Solo-DBA problem — sound familiar?
- ▸ One DBA, four engines — they cover MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis and they're on PTO next week. Application engineers are carrying the on-call rotation in the gap, mean-time- to-resolution on real DB incidents is 4+ hours.
- ▸ Hired a DBA, 5 months in, they quit — recruiting timeline is back to 90 days minimum, and the previous DBA didn't document anything. Now you're carrying a $230k loaded cost with zero output.
- ▸ Vendor support has no 'DBA' service — Oracle MySQL Enterprise, EDB, DataStax all do incident response, but none of them tune your queries, plan your capacity, or review your schemas. You need a team that lives in your environment, not a callback queue.
JusDB DBA managed services: 24/7 coverage across 10 engines, 15-min Sev-1 SLA, named senior engineers, fixed monthly cost. Book a scoping call →
DBA Managed Services — 24/7 Coverage at 60% of In-House Cost
Replace solo-DBA risk with a managed team. JusDB DBA managed services cover 10 database engines under one contract — named senior engineers, 15-minute Sev-1 SLA, fixed monthly cost, no recruiting risk, no on-call burnout, no documentation gap when someone leaves.
Cost Comparison
In-house DBA vs JusDB managed
The math at the 24/7-covered single-DBA-function level. Rotation math (168 hours/week ÷ 40-hour shifts = 4.2 engineers) means in-house 24/7 requires 3-4 engineers minimum, not one.
| Component | In-house (3-engineer rotation) | JusDB Growth tier |
|---|---|---|
| Base salary (3× $185k) | $555,000 | — |
| Benefits + payroll tax (25%) | $138,750 | — |
| On-call premium | $30,000 | included |
| Recruiting (1-year amortized) | $30,000 | — |
| Training & certifications | $15,000 | included |
| Tools & monitoring licenses | $24,000 | included |
| Annual total | $792,750 | $144,000 |
| Savings | — | 82% lower TCO |
Numbers are illustrative US-market; SF / NY metros run 25-40% higher. JusDB tier cost varies by engine count and SLA tier — see Pricing section below.
Pricing
Three tiers, transparent monthly cost
Pick the tier that matches your engine count, criticality, and SLA needs. Custom tiers available for regulated workloads.
Starter
$4,800/mo
1-2 production databases, business-hours coverage + on-call
- 1 primary + 1 backup engineer
- Business-hours full coverage
- After-hours on-call (24/7)
- 30-min Sev-1 response
- Monthly health-check reports
Growth
$12,000/mo
3-6 production databases across 2-3 engines
- 2 primary + 2 backup engineers
- 24/7 named-engineer coverage
- 15-min Sev-1 response
- Bi-weekly performance reviews
- Quarterly DR drill
- Proactive query optimization
Enterprise
$25,000/mo+
7+ databases, multi-region, regulated workloads
- Dedicated 4-engineer pod
- 24/7 named-engineer coverage
- 10-min Sev-1 response
- Weekly review + monthly executive report
- Dedicated SRE + capacity-planning lead
- Compliance audit support (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS)
Coverage
Every tier includes
FAQ
Common questions
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