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How we think about pricing a project

Cost depends on scope, integrations, and how much is still unknown. Here is how we get from your idea to a real number.

July 18, 20262 min readBlogBusinessesFounders

Cost depends on scope, integrations, and how much is still unknown. A focused MVP is a different commitment than a full product rebuild, and no honest number exists before we understand which one you are asking for.

So we do not publish a price list. Instead we get you to a real number quickly: a short call about what you are building, and a straight answer on cost and timeline at the end of it. No sales layer between the question and the answer.

Three things move the number more than anything else.

Scope. Two projects that both say "build me an app" can differ by an order of magnitude in actual effort, depending on what "app" means once you get specific. Five screens and one integration is not thirty screens, an admin panel, and a payments flow.

Integrations. Every external system you touch is someone else's API, someone else's rate limits, and someone else's outage. One payment provider is routine. Four legacy systems with no documentation is a different project.

Uncertainty. If you know exactly what you want, we can price it tightly. If part of the product still needs to be figured out, that discovery is real work and we would rather price it honestly than pretend it away and bill you for it later.

Two projects that both say "build me an app" can differ by an order of magnitude in actual effort, depending on what "app" means once you get specific.

Wanting a number before a conversation is completely reasonable, and we would rather shorten the wait than argue with it. The call is the fastest route to an accurate one. Come with a rough idea of what you want and who it is for, and you will leave knowing what the work costs and roughly how long it takes.

Tell us what you're building and we'll get you a real number.

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