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 alive. You always know what you’re buying, and nobody is asked to trust a new studio with everything at once.

Discovery

One to two weeks. The fee is credited if we build, and the spec is yours if we don’t. Either way you keep the value.
A written spec: scope, data, integrations, risks
A fixed quote with a date
The target number a build should move
Credited in full against the Build
If we don’t build, the spec is yours to take anywhere
$2,500 to $3,500 CAD, fixed

Build

Pilots usually land between $12,000 and $25,000. Full products, $30,000 to $60,000 and up.
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
Fixed price, quoted from your spec

Operations

We run what we built. Priced and agreed at the close of a Build, while everyone still has the spec in hand.
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
From $1,500 a month, three-month minimum

Asked before buying. Direct answers, in the words buyers use.

What does a custom build cost?

A pilot, one workflow or one feature shipped to production, usually lands between $12,000 and $25,000 CAD. A full product runs $30,000 to $60,000 and sometimes past it. Every build is a fixed price with a date, quoted from the Discovery spec and billed by milestone. If those brackets are far from your budget, a custom build is probably the wrong purchase right now, and we’ll tell you so early. For a full first-year picture: a pilot plus twelve months of Operations usually means $30,000 to $45,000 all-in; a full product, $50,000 to $80,000 and up.

Can’t AI tools build this for a fraction of the price?

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 the part where the software runs against your real data without losing an order, and for one accountable person who picks up when it breaks at 9 p.m.

AetherWorks is small. What happens if Nicolas disappears?

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. Nicolas builds alongside Armel Kembe, a senior full-stack engineer with more than ten years of experience, so more than one person knows your codebase. Operations means someone watches your product every day.

How long does an engagement take?

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.

We already have a product. Can you take it over?

Yes. Taking over software that’s already in production is normal work here, including AI-generated builds that were never hardened for real users. We audit it, instrument it, fix what’s dangerous first, and then improve it month by month under Operations.

Do you build in French?

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.

Why publish prices when most studios don’t?

Because the real number always comes from a spec anyway, and you deserve to know the neighbourhood before spending a week of calls to find it. If the brackets on this page fit, the conversation starts honest. If they don’t, we’ve saved you that week.