PRICING
Every price we charge, published before the first call.
New builds, rescues, AI work and monthly support. Prices come from projects we've shipped, and your exact number comes out of a written scope.
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Which of these sounds like you?
01
I have an idea and no code.
Start with an MVP tier. Scope in Week 1, working software in Week 2.
See MVP prices →02
I have a product and I'm not sure it holds.
Start with a diagnostic. A written verdict in a week or two, and the fee comes off any build.
See diagnostic prices →03
I have a product and need one big thing done.
An AI feature, a cloud move, a design system or a rescue. Fixed price from a written scope.
See sprint prices →04
I have a product and need it to keep moving.
A care plan, a delivery retainer, prepaid hours, an embedded team or a fractional CTO.
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How much does an MVP cost?
Four tiers, from the projects we've shipped. Pick the one closest to your idea, and the estimate narrows it down.
Validation MVP
$5K–$12K
3–4 weeks
One flow, one hypothesis, real users
- Core flow in production
- Analytics
- 2 weeks of support
Most popular
SaaS MVP
$8K–$20K
4–8 weeks
You've validated it. Now ship the product
- Auth & roles
- Stripe billing
- Admin dashboard
- CI/CD
- Architecture docs
AI-Native MVP
$10K–$25K
6–12 weeks
The AI is the product
- Everything in SaaS
- AI pipeline
- Model routing
- Token-cost monitoring
- Evals
Marketplace MVP
$15K–$35K
10–16 weeks
Two sides, split payments
- Multi-role flows
- Stripe Connect
- Matching logic
- Admin for both sides
Every build includes
Week 1 written scope you keep · Working software in Week 2 · Your repo, your cloud, your IP · Senior review on every merge · 2 weeks of post-launch support · Engineers stay on Slack after launch
DIAGNOSE
Find out what you have before you spend on it.
A written verdict you keep, and a fixed quote for whatever comes next. If you build with us, the fee comes off the build.
Free Salvage Check
Free
30 min
Is my prototype worth saving?
- A verdict from Kashif, our CTO: rescue, rebuild or leave it alone
Production-Readiness Audit
$5,000
1 week
My prototype has real users now
- 8-layer verdict
- Ordered fix list
- Fixed rescue quote
AI Reliability Audit
$3,500
1 week
My AI feature gives wrong answers or costs too much
- Starter eval set in your repo
- Cost per request
- Fix list
CTO Diagnostic
$5,000
1 week
I need a senior technical second opinion
- A written answer from Kashif on your decision
- A 6–12 month roadmap and hiring plan
- An investor-ready summary
Every paid diagnostic is credited in full against a build with us. The report is yours either way.
FIX & EXTEND
One big job, priced before we start.
Each sprint starts with a written scope and a fixed price. You can stop after the scope and keep the document.
Rescue & Rebuild
from
$8,000
My prototype can't carry real users
- Security first, then payments, data and production infrastructure
- Fixed price from the audit
AI Feature Sprint
from
$6,000
Add one AI feature to a live product
- Agent, RAG or workflow in production
- Evals, tracing, fallbacks and a cost cap
Cloud Migration & Hardening
from
$6,500
My app crashes at peak or deploys by hand
- Your cloud account
- Zero-downtime deploys
- Tested backups, alerts, runbook
Design System Sprint
fixed
$8,000
6–8 weeks
Our UI has drifted and every feature redesigns buttons
- Tokens, Figma library
- Coded components in Storybook
- Handoff
Every sprint includes 2 weeks of post-launch support and senior review on every merge.
ONGOING
Monthly plans for products that are already live.
Pick by what you need each month: someone to keep it healthy, someone to keep shipping, or someone to make the technical calls.
| Plan | Price | What you get | Best for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Care Plan · Flexible | $2,000/mo | Monitoring, patches, backup checks and hours for fixes and small changes | A live product that needs someone accountable. Up to 30 hours a month, reply within 1 business day | Details → |
| Care Plan · Dedicated | $4,000/mo | Everything in Flexible, plus a named engineer and faster response | A live product where downtime costs real money. Up to 60 hours a month, reply within 4 business hours | Details → |
| Continuous Delivery Retainer | from $3,375/mo | 150 hours/mo of a senior AI-native engineer in the role you pick, with senior review on every merge | A roadmap that has to keep moving | Details → |
| Embedded team | lead + 1 from $8,000/mo | A tech lead and an engineer in your repo and Slack, contributing in 15 days | A team-sized backlog | Details → |
| Fractional CTO | $5,000/mo | Kashif on architecture, vendors, hiring and investor questions | A company without a technical leader | Details → |
Prepaid hours. $45 an hour, from 20 to 120 hours. 5% off from 40 hours, 10% off above 100. Hours stay valid for 12 months and can go toward any of our services. Need more than 120 hours a month? Take a retainer. Buy hours
Engineers stay on Slack after launch. Local Health Marketing has run on a monthly arrangement for years.
WHAT MOVES THE PRICE
What affects the cost of a software project?
Integrations
Each third-party system adds scope.
Compliance
HIPAA, SOC 2 or GDPR requirements change the architecture.
Real-time features
Live displays and sockets cost more than request/response.
Roles
Every user type adds flows, permissions and testing.
PROOF
Shipped at these prices and timelines.
PRICING FAQ
Pricing questions, answered straight.
So you can rule us in or out before spending an hour on a call.