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Pricing

Pricing

Most agencies make you sit through three meetings to learn whether you can afford them. Here are the numbers. Every engagement below is quoted in writing before any work starts.

Choose the Right Commercial Model

Four Ways to Engage

Choose a defined starting point, a complete build, a dedicated team, or ongoing support. Every option begins with a written scope and a price you approve.

Best Place to Start

Engagement

Fixed-Scope Entry Engagement

A short, defined piece of work that ends in something you own.

Starting From

$4,500

per engagement

Best For

Getting to a real scope and a real number.

What’s Included

  • Defined scope and outcomes
  • Named deliverables you own
  • Written next-step recommendation
Billing
Fixed price, paid on completion
Start with a Scoped Engagement
Engagement

Fixed-Scope Build

An agreed system delivered to an agreed date and price.

Starting From

$45,000

per build

Best For

Stable requirements and a budget that must hold.

What’s Included

  • Agreed delivery plan
  • Milestone demonstrations
  • Source code and handover
Billing
Fixed price, milestone-billed
Discuss Your Build
Engagement

Dedicated or Embedded Team

Named specialists working only on your roadmap.

Starting From

$11,000

per person / month

Best For

Scope that will keep moving, and capability transfer.

What’s Included

  • Named dedicated specialists
  • Weekly delivery rhythm
  • Knowledge transfer built in
Billing
Monthly per person, 3 month minimum
Build Your Team
Engagement

Retained Support

Reserved capacity for fixes, upgrades, and improvement.

Starting From

$3,500

per month

Best For

A live system that needs care, not a full-time team.

What’s Included

  • Reserved monthly capacity
  • Prioritised fixes and upgrades
  • Clear monthly reporting
Billing
Monthly retainer, 30 days notice
Request Support

Final scope, delivery dates, and payment milestones are confirmed in writing before work begins.

Entry Price by Service

Every practice has a fixed-price way in that ends in something you own. These are the starting points; your written quote follows the scoping conversation.

Starting prices for the entry engagement of each service
Service Entry engagement Duration From
AI Consulting AI Discovery Sprint 3 weeks From $18,000
Systems Development Scoping Sprint 2 weeks From $9,500
Chatbot Design Systems Conversational Pilot 30 days From $4,500
Fashion Design Style Development Package 10–15 working days From $650 per style
AI Experts Recruitment Screened Shortlist 10 working days From 18% of salary

Prices are quoted in USD and exclude applicable taxes. Multi-phase and multi-practice engagements are discounted — we will raise that rather than wait to be asked.

What Affects AI and Software Development Costs

In our experience, in this order. Notably, none of the top four are the choice of programming language or AI model.

  1. 01

    Integration Count

    Every external system the work must talk to adds authentication, error handling, rate limits, and a negotiation with whoever owns it. This is the single largest driver on almost every project.

  2. 02

    Data Condition

    Migrating from a clean, documented source is cheap. Reconciling three inconsistent sources with no documented owner is not, and it is far more common.

  3. 03

    Compliance and Audit Requirements

    Regulated environments need audit trails, access controls, evidence, and review cycles. Legitimate and worth paying for, but it must be priced in from the start.

  4. 04

    Number of Distinct User Roles

    Each role multiplies permissions, interface states, and test cases. Four roles is not twice the work of two.

  5. 05

    Decision Latency on Your Side

    The most common cause of overrun we see is waiting for approvals. A named decision-maker with authority is worth more to a budget than any technical choice.

FAQ

Questions About Cost and Terms

Ask us something else
Why Publish Prices When Almost Nobody Else Does?
Because hiding them wastes everyone's time. If the range does not work for you, we would both rather find out now than after three meetings. It also filters our pipeline to people we can actually help.
Are These Prices Fixed?
The entry engagements are genuinely fixed: scoping sprints, discovery sprints, pilots, and per-style apparel work are quoted at a number and delivered at that number. Larger builds are fixed per phase once the scope is defined in the design phase.
What Are Your Payment Terms?
Fixed-price engagements are billed at milestones, typically half at kick-off and half on delivery for short pieces of work. Retainers and monthly team engagements are billed monthly in advance. Payment is due within 14 days, by card through Stripe or by bank transfer.
Do You Charge for the First Conversation?
No. The discovery call, the written scope outline, and the indicative range are free. We charge from the point where we start producing work for you.
What If the Project Costs More Than Estimated?
On a fixed-price phase, the overrun is ours, which is why we invest in scoping before quoting. If you change the scope, we price the change and you decide before it is built. You will not receive a surprise invoice.
Do You Offer Discounts?
For multi-phase commitments and multi-practice engagements, yes, and we will raise it rather than wait to be asked. We do not discount by cutting testing, documentation, or the seniority of the team, because that is a price rise disguised as a saving.

Tell Us What You Are Building, and We Will Put Real Numbers on It.

Thirty minutes with the engineer who would run your project. You leave with a scope, a cost range, and a recommended next step — whether or not you work with us.

A 30-minute call with an engineer, not a salesperson. You leave with a scope, a rough range, and a recommended next step — whether or not you work with us.

  • Written scope before you commit
  • NDA signed on request
  • You own all work product