What custom software & AI development costs

$15,000 – $45,000 for a focused MVP; $35,000 – $90,000 for a full SaaS product build; enterprise platforms start higher and are scoped after discovery. It depends on scope clarity, integrations, compliance, timeline, and data readiness, in roughly that order. A focused build with a clear spec sits at the low end; a multi-system platform with compliance requirements sits at the high end. The ranges above break it down by engagement type.

$10,000 – $25,000 for a single-workflow agent; $25,000 – $60,000 for agents working across several systems. A single agent acting on one or two systems with human approval steps is the low end. Multiple agents across your CRM, ERP, and ticketing, with evaluation suites and cost controls, is the high end. Most of the cost is integration and hardening, not the model.

$5,000 – $10,000 for a pilot on one document set; $12,000 – $30,000 for production. The pilot proves the concept on one document set. Production adds integrations, guardrails, monitoring, and handover, which is where most of the budget goes.

$3,000 – $8,000 for a single pair of systems; $8,000 – $25,000 for multi-system programs. Two systems with clean, documented APIs is the low end. A legacy system with no API, where the bridge has to be built from scratch, is the high end. The condition of your systems matters more than the count.

$15,000 – $45,000 for a focused build; more for multi-tenant products with billing, roles, and integrations. A focused internal tool or customer portal with a clear spec sits low. A multi-tenant product with billing, roles, and integrations sits high. Tell us the spec and we'll give you a fixed number, not a range.

$3,000 – $7,000 for a process audit plus the first automation; $7,000 – $20,000 for a full program. The audit maps your workflows and gives you a fixed build price before we start, so the number stops being a range early.

$2,500 – $5,000 for the assessment, credited toward the build. $12,000 – $45,000 for hardening, depending on how much of the pilot survives the assessment. The assessment is the fixed-price way to find out which end you're at.

The agreed deliverables, the integrations, testing, documentation, deployment, and a handover pack with full source code. Two-week sprints with demos along the way, a staging environment, and a release runbook. What's not included: anything outside the agreed scope, which we price separately instead of absorbing silently and resenting you for.

No. Engagements are scoped per project. Some clients stay for years across multiple projects because the work holds up. None of them are contractually required to.

A freelancer quotes their time. We quote an outcome: scoped deliverables, tested integrations, documentation, handover, and someone to call when it breaks. For a small, well-defined task, a freelancer is often the right call and we'll say so. For systems that have to keep working after launch, the difference is the part you're actually buying.

Yes, and we'd prefer it. A 2–4-week validation or a fixed-scope pilot is how most of our engagements begin. You see working software on your own data before committing to the full build. Starting small isn't a compromise position here, it's the process.

The ranges start from 2026 market benchmarks tuned for our cost base, and we review them quarterly against projects we've actually shipped. If your project fits the description at the low or high end, the quote will land near it. If it doesn't fit, we'll tell you before you sign anything, not after.