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Fixed Price
Defined scope, fixed cost. Best for well-scoped projects where requirements are clear. You know exactly what you'll pay before we start.
Choose How You Work With Us
Every project is different. We offer four engagement models so you can choose the one that fits your budget, timeline, and risk appetite.
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Time & Materials
Flexible scope, pay as you go. Ideal for evolving products where requirements change. You get full transparency on hours and spend.
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Dedicated Team
Your team, our engineers. A dedicated pod of senior engineers working exclusively on your product, scaling up or down as needed.
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Retainer
Ongoing partnership. Monthly allocation of engineering hours for continuous improvement, support, and new features.
How Every Project Unfolds
From the first conversation to post-launch support, every engagement follows the same disciplined process — so you always know where you stand.
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Discovery
30-min call to map your goals, constraints, existing systems, and the highest-impact opportunities.
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Scoping
We document requirements, create user stories, and define the technical architecture.
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Proposal
Fixed timeline, transparent pricing, technology recommendation. No surprises.
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Build
Agile sprints. You see working software weekly. We adapt as you learn.
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QA & Launch
Rigorous testing, staging environment, go-live checklist, and smooth deployment.
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Support
Post-launch retainer, training handoff, or full ownership transfer — your choice.
Standards We Operate By
Six commitments we make to every client, on every project, without exception.
Mainland-Licensed in Dubai
We are a licensed mainland UAE company, not a free-zone or offshore entity. We can sign official government contracts and operate across all emirates.
Senior-Only Engineers
Every project is staffed with senior engineers. No juniors, no hand-off chains. The people you meet are the people who build.
Fixed Pricing Available
For well-scoped projects we offer a fixed price guarantee. Your budget is locked from day one — no hidden extras.
NDA & Full IP Transfer
We sign NDAs before discovery and transfer full intellectual property upon final payment. Your code, your product.
UAE Compliance Built-In
All solutions are built to comply with UAE PDPL, TDRA, and relevant sector regulations from day one.
90-Day Warranty
Every delivery includes a 90-day post-launch warranty. Any bugs found after go-live are fixed at no charge.
Why Process Is the Product You're Actually Buying
Two teams with identical skills can deliver opposite outcomes, and the difference is always process. Software projects rarely fail at the code—they fail in the gaps: requirements that meant different things to each side, progress invisible until a deadline, scope drifting without anyone deciding it should. Everything in how we work exists to close a specific gap that has burned someone before.
The mechanics behind the promises
- Discovery produces a document, not a vibe. The free consultation ends with a fixed written proposal—scope, milestones, price—so both sides are agreeing to the same project before it starts.
- Sprints make progress inspectable. Working software every week or two, demonstrated live. You never have to take our word for where things stand, and corrections happen while they cost minutes.
- Changes are decisions, not drift. Scope changes get a written impact note before work starts. The budget moves only when you move it.
- Handover assumes our absence. Documentation, account ownership, and a mainstream stack mean any competent team could continue without us. Clients stay for the relationship, not the dependency.
The result is boring in the best way: projects that land where the proposal said they would, budgets that finish where they started, and a 90-day warranty standing behind the code. If you have been burned by the other kind of project, the difference is visible from the first sprint demo.
Your Questions Answered
What is your typical development process?
We follow a 6-step process: Discovery (aligning on goals), Scoping (requirements and architecture), Proposal (fixed timeline and pricing), Build (agile sprints with weekly demos), QA & Launch (rigorous testing and go-live), and Support (post-launch retainer or handoff). Every phase has clear deliverables and sign-off points so you always know what is happening.
Do you offer fixed-price contracts?
Yes. For well-scoped projects with clear requirements, we offer fixed-price contracts where your investment is locked from day one. For projects with evolving requirements, we recommend a Time & Materials or Dedicated Team model that gives you more flexibility. We discuss the best model for your project during Discovery.
How long does a typical project take?
A focused web project (custom website, Shopify store, or MVP) typically takes 4–8 weeks. A mobile app or complex web platform runs 10–16 weeks. Enterprise integrations and AI solutions range from 6–20 weeks depending on scope. We provide a detailed timeline in the proposal phase before any work begins.
What engagement models do you offer?
We offer four engagement models: Fixed Price (defined scope, locked cost), Time & Materials (flexible scope, transparent hourly billing), Dedicated Team (a pod of senior engineers working exclusively on your product), and Retainer (a monthly allocation of engineering hours for ongoing work). We will recommend the model that best fits your project during scoping.
Do you sign NDAs before starting?
Yes. We sign a mutual NDA before any discovery session or scoping discussion. Confidentiality is a baseline expectation for us, not an afterthought. Our standard NDA covers all information exchanged during the engagement and has no expiry for proprietary business data.
Who owns the intellectual property after the project?
You do. Full intellectual property — code, designs, data models, documentation — transfers to you upon final payment. We do not retain any license to your product. This is written into every contract with no exceptions.
What happens if the project goes over budget?
On Fixed Price contracts, cost overruns are our responsibility, not yours. If scope is unchanged, the price is unchanged. On Time & Materials projects, we flag any risk of overspend before it happens — you always approve additional investment before we proceed. We have never delivered a surprise invoice.
How do we communicate during the project?
You will have a direct WhatsApp or Slack channel with your lead engineer and a project manager. We run weekly sprint demos so you see working software every 7 days. All tasks, decisions, and blockers are tracked in a shared project board (Notion or Jira, your preference). You will never need to chase us for an update.
What do you need from us to keep the project moving?
Three things, and we tell you exactly when: a decision-maker who can attend the weekly demo and answer questions within a day or two, content and access when we ask for them (brand assets, account credentials, sample data), and honest feedback early — telling us a direction feels wrong in week two costs nothing; discovering it at handover costs a phase. We structure requests so your total time commitment is a couple of hours a week.
How do you handle change requests mid-project?
Openly and in writing. Small adjustments inside the agreed scope are absorbed — that is what sprints are for. Genuine scope changes get a short written impact note (what it costs, what it moves) before any work starts, so the decision is always yours and the budget never drifts silently. The original fixed price stays the floor; nothing is re-traded.
What happens if we are not happy with the direction mid-project?
You say so at the weekly demo — that is its purpose. Because we ship working software every sprint, corrections happen against something real rather than a document, and they happen early. In the rare case a relationship genuinely is not working, the exit is clean by design: you own all work delivered to date, with documentation, and any competent team can continue from it. We would rather lose a project gracefully than hold a client hostage.
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