Three questions sort most businesses into the right plan. Do you need someone to support your people, or just your infrastructure? Do you want support handled remotely, or do you want onsite visits included when a deployment or issue calls for one? And do you already have internal IT that needs backup rather than replacement? Answer those, and the plan is usually obvious. If it is not, an assessment will make it clear.
Remote-first managed IT for your team
Fully managed IT with scheduled onsite
Everything in CareEssentials, plus onsite support included. A fixed monthly price per user for teams that want onsite visits covered whenever a deployment or ticket calls for one, rather than billed each time.
Managed infrastructure
Support alongside your internal IT
Your software handled
Reliable procures and manages your software subscriptions and licensing, including Microsoft licenses, Huntress, and Bitwarden. Basic license support is included, and for anything more complex we handle vendor escalation on your behalf, so you are not the one on hold with a distributor. Available as an add-on or on its own.
Ongoing posture management and reporting
Recurring security-posture management and documentation for the compliance framework your business has to meet, such as SOC 2. We maintain the controls and provide the monthly documentation that proves they are in place. Available as an add-on to any plan or as a standalone service.
Not everything is a monthly plan. Time and Materials is straightforward hourly support, with after-hours billed at a higher rate, for businesses that want help without a plan. Project Work covers scoped, one-off engagements like migrations, network deployments, and incident response, and we can act as the go-between with your vendors. Project work is quoted separately so your monthly stays predictable, even for plan partners.
| CareEssentials | CarePro | CareCore | Co-Managed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Teams fine with mostly remote support | Teams that also want scheduled onsite | Businesses needing only infrastructure managed | Teams with internal IT that needs backup |
| What is covered | Your end users | Your end users | Specified devices: servers, firewalls, switches | Agreed split with your IT |
| Remote support | Included | Included | Included, for devices | Per agreement |
| Onsite support | Reduced rate, not included | Scheduled onsite included | Regular rate, not included | Per agreement |
| Priced by | Per user | Per user | Per device | Per agreed resources |
| Monitoring and management | Included | Included | Included | Often included |
| Patching | Endpoints | Endpoints | Devices, where applicable | Per agreement |
| System documentation | Included | Included | Included | Often included |
| Quarterly business reviews | Included | Included | Included | Per agreement |
| After-hours for urgent issues | Included, same rate | Included, same rate | Included, same rate | Per agreement |
| Project work, 8+ hours | Billed separately | Billed separately | Billed separately | Billed separately |
| Option | What it is | Type | Pairs with |
|---|---|---|---|
| License Management (SaaS) | Reliable procures and manages your software licenses (Microsoft, Huntress, Bitwarden) and handles vendor escalations | Recurring add-on or standalone | Any Care plan |
| Compliance | Ongoing security-posture management and monthly documentation for frameworks like SOC 2 | Recurring add-on or standalone | Any Care plan |
| Time and Materials | Support billed by the hour, after-hours at a higher rate | Pay as you go, no plan | Standalone |
| Project Work | Scoped one-off work: migrations, deployments, incident response | One-off | Any plan or standalone |