Retainer (automation)
A monthly subscription covering your automation deployment, monitoring, maintenance, and updates. PURIST retainers replace the need for an in-house automation engineer you get expert-level operations at a fraction of the cost.
£68K
average fully-loaded annual cost of a senior in-house automation engineer
Glassdoor UK 2025
Expert insight
A PURIST retainer delivers the same expertise for a fraction of one hire and you get a team, not a single point of failure.
How PURIST uses this
This concept is built into every automation we deploy.
When PURIST builds your automation, Retainer (automation) is not an optional consideration it is part of the production standard. Our workflows are tested against edge cases, monitored 24/7, and built to handle what happens when things don't go as expected.
Every client workflow we deploy in the Operations category is designed with this principle in mind from day one not added as an afterthought.
Complexity level
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£68K
average fully-loaded annual cost of a senior in-house automation engineer
Glassdoor UK 2025
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