PILLAR

Cost and transparency

What software actually costs, and why most of the industry will not tell you. Real numbers, how work gets priced, and how to tell a fair quote from a fishing expedition.

Cost and transparency

Need one small change made? How to get a developer to do it

The jobs that sit undone for years are rarely hard. How to describe one small change so it can be priced without a meeting, and wh...

· 5 min read
Cost and transparency

Software development without a retainer: how it works

A retainer smooths income for the supplier, which is a real problem and a fair answer to it. Whose problem it solves depends on wh...

· 5 min read
Cost and transparency

Alternatives to hiring a full-time developer

The real cost of a developer is well above the salary, and most small businesses have far less work than a full-time role. The opt...

· 6 min read
Cost and transparency

Finding a UK software company that takes small jobs

Most agencies have a minimum, and there is real arithmetic behind it rather than greed. How to find a supplier whose economics mak...

· 7 min read
Cost and transparency

You paid for your software. Do you actually own it?

Paying for software does not make you its owner. Check five things: the domain, DNS, the hosting account, the code repository and...

· 9 min read
Cost and transparency

How to ask for software work, and what we need to price it

We price most jobs from a few paragraphs. Five things need to be in there: what the software should do, whether it exists already,...

· 6 min read
Cost and transparency

How to get a fixed price for software work

No discovery call, no proposal a week later. What you need before you ask, what happens after you send it, how long it really take...

· 4 min read
Cost and transparency

What does custom software actually cost?

Most software is sold by the hour, which puts all the risk on you. What actually drives the cost, what to expect to pay, and the s...

· 6 min read
Cost and transparency

What do we mean by software development on tap?

Turn it on when you need it, off when you don't, and pay for the work you asked for. What the on tap model actually means, what it...

· 7 min read

Software that needs rescuing?

Tell us what is going wrong and we will price the fix up front. No hourly billing, no commitment.