SAP to open-stack ERP migration
Manufacturer, 500+ employees. Phased migration off SAP ERP onto an open stack with custom modules — run in stages while the plant kept working.
- 0 downtime
- 8 mo migration
- −40% on licences
Our prices, in public — and the arithmetic behind them
No "contact us for a quote". Here is what things cost, how we arrive at each number, and where the AI saving does — and does not — apply.
What we can show you
Method
How we price: market average, minus the part AI actually speeds up
We do not invent a discount. We start from what the market charges for the same scope and cut only the programming share.
The arithmetic, in one table
Analysis, design, project management, QA, DevOps and licences stay at market, because AI does not make them faster. Only the programming share is divided by 2.5.
Analysis and scoping 9% — at market · Design 14% — at market · Programming 53% — market ÷ 2.5 · QA 12% — at market · DevOps 5% — at market · Project management 7% — at market.
The result: about 32% below the market average for the same scope. Not "4× cheaper" — anyone claiming that is discounting work that did not get faster, or selling you a template. Our measured figure is 2–4× on the code-writing share only; the method is in the engineering report.
Entry point
$1,790 audit
Fixed quote
$4,490, one week
Payment
50/50 by milestone
Rates
Hourly rates — and why they are market, not discounted
The saving is in the hours, not the rate: our estimates carry roughly 2.5× fewer hours on the programming part.
Rate card
Tech lead $55/h · Senior engineer $45/h · DevOps $45/h · PM $38/h · Mid engineer $34/h · Designer $34/h · QA $28/h
Dedicated team (3+ months): −10%. Agency partners from 320 hours a month: −15%. No junior line — junior work still needs senior review, and we would rather price the review than pretend it is free.
Subscriptions and support
Core — $2,990/mo: one active request at a time, 48–72 h turnaround, pause or cancel any month. Pro — $4,390/mo: two parallel requests, web + mobile + DevOps, 24–48 h priority. Quarterly prepay −10% · extra slot +$1,190/mo · rush request +$590.
Care — $790/mo: 10 hours, 24-hour response, monitoring and dependency updates. Care+ — $1,890/mo: 25 hours, 8-hour response, on-call for agreed windows. MVP Sprint clients pay $590/mo for the first six months.
Rescue: Security & RLS audit $1,790 for 5 days, credited in full against the fix-up; Prototype-to-Production from $5,900, 2–3 weeks. See vibe code rescue.
Drivers
What actually moves the number
Scope drives the price far more than the technology stack does.
Moves it up
User roles with different permissions · integrations with systems you do not control · migrating real data · regulated domains such as health, finance and payments · native mobile · SLAs and on-call · anything requiring certification.
Moves it down
One clear flow instead of three vague ones · a design system that already exists · a modern codebase · one decision-maker · async work in our hours.
Matters less than people think
The programming language, the cloud provider, and whether you "already have a designer" — a Figma nobody validated usually costs time rather than saving it.
Never included in a fixed price
Third-party licences and subscriptions · cloud and inference costs, passed through at cost against a cap you set · certification and audit fees · content and data entry · paid design assets. We list these before you sign, not after.
Payment
How you pay us
European contracting entity, ordinary bank transfers, and card checkout for the small things.
Industries
Software and AI for every kind of business
From fintech and e-commerce to manufacturing and property development — the stack follows the domain, not an off-the-shelf product that fits none of them.
- IT companies and digital agencies
- Insurers and brokers
- Lenders and microfinance
- E-commerce
- Wholesale and distribution
- Manufacturing
- Freight and forwarding
- Clinics and medical centres
- Dental
- Car dealers and service centres
- EdTech
- Legal and consulting firms
- Equipment rental
- Real estate agencies
- Property developers
- Travel and events
- Beauty and wellness
- Construction and renovation
FAQ
Pricing questions
The eight that come up before every contract.
Why publish prices at all?
Because the alternative wastes a week of your time and ours. If the number does not work, you know now.
How is your price calculated?
Market average for the same scope, with the programming share divided by 2.5. Everything else is priced at market, because AI does not speed it up. That lands us about 32% below the market average.
Why are you not 4× cheaper if AI is 4× faster?
Because programming is about half a project. Discounting the other half would mean discounting work that takes exactly as long as it always did.
Are your hourly rates cheap?
No, they are market rates for a senior European team. The saving shows up in the number of hours we quote, not in the rate.
What if my project does not fit a package?
Then it is hourly, or a Scoping Sprint first. Most projects above $18,000 start with scoping.
Do you do equity or revenue share?
No. We are a delivery team, not a co-founder.
Do prices change by country?
No. One global price list; local taxes are handled on our side.
What is the minimum engagement?
$1,790 for the audit or $4,490 for scoping. For hourly work, 40 hours a month.
2–4×
faster on the code-writing share
in 3 weeks
from idea to MVP
230+
projects delivered
17 years
of engineering experience
Work
Work we can show you
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As-built docs
Digital as-built documentation
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Know the number before the call
Send a feature list and you get the same breakdown we use internally — hours by role, and the number at the bottom.
A scoping week turns it into a fixed price you can budget against.