Pricing
A full software team for the cost of one hire
Three tiers. Monthly retainer. Pause or cancel anytime after sixty days.
Foundry
Ship a defined build, one initiative at a time.
- Active initiatives
- 1 at a time
- Throughput target
- ~1 production deploy / week
- Working demo
- Weekly — staging link every Friday
- Team allocation
- UX + dev + QA (1 senior dev lead; John on PM at light touch)
- Communication SLA
- Email + shared Notion; 1 business day response
- Strategy depth
- Client owns the roadmap; we execute against tickets
- Production support
- Critical-bug fix only on the active initiative
- Commitment
- 60-day initial commit, then pause or cancel month-to-month
- Onboarding
- 2-hour kickoff workshop; scope written and signed in week 1
Best fit
SMB owner with one clear tool to build — a tenant portal, a CRM, an internal ops dashboard.
Studio
Build and run the software your business depends on.
- Active initiatives
- Up to 2 concurrent
- Throughput target
- ~2 production deploys / week
- Working demo
- Twice weekly — Tue + Fri staging deploys
- Team allocation
- UX + dev + QA + PM (John dedicated; senior dev lead; QA pass on every release)
- Communication SLA
- Shared Slack channel; 4-hour response in business hours
- Strategy depth
- Monthly roadmap planning session; quarterly business review
- Production support
- Production monitoring + non-critical bug fixes + minor feature requests included
- Commitment
- 60-day initial commit, then pause or cancel month-to-month
- Onboarding
- 4-hour scoping workshop; system map; 90-day roadmap signed in week 1
Best fit
Businesses with a live product (or one launching soon) that needs to keep evolving — most prospects belong here.
Atelier
Your fractional product team. We own the roadmap with you.
- Active initiatives
- Up to 3 concurrent
- Throughput target
- Continuous deployment cadence (multiple deploys/week)
- Working demo
- Always-on staging; live preview environments per feature
- Team allocation
- UX + dev + QA + PM + fractional CTO seat (Jevohn)
- Communication SLA
- Slack with 1-hour response in business hours; 24/7 production on-call
- Strategy depth
- Weekly 1-hour strategy session; we co-own the roadmap; QBR with metrics deck
- Production support
- Full SRE coverage; architecture reviews; vendor selection; code reviews on internal contributions
- Commitment
- 60-day initial commit, then pause or cancel month-to-month
- Onboarding
- Full-day strategy session; 12-month roadmap; system architecture review
Best fit
Companies that want the function of a product org without hiring one — usually $5M+ revenue, or a funded startup post-MVP.
The floor
What every tier always includes
A senior US-based developer-of-record on your account — not a substituted junior.
Source code ownership, day one, in your GitHub.
Cloud infrastructure setup — you own the AWS/Vercel accounts.
Working software every week, deployed to staging.
60-day initial commit, then pause or cancel anytime with 14 days notice.
Async-first culture. We don't burn your day in standups.
No setup fee. No discovery-deliverable charge. Onboarding is included.
Out of scope
What no tier ever includes
So it’s clear up front — these are not absorbed silently into your retainer.
Hardware procurement, third-party SaaS subscriptions, paid API credits — passed through at cost.
Marketing copywriting, branding, illustration, logo design — we have a partner network we can refer.
Compliance certifications (SOC 2, HIPAA audits) — we'll build to the standard, but the audit itself is a separate engagement.
Anything off-scope — we'll quote it as an add-on, not eat it silently.
The math
What an in-house team actually costs
US median fully-loaded annual cost, 2026.
| Role you’d otherwise hire | Median fully-loaded annual cost |
|---|---|
| Senior full-stack engineer | $230,000 |
| UX / Product designer | $185,000 |
| Project manager | $165,000 |
| QA engineer | $145,000 |
| Engineering manager (FT, fully loaded) | $260,000 |
| 5-person product team, year one | ~$985,000 |
| Parcel Atelier, year one | $120,000 |
Salary medians from Glassdoor and Levels.fyi (May 2026), 1.4× loaded factor (benefits, payroll tax, equipment, overhead, recruiting).
Payment & pause
How billing and cancellation work
Billed monthly, on the 1st. First month prorated to start date.
Sixty-day initial commitment. After that, fourteen days written notice to pause or cancel — no exit fee.
Pause holds your slot for thirty days at prorated cost. Cancel ends the engagement; we hand off code, cloud accounts, and docs.
Anything outside your active initiatives is quoted as an add-on at $250/hr or added to your next initiative — no silent absorption.
Ready to start?
Tell us about your build
Five-minute form, then a 30-minute call with John. We’ll confirm the tier, map the first initiative, and send a one-page proposal inside 24 hours.
Reply within 1 business day · US senior team · You own the code.