SERVICE 04 · BUSINESS SYSTEMS
When the software on the market keeps forcing your team into someone else’s process, the fix is a system built around yours. We build those two ways — and which one you pick comes down to whether you want the outcome or the asset.
One build · two paths
Both paths run the same discovery, the same build, and the same people. What changes is who holds the code, who runs the infrastructure, and what it costs you. We price both against your actual scope, so you can compare them on the same build rather than on a number we posted before meeting you.
If you want to own it
Owning the asset costs more than licensing it — that is the whole trade. How you absorb that cost is up to you, and the second option exists so a bigger build does not have to wait for a bigger year.
The full build cost, settled up front. The system and the infrastructure are yours from the day it goes live.
One payment
before the build
The same build, paid across a longer agreement. It puts a larger system within reach now instead of a year from now. When the term completes, the system is yours.
Fixed monthly
over an agreed term
Owning it does not mean you are on your own. Maintenance, monitoring, and new development continue under a separate support agreement for as long as it earns its keep.
Separate agreement
optional, after handoff
Path one, in detail
Licensing is not just a smaller invoice — it is a different relationship. You help shape a system we intend to keep developing, and in exchange you get terms nobody who shows up later can buy.
Build Partner economics
Two of these three phases end. The third is the point: you stay a customer at a Build Partner rate, permanently below public pricing. Exact figures reflect scope, risk, and the value of the problem.
Pays for the deep workflow mapping and product definition that happens before a line of code. It also filters out anyone who isn't serious.
$2,500 - $10,000+
once, up front
Covers your seat at the table during the build — weekly sessions, testing with your team, and rollout support. It ends when the build does.
$1,000 - $5,000+
per month, during build
Your ongoing price as a customer, permanently discounted below whatever the public pays. This is the part that lasts.
Lifetime % off
from first real use
A locked dollar amount sounds better than it is — it stops making sense the moment the platform grows past it, and it is the kind of term companies quietly renegotiate. A permanent percentage off current pricing survives that. You stay ahead of the market for as long as you’re a customer.
Six-month build contribution: $22,500. Once live, the Build Partner price is $9,600 per year versus $24,000 per year at the public price — a $14,400 annual savings.
How it works
You walk us through the process that keeps costing you money.
We confirm your competitors have the same problem — and would pay to fix it.
We put scope, pricing, and exclusivity in writing before anyone builds.
We build the core workflow first, so you can judge it early.
It goes live inside your business. Your team's real use shapes v2.
We take the proven system to your industry. Your Build Partner advantages continue after launch.
Next step
Bring us the process you would rebuild if you could. We will scope it once and price it both ways, so the decision is a commercial one instead of a technical guess.
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