§3 How we work

Clear scope first, then a fixed price per phase.

StackWisp prices work by scope rather than a rate card. Every project starts with a fixed-price discovery sprint that ends in a phased roadmap and a fixed quote for the first phase. Each later phase has its own agreed scope, timeline and price, so you always know what the next step costs.

PARTS INCLUDED1× discovery sprint1× roadmapn× releases1× run plan123Discovery sprint2 weeks · fixed priceBuild in releasesfixed scope per phaseRun and improvemonthly plan
Fig. §3 Parts included in every engagement, and the order they go together.

Engagement models

Four ways to work with us

About 2 weeks · fixed price

Discovery sprint

Workshops, research and technical review, ending with a scope, a phased roadmap, an architecture outline and a fixed quote for the first phase.

Best for: Every new project starts here.

Fixed scope per phase

Build in phases

Each phase has an agreed scope, timeline and price, delivered in releases you can see and test. You approve the next phase when the current one ships.

Best for: Platforms, automations and agent rollouts.

Monthly retainer

Dedicated team

A standing team working through your roadmap, for products that need continuous development rather than a fixed scope.

Best for: Ongoing product development.

Monthly plan

Run & improve

Hosting, monitoring, on-call, security updates and a set amount of improvement work each month.

Best for: Anything we have shipped, or that you bring to us.

Cost

What drives the cost of a project

We do not publish fixed prices because two projects with the same name can differ by an order of magnitude. These are the factors that move the number.

Scope and integrations

The number of user roles, screens and external systems is the biggest driver of effort.

Data and migration

Clean, structured data is quick to work with. Legacy data needs mapping, cleaning and rehearsed migrations.

Compliance and hosting

Data-residency rules, private hosting and audit requirements add infrastructure and process work.

AI accuracy targets

Agents that act on their own need test sets, evaluation and guardrails in proportion to the stakes.