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UserSpice is, and will always be, free. If you need hands-on help, that's how we make our living. Every inquiry comes straight to the maintainers — not a sales team, not an outsourcer.

  • Built & maintained by us for 10+ years
  • You talk directly to the people writing the framework
  • Fixed scope where it makes sense, hourly where it doesn't
Project-based

Custom Development

New features, complete applications, third-party integrations, and theming — built on UserSpice by the people who maintain it.

  • New features
  • Full applications
  • Integrations
  • Theming
One-time review

Security Analysis

Hands-on review of your UserSpice install or PHP application. Findings prioritized by real-world risk — with concrete fixes you can ship.

  • Auth flows
  • MFA & passkeys
  • Rate limiting
  • Database access
Per-PR or retainer

Human Code Review

A senior PHP set of eyes on your repo or pull request. Architecture, security, footguns, and performance — explained clearly, not just flagged.

  • Architecture
  • Security
  • Database
  • Performance
Hourly

Project Consulting

Migration plans, version upgrades, architectural decisions, build-vs-buy guidance. Talk it through with someone who has actually shipped it.

  • Version upgrades
  • Migrations
  • Architecture
  • Build vs. buy
Project or retainer

Database Optimization

Index audits, query rewrites, schema cleanup, and a backup strategy that actually gets restored from. For MySQL and MariaDB-backed PHP apps.

  • Slow queries
  • Index audit
  • Schema cleanup
  • Backups
Monthly retainer

VPS Management

Server setup, hardening, monitoring, backups, and ongoing maintenance for self-hosted UserSpice deployments. Nothing is a backup until you have restored from it.

  • Setup
  • Hardening
  • Backups
  • Monitoring
How an engagement goes

Four steps. No hand-waving.

  1. 01

    Discovery

    Short call (or async) to scope the work and confirm fit.

  2. 02

    Proposal

    Fixed scope and price for well-defined work, hourly for retainers.

  3. 03

    Build

    Staged on a server you control — or ours — with you reviewing as we go.

  4. 04

    Handoff

    Code, docs, and (if you want) a short walkthrough recording.

Not sure which one fits?

Start with Project Consulting — a short call where we figure out what you actually need. If the answer turns out to be one of the other engagements, the consult fee gets credited toward it.

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