Software development pricing by stage
Three ways to work with us, all priced up front. Builds are paid stage by stage from your estimate. Care after launch and dedicated developers are monthly plans you can cancel at the end of any period.
Builds at a fixed price per stage
Your estimate sets the price range. Discovery fixes the price of each later stage, and you pay every stage before it starts. Nothing is prepaid for the whole project.
- 1. Discovery and scope
- What it coversRequirements, data, integrations, sprint plan and fixed prices for the next stages
- Price10 percent of the estimate, at least $1,900
- 2. Design
- What it coversUser flows, wireframes and interface design for every screen in scope
- PriceFixed in your accepted scope
- 3. Build sprints
- What it coversTwo week sprints with a live build and a written report at the end of each
- PriceFixed in your accepted scope
- 4. Launch and handover
- What it coversProduction release, documentation, code and access handover
- PriceFixed in your accepted scope
| Stage | What it covers | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Discovery and scope | Requirements, data, integrations, sprint plan and fixed prices for the next stages | 10 percent of the estimate, at least $1,900 |
| 2. Design | User flows, wireframes and interface design for every screen in scope | Fixed in your accepted scope |
| 3. Build sprints | Two week sprints with a live build and a written report at the end of each | Fixed in your accepted scope |
| 4. Launch and handover | Production release, documentation, code and access handover | Fixed in your accepted scope |
- Model rate of $89 per hour of team time
- Automatic invoice when you accept a stage
- Rights to the work transfer as each stage is paid
- Stop after any stage and keep everything paid for
Typical build ranges in our model
- Website
- Typical range$6,000 to $28,000
- Integration
- Typical range$8,500 to $43,500
- AI feature
- Typical range$12,500 to $58,000
- MVP
- Typical range$26,000 to $79,500
- Web app
- Typical range$41,500 to $124,000
- Mobile app
- Typical range$46,500 to $126,000
| Project type | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Website | $6,000 to $28,000 |
| Integration | $8,500 to $43,500 |
| AI feature | $12,500 to $58,000 |
| MVP | $26,000 to $79,500 |
| Web app | $41,500 to $124,000 |
| Mobile app | $46,500 to $126,000 |
These ranges come from our pricing model, not from past invoices: the low end is the base package alone, the high end a large scope. See every feature's hours on the cost to develop an app page.
Maintenance plans after launch
Save 15 percent with yearly billing
Care
$842$990 per month, $10,104 billed yearlybilled monthly
- 10 hours of team time every month
- Uptime and error monitoring
- Security and dependency updates
- Bug fixes within the monthly hours
- Monthly written report
Growth
$2,117$2,490 per month, $25,404 billed yearlybilled monthly
- 30 hours of team time every month
- Everything in Care
- Small features and improvements
- Response within 1 business day
- Monthly written report with next steps
Scale
$4,242$4,990 per month, $50,904 billed yearlybilled monthly
- 65 hours of team time every month
- Everything in Growth
- Roadmap work planned with you each month
- Response within 4 business hours
- Response time written into your service agreement
- Quarterly architecture and performance review
- Care
- Monthly$990
- Billed yearly$842 per month
- What you get each month10 hours, monitoring, dependency updates and fixes
- Growth
- Monthly$2,490
- Billed yearly$2,117 per month
- What you get each month30 hours, small features, response within 1 business day
- Scale
- Monthly$4,990
- Billed yearly$4,242 per month
- What you get each month65 hours, roadmap work, response within 4 business hours
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | What you get each month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Care | $990 | $842 per month | 10 hours, monitoring, dependency updates and fixes |
| Growth | $2,490 | $2,117 per month | 30 hours, small features, response within 1 business day |
| Scale | $4,990 | $4,242 per month | 65 hours, roadmap work, response within 4 business hours |
More on each plan on the software maintenance and support page. Access control, code ownership and how we protect your data are on the secure software development page.
Dedicated developer plans
Part-time
$4,900 Monthly only
- 80 hours a month
- One named developer on your product
- Works in your repository and tools
- Weekly written summary
- Cancel at the end of any month
Full-time
$8,900 Monthly only
- 160 hours a month
- One named developer on your product
- Works in your repository and tools
- Weekly written summary
- Cancel at the end of any month
- Part-time
- Monthly$4,900
- Billed yearlyMonthly only
- What you get each month80 hours of one dedicated developer
- Full-time
- Monthly$8,900
- Billed yearlyMonthly only
- What you get each month160 hours of one dedicated developer
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | What you get each month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part-time | $4,900 | Monthly only | 80 hours of one dedicated developer |
| Full-time | $8,900 | Monthly only | 160 hours of one dedicated developer |
Compare skills on the hire dedicated developers page.
Included in every engagement
- 01 Mutual NDA and master services agreement in your panel
- 02 Code in a repository you own
- 03 Invoices issued to your company automatically
- 04 Several people from your company in the panel, each with a role
- 05 Written communication only, so every decision is on record
Pricing questions
Every feature can be built simpler or richer. Discovery decides where your version sits, and the price of each later stage is fixed in the scope you accept.
At the same model rate. You add or change features in your panel, the estimate updates, and the change goes into the next stage after you accept it.
No. Hours are reset each month. If you regularly use more, moving up a plan costs less than extra hours.
The estimate itself costs nothing and needs no email. Every build stage and plan is paid.
Get your price in about a minute
Describe your project and see the range, the stages and the team.