# Consulting support
All Hubverse tools, packages, and documentation on this website are available open source to anyone looking to use them. However, setting up and maintaining a hub can be complicated and time-consuming, and we therefore recognize the desire that some users may have for additional tailored support. For this reason, we also offer consulting services that can provide additional assistance with tooling and tool development, hub set-up, and ongoing hub maintenance. Hubverse software consulting services can be written into grant proposals or directly contracted through the Biostatistics Consulting Center at UMass Amherst. Initial consultations and discussions about the Hubverse are free of charge, and we are always happy to discuss whether using the Hubverse for your project would be a good fit and help you get launched!

(Menu-of-services)=
## Menu of services

(Menu-of-services-1)=
```{admonition} Hourly hub consulting
One-off discussions about use of tooling or additional tool development
- $150 per hour
```


(Menu-of-services-2)=
```{admonition} Set-up of a real-time hub
Includes initial consultation meetings, repository set-up, creation of configuration files, dashboard set-up
- One-time $6000 fee
```

(Menu-of-services-3)=
```{admonition} Hub maintenance
May include all or any combination of the following: troubleshooting validations, communication with modeling teams, dashboard maintenance, merging in pull requests, running baseline/ensemble models
- Monthly \$3000-\$6000, calculated as \$150 per hour x 20-40 person hours a month, negotiable
- Weekly \$750-\$1500, calculated as \$150 per hour x 5-10 person hours a week, negotiable
- Or hourly at $150 per hour
```

If interested, please contact [hubverse+help@groups.io](mailto:hubverse+help@groups.io). In your message, please provide a brief description of the hub, a link to the repository (if applicable), and what you hope to address with the consulting session.