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New projects
A paragraph about the problem is enough to start. We reply within two working days, usually with questions rather than a quote.
Pricing How we price the work, before you ask.
Starting prices for each way of working with us, what moves the number, and the running costs that sit outside our invoice.
Pricing by engagement model
Product build
From $15,000
A fixed scope, a fixed team, and a working product at the end of it.
- Billing
- Fixed scope, milestone-based
- Timeline
- 8–12 weeks to a first release, then iterate
- Team
- Tech lead, two to four engineers, designer as needed
Dedicated engineering pod
From $4,000 per engineer / month
An embedded team working in your repo, your rituals, your definition of done.
- Billing
- Monthly per-seat retainer
- Timeline
- Rolling, minimum one quarter
- Team
- Three to six engineers with a lead, scaling by quarter
Modernization audit
From $3,500, fixed
A written assessment of what you have, what it costs you, and what to do first.
- Billing
- Fixed fee, credited against a build that follows
- Timeline
- 2–3 weeks to a written report
- Team
- Two senior engineers, one architect
Fractional CTO
From $2,500 / month
Senior technical judgement on call, without the cost of hiring it full time.
- Billing
- Monthly retainer by day rate
- Timeline
- Rolling, one to three days a week
- Team
- One principal engineer, named and consistent
Security review
From $3,000, fixed
An adversarial read of the code before someone else does it for free.
- Billing
- Fixed fee by scope, re-review included
- Timeline
- 1–3 weeks depending on surface area
- Team
- Two reviewers, independent findings, one reconciliation pass
Not sure which fits? Most work starts with a two-week discovery (from $2,000, fixed), which ends with a written scope, a risk list and a quote for the build.
Prices are in US dollars and exclude applicable taxes. Every engagement gets a written, fixed quote before work starts.
What drives the cost
Surface area
How many systems, users and integrations the work touches. A feature inside one service costs less than the same feature across five.
What is at stake
Code that holds funds, personal data or regulated records needs more review, testing and documentation — and that time is in the quote.
What already exists
A well-tested codebase is faster to change than one without tests or documentation. Discovery tells us which we are dealing with.
Compliance and approvals
Security questionnaires, audits, procurement steps and change windows add calendar time even when they add little code.
Deadline
A fixed date with a fixed scope may need a larger team for a shorter time. We say so up front rather than discovering it late.
Always included
- Your repository and your cloud accounts from the first commit
- A threat model before the first line of code
- Every change reviewed by a second engineer
- A working demo every two weeks against a live environment
- Documentation written during the work, not after it
- A handover your team can follow, or a team that stays on
Running costs to budget for
- Cloud hosting
- Billed by your provider to your account. The architecture document includes a monthly estimate before anything is built.
- AI model usage
- Charged per request by the model provider. We measure cost per run during the build and set a ceiling before launch.
- Network fees
- Gas for deployments and any transactions you sponsor for users, with spending limits set in the paymaster policy.
- Independent audit
- For contracts holding meaningful value, an external audit firm is a separate cost we recommend budgeting for.
- Third-party services
- Identity verification, fiat ramps, email, monitoring and similar services, contracted in your name.
Pricing and contracts
How do you price work?
- It depends on the engagement. Product builds are fixed-scope and paid by milestone. Dedicated pods and fractional CTO work are monthly retainers. Audits and security reviews are a fixed fee by scope. The pricing page sets out each model.
Do you publish prices?
- Yes — starting prices for each engagement are on the pricing page. The final figure depends on scope, so every engagement gets a written, fixed quote before work starts, and discovery exists so that quote is based on evidence.
Will you sign an NDA before we share details?
- Yes. Send yours or ask for ours, and we will sign before you share anything confidential.
What if the scope changes during the build?
- We show you the effect on time and cost before the change is made, in writing. You decide whether to swap something out, extend, or leave it for a later phase.
More answers on the FAQ page.
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