737-304-6185Why Every SaaS Team Needs a CloudOps Backup Plan
You wouldn’t run your business without insurance. Why run your cloud setup without backup?
In today’s fast-paced SaaS world, every second counts — especially when you’re running on AWS or Azure.
Your platform has to scale, stay secure, and stay live. But what happens when your lead DevOps engineer is off sick, on leave, or simply overwhelmed?
Do you have a backup plan?
Most SaaS teams don’t. And that’s a risk you don’t want to take.
The Silent Strain on SaaS Teams
You already know the story. Small teams, lean budgets, high expectations.
That’s a strength — until something breaks.
- A feature launch gets delayed because no one’s had time to set up the pipeline properly
- Monitoring alerts are ignored because “we’ll deal with that next sprint”
- Someone finally flags a rising AWS bill… but no one’s got time to investigate it
- The engineer who knows the infrastructure inside-out gives notice
In most SaaS teams, there’s one or two people holding everything together. That’s not sustainable. And when something slips, it’s not just your cloud setup that suffers — it’s your whole business.
Hiring Isn’t Always the Answer
When things get tight, most founders or CTOs start thinking about hiring.
And sure, building the right team is important — but it’s also:
- Expensive
- Time-consuming
- High risk if you get it wrong
Hiring a mid-to-senior DevOps engineer could take 2–4 months. In that time, your current team is still overloaded. Your monitoring is still half-done. Your AWS bill is still going up.
Some go the contractor route, but that comes with its own downsides:
- £800–£1,000 per day
- Short-term mindset
- No ongoing ownership of the platform
It’s a sticking plaster, not a system.
So what’s the alternative?
The Case for a CloudOps Backup Plan
Think about how you run your business:
- You have insurance in case something goes wrong
- You have failovers for your infrastructure
- You build resilience into your product
But do you have resilience for your cloud operations team?
That’s where a CloudOps Backup Plan comes in.
At IG CloudOps, we work with SaaS companies every day who don’t need to hire another engineer — they just need a reliable, affordable way to get expert cloud help when it’s needed most.
What a CloudOps Backup Plan Looks Like
Here’s what we do:
✅ Set you up (for free) on our CloudOps platform — in AWS or Azure
✅ Give you 4 hours of expert engineering help — no strings attached
✅ Leave your CloudOps Backup Plan in place, ready when you need us
We’re not replacing your team. We’re augmenting it. Supporting it. Protecting it.
So when your internal capacity is maxed — or when something unexpected happens — you don’t scramble. You just call us.
You get:
- 24/7 monitoring
- Cost control dashboards
- Automation and recovery workflows
- Real human support — instantly
And the best part? You don’t pay unless you decide to keep us on.
Why SaaS Leaders Are Making the Switch
This isn’t theoretical. It’s already working for SaaS companies across the UK.
Like the product-led startup whose DevOps engineer left mid-sprint. We were onboarded and operational in 48 hours — and kept them on track through launch.
Or the finance SaaS scale-up who needed to reduce Azure costs without hiring a specialist. We found £6,200/month in savings through automation and smarter resource planning.
Or the healthtech firm who simply didn’t want to rely on a single engineer anymore. Now, they’ve got a full CloudOps team on standby for less than the cost of one contractor’s weekly rate.
3 Signs You Need a CloudOps Backup Plan
Wondering if it’s time for your business to put one in place?
Here are some signs to look for:
- You’ve got cloud problems, but no one has time to fix them
Backlog, alerts, cost optimisation — they’re all important, but they always get pushed down the to-do list.
- Your team’s one person away from a crisis
If your DevOps knowledge lives in one brain, that’s a single point of failure. Don’t wait for something to break.
- You’re thinking about hiring or bringing in a contractor
Try a CloudOps Backup Plan first — it’s faster, cheaper, and often enough to solve the problem.
You Can Try It Free — No Catch
We’re currently offering a free CloudOps setup + 4 hours of expert help to qualifying SaaS businesses.
No charge. No sales pressure. No commitment.
We’ll even leave the CloudOps platform in place so you’re ready whenever you need support — like insurance for your cloud team.
Final Thought
Your cloud setup is the foundation of your product. Your team is the foundation of your business.
Give them the backup they need — before they burn out.
Try the IG CloudOps Backup Plan. It’s free, it’s fast, and it might be the best insurance policy you never knew you needed.