Example projectWeb app
Technical lead for a client product
Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.
// The problem
A consultancy wants to turn a method it sells as advice into a paid web product for clients, and has nobody to plan the technology, hire for it or check a vendor's quote.
// What we would build
A fractional technical lead who reviews the idea, writes the plan and the build-or-buy choices, and then leads the first version: a client web app with sign-in, subscriptions and reports. The estimate here prices that first build; the review comes first and is quoted on a call.
// What is in it
- A review of the idea, the risks and the choices
- A written plan and build-or-buy decisions
- The first version: sign-in, subscriptions and reports
- Help hiring, or checking vendor quotes
- A hand-over your own team can run
// Stack
- Next.js
- PostgreSQL
- Stripe
- AWS
// estimate
- Build
- ≈ US$60,700 to US$92,800, delivered within 17 weeksCAD 86,400 to 132,100
- Hosting
- ≈ US$176 a monthCAD 250 a month
- Support
- ≈ US$2,500 a monthCAD 3,565 a month
Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.
Timeline by milestone
- Discovery
- 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
- Design approved
- 3.4 to 5.9 weeks
- Core features
- 1.9 to 3.4 weeks
- Full build
- 1.4 to 2.4 weeks
- Testing and fixes
- 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
- Launch
- 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
How it is paid
- Deposit 20%
- CAD 17,280 to 26,420
- Discovery 7.7%
- CAD 6,652.80 to 10,171.70
- Design approved 7.7%
- CAD 6,652.80 to 10,171.70
- Core features 23.3%
- CAD 20,131.20 to 30,779.30
- Full build 15.5%
- CAD 13,392.00 to 20,475.50
- Testing and fixes 7.7%
- CAD 6,652.80 to 10,171.70
- Launch 8.1%
- CAD 6,998.40 to 10,700.10
- Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%)
- CAD 8,640 to 13,210