 2,400     !
cost / request   $0.00041      ≤ $0.0005   ✓

hint: db pool exhausted at stage 4 (pool=20)
verdict: CONDITIONAL_GO · 1 minor violation
✓ GO! CONDITIONAL✕ NO-GO
Fixed scope

Backend packages

Starting prices for a single product backend. Scale, urgency, and constraints are priced in the calculator; the final number is fixed in the SOW.

Performance

Backend Performance Audit

Profiling under load across API, database, queues, and caches. You get a ranked fix list with expected gains, then a re-test with verified before/after telemetry delta.

from$9,0002–3 weeks · fixed
✓CPU, memory & GC profiling under load (pprof, async-profiler, py-spy)
✓Database: slow queries, lock contention, connection pools, N+1
✓Queues & caches: Kafka consumer lag, partitioning, hit ratio
✓p50 / p95 / p99 baseline per endpoint
✓Re-test after fixes with verified before/after telemetry delta
Next Stepfrom $7,500
CI Performance Gate or Fractional Retainer
1–2 weeks or monthly
3 Exit Outcomes (Clinic Model)
  • 1.Healthy: Audit completed, system stable, no immediate paid step needed
  • 2.Nurture: Quarterly baseline re-evaluation
  • 3.Paid Next Step: CI Gate setup ($7,500) or Fractional Retainer ($9,000/mo)
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Launch

Capacity & Launch Readiness

Before a launch, campaign, or partner integration. We model real traffic, find the saturation point, break dependencies on purpose, and hand decision owners a LaunchGate verdict.

from$15,0003–5 weeks · fixed
✓Traffic model from DAU: avg, peak & spike RPS
✓k6 ramp, spike, soak & breakpoint scenarios up to 100k+ RPS
✓Saturation point and bottleneck map per service
✓Chaos & quotas: upstream rate limits (LLM/Stripe/CRM 429), timeouts, cascade retries
✓GO / CONDITIONAL / NO-GO verdict + production release gate
Next Stepfrom $9,000 / mo or $25,000
Peak Event Coverage or Fractional Retainer
Event-bound or monthly
3 Exit Outcomes (Clinic Model)
  • 1.Ready: Launch verified, system handles peak load autonomously
  • 2.Nurture: In-house remediation with scheduled review
  • 3.Paid Next Step: Peak Event Coverage (from $25,000) or Retainer ($9,000/mo)
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CI / CD

CI Performance Gate

LaunchGate installed in your pipeline. Every pull request runs k6 against your SLOs and is blocked on regression, with dashboards and alerts wired to the same numbers.

from$7,5001–2 weeks · fixed
✓slo.yaml as the single source of truth for SLOs
✓k6 thresholds exported from slo.yaml
✓LaunchGate GitHub Action blocking PRs on regression
✓Grafana dashboards & alert rules provisioned
✓Runbook, team handover, and maintenance cadence
Next Stepfrom $9,000 / mo
Fractional Performance Engineer
Monthly · cancel anytime
3 Exit Outcomes (Clinic Model)
  • 1.Autonomous: CI pipeline fully self-sufficient, team owns operations
  • 2.Nurture: Monthly SLO budget review
  • 3.Paid Next Step: Fractional Performance Engineer retainer ($9,000/mo)
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Reliability · Monthly

Fractional Performance Engineer

Staff+ performance and SRE ownership for teams without one in-house. Every major release goes through load review and a LaunchGate verdict.

  • ✓Pre-release load & architecture review
  • ✓LaunchGate verdicts on your pipeline
  • ✓Capacity planning & cost per request tracking
  • ✓Priority incident triage & deep RCA
Platform Evolutionfrom $60,000
End-to-End Performance Program
Quarterly cadence
3 Exit Outcomes (Clinic Model)
  • 1.Target SLO met: Transition to lightweight monitoring
  • 2.Steady state: Continue monthly fractional retainer
  • 3.Paid Next Step: End-to-End Performance Program (from $60,000)
from$9,000per month · cancel monthly
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Market Benchmark · September 2026

Tooling Subscription vs. Engineering Verdict

Traditional load testing platforms bill for computing Virtual Users (VUs) and leave your team with raw metrics. Between $499/mo SaaS and $25k/yr Enterprise lies an empty tier. We deliver a verified release decision and code in your repo, not billed VU-hours.

Layer 1 · Self-Serve SaaS
$19 – $499 / mo

Grafana Cloud k6 Pro ($19/mo + $0.15/VUh), Artillery Business ($499/mo), LoadForge ($67–$200/mo), Azure Load Testing.

  • •Billed by test load volume (VU-hours)
  • !Engineers must find bottlenecks and DB locks alone
  • !No verified release GO / NO-GO verdict
Empty Tier · Decision
PerfOps Engineering
$4.5k – $15k fixed

Signal Scan ($4.5k), CI Performance Gate ($7.5k), Backend Audit ($9k), Launch Readiness ($15k).

  • ✓Deterministic GO / CONDITIONAL / NO-GO verdict
  • ✓Root-cause localization: slow DB queries, locks, CPU, queues
  • ✓LaunchGate GitHub Action permanently in your repo
Layer 2 · Enterprise & Agencies
$25,000+ / yr

Grafana Cloud k6 Enterprise (from $25k/yr), Gatling Enterprise (on request), traditional QA agencies ($15k+/sprint).

