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ProgrammingAgency

Software development company with instant project estimates

Describe your project and get a price range, scope and stage plan in about a minute. You pay one stage at a time, and nobody asks you to get on a call.

Describe your project

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What are we building

Portals, dashboards, internal tools and SaaS that run in the browser.

iOS and Android apps, native or one shared codebase.

The smallest product you can launch, sell and learn from.

Connect your CRM, billing, ERP and other systems through their APIs.

Document extraction, an assistant on your data, classification or search.

A company or marketing website with a content editor.

Which features do you need

Pick everything that applies. Each feature adds its own hours to the estimate.

Pick at least one feature, or continue with the base build only.

Platforms, integrations and timing

Platforms
Integrations
Deadline

No call, no card, no email needed to see your estimate.

Calculating your estimate

  1. Analyzing scope
  2. Sizing features
  3. Planning stages
  4. Assembling the team

Estimate for a typical MVP

Web app MVP with accounts, roles, subscriptions, a dashboard, email notifications and an admin panel.

Preliminary estimate, not a quote
Price range
$30,500 to $49,500
Hours
342 to 557
Timeline
6 to 10 weeks

Budget burn by sprint, upper bound

  • Sprint 1, $9,900
  • Sprint 2, $19,800
  • Sprint 3, $29,700
  • Sprint 4, $39,600
  • Sprint 5, $49,500
Discovery and scope, week 1
Design, weeks 1 to 3
Build sprints, weeks 3 to 9
Launch and handover, week 10

Team: 1 developer, plus part-time design, QA and product management, about 2 full-time people in total

Your budget is below the range for this scope. We suggest a smaller first stage, and the estimate shows which features fit.

Every number on this card comes from the same model that prices your project.

Hours per feature

Assumptions

Risks

Week by week sprint schedule

Unlock the full breakdown by creating an account.

Scope document

Preliminary estimate, not a quote

Review every feature, assumption and risk. Remove or add features and the price updates. When the scope fits, accept it.

Hours per feature

Total

Week by week sprint schedule

Assumptions

  • Prices use the model rate of $89 per hour of team time.
  • Design, QA and project management are added as separate lines on top of feature hours.
  • Each build sprint is two weeks, with a live build to review at the end.
  • The code lives in a repository you own from the first commit.
  • Third party fees such as hosting, app store accounts and paid APIs are billed to you directly.

Risks

  • Integrations depend on the quality of the other system's API and its documentation.
  • Features added after the scope is accepted move into a later stage at the same rate.
  • A fixed deadline shorter than the model plan adds hours and people to the team.
  • App store review can add a few days to a mobile launch.

Scope accepted

Your scope is saved and our team is reviewing it. The master services agreement, the NDA and the invoice for Discovery and scope arrive by email and in your panel. Nothing is charged until you accept that stage.

$89
Model rate per hour of team time
2 weeks
Length of every build sprint
4 stages
From scope to launch, each paid on its own
0 calls
Needed to get a price, start or ship

How hiring a software development company works here

You go from idea to a priced, staged plan without a single discovery call. Everything happens in your browser and your project panel. Read the full walkthrough on how to hire a software development company.

  1. 01 0 calls

    Brief

    Pick the project type, features, platforms and deadline in the form above.

  2. 02 about 1 minute

    Estimate

    See a price range, the hours behind it, the stages and the team in about a minute.

  3. 03 $0 due

    Scope

    Unlock the full scope document, adjust features and accept the scope that fits your budget.

  4. 04 10%, min $1,900

    Stage payment

    Pay for the first stage only. The invoice is issued the moment you accept it.

  5. 05 2 week sprints

    Build

    We work in two week sprints. You review a live build at the end of each one.

  6. 06 week 10

    Launch

    We release to production, hand over the code and documentation, and offer ongoing care.

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Software development services we deliver

One team takes your product from scope to launch, or adds developers to the team you already have.

01 web app

Web app development

Customer portals, dashboards, internal tools and SaaS products that run in any browser. React, Next.js, Node.js
02 mobile app

Mobile app development

iOS and Android apps, native or React Native and Flutter from one codebase. Swift, Kotlin, React Native, Flutter
03 mvp

MVP development services

A launchable first version in 8 to 12 weeks, scoped to what you need to sell and learn. Next.js, PostgreSQL
04 ai

AI development

Document extraction, assistants on your data, classification and search inside your product. Python, TypeScript
05 integrations

Custom integrations and automation

Integrations and automation between your CRM, billing, ERP and the tools your team runs on. Node.js, PHP, Python
06 saas

SaaS development

Subscription billing, team accounts, roles and the admin tools a SaaS business needs. Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL
07 website

Company websites

Company and marketing websites with a content editor your team can use without us. Next.js, PHP, MySQL
08 developers

Hire dedicated developers

React, Python and mobile developers on a monthly plan, part-time or full-time. React, Python, Swift, Kotlin
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How we compare with freelancers, in-house hiring and a typical agency

The same project, four ways to get it built. The difference is how you find out the price, how you pay and who carries the risk.

