Pricing
One fixed price. Three staged payments. No surprises.
$3,500 total for a production-ready MVP, quoted before any code is written and locked to a written scope.
Free 15-minute fit check · no equity · no retainer
- $3,500
- fixed price
- 14 days
- to launch
- 100%
- code ownership
- No equity
- ever taken
- No retainer
- no hourly billing
What you pay, and when
Each stage unlocks the next.
Day 0 · yours to keep
$500
Technical Blueprint
Architecture, data model, screen-by-screen scope, integrations, security model and a locked build price.
- Written technical plan in plain English
- Screen and workflow inventory
- Integration and data decisions
- Fixed build price locked to the scope
- Credited toward the $3,500 total
Day 7 · working product
$1,750
Prototype & Build
The core product built against the blueprint, with a working prototype to review at day 7.
- Authentication and permissions
- Your core workflow end to end
- Database with access rules
- Prototype review and in-scope changes
- Direct access to the people building it
Day 14 · live and yours
$1,250
Final Delivery
Production launch, documentation and complete ownership transfer.
- Deployed on your own infrastructure
- Repository, accounts and domain transferred
- Architecture and operating documentation
- Analytics wired in
- 30 days of post-launch support
Total $3,500
What is and is not included
So the number stays the number.
Included
- Technical blueprint and fixed quote
- Design and build of the agreed scope
- Authentication, database and access rules
- Production deployment on your infrastructure
- Documentation and ownership transfer
- 30 days of post-launch support
Not included
- Hosting, domain and email delivery costs you own directly
- AI model or third-party API usage billed to your account
- Work outside the blueprint scope, quoted separately
- Native app store builds and submissions
- Ongoing feature development after handoff
- Marketing, branding and content production
Compared to the alternatives
Where $3,500 fixed sits in the market.
Market models described in general terms. Your own quotes will vary by vendor and scope.
Shiftmind Build
- $3,500 fixed, quoted before work starts
- 14 days to a live product
- 100% code ownership at handoff
- No equity
- No hourly billing, no retainer
- Production-ready, deployed and secured
- You talk directly to the people building it
Traditional agency
- Typically five figures and up
- Weeks to months before launch
- Ownership varies by contract
- Equity sometimes requested
- Retainers and change orders
- Often a prototype first, product later
- Account manager between you and the team
Freelancer
- Variable pricing, often hourly
- Variable timelines
- Ownership usually fine, rarely documented
- No equity
- Hourly billing common
- Quality and security vary widely
- Single point of failure if they move on
Pricing questions
The money, answered plainly.
Is $3,500 really the whole price?
Yes, for the scope written in the blueprint. The blueprint fee is part of the total, not an extra, and nothing else is invoiced unless you ask for work outside that scope.
What is not included in the price?
Third-party running costs you own directly: hosting, domain, email delivery and model or API usage. These are typically a small monthly amount and are named in the blueprint.
Can I stop after the blueprint?
Yes. The blueprint is yours to keep and to build elsewhere. Only the $500 is due at that point.
Do you offer payment plans or take equity?
The three staged payments are the plan. We do not take equity, revenue share or ongoing licence fees.
Next step
Find out if your idea fits in 14 days.
Tell us what you want to build. We reply within one business day with a straight yes, no, or here is what we would cut.