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Preventative Oversight vs Break/Fix: What Actually Costs Less

Break/fix looks cheaper until you price downtime, lost sales, and the compounding mess of “quick fixes.” Preventative oversight reduces surprises without a bloated MSP contract.

Why break/fix gets expensive

  • Incidents happen at the worst times (launches, nights, weekends).
  • Rushed fixes accumulate and repeat because they aren’t documented.
  • Downtime and lost conversions are rarely tracked, but very real.

What preventative oversight looks like

  1. Baseline critical systems (DNS, SSL, payments, uptime, backups).
  2. Track changes and keep a rollback plan.
  3. Monitor early warning signals before they become incidents.
  4. Keep ownership: you should know what runs your business.

Start with a Stability Audit

A Stability Audit identifies what’s fragile (and why), then gives you a prioritized fix plan. From there, you can self-implement or have TraceMicro handle changes.