Know exactly what your build costs before you sign a single thing.
CTOs and product leads at mid-market companies use Redefine to get a line-item development proposal before any contract is signed. Code audits start at $2,500. Discovery sprints at $4,000. Custom builds from $12,000 per sprint. We scope every engagement before we bill.
Start here if you need a price before you commit.
Redefine's evaluation services give product teams and engineering leads a fixed-fee path to a scoped proposal, a code health report, or a full architecture plan. Pick the service that fits where you are.
Software Audit Services
Your codebase, audited from top to bottom. Redefine reviews architecture, dependencies, and security exposure, then delivers a prioritized remediation plan. You see exactly what needs fixing and what it will cost before any build work starts.
Code Audit Services
A detailed, line-by-line review of code quality, security gaps, and performance bottlenecks. Engineering teams use this to understand technical risk before a hire, acquisition, or platform decision.
Discovery Sprint Services
One focused week where Redefine maps your architecture, estimates build effort, and produces a proposal ready for board or budget approval. No guessing. No vague ranges.
Other pages in the development practice:
Most development quotes are guesses dressed as estimates.
You send an RFP, wait two weeks, and receive a range so wide it is useless. The problem is not the vendor, it is the process. Redefine scopes the work first so pricing reflects your actual architecture, not a template.
- RFP out, two-week wait for a vague "it depends" range
- No architecture review before the first invoice hits
- Scope creep lands mid-project and surprise invoices follow
- Open-ended day-rate billing with no finish line in sight
- You pay for time, not output. No deliverable list, no milestone accountability
- Scoping call within 48 hours. Line-item proposal in 3 days
- We review your architecture before Sprint 1 starts
- Fixed-scope sprints with a named deliverable list agreed before work begins
- No commitment required to receive your scoped proposal
- You own the code, the docs, the repo, and the deployment pipeline on day one
Every engagement type, priced and scoped upfront.
Redefine structures development work into three types: Evaluation (before you commit), Build (fixed-price sprints), and Augment (embedded team extension). Every type has a named deliverable list and a fixed price before any contract is signed.
Code and Architecture Audit
We review your entire codebase — security, architecture, dependencies, and technical debt. You receive a clear report showing exactly what to fix, what to defer, and what to ignore. Delivered in 5 to 7 business days.
- Security and dependency scan
- Architecture and scalability review
- Prioritized fix roadmap with cost estimates
- 90-minute findings walkthrough call
Discovery Sprint
One focused week to plan your build. We map your architecture, estimate every story, log risks, and produce a sign-off-ready proposal. If you proceed, this fee applies to Sprint 1.
- Architecture decision record (your build blueprint)
- Story map with hour estimates per feature
- Risk register and dependency log
- Sprint 1 brief, ready for budget or board approval
Two-Week Build Sprint, Fixed Price
A two-week sprint with every deliverable agreed before work starts. Tested, documented, and deployed to your staging environment by sprint close. No surprise charges.
- Named deliverable list agreed before Sprint 1 starts
- Unit and integration tests included
- Automated deployment pipeline ready on day one
- Full code ownership transferred at sprint close
Your proposal includes this before you sign anything
Every Redefine proposal names every story, its acceptance criteria, its sprint assignment, and its cost. You review it, share it internally, and only sign if the numbers work for you. The proposal is yours regardless of what you decide.
Embedded senior developers from $8,500 per month
Redefine engineers join your sprint cycle, use your toolchain, attend your stand-ups, and work inside your repo. No headcount overhead. No recruitment lag. Minimum 3-month term, 2-week onboarding.
- Senior engineers only (5+ years production experience)
- Tech lead oversight on every engagement
- Scale up or down with 30 days notice
How much is a delayed build costing your business right now?
Put in your numbers. See what every week of delay actually costs you, side by side with what it costs to start now.
Your project numbers
These numbers use your inputs. Real outcomes depend on your architecture and team availability. The scoping proposal pins these figures before you commit to anything.
From fragmented stack to production-ready platform.
An automotive B2B platform built for dealers and fleet buyers. The legacy monolith could not scale, and every workflow showed it.
Inventory syncing was unreliable. Catalogs loaded slowly. Customer approval workflows were handled manually. Data lived in separate silos across the ERP, CRM, and marketing stack, creating bottlenecks at every step of the buying process.
Redefine rebuilt the platform as a headless B2B ecommerce architecture using Node.js and Next.js. Inventory now syncs in real time directly from Microsoft Dynamics. Approval workflows run automatically. All ERP, CRM, and marketing data feeds into a single source of truth.
Inventory accuracy across all catalog entries, hit within the first sprint after launch. Manual process overhead dropped to zero. The architecture supports future growth without a rebuild.
"The new platform delivers faster performance, reliable live inventory, and a smoother B2B purchasing experience. Teams that used to second-guess system accuracy now trust it completely."
Pricing questions we hear every week.
No. You submit your brief, take a scoping call within 48 hours, and receive a line-item proposal within 3 business days. If you decide not to move forward, the proposal is yours to keep and share with your team.
New requirements are scoped as a separate sprint line. You see the cost and deliverables before the sprint starts. Nothing enters the backlog without a signed 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 template. Your proposal carries a specific number, not a range.
Yes. The full fee is credited against Sprint 1 when you move forward within 60 days of proposal delivery. If you do not proceed, you keep everything: the architecture decision record, story map, risk register, and sprint brief. Each of these is a working document your internal team can act on or take to a different vendor.
Yes. This is the right first step for engineering leads who are not sure whether to extend their current codebase or start fresh. The audit delivers a quantified technical debt report, a security assessment, and a clear recommendation on rebuild versus refactor. It is a fixed-price service with no follow-on commitment.
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. Stack complexity directly affects sprint estimates, so your discovery sprint produces a price specific to your architecture. Audit engagements also cover Shopify, Salesforce, and ERP-adjacent codebases.
Tell us what you are building. We'll send a scoped proposal in 3 days.
You receive a line-item proposal with stories, costs, and sprint assignments. No commitment required to get it.
Call within 48 hours · Proposal in 3 days · Sprint 1 within 1 week of sign-off
What happens after you submit
- 1Scoping call within 48 hours
A 30-minute call with a senior engineer to review your stack, goals, and constraints. No sales pitch.
- 2Line-item proposal in 3 business days
Every story, its acceptance criteria, its sprint, and its cost. Share it internally with your team. No obligation to proceed.
- 3Sprint 1 begins within 1 week of sign-off
Your environment is set up, your team has repo access, and deployment is automated from day one. First deliverables are in the sprint board within 2 business days.
Know the cost before you greenlight the build.
Submit your brief and receive a line-item proposal within 3 business days. The proposal is yours whether or not you proceed. Your team invests 3 to 4 hours per week total. We handle the rest.