Pricing
Three engagement models and honest starting figures for each. Every proposal we send is line-itemed, so you can see exactly what you are paying for and cut anything you do not want.
Engagement models
Pick the commercial structure that fits how your budget is approved, not the one that suits our cash flow.
From $18,000
Per project
A defined deliverable, a fixed price and milestone-based payments. You know the total before we start.
Best for: Websites, redesigns, migrations and well-defined builds
Get a fixed quoteFrom $6,400
Per engineer, per month
Full-time engineers embedded in your team, on your board, in your stand-ups. Scale up or down with 30 days notice.
Best for: Ongoing product development and capacity gaps
Discuss a teamFrom $2,500
Per month
Ongoing SEO, marketing, CRO and development hours on a fixed monthly plan with transparent reporting.
Best for: SEO, digital marketing and continuous improvement
Plan a retainerBy project type
Ranges from real projects we have delivered. Your quote will be a specific number, not a range.
| Project type | Typical range | Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing website (custom design + CMS) | $18,000 – $35,000 | 5–8 weeks |
| Corporate site (multi-template, integrations) | $35,000 – $85,000 | 10–16 weeks |
| Shopify store (custom theme) | $20,000 – $50,000 | 6–12 weeks |
| WooCommerce store (custom logic) | $25,000 – $65,000 | 8–14 weeks |
| Headless commerce build | $70,000+ | 16–28 weeks |
| Web app / SaaS MVP | $45,000 – $120,000 | 12–20 weeks |
| Full SaaS platform or customer portal | $120,000+ | 6–12 months |
| Mobile app (cross-platform MVP) | $45,000 – $90,000 | 10–16 weeks |
| Discovery engagement (standalone) | $6,500 – $18,000 | 2–4 weeks |
| Technical SEO audit | From $3,500 | 2–3 weeks |
| SEO retainer | $2,500 – $8,000 / month | Ongoing |
| Digital marketing management | $3,000 – $9,000 / month | Ongoing |
| Website maintenance | $350 – $2,500 / month | Ongoing |
A sanity check for any quote you receive. A credible US agency bills senior engineering time at roughly $110–$190 per hour. Divide any quote by that and ask whether the resulting hours plausibly cover the scope. A $9,000 figure for a custom eCommerce build implies about 60 hours — that is a theme installation, not a build.
What drives the number
Not page count. A 60-page site built from 7 templates costs less than a 12-page site where every layout is bespoke. Always ask an agency how many unique templates are in the quote.
A contact form is trivial. A quote calculator that prices by zip code, checks inventory and routes to the right rep is a software project. Logic is where estimates diverge most.
CRM, ERP, payments, shipping, booking. Each adds build time, error handling and maintenance. Two-way sync costs roughly triple what one-way costs.
WCAG 2.2 AA, HIPAA, SOC 2 or PCI DSS each add real scope. Designing for them costs a fraction of retrofitting them, which is why we ask early.
Who writes the copy, sources the photography and migrates the existing content? Content is the most common cause of a delayed launch and the most commonly excluded line in a low quote.
FAQ
Because the alternative wastes everyone's time. If our starting figures are well outside your budget, you should know that in thirty seconds rather than after three calls and a proposal. Publishing ranges filters for fit in both directions.
Integration count, compliance requirements, unique template count and content volume - in roughly that order. Two projects with identical page counts can differ by 3x on those four factors alone.
Fixed-scope projects run on a milestone schedule, typically 30% to start, then payments tied to agreed deliverables. Dedicated team engagements are invoiced monthly in advance. Retainers are invoiced monthly.
Yes, and we itemize them in every proposal: hosting and infrastructure, third-party licences, ad spend for paid media, and any stock imagery or premium fonts. We never mark these up - you pay the vendor directly wherever possible.
That is how most of our long-term clients began. A discovery engagement or a single well-defined phase is a low-risk way to find out whether we work well together before committing to a larger build.
We reserve a small amount of capacity each quarter for registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits at reduced rates. For early-stage startups we can structure phased scopes that fit a seed budget, but we do not work for equity.
A 45-minute scoping call, then a written proposal with every line itemized so you can see what drives the number and cut anything you do not want.