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Ways to engage

Choose how we work together. Fixed price or dedicated developers.

A fixed price for a defined first release, dedicated developers who work as part of your team, or time and materials while the scope is still moving. Each starts with a free scoping call and a written estimate.

See what it costs
  • Fixed price
  • Dedicated developers
  • Time and materials
  • No minimum project size
How every engagement starts
  1. Free scoping call

    You describe the work. We ask questions until the scope is clear.

  2. Written estimate

    A price or a monthly rate, a timeline and what is not included.

  3. Work begins

    A first release is built, or developers join your sprints.

There is no minimum project size.

01 / What it costs

Three ways to engage, with starting prices.

Enough to judge fit before the first call.

Fixed-price project

First releases from $5,000

A defined scope for an agreed price and date. Larger platforms are quoted after a free scoping call.

See a range for your scope
Hire a dedicated team

Dedicated developers from $4,000 a month

One engineer or a whole team, working full time in your sprints, tools and repositories. You choose from the profiles we share, and change the team size as the work changes.

Time and materials

Billed for the hours worked

For discovery, and for work whose scope will change. You buy a block of hours and see what each was spent on.

Every engagement starts with a free scoping call and a written estimate. A launch is followed by 30 days of free bug fixes.

Open the project cost estimator

02 / Is this the one

Which model fits your work?

The choice follows the scope. A settled scope suits a fixed price. A moving one suits a team.

Fixed price fits when

  • The scope is settled: a first release, an integration or a migration.
  • You need a price and a date to approve before work starts.
  • You would rather hand over a brief than manage developers.

Dedicated developers fit when

  • The work is ongoing and priorities change from sprint to sprint.
  • You have a product team and need more engineers, or a skill you lack.
  • You want to direct the work yourself and keep the same people on it.

03 / What the work covers

How an engagement runs.

Whichever model you choose, the working parts are the same.

  1. 01

    A named technical lead

    One person owns communication with you directly. There is no account manager in between.

  2. 02

    Sprints you can see

    Work is planned in fixed-length sprints on a shared Jira board, with a demo at the end of each.

  3. 03

    Your repositories

    Code is kept in Git repositories and cloud accounts registered to you, so an ending is a handover.

  4. 04

    Changing model

    Discovery can run on time and materials, then move to a fixed price or a dedicated team once the scope settles.

  5. 05

    Changing team size

    With dedicated developers you add or remove people as the work changes, with notice agreed in the contract.

04 / What each side commits to

Two commitments, and what each depends on.

Neither is unconditional. Each holds when both sides do their part, so both parts are written into the contract.

Daily overlap with your working day

What we commit to
A daily window when our team is online with yours, its hours written into the contract. Typical windows: UK and Europe 4 or more hours, UAE a full day, Australia 3 or more hours, US East 2 to 3 hours.
What it needs from you
Someone on your side who is available in that window to answer questions and take decisions. If the hours you need change, we agree a new window together.

Delivery on the estimated date

What we commit to
For a fixed-price project, the delivery date in the written estimate, for the scope that estimate describes.
What it needs from you
The scope stays as agreed, and content, access, feedback and approvals reach us on the dates in the plan. A change of scope gets a new date in writing before the work starts.

05 / Limits and risks

Where each model goes wrong.

Fixed price needs a fixed scope

Every change after the estimate is a change request with its own price and date. If the scope is still moving, do not fix the price yet.

A dedicated developer needs direction

You set the priorities. Without a backlog and someone to answer questions, a good engineer is still idle.

Time zones are managed, not removed

We deliver from India. The overlap window covers meetings and questions. The rest of the work happens while you are offline.

06 / What to do next

Price it, or pick the service.

The first step is a free scoping call. Bring the brief, the backlog or just the problem. A written estimate follows.

A little clarity

Before you choose a model.

Which engagement model is right for my project?

Fixed price suits a genuinely frozen scope, such as a defined integration or migration. Time and materials suits exploratory product work where the specification will change. A dedicated team suits ongoing development where you want continuity and direct control over priorities rather than a fixed deliverable.

How does a dedicated development team differ from staff augmentation?

A dedicated team arrives with its own delivery structure: a named technical lead, its own process, and collective accountability for outcomes. Staff augmentation places individuals into your existing team and process, so you carry the management overhead. The choice depends on where you want delivery ownership to sit.

Can we change engagement model partway through a project?

Yes, and it is common. Discovery often runs time and materials, then moves to fixed price once scope is genuinely settled, or to a dedicated team once the work becomes ongoing. That change is a contract amendment rather than a renegotiation, provided the transition point is agreed in advance.

How much timezone overlap do you commit to for US and European clients?

We deliver from India, so teams working with North American and European clients operate shifted schedules with a daily overlap window. We commit to the hours written into the contract, and it holds when someone on your side is available in that window too. A named technical lead owns client communication directly, not through an account manager.

Who owns the code and infrastructure if the engagement ends?

You do, from day one. Repositories, cloud accounts and domains are registered to you rather than held by us, so we work inside your environment throughout. Ending an engagement is a handover rather than an extraction, because none of your assets were ever in our name.

Can I choose a specific professional for my project?

Yes. We share the profiles of the engineers we propose and you choose. They then work full time on your project, in your tools and your sprints.

Can I scale the number of professionals working on my project?

Yes. With dedicated developers you can add or remove people as the work changes. The notice period is agreed in the contract.

Start wherever you are

Tell us about the work, and we’ll suggest the model.

A free scoping call and a written estimate come first, whichever way you engage.

Let’s talk about your project.

Just your name and email to start. Add a brief if you have one.

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