  • •Multi-month procurement and annual commit
  • •High overhead and static PDF decks
  • •Too slow for targeted release launches in 2–3 weeks
Market benchmark verified against public vendor pricing as of September 2026 (gatling.io/pricing, grafana.com, artillery.io, loadforge.com).
Per-Decision Pricing · Not VU-Hours

LaunchGate Subscription: Release Gates in CI

Traditional load platforms bill for Virtual User hours (VUh), charging you for raw compute and noise. LaunchGate bills strictly for authoritative release verdicts (GO / CONDITIONAL / NO-GO). Your load generator (k6, Gatling, Locust) remains your own replaceable tool.

350 gates/mo
202501,0002,5005,000+
3 services
15102030+
Annual Billing-20%
Recommended PlanTeam Gate
€79/ mo
Saves €240/yr with annual billing (€948/yr)

350 gates/mo on 3 services. Zero overage.

  • ✓500 gates included
  • ✓Up to 5 services
  • ✓90 days baseline retention
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Developer Starter

€0/ mo
50 gates included
  • •Up to 50 release gates / month
  • •1 service / repository
  • •14-day history & baseline retention
  • •Local & CI CLI (`k6 x gate`)
  • •Deterministic GO / NO-GO markdown & JSON reports

Free community open-core tier for solo developers.

Team Gate

Fit
€79/ mo
500 gates included · €0.25/overage
  • •500 release gates / month included
  • •Up to 5 services / repositories
  • •90-day history & baseline retention
  • •Noise-resistant majority voting baseline engine
  • •Automated PR merge-blocking on SLO regression
  • •Slack & webhook notifications with action hints

Billed strictly per release verdict, not per VU-hour. €99/mo monthly or €79/mo billed annually.

Scale Platform

€239/ mo
2,500 gates included · €0.15/overage
  • •2,500 release gates / month included
  • •Up to 20 services / repositories
  • •1-year history & baseline retention
  • •Native OpenTelemetry metric correlation
  • •Cross-service latency regression detection
  • •Priority engineering support & policy review

Designed for growing multi-service engineering teams. €299/mo monthly or €239/mo billed annually.

Enterprise Governance

€799/ mo
10,000 gates included · €0.08/overage
  • •10,000+ release gates / month included
  • •Unlimited services & repositories
  • •Unlimited history, audit trail & baseline retention
  • •Custom compliance policies (DORA, SOC 2 audit readiness)
  • •Single Sign-On (SAML / OIDC) and centralized RBAC
  • •Dedicated performance architect & custom SLA

Vendor-independent compliance and multi-team scale. €999/mo monthly or €799/mo billed annually.

Enterprise quote

Estimate scope, scale, and speed

Larger systems and compressed timelines cost more: faster delivery means a bigger squad working in parallel, off-hours windows, and a reserved calendar. The estimate is indicative; the final number is fixed in the SOW.

01 · PACKAGE
02 · SYSTEM SCALE
03 · URGENCY
04 · CONSTRAINTS

Programs scoped after intake

When the work doesn't fit a package. Pick the closest starting point; scope and price are calibrated after intake.

  • Critical bottleneck shortlist from your APM and traces
  • Top next actions by impact, urgency, and effort
  • Actionable decision memo with telemetry-backed priorities
Next Stepfrom $7,500
Backend Performance Audit or CI Performance Gate
1–3 weeks
3 Exit Outcomes (Clinic Model)
  • 1.Healthy: Telemetry confirms healthy SLOs; diagnostic closed with no follow-up required
  • 2.Nurture: Periodic review before peak traffic or quarterly planning
  • 3.Paid Next Engagement: Deep Backend Performance Audit ($9,000) or CI Gate ($7,500)
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  • Full-load rehearsal against the event traffic model
  • War-room on the day with rollback boundaries
  • Telemetry verification with verified capacity headroom
Next Stepfrom $9,000 / mo
Fractional Reliability & SRE Retainer
Monthly · cancel anytime
3 Exit Outcomes (Clinic Model)
  • 1.Complete: Event passed successfully with zero downtime and stable capacity
  • 2.Nurture: Quarterly pre-campaign health checks
  • 3.Paid Next Engagement: Fractional Reliability Retainer ($9,000/mo) for continuous capacity governance
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  • Audit stream across every revenue-critical service
  • LaunchGate rolled out to all pipelines
  • Delivery oversight with continuous engineering governance
Next Stepfrom $9,000 / mo
Ongoing Platform Governance Retainer
Monthly or quarterly
3 Exit Outcomes (Clinic Model)
  • 1.Autonomous: All teams self-sufficient with LaunchGate gates installed across all repos
  • 2.Nurture: Bi-annual architecture and cloud spend audit
  • 3.Paid Next Engagement: Ongoing Fractional Platform SRE ($9,000/mo)
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FAQ

What do we keep after the engagement?

Everything we build runs in your repo: slo.yaml, k6 scenarios, the LaunchGate CI step, Grafana dashboards, and alert rules. No license lock-in.

Do you need production access?

Not at the start. We begin with read-only APM, traces, and metrics, and run load against staging or an isolated environment with controlled test data.

Why "from" prices?

The starting price covers a single product backend on a standard timeline. Service count, multi-region, urgency, and compliance constraints raise the scope; the calculator shows how. The final number is fixed in the SOW before work starts.

Do you implement the fixes?

The audit ships a ranked fix list and a re-test. CI Gate and Readiness include hands-on setup in your repo. Larger code changes are scoped separately once the ownership model is clear.

How quickly do we get useful output?

The first ranked bottleneck list lands within the first week, once access and telemetry context are in place.

Ready?

Ship safer launches without slowing the team

Twenty minutes. Bring a system and a question. Leave with a signal, a number, and an owner.

Book 20 min →Fast request