Need the whole thing built? We do that too.
Through the R&D Lab, we take on a small number of fixed-price custom builds — membership systems, internal CRMs, ops dashboards, anything where off-the-shelf software doesn't fit. Delivered in English or native Spanish, with a clear scope, a fixed price, and a care plan so it keeps working after launch.
This is the right track if:
- ▸You're an organization in South East Asia or Latin America (commercial or non-profit) that needs custom software
- ▸Your project is substantial — we take on custom builds from roughly 100 hours of work and up
- ▸You want a fixed price and a fixed timeline, not hourly billing or open-ended consulting
- ▸You'd rather hire a small, hands-on builder than a large agency
- ▸Membership systems are a proven build for us — see Latinos en Tailandia, live on our homepage
- ▸You work in English or Spanish — both are working languages for us, Spanish natively
- ▸You need someone who can ship in 4–12 weeks, not 6 months
Not sure you're a fit? Tell us what you need and we'll say so, straight. Custom Connector pricing → · Start on How it Works →
The process.
30-minute scoping call.
Free, no obligation. We talk through what you need and what you don't. You walk away with a clean specification you could shop around even if you don't go with us.
Start with a POC.
A short, fixed-price proof-of-concept — 1–2 weeks, pilot build included — where we get one real, deployed slice of your most important workflow working. You see working software before committing to a full build, and we both learn what the real thing actually needs.
Scope and quote the full build.
With the POC running, the real shape of the work is clear — so we quote your full v1 to its actual context, at a fixed price, before anything is signed. Your POC fee credits toward it.
Build, with weekly demos.
Weekly demos, no surprises. Scope changes get priced and added to the queue, not silently absorbed. Most builds run 4–12 weeks.
Go-live + care plan.
We train your team and document everything. Every build includes an optional care plan at a fixed monthly.
CARE PLAN
Care plan: hosting, continuous improvements, edge-case bug fixing, and data & metrics analysis. Cancel anytime — your data is always yours to export, and you can take a standalone copy of your system to run on your own servers, frozen at the version we hand over. It keeps working, it just stops getting our ongoing improvements. The underlying technology stays ours; you are never locked in.
Cheaper than your first hire.
A v1 costs about the same as two to three months of one mid-level developer's salary — except you get a finished product, a team behind it, a fixed price, and no recruiting, management, or payroll after launch.
NO HIRING
Start this week, not after a 1–3 month search.
NO PAYROLL
Pay a fixed price for a finished product — versus $3,000+ loaded every month for a full-time hire, whether there’s work or not.
RISK ON US
Fixed price, fixed scope — we carry the delivery risk, not you.
A full-time hire only works out cheaper once you have 9–12+ months of continuous work to keep them busy. For ongoing-but-not-full-time needs, the R&D Lab retainer bridges the gap.
What custom builds cost.
START HERE · PROOF OF CONCEPT
Custom quote
1–2 weeks
The way in. A short, fixed-price POC — pilot build included — where we get one real, deployed slice of your most important workflow working, so you see the real thing before committing to a full build.
Go ahead with the full build and your POC fee credits toward it — so a yes costs you nothing extra.
Where full builds typically land.
Ranges, not a menu you pick blind. After your POC we know the real shape of the work and quote your full v1 to its actual context — fixed price, before anything is signed.
MINIMAL V1
Custom quote
4–6 weeks
The simplest version of what you need. Good when you want to start lean and grow into the product. Manual workflows where reasonable, no advanced integrations.
STANDARD V1
Custom quote
6–8 weeks
What most clients pick. Online payments, email broadcasts, role-based admin, integrations with one or two tools you already run (accounting, CRM), proper reporting.
FULL V1
Custom quote
8–12 weeks
The complete version. Members-only portal, deep integrations, custom reporting, polished mobile-responsive design.
A Custom Connector simply links a third-party tool you already use to AI; a build is new software made for how your business actually works. If you just need a tool connected, see How it Works. The POC settles the exact scope and quote before the full build is signed. Need ongoing technical leadership instead of a one-off build? Ask about the R&D Lab retainer — CTO on demand, a fixed number of days per month.