Development Pricing

Get transparent pricing for your development project before you commit.

Scoped before work starts. Line-by-line deliverables. No retainer guesswork, no ambiguous day-rate. Redefine, a pricing and evaluation company, gives you the number first, whether you need a code audit, discovery sprint, or a full custom build.

Submit brief → call within 48 hours → scoped proposal in 3 days → Sprint 1 within 1 week of sign-off

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Transparent Pricing
The Pricing Problem

Most development quotes are guesses dressed as estimates.

You send an RFP, wait two weeks, and receive a range so wide it tells you nothing. Redefine starts with a scoping session so pricing is grounded in real architecture, not a sales deck template.

Old Way
  • RFP out, two-week wait for a vague "it depends" range
  • No architecture review before first invoice
  • Scope creep lands mid-project, surprise invoices follow
  • Day-rate contracts with undefined end dates
  • No deliverable list tied to milestones. You pay for time, not output
Redefine Way
  • Scoping call in 48 hours, proposal with line items in 3 days
  • Architecture reviewed before first sprint begins
  • Fixed-scope sprints with defined deliverables per sprint
  • No commitment required to receive the scoped proposal
  • You own the code, the docs, the repo, and the deployment pipeline on day one
Pricing Tiers

Every engagement type, priced and scoped upfront.

Redefine, a pricing and evaluation agency, structures development work into three engagement types: Evaluation (before you commit), Build (fixed or sprint-based), and Augment (team extension). Every type has a defined scope and named deliverables before a contract is signed.

Evaluation

Code and Architecture Audit

From $2,500one-time

Full codebase review, security scan, architecture assessment, and technical debt report. Delivered in 5 to 7 business days.

  • Security and dependency scan
  • Architecture and scalability review
  • Prioritized remediation roadmap
  • 90-min findings debrief call
Request Audit Scope
Build

Fixed-Scope Build Sprint

From $12,000per sprint

Two-week build sprint with defined deliverables agreed before work starts. Tested, documented, and deployed to staging by sprint close.

  • Defined deliverable list per sprint
  • Unit and integration test suite included
  • CI/CD pipeline configured
  • Code ownership transferred on sprint close
Request Build Scope
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What A Scoped Proposal Looks Like

Every Redefine proposal lists stories, acceptance criteria, sprint assignment, and cost per sprint. All of this before you sign anything. The proposal is yours to keep regardless of outcome.

Team Augmentation

Embedded developers from $8,500 per month

Senior engineers embedded in your sprint cycle. Same toolchain, same stand-up, your codebase, your repo. Minimum 3-month engagement, 2-week onboarding, no headcount overhead.

  • Senior-only engineers (5+ years)
  • Tech lead oversight included
  • Scale up or down at 30 days notice
See Engagement Models
Cost of Inaction

How much is a delayed build costing your business right now?

Enter your project parameters and see the weekly cost of not starting, versus the scoped investment to get it built.

Project Inputs

Sprint Board - Discovery Sprint
Architecture ADR draftedDone
Story map with effort estimatesIn Review
Risk register and dep logIn Progress
Sprint 1 brief readyTodo
Total opportunity cost of delay
$210,000
Across the delay window (14 weeks)
Team time freed
$42,000
saved at $150/hr
Revenue recovered
$210,000
from faster launch
Typical Discovery Sprint investment
$4,500
Credited against Sprint 1 if you proceed
Book Discovery Sprint

These figures use your inputs. Real project outcomes depend on architecture complexity and team availability. The scoping proposal pins these variables before any commitment.

Client Proof

From fragmented stack to production-ready platform.

Product manager presenting DrivingI headless platform outcomes to stakeholders
B2B EcommerceHeadless Rebuild
DrivingI

An automotive B2B platform serving dealers and fleet buyers with a legacy monolith that could not scale.

The Problem

The legacy platform could not support complex B2B workflows or scale efficiently. Inventory syncing was unreliable, catalogs loaded slowly, customer approvals were manual, and system data was fragmented across ERP, CRM, and marketing tools, creating operational bottlenecks at every touchpoint.

The Approach

A complete rebuild using headless ecommerce architecture powered by Node.js and Next.js. Real-time inventory synchronized directly from Microsoft Dynamics. B2B approval workflows automated. All ERP, CRM, and marketing data unified into a single source of truth.

Result
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Inventory accuracy across all catalog entries, achieved within the first sprint post-launch. Operational friction eliminated. Architecture ready for future scale without rework.

"The new platform delivers faster performance, reliable live inventory, and a smoother B2B purchasing and approval experience. Internal teams gained confidence in system accuracy."

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DrivingI Platform Team
B2B Automotive Ecommerce
Common Questions

Pricing questions we get every week.

No. You submit your brief, take a scoping call within 48 hours, and receive a line-item proposal within 3 business days. No commitment required to receive it. If you decide not to proceed, the proposal is yours to keep and share internally.

New requirements are scoped as a separate sprint line. You see the cost and deliverables before the sprint starts. Nothing goes into the backlog without a signed-off sprint brief. This is how we prevent the scope creep that inflates every other development engagement.

MVP builds: 6 to 10 weeks from scoping sign-off. Platform rebuilds or migrations: 10 to 20 weeks depending on data complexity. Enterprise custom software: 16 to 30 weeks. These ranges come from the discovery sprint estimate, not a sales deck template. Your proposal will carry a specific number, not a range.

Yes. The full discovery sprint fee is credited against Sprint 1 of the build engagement when you proceed within 60 days of proposal delivery. If you do not proceed, you keep the architecture decision record, story map, risk register, and sprint brief. These are deliverables with real value regardless of outcome.

Yes. This is often the right first step for teams unsure whether to extend their current codebase or start fresh. The software audit delivers a quantified technical debt report, security assessment, and a recommendation on rebuild versus refactor. It is a fixed-fee engagement with no follow-on commitment required.

All tiers cover our full stack: Node.js, Next.js, React, Python, .NET, PHP/Laravel, Vue.js, Angular, React Native, and cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Audit engagements additionally cover Shopify, Salesforce, and ERP-adjacent codebases. Stack-specific pricing is reflected in the discovery sprint estimate.

Get Your Scoped Proposal

Tell us what you are building and we will scope it.

No commitment required. Proposal in 3 business days.

Call within 48 hours · Proposal in 3 days · Sprint 1 within 1 week of sign-off

48 hour response
Proposal in 3 days
120+ projects
Code you own

What Happens After You Submit

  1. 1
    Scoping call within 48 hours

    30 minutes with a senior engineer and pricing and evaluation consultant to review your stack, constraints, and goals. No sales pitch.

  2. 2
    Line-item proposal in 3 business days

    Stories, acceptance criteria, sprint assignment, and cost per sprint. Yours to share internally, no commitment required to receive it.

  3. 3
    Sprint 1 begins within 1 week of sign-off

    Environment setup, repo access configured, CI/CD pipeline wired, and first sprint deliverables in the board within the first 2 business days.

Development team sprint planning session around a CI/CD pipeline dashboard
No Commitment. No Pitch.

Know the cost before you greenlight the build.

Submit your brief and receive a line-item proposal within 3 business days from a pricing and evaluation company that scopes before it bills. The proposal is yours whether or not you proceed. Your team invests 3 to 4 hours per week total. We handle the rest.

Submit brief → call within 48 hours → proposal in 3 days → Sprint 1 within 1 week of sign-off

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