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# A hundred tiny subscriptions eat you alive Every plugin — An add-on that extends your CMS; outdated or abandoned plugins are the most common way sites get hacked., host and license raked and shown with receipts — savings documented in your own invoices.  infrastructure Ant-Theft Spend Audit "hidden subscriptions draining my budget" flat $5,000 48-hour delivery no fix, no fee   $5,000 flat · 48 hours Need it in 12h? **$10,000 — double the speed, double the price, decided before you pay.  No fix, no fee One senior engineer Rescue log included    Add to cart · $5,000 Start via email instead   Rush my fix — 12 hours  Replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week. Price locked before work starts.   Copy link   Print   Share  Know someone with this exact problem? Pass it on — no email gate.        Part of the **Servers & Infrastructure](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/services/infrastructure/index.html) family — 9 tickets, one flat price each *********     infrastructure rescue · how it gets fixed in 48 hours   01  **Map dependencies Read-only, first 12 hours  02  **Rebuild the stable stack The flat-rate fix on the 48h clock  03  **Verify from outside Proof, log & handover — you keep it   **48hflat      From symptom to fixed — the 48-hour clock  0hYou send the symptom 12hEngineer replies with flat-rate ticket 48hFixed, tested, handed over  See the full delivery step-by-step →](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/process/index.html)      Your rescue, hour by hour

## Exactly what happens in your 48 hours Forget vague "the team will be in touch". Here is this ticket's plan on a literal clock.    Live demo You are at **hour 0 of 48   **0h   This strip plays the exact clock you get the second you book: same phases, same hourly steps, same 48h deadline. Nothing here is invented after the sale.   **0h **12h **24h **48h

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### You send the symptomOne sentence, a screenshot, a link — any format works. It becomes the letter of the ticket.
-  ≤12h

### The ticket is lockedA senior engineer replies with a written flat-rate quote: **$5,000, all-in, no hourly meter. Nothing starts and nothing is billed until you approve it and pay.
-  12h×2

### Prefer speed? 12-hour expressAny ticket, decided before payment, becomes a **12-hour delivery at **$10,000. The rush is a fixed, published option — not a meter ticking next to the flat price.
-  0–48h

### The work, hour by hour This ticket is delivered through its own named sequence. The exact depth depends on what the diagnosis finds — but the sequence is the one below.

-  0–12h 1 **Map
-  12–24h 2 **Rake
-  24–36h 3 **Prove
-  36–48h 4 **Schedule  At **24h you get a mid-run check-in: what is done, what is left, and — if anything outside scope shows up — a separate flat-rate quote for your approval before any extra work.
-  48h

### The handoverFixed, tested, and proven done. You receive the fix verified within the agreed scope, the rescue log, the plain-English handover document, the before/after proof, every key still under your control — and one locked invoice.

- ✓Every line item mapped to a purpose
- ✓Savings proven with your own receipts
- ✓Renewals put on a calendar that stays    See the full delivery step-by-step →](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/process/index.html)    RV From the engineer — Servers & Infrastructure

> “A server that is down is never mysterious for long: Nginx that will not restart, a disk that is full, an expired certificate nobody tracked. We build the environment — deploy, backup — A tested copy of your site you can restore from; an untested backup is a hope, not a plan., monitoring — where emergencies stop repeating.”      Hidden-cost audits find what you are paying for and not using. Ant-Theft goes further: it maps every plugin, host, domain, license and add-on tied to your operation, rakes out what is duplicated or dead, proves the savings in dollars using your own invoices as evidence, and puts the survivors on a renewal calendar so the audit keeps running after I leave. You do not get a promise of savings; you get the receipts that show them.

## The theft that never alerts you By definition, $19 here and $59 there never trips an alarm — until the year-end is suddenly full of charges nobody can name. The audit traces each one to a purpose or to nothing at all: duplicated plugins, subscriptions inherited from a previous developer, inflated hosting — The service that runs your site on a server; the plan you pick decides your speed ceiling and your crash risk. lines, add-ons bought once and still deductible yearly.

## Proof in your own paperwork Every line to be cut is shown side by side with its receipt and its replacement decision. Nothing is cancelled without your sign-off, and the survivors are put on a renewal calendar — so the audit is a process that keeps running, not a folder that goes stale.

### What your $$5,000 actually buys you  **Clean, verified siteMalware removed, breach sealed, doors locked. **Forensics reportPlain English explanation of what happened. **Hardening logEvery lock we added, documented step by step. **60-day guaranteeIf it comes back, we re-clean free. **Locked invoiceUSD flat rate. No hidden fees. Ever. **Every key stays yoursAccess, credentials, accounts — always.

