Productized, transparent packages — no hourly meter, no scope roulette, no five-figure surprise at the end. Pick what you need built; you know the number and the date before we start.
Four fixed-price ways to start. Every build ships fast, deploys to production, and is fully yours — see the kind of software these budgets buy.
No "that's a phase two" games. Whatever you pick, it ships as real, production software you can put in front of customers.
Shipped to production on infrastructure you own — a real URL your customers can use, not a demo on our machine.
Every line handed over — repositories, keys and accounts. No black boxes, no per-seat licence, no lock-in.
Real accounts, permissions and sensible security baked in — not bolted on later when it breaks.
Stripe checkout, email, and the APIs your business already runs on — wired up and working, not "coming soon".
Responsive web as standard, and native iOS & Android where the job calls for it — one team, one codebase philosophy.
The number and the delivery date, agreed before we start. 50% to begin, the balance when it ships. That's the whole deal.
Here's the honest version of what it takes to get custom software built — us next to the alternatives most small businesses weigh up.
| founderandaithis studio | Dev agencythe usual quote | Hire in-housebuild a team | No-code / SaaSrent a tool | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time to live | Days to weeks | 2–6 months | 3–6 months to hire | Instant, but generic |
| What you pay | Fixed, from $3,500 | Hourly, $50k–$150k | $120k+/yr in salary | $20–$500/mo forever |
| You talk to | The builders | Account managers | Your new hire | A help centre |
| Code ownership | 100% yours | Often theirs | Yours | You rent it |
| Fits your process | Built to fit | Built to fit | Built to fit | You fit the tool |
| Ongoing cost | Optional care plan | Retainer to touch it | Full salary, forever | Subscription, forever |
| AI-accelerated | Codex + Claude | Rarely | If you build it | N/A |
Ranges reflect typical 2026 US market quotes for comparable custom software.
The reason agencies bill hourly is that the meter is where their margin lives. We took it out.
A 30-minute call — bring the idea, or the tangle of spreadsheets. We scope it live with you.
One number, one delivery date, in writing. No estimates that drift, no "plus expenses".
50% starts the work. You watch it come together and talk to the people writing the code.
It goes live on your infrastructure, the balance is due, and the code, keys and accounts are yours.
It depends on scope, but our packages are fixed and public: a one-week Prototype Sprint is $3,500, a custom online store starts at $6,000, and a custom app, internal tool or operations system starts at $12,000. Most projects land in the $6k–$30k range — a fraction of the $50k–$150k an agency would quote for the same thing.
Two reasons. We run Codex and Claude in the loop on every build, so a weekend does what a quarter used to. And you talk straight to the senior builders — no account managers, discovery decks or offshore hand-offs sitting between you and the code.
Yes — 100%. You own the source code, the repositories, the keys and every account. No lock-in, no per-seat licence. Any developer can pick it up and maintain it after we hand it over.
You know the number and the delivery date before we write a line of code. No hourly meter, no surprise invoice. You pay 50% to start and the balance when it ships.
Small adjustments are just part of the build. If you want something materially bigger, we agree a short fixed-price change order before any extra work starts — so the price never moves without your say-so.
Take an optional monthly care plan for changes, monitoring and priority support — or just send us one-off fixed quotes when you need something. Because you own the code, you're never forced to keep paying us to keep it running.
A modern, deliberately boring stack: React and TypeScript on the front end, a Node / Postgres back end, Stripe for payments, and native iOS/Android where it makes sense — all deployed on infrastructure you own.
Book a free 30-minute call. We'll tell you what we'd build, how long it would take and the fixed price. If it's a fit, 50% starts the work and we ship on the agreed date. Grab a time below →
Thirty minutes, no card, no obligation. Bring your idea and leave with a number and a date.