Pricing
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| Offer | What it is | Price | Timeline | How it starts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scoping Sprint | Five business days to find what's worth automating or building, what it's worth, and exactly what it costs. Fixed price, credited in full if we keep going. | Price $2,500 founding-client price, regular price $5,0005 of 5 founding spots leftIn exchange for the founding rate: a 30-minute feedback call and permission to publish an anonymized case study of the work. Fixed price. 100% credited toward your next engagement if you start within 30 days. | Timeline5 business days, kickoff to readout | How it startsA free 20-min call, or buy online and pick a kickoff time |
| AI Automation | Turn manual, error-prone work into software that runs itself, connected to the tools you already use, with people reviewing the decisions that matter. | Price First system typically $25,000–$50,000 Your fixed price is set in the Scoping Sprint. Additional automations from $12,000 Care & support plans typically $1,500–$3,000/month | TimelineTypically 3–8 weeks after scoping | How it startsA Scoping Sprint maps the workflow |
| MVP Build | A production-ready first version of your product, not a prototype. AI-assisted delivery means it costs less and lands sooner. | Price Typically $30,000–$75,000 Your fixed price is set in the Scoping Sprint. | TimelineTypically 6–12 weeks after scoping | How it startsA Scoping Sprint pins down version one |
| Fractional CTO | Senior technical leadership, part-time: strategy, architecture, hiring and vendor decisions, from someone who still ships code. | Price Advisory from $8,000/month Me, about one day a week: strategy, architecture, hiring and vendor oversight. CTO + engineer from $18,000/month | Timeline3-month minimum, then month to month | How it startsAn options call, or a CTO sprint |
| Rescue & Turnaround | Inherited a mess? I stabilize it, document it and get releases flowing again. | Price From $15,000 Scoped in the sprint. | TimelineTypically 3–8 weeks after the audit | How it startsA Scoping Sprint as an audit |
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How pricing works
- Every build is fixed price, set in a Scoping Sprint.
- The sprint fee is credited in full if you start within 30 days of the readout.
- The sprint is paid online through Stripe (pay by bank (ach) or card). Builds are invoiced in milestones agreed in the quote. Retainers are billed monthly in advance.
- AI and hosting usage is billed at cost, with no markup.
Cost questions
What's the founding client rate?
Founding-client price: $2,500 instead of the regular $5,000, for the first 5 clients (5 of 5 founding spots left). In exchange: a 30-minute feedback call and permission to publish an anonymized case study of the work. You approve the anonymized case study before anything is published, and I never ask for a review or a testimonial. The 100% credit toward the build applies at the founding rate too.
Why start with a paid sprint?
Because a quote without scoping is a guess. Free quotes get padded to cover the unknowns, or they come in low and the overruns land on you later. The sprint makes the number real.
Can you do it cheaper?
Sometimes, by cutting scope rather than corners. The sprint is where we find the smallest version worth building.
What if the quote is more than I want to spend?
Then you still have a plan and a scope you can phase, simplify or take to another team.
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