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Clear scope. Fixed prices.
Three engagements, in order of commitment. Discovery produces the spec and the fixed quote, the Build ships it, Operations keeps it running.
Discovery
One to two weeks. The fee is credited if we build, and the spec is yours if we don’t.
$2,500 to $3,500 CAD
- A written spec: scope, data, integrations, risks
- A fixed quote with a date
- The target number a build should move: hours a week, turnaround time, cost per task
- Credited in full against the Build
- If we don’t build, the spec is yours to take anywhere
Build
Every product is different, so the price is set by the Discovery spec, in writing, with a date.
Fixed price, billed by milestone
- Fixed scope, price, and date, from the Discovery spec
- Billed by milestone, so exposure stays small
- You own the repository and infrastructure from day one
- A working demo every week, start to finish
- Ships measurable: monitoring, analytics, the target number on a dashboard
- 30 days of Operations included
Operations
We run what we built. Agreed at the close of a Build, while everyone still has the spec in hand.
From $1,500 a month, three-month minimum
- Monitoring, and fixes before you notice
- Monthly improvements, prioritized against the number
- A short monthly report showing that number
- A direct line to the person who built your product
A website? It doesn’t go through the Discovery: one call, a fixed quote with a date, delivered in three to six weeks. Most land between $6,000 and $15,000 CAD.
Questions we get asked.
Pricing first, then the ones a careful buyer asks on the first call.
It depends on the project, and we mean that literally: the price comes out of the Discovery, once the scope is written down. From there it is fixed, with a date, and billed by milestone. For an order of magnitude: a pilot, one workflow shipped to production, usually sits between $12,000 and $25,000 CAD; a full product, $30,000 to $60,000 and up. If that is far from your budget, a custom build is probably the wrong purchase right now, and we’ll say so in the first call.
Yes, and a website does not go through the Discovery. One call, a fixed quote with a date, and delivery in three to six weeks, on a platform your team edits without a developer. Most of our websites land between $6,000 and $15,000 CAD. Below that, we would rather point you to someone whose work we trust than stretch ours.
We build with AI every day, and that speed is already in our quotes and timelines. The demo is not what you are paying for. You are paying for software that runs against your own data without losing an order, and for one accountable person who picks up when it breaks at 9 p.m.
You own the repository and the infrastructure from day one, the spec is written down, and work ships weekly, so the project is never a black box. Trusted specialists join under the same spec, so more than one person knows your codebase. Operations means someone watches your product every day.
Discovery takes one to two weeks. A pilot ships in four to six weeks. A full product takes eight to sixteen weeks, delivered in working weekly increments you can try. Dates come out of the spec, and they’re written into the quote.
Yes. Taking over software already in production is normal work here: a product whose agency has moved on, or an AI-generated build that was never hardened for real users. We audit it, instrument it, fix what’s dangerous first, then improve it month by month under Operations.
Natively. Nicolas is French, and the studio delivers products where French and English are equals from the first commit: interface, content model, forms, and the emails your customers receive. For Québec businesses this includes building with Law 25 and OQLF expectations in view from the start.
Nicolas Santos, the founder, on every engagement, with trusted specialists on builds that need a second pair of hands. The person you meet on the first call is one of the people who ships the product, and you keep that line open after launch.
Yes, when both languages live in the architecture from the start: routes, content, forms, and the emails the system sends. That’s how the Guy Hoquet Québec platform runs today.
No. Designed in from the start, the second language is an architecture decision made once. Retrofitting is where the real cost lives.
Yes, under your brand, with a non-solicitation in writing. The agency lane has its own page.
Start with a Discovery.
Two sentences start it. Here is what happens next.
It’s --:-- in Toronto. Write now and you’ll hear back by ….
- Now You write, in English or in French: what the business does and what stalls today.
- Within one business day A written reply from Nicolas, the person who would build the product.
- This week A short call. If it’s not a fit, we say so, with where to look instead.
- One to two weeks The Discovery: a written spec, a fixed quote, a date. Yours, whatever you decide.