- Every line item mapped to a purpose
- Savings proven with your own receipts
- Renewals put on a calendar that stays

### The 48-hour plan

- **01Map
- **02Rake
- **03Prove
- **04Schedule

### The flat-rate promise

- Price locked before work starts
- Delivered in 48 hours
- 12-hour express at $10,000, if you pick it before payment
- No fix, no fee
- Proof in every handover
- Plain English — no code knowledge needed  **Out of scope unless quoted: ongoing maintenance, new features, content writing. If the real cause lives outside this ticket, you'll hear it straight in the diagnosis — with a new flat quote only if you approve. Add to cart · $5,000 Book the Ant-Theft Spend Audit via email Online payment processed by **Lemon Squeezy All prices on one page →](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/pricing/index.html)

### More in Servers & Infrastructure Website / Host Migration$4,000](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/rescue/migration/index.html)Backup System & Restore Test$2,000](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/rescue/backup/index.html)Hosting Consolidation & Cost Cut$2,500](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/rescue/hosting/index.html)Developer Exit & Access Recovery$4,500](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/rescue/escaped-dev/index.html)Plugin & Subscription Spend Audit$4,000](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/rescue/hidden-cost/index.html)Support Team Hours Tracking$5,000](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/rescue/team-hours/index.html)LTS Migration & Database Rebuild$12,000](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/rescue/migration-lts/index.html)3-2-1 Real Backup$4,500](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/rescue/321-real/index.html) All Servers & Infrastructure rescues →](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/services/infrastructure/index.html)      Plugin audit vs. Ant-Theft

## What the Ant-Theft audit adds beyond a plugin reviewThe plugin audit finds waste. The Ant-Theft proves you own what you paid for and negotiates the renewals.

| What you get | Plugin Audit · $4,000 | Ant-Theft · $5,000 |
| Full plugin inventory | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unused and redundant plugins removed | ✓ | ✓ |
| License ownership verified | ✗ | ✓ |
| Receipt proof for every license | ✗ | ✓ |
| Renewal cost negotiation | ✗ | ✓ |
| Renewal calendar with reminders | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $4,000 | $5,000 |   The extra $1,000 buys proof of ownership, renewal negotiation, and a calendar that prevents surprise charges.     What it delivers

## What lands in your inbox at hour 48 Every rescue ends with the same handover standard — plus the pieces specific to this infrastructure ticket.

-   01 **The fix, within scopeThe symptom you booked is resolved, tested, and verified working before I say "done".
-   02 **The rescue logWhat was broken, what I changed, what to watch — written down and yours to keep.
-   03 **Plain-English handover docReadable by the owner, not just the IT team: access, config, and the "what next" in one file.
-   04 **Every key stays yoursAccounts, credentials, and access stay under your control — nothing changes owner.
-   05 **One locked invoiceThe flat rate you approved, in USD, agreed in writing before work started.
-   06 **The dependency mapWhere everything lives, who can reach it, what it costs — in writing.
-   07 **Written rollback & recover stepsTested procedures so you and any future engineer can move without fear.  Scope is written before work starts. Anything outside it gets its own flat-rate quote for your approval — never an open meter.      After you approve the ticket

## A secure handover of access Once the flat rate is approved, the only thing left to hand over is access — and it's handled like it's stolen property: only what's needed, over a secure channel, and deleted when it's done.

### What a infrastructure rescue typically needs

- Hosting panel(s) for the sites involved
- SSH to the new — and old — server when migrating
- DNS provider access to move records safely
- Billing or subscription accounts for cost audits ⚠️**Don't send passwords upfront. We only ask for credentials after scoping, over a secure channel.