When you see a price

ProgrammingAgency

In about a minute, before any email

Freelancers
After interviews and proposals
In-house hiring
After recruiting, as salaries
Typical agency
After sales and discovery calls

Calls needed to start

ProgrammingAgency

None

Freelancers
Interviews with each candidate
In-house hiring
Hiring rounds and interviews
Typical agency
Sales calls and workshops

How you pay

ProgrammingAgency

One stage at a time, before it starts

Freelancers
Hourly, per person
In-house hiring
Fixed payroll every month
Typical agency
Per project, often with a deposit

Who manages the work

ProgrammingAgency

Our product manager

Freelancers
You
In-house hiring
You or your tech lead
Typical agency
The agency

Who owns the code

ProgrammingAgency

You, as each stage is paid

Freelancers
Depends on each contract
In-house hiring
You
Typical agency
Depends on the contract

Risk if someone leaves

ProgrammingAgency

Carried by us

Freelancers
Carried by you
In-house hiring
Carried by you
Typical agency
Carried by the agency
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What every estimate includes

Each estimate comes from a fixed table of hours per feature. You see where the money goes before you commit to anything.

  • Hours per feature, with a minimum and a maximum for each one
  • Design, QA and project management shown as separate lines
  • A stage plan with the price and weeks of every stage
  • The team, with roles and how many people you get
  • A sprint by sprint schedule and a budget burn chart
  • Assumptions and risks written out, with nothing hidden in the fine print

Create an account and the full scope document opens with a watermark. Accept it, and the first stage becomes an invoice. Learn how the numbers work on the cost to develop an app page.

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Secure software development and full code ownership

You keep control of your product from the first commit. Details are on our secure software development page.

NDA in your panel
Sign a mutual NDA and a master services agreement in your project panel before you share anything sensitive.
Code in your repository
We commit to a repository you own, so you see every change as it happens.
Rights after each stage
Intellectual property for the work in a stage transfers to you when that stage is paid.
Access by role
You decide who on your side sees what. Our team gets the minimum access the work needs.

Software development pricing by stage

Builds are priced per stage from your estimate. Care after launch and dedicated developers are monthly plans. See the full software development pricing page.

Build

Fixed price per stage

Discovery and scope is 10 percent of the estimate, at least $1,900. Design, build sprints and launch follow at the price in your accepted scope.

  • Each stage paid before it starts
  • Automatic invoice when you accept a stage
  • Code and rights transfer as each stage is paid
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Maintenance

Save 15 percent with yearly billing

Care

$842 per month billed yearly$990 billed monthly

10 hours a month, monitoring, dependency updates and fixes

Growth

$2,117 per month billed yearly$2,490 billed monthly

30 hours a month, small features, response within 1 business day

Scale

$4,242 per month billed yearly$4,990 billed monthly

65 hours a month, roadmap work, response within 4 business hours

Dedicated developer

Part-time

$4,900 per month for 80 hours

Full-time

$8,900 per month for 160 hours

No long contract, cancel at the end of any month

Questions buyers ask before they start

No. It is a preliminary estimate from our pricing model. The price of each stage is fixed in the scope you accept after Discovery, and you never pay for a stage you have not accepted.

You change features in your panel and the estimate updates. Work already paid for stays paid. New or changed work goes into the next stage at the same model rate, and you accept it before it starts.

You do. We commit to your repository from day one, and the intellectual property for each stage transfers to you when that stage is paid.

Everything runs in your project panel: written updates, questions, comments on each live build and stage approvals. You get a short written report at the end of every sprint.

You pay for one stage at a time, before it starts. The invoice is issued automatically when you accept the stage, and the next stage is offered only after you approve the result of the current one.

Yes. A mutual NDA and a master services agreement are available in your panel to review and accept before you share any confidential material.

React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, PHP, Swift, Kotlin, React Native and Flutter, with PostgreSQL or MySQL. We pick the stack that fits your product and your team, and we can work in your existing codebase.

You can take the code and run it yourself, or choose a maintenance plan for monitoring, updates, fixes and new features every month.

Get a software development estimate in about a minute

Tell us what you want to build. You see the price range, the stages and the team before you give us an email.

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