Priced in writing.
Before we start.
Every figure below is a starting point, not a guess. The free consultation turns it into a written proposal — scope, timeline and price — that you approve before any work begins.
Websites & online stores
Starting atBusiness websites and online stores, designed and built to a scope we write down first. What moves the price is size and function: a handful of pages, a shop that takes payments, or a store with stock, accounts and integrations behind it.
Crypto wallet & payments
Starting atMulti-chain support, custody rules, accounting exports and a checkout built into your shop usually land between $15,000 and $45,000.
Your own self-hosted wallet and gateway — it receives and sends, it belongs to your business, and nobody takes a cut of your transactions.
ERP built from scratch
Starting atForty-five thousand buys a working system for one department. A full house — accounting, inventory, payroll, all of it talking to each other — has no ceiling; we price it module by module.
Built around the way your company actually works, delivered in agreed stages, with the documentation written as we go.
ERP as a service
Monthly, all-inRent the system instead of building one. You pay monthly and we provide everything underneath it — servers, hosting, domains, backups, updates and support. Every plugin you switch on is priced on top. The source code stays with us; you get a running system and somebody to call.
Managed security & IT
Monthly planHelp desk, patching, endpoint security and monitoring. The figure follows your user and device count, the tools already in place and the obligations you have to meet — which is why it is quoted after one call instead of guessed on a web page.
vCISO retainer
Monthly retainerFractional security leadership for strategy, compliance and CMMC programs. Priced on the size of the program and how much of it we own, and agreed for a fixed number of days per month.
Hosting, domains and care.
Running a site or a system costs something every month, and how much depends entirely on what it is. A small business website sits at roughly $30 a month. A busy store, or a system with its own server, backups and a support window, runs into a few hundred.
We do not sell the biggest plan we have. We quote the one that fits the thing we built for you, and we say so when a cheaper tier would carry it just as well.
Work by the hour
Not everything is a project. Changes, investigations and second opinions are billed at $50 – $60 an hour, estimated in advance so you know roughly what it will come to before we start.
That rate is deliberately below the market. We would rather be the obvious choice and keep the client than win one invoice.
Nothing is charged twice
The consultation is free. The proposal is free. Work starts once you have approved a written scope and a price — and anything beyond that scope is quoted separately before it is done.
Tell us in time and it costs you nothing.
We buy part of this ahead of you: domains are paid for a whole year, servers by the month, licences per seat. Notice that arrives in time is simply cancelled — notice that arrives late has already been paid for.
| What you are cancelling | Notice we need | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Domain names | 3 months before the renewal date, 2 at the very least | A domain renews for a full year in one payment. Once it has renewed, that year is gone. |
| Hosting, servers & care plans | 1 month | The machine is paid monthly, so it can be shut down at the end of a period. |
| ERP as a service | 1 month for the system, 3 months for the domains it runs on | The system stops at the end of the paid month; its domains follow the domain rule above. |
| Managed security & IT | 1 month after the initial term | Endpoint and security licences are bought per seat, per month. |
| vCISO retainer | 1 month | The days are reserved in our calendar a month at a time. |
| A fixed-scope project | Any time before the next stage starts | What is finished is invoiced, what has not started is not. You keep everything delivered so far. |
A cancellation counts from the day it reaches us in writing — an e-mail is enough. We confirm every one of them, so if you have not had a confirmation, assume we have not seen it.
Where a price can move a long way.
Working on software somebody else built
When we are asked to change, extend or rescue existing software, the price depends almost entirely on the state of that code. A tidy, documented, tested codebase is quoted like new work. One without documentation, without tests and without a history costs considerably more per change, because the first job is finding out what the thing actually does — and the second is not breaking it.
We look before we quote. And when rebuilding it would cost you less than keeping it alive, we tell you that in advance instead of billing our way through it month after month.
What these figures are, and are not
Every amount on this page is a starting point for work of a normal shape and size. Data migration out of an old system, integrations with software we have not seen, compliance obligations and hard deadlines all move it — and they move it before the work starts, never after.
You get one written proposal with a fixed scope and a fixed price. Nothing outside it is invoiced without your approval in writing. All prices are in US dollars and exclude any applicable tax.
Before you ask.
Why is most of this a starting price?
Because a number without a scope is a guess, and a guess is what people argue about later. The figures here are what the smallest honest version of each thing costs. The consultation turns your version into a real number, in writing, that we hold to.
Why is your hourly rate lower than everybody else's?
On purpose. We are building the client list we want rather than maximising the first invoice, and we would rather be the obvious choice than the expensive one. The rate is the same whether you are a first-time client or a long-standing one.
Do you charge for the first consultation?
No. The first call is free and there is no obligation afterwards. If we are not the right fit, we will say so and, where we can, point you at someone who is.
What happens if a project runs over scope?
We tell you before it does, not after. Additional work is quoted separately and only starts once you approve it. Fixed scope means fixed.
With the hosted ERP, do we get the source code?
No — that is the trade. You rent a running system and we carry the infrastructure, the updates and the support that keep it running. If you want the code, that is the ERP built from scratch instead, and it is yours from the first day.
Are we locked into a contract?
Monthly plans run month to month after an initial onboarding period; the notice periods above are all we ask for. Your data, documentation and credentials are yours throughout — leaving is a handover, not a hostage negotiation.
Can you work with our existing IT provider?
Yes. We are often brought in alongside an existing provider specifically for security, compliance or development work, and we are used to defining who owns what.
A real quote takes one call.
Thirty minutes on your environment and your goal is usually enough for a written proposal.