Service boundaries, event contracts, and staging environments that mirror production topology.
Microservices: the microservices problem we actually solve
When engineering leads buy Microservices, they are buying one thing: a clearly defined outcome with a named owner. Service boundaries, contracts, queues and reliable deployments. With a fixed scope, effort, timeline and sign-off stop being guesswork.
Service boundaries, event contracts, and staging environments that mirror production topology.
Microservices delivery method (Sky High microservices playbook)
Delivery starts with a short discovery pass over your current backend state, then follows a written plan with named checkpoints. You see working output on your staging environment as we go, instead of waiting for a final reveal. Work outside the agreed scope is a separate quote you approve before we touch it.
Pricing for Microservices starts around USD 12,000. The statement of work names microservices acceptance only — web development / backend siblings are separate line items if you add them later.
Acceptance criteria unique to Microservices
Acceptance for Microservices is practical: the backend scope is running in your environment, ownership and next steps are written down, and the result connects to run APIs and data in a way you can report on. No web development work is called finished on the strength of screenshots alone.
Delivery starts with a short discovery pass over your current backend state, then follows a written plan with named checkpoints. You see working output on your staging environment as we go, instead of waiting for a final reveal. Work outside the agreed scope is a separate quote you approve before we touch it.
When Microservices is the wrong buy
Skip Microservices if you only need a neighbouring backend leaf — those pages document different outcomes. Buy microservices when service boundaries, event contracts, and staging environments that mirror production topology. is the blocker.
Already have a web development vendor? Microservices can run as a workstream of its own, or as an audit of their deliverable before you sign it off. The quote is fixed in 24 hours and stays limited to Microservices.
Microservices FAQ themes buyers raise
Buying committees ask about timeline, vendor overlap, and whether microservices includes analytics or monitoring. The FAQ below answers each for Microservices specifically.
Next step for Microservices: 30-minute intake. You leave with a written microservices recommendation even if you stay with your incumbent.
The questions below are the ones buyers actually raise for Microservices. If your need turns out to be a sibling scope — another backend offering under web development — we quote that one instead of padding this one.