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Keep the fix working. And measured.

Managed Compass is the monthly plan from Compass AI Group that keeps a Compass build working and measured: monitoring, weekly tuning, a monthly written review with a live dashboard, named response times and advisory hours. One bill. A plan follows a build and is never sold cold.

About one in six Bearings Reports says: do nothing yet.

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One month on a plan
A month on a Managed Compass plan: monitoring runs all month and an overnight alert is fixed by morning; a tuning pass happens in each of four weeks; the month ends with a written review and a live dashboard, plus advisory hours with the Compass team.MONITORING, DAY AND NIGHTalert fixed overnightWeek 1tuning passWeek 2tuning passWeek 3tuning passWeek 4tuning passMonthly written review and live dashboardwhat ran, what it cost, what changed, what is nextPlus advisory hours with the Compass team, every monthA month on a Managed Compass plan: monitoring runs all month and an overnight alert is fixed by morning; a tuning pass happens in each of four weeks; the month ends with a written review and a live dashboard, plus advisory hours with the Compass team.MONITORING, DAY AND NIGHTAn overnight alert is fixed by morningWeek 1tuning passWeek 2tuning passWeek 3tuning passWeek 4tuning passMonthly written reviewand a live dashboardwhat ran, cost, changed, nextPlus advisory hours with the Compass team
FIG. 00A sample month, not a client’s. Monitoring runs day and night; a tuning pass lands every week; the month closes with a written review and a live dashboard.

S.01Three plans

Pick the plan that fits what you have live.

Foundation keeps one system working well. Operator fits a firm with two or three systems live. Operator+ is for firms running a full growth program.

Managed Compass plans, CAD per month

Foundation

$500CAD a month

One live system: a site, a receptionist, or a single workflow.

  • One live system monitored around the clock, with incident response
  • Hosting, DNS, SSL, email routing, and backups as line items on one bill
  • Security patches and dependency updates
  • A weekly tuning pass on the system we built
  • A monthly written review with a live dashboard
  • One advisory hour a month with the Compass team
Advisory hours
1 a month
Response time
Email response within one business day

Operator

$1,200CAD a month

Two or three systems running together, with the growth side measured monthly.

  • Everything in Foundation, across up to three live systems
  • Weekly tuning on every system, including receptionist scripts and search content
  • A monthly written review with a live dashboard and a 30-minute call
  • Small fixes and content updates inside the plan
  • A monthly search and AI-citation report
  • Three advisory hours a month with the Compass team
Advisory hours
3 a month
Response time
Same-business-day email response

Operator+

$2,500CAD a month

Four or more systems, or an active content, search, and paid-media program.

  • Everything in Operator, across all live systems
  • Weekly tuning plus a monthly improvement sprint on the biggest bottleneck
  • Content and social program managed inside the plan
  • A monthly written review with a live dashboard and a 45-minute call
  • A quarterly process review against your Bearings Report
  • Six advisory hours a month with the Compass team
Advisory hours
6 a month
Response time
First response within four business hours
FIG. 01The only fees Compass publishes. Everything else is scoped in Charting after your Bearings call: fixed scope, fixed price, fixed timeline in writing.

Line items, billed at cost

Hosting and infrastructure (edge hosting, DNS, SSL, email routing, backups) billed at cost as a line item.

Voice, telephony, and model usage for a receptionist or workflow billed at cost as a line item.

Ad spend paid by you directly to Google and Meta in accounts you own.

S.02How a plan works

Honest mechanics. No surprise invoices.

Stop quoting every small change. The systems that run your business run, get tuned and get measured, and fixes happen without a quote-and-approve loop for every line.

  1. 01

    A plan follows a build

    Managed Compass is never sold cold. It starts after a Compass build or a Bearings Report, when there is something live to keep working and a baseline to measure against.

  2. 02

    Weekly tuning, monthly review

    Every week the system is checked and tuned. Every month you get a written review and a live dashboard: what ran, what it cost, what changed, what is next.

  3. 03

    Advisory hours on every plan

    Time with the Compass team each month to use on whatever is leaking: a process question, a hire, a vendor, the next fix. One, three, or six hours by plan.

  4. 04

    Cancel any month with 30 days notice

    No multi-year lock-in. Code, content, accounts, and credentials are handed off cleanly. What you commissioned stays yours.

S.03What sets it apart

One operator. Skin in the game.

The person who scoped the original engagement, built the system, and knows your business is the one keeping it running. No hand-off penalty.

No surprise bills
The plan is the bill. Passthrough costs appear as line items at cost. New builds are quoted in writing before work starts.
The operator who built it keeps it
No hand-off to an account manager who has to learn your system before they can help.
Canadian-resident infrastructure
Everything stays on Canadian-residency hosting by default. Compliance does not slip once the plan starts.
Incidents handled before you see them
Monitoring alerts come to us. If something breaks at 3 a.m., you find out in the morning from the resolved-incident note.

S.04Best for

Best for an owner who wants the builder to keep it running.

A good fit

  • Something Compass built is live, and you want it tuned and measured, not just hosted.
  • Small changes keep turning into quotes and invoices, and nobody is watching the numbers.
  • You want a written monthly review and time with the Compass team on what is leaking next.

Not yet

  • Nothing is live yet. Start with a Bearings call; a plan follows a build.
  • Your own developer already maintains it well. Keep them. The code is yours either way.
  • You want a plan with no build behind it. Managed Compass is never sold cold.

Sometimes the answer is a better process, not AI at all.

S.05Questions

Plan questions, answered plainly.

Why does Managed Compass exist?

Because the fix has to keep working after launch. Without a plan every small change becomes a quote-and-invoice loop and nobody is watching the numbers. With a plan the small work just gets done, the system is tuned weekly, and you get a written review every month.

How is this different from paying for hosting?

Hosting keeps the lights on. Managed Compass adds the operator: monitoring, weekly tuning, content updates, a monthly written review with a live dashboard, and advisory hours. Hosting and infrastructure appear on the invoice as a line item at cost.

Can I start on Foundation and move up later?

Yes. Start on the plan that matches what you have live and adjust at the monthly review. Ship a second system or start a growth program, move up. Seasonality hits, move down.

What does Compass publish prices for?

We publish prices for Managed Compass plans: Foundation $500, Operator $1,200, Operator+ $2,500 CAD per month. Everything else is scoped in Charting after your Bearings call, and you get a fixed scope, fixed price, and fixed timeline in writing before any work starts.

Is a plan required after a build?

No. Every Compass build is yours, and you can hand it to any developer to maintain. The plan exists for owners who want the person who built the system to keep it working. It follows a build; it is never sold on its own.

S.07Next step

Plot your course.

A free 30-minute Bearings call. You and the Compass team, talking about your business. An honest read on what to fix first, and whether AI belongs in it.

Book Your Bearings Call

Or reach the Compass team directly: batwal@compassaigroup.com, 416-409-2112