The build is a fixed price. The question is what happens next.
Three models. They differ in one thing: how much of the system stays with us after it goes live.
Build and leave
We build it, hand it over, and you run it.
For a business with someone technical inside it, or a system simple enough to sit still once it works. Also the right way to test us on one contained piece.
Fixed cost. No ongoing fee.
Priced per engagement
Build and manage
We build it, then keep it running.
For a business without in-house technical people, or a system that has to stay up: anything customer-facing, anything with integrations that break when a third party changes.
Fixed cost, then a monthly fee.
Priced per engagement
Build and retain
We build it, run it, and keep improving it with you.
For a business where the first system solved one constraint and there are others behind it. This is where we act as the technology function you have not hired.
Fixed cost, then a higher retainer.
Priced per engagement
What actually differs.
| Dimension | Build and leave | Build and manage | Build and retain |
|---|---|---|---|
| The build | Fixed price | Fixed price | Fixed price, or none if there is no build |
| After go-live | You run it | We host, monitor and support it | We run it and keep improving it |
| Monthly fee | None | Support and hosting | Support, hosting and a block of capacity |
| New work | Quoted fresh | Quoted separately | Discounted, from the standing capacity |
| You own the code | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ending it | Nothing to end | 30 days’ notice | 30 days’ notice |
You own it, and you can leave.
The same commercial terms apply whichever model you choose. You hold the code and the accounts it runs on, the ongoing arrangements are cancellable, and nothing about the way we work depends on you finding it hard to go elsewhere.
- 50%
- deposit before scoped work begins
- 14 days
- to pay an invoice from its date
- 30 days
- warranty on delivered work, defects fixed free
- 30 days
- notice to end any ongoing arrangement
Not sure which one fits?
Describe the system you have in mind and how much of it you want to own day to day. We will tell you which of the three makes sense, and say so if it is the cheapest one.
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