### How it's protected

- Passwords go by a one-time secret link, never in plain email
- IP: server-side rescues get our egress IP to allowlist — or you share the server IP + port
- Minimum access: read-only where possible, extra only when the diagnosis needs it
- Credentials are deleted or rotated the moment the rescue is done
- NDA on request; standard confidentiality is in the working agreement   No access, no charge: if we can't reach what we need, you're told honestly during diagnosis — and the no-fix, no-fee rule still holds. Full after-payment handover checklist →](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/handover/index.html) · Print the Ant-Theft Spend Audit handover card →](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/handover/robo-hormiga/index.html)       Plain answers

## Questions people ask before booking Straight answers, no fine print in the sales pitch.   Why am I paying for subscriptions I don't use?A hundred small auto-renewing subscriptions is how money leaks without a headline. This rescue audits every charge, cancels the waste, and documents the savings — flat rate in 48 hours. How much does the Ant-Theft Spend Audit rescue cost?$5,000 flat, all-in. Price locked before work starts, delivered in 48 hours, and if it can't be delivered within scope you don't pay. No hourly meter, no surprise line items.What exactly do I receive when the rescue is done?The complete handover: the fix verified within the agreed scope, the rescue log, the plain-English handover document, the before/after proof of the work, every account and key still under your control, and one locked invoice in USD. Nothing else is ever billed — if anything outside the scope appears, you get a new flat-rate quote to approve before any work starts.Do you cancel things automatically?No. Every cancellation is your call, shown with the evidence. The audit's job is to make each decision obvious — keep or cut — instead of leaving it to the default of another renewal year.How much do businesses usually save?Common results run 40–70% of the audited bill for the sand-theft lines, because duplicates, dead licenses, and overpriced hosting dominate what is found. Your number comes from your invoices.What if I actually need most of it?Then the report says so and justifies each line you keep, rather than inventing cuts to look productive. The savings is whatever the receipts honestly support.How is this different from the Plugin & Subscription Audit?The Plugin Audit ($4,000) finds what you are paying for and not using. This audit ($5,000) adds three things: receipt-based proof of every cut, renewal negotiation where it applies, and a renewal calendar that keeps the savings from slipping back. The extra $1,000 buys proof, not just recommendations.  All 206 site-wide answers, in one place →](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/faq/index.html)      Keep the fire under control

## Related rescues The fires that usually burn together.  Plugin & Subscription Spend Audit→Hosting Consolidation & Cost Cut→Business Radiography STANDARD

### $400/mo on plugins you forgot exist Every license, add-on and line item found, evaluated, and cut — the savings shown with receipts. $4,000flat · 48hDetails → ](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/rescue/hidden-cost/index.html) Add to cart · $4,000

### Six hosting bills for one website Consolidate onto one VPS you control. Savings proven in dollars on month one, never estimated. $2,500flat · verified savingsDetails → ](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/rescue/hosting/index.html) Add to cart · $2,500    **Data + Performance

### You feel the money leak. You cannot see it. A 25-minute owner-led teardown on video plus a 3-page report naming where you bleed — and what kills you in six months. Entry point to a full audit. $12,000owner-led · 25-min video + 3-page reportDetails → ](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/rescue/radiografia/index.html) Add to cart · $12,000   Browse all 30 rescue tickets](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/index.html#catalog)       The smart way to understand it first

## Read before you hire, then fix it in 48h The plain-English version of the Ant-Theft Spend Audit problem — what to check yourself and when to stop.   Infrastructure guide **Host Suspended My Website — Abuse or Resources A suspension notice is your host protecting the shared server. Whether it's malware, a traffic flood, or an honest spike, the recovery order is the same. Read the plain-English guide → ](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/guides/host-suspended-abuse/index.html) Infrastructure guide **Web Hosting 101: What You're Actually Paying For Shared, managed, VPS and dedicated sound like price tiers. They are really a single trade-off: how much of a server you control, and how alone you are on it. Read the plain-English guide → ](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/guides/web-hosting-101/index.html) Recovery guide **Your Developer Quit and Left You Nothing — Now What? No access, no credentials, no documentation, and the website is the business. This happens constantly — here's the orderly way out. Read the plain-English guide → ](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/guides/developer-quit-on-my-website/index.html)  Browse all 30 plain-English guides](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/guides/index.html)    **LTS Migration & Database Rebuild$12,000 · flat 48hNext in Servers & Infrastructure →**3-2-1 Real Backup$4,500 · flat 48h](https://getfullstacksolutions.com/rescue/321-real/index.html)

## Stop losing money every hour you wait.  Email symptom → Ticket in 12h → Fixed in 48h  Every minute your infrastructure problem is live, your competitors take your customers. Send the symptom — get the flat-rate Ant-Theft Spend Audit ticket within 12 hours. Start the Rescue

## Tell me what's on fire. Send the symptom — I'll reply within 12 hours with the flat-rate ticket that fits. rescue@fullstacksolutions.dev Emergency channel: replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week · US market · English  NDA available on request No fix, no fee Invoice in USD Secure access handover         Ant-Theft Spend Audit $5,000  **48:00:00to handover
