I deliver software for other people.
Every quote you have ever sent was a range with an asterisk, because every quote you have ever received was one too. Here is a way to send a number instead.
The offer you can now make
A fixed number, and the reason it is fixed.
A 500-table system and a 50-table one come off the same line. When your cost stops scaling with scope, your quote can stop being a range. That is not a discount — it is a different way of building, and it is the thing a shop that hand-writes code cannot match.
Quote the package, not the hours
Five fixed prices, each one a repository with a known set of tools in it. Your client picks one after seeing it work. You know your cost before you start.
Deliver against a rulebook, not a spec
The spec is a snapshot. Six months later it no longer describes the system that was built. The rulebook IS the system — change it and everything follows.
What you can quote
5 packages you can put a number on.
The ladder you deliver against. Each package includes everything above it, so a client can start at the model and move down without redoing anything.
Rulebook
$0
No charge.
Your entire business, modelled and open to inspection.
Includes
- ✓Your Platform Rules + Inferences
- ✓With Facts + Calculated Fields
- ✓What you track, and how it all connects
- ✓Plain-language documentation
- ✓Full Rulebook Editor in your Browser
- ✓Editable & Downloadable as a spreadsheet
- ✓With realistic sample data for every rule
- ✓Full provenance for every Value
- ✓Natively sharable with your team
- –No generated repository and no deployable implementation — those come with a paid package.
Backend
$1k
Fixed price. Pay only if you like it.
A developer handoff: the model as real infrastructure.
Everything in Rulebook, plus
- ✓Postgres or SQL Server Backend DB
- ✓DB enforced rules, not app code
- ✓Secure sign-in for your people
- ✓Roles that match how your organization works
- ✓Control who can view, add, change and delete
- ✓Configured and ready to go live
- ✓Errors handled gracefully and surfaced
- ✓Passwords and keys handled safely
Internal App
Most projects$5k
Fixed price. Pay only if you like it.
Working software your organization can actually run a department on.
Everything in Backend, plus
- ✓Starter Mobile App
- ✓Screens built for the actual jobs people do
- ✓Automated tests tied to that definition
- ✓Tests proving the build matches the rules
- ✓A preview of the screens your rules describe
- ✓Each role gets its own tailored view of the data
- ✓Walkthroughs to get your team started
Production App
$10k
Fixed price. Pay only if you like it.
Software the people doing the work depend on to do their jobs.
Everything in Internal App, plus
- ✓Starter Admin Portal
- ✓Documentation for running it day to day
- ✓Manage your team and who belongs where
- ✓Menus and screens organized around the work
- ✓A record of who changed what, and when
- ✓Separate test and live environments
Enterprise
$25k
Fixed price. Pay only if you like it.
Everything a serious organization expects before adopting a system of record.
Everything in Production App, plus
- ✓Staff sign in with your company login (SSO)
- ✓Fine grained control over who sees what
- ✓People only see the records they should (Row Level Security)
- ✓A complete, tamper-evident audit trail
- ✓Keep and delete data by policy
- ✓Approval steps on the changes that matter
- ✓Automated, tested releases (CI/CD)
- ✓Connect it to your other systems
- ✓Large data-migration tooling
- ✓Native iOS and Android Projects
Which are you?
The same methodology. Two things to sell with it.
The toolchain and the training do not change. What changes is the part of it your clients are buying.
Dev shops
Differentiation you can put numbers on.
“We write clean code” is what every shop says. This gives you something you can demonstrate in a pitch.
60 to 80% derived
Most of the build comes from the rulebook, not from hand-written code. Your team spends its hours on what is unique to the client, and carries a far lighter support burden after handoff.
Provable consistency
The same rulebook produces the database, API and docs, and they are tested to agree on every build. You can show a client the pieces stay in sync.
Business consultants
Your analysis becomes the engine.
A document describes a system. A rulebook becomes one. Your deliverable stops being a handoff that goes stale.
It runs
The rulebook derives a working database, API and docs — not a description of them. Your analysis is live on day one, not a spec someone reinterprets later.
It is auditable
The rules are explicit and separate from the executable, so a stakeholder can read them and a dev team or an AI can build from them. Not a black box.
The part that closes it
Lock-in you can rule out.
The whole foundation can be regenerated from the rulebook alone. Delete everything else and rebuild it. That is the strongest possible proof to a wary client that what they are buying is a portable asset they own — not a dependency on you, and not a dependency on us.
Training
Go faster with a training session.
The fee converts to credit.
Your team can start on their own for free. Training gets everyone productive faster: we walk through the methodology hands-on with a real domain, and leave you with a process you can repeat on any engagement. Pick the depth that fits where you are.
Free
1 hour onboarding
Not sure yet? Spend an hour with us. We'll look at your project, tell you honestly whether Effortless is a fit, and help you get going.
2 hours
Introduction
Hands-on walkthrough of the methodology and toolchain on a real project. By the end, you know exactly how to apply it on your next engagement.
Fully converted into store creditSee details →2 sessions
Hands-On Workshop
Build a real system slice from scratch - schema design, modeling surface setup, first effortless build, consuming views in app code.
$1,000 converts to store creditSee details →5 sessions
Team Onboarding
A complete adoption engagement for your team. Covers the full Bootstrap + Effortless Loop cycle and ends with a working, production-ready system slice your team owns.
$2,500 converts to store creditSee details →Larger scope · Custom package
Deep Enablement
For bigger teams and multiple projects: the full , edge cases, schema evolution, and organization-wide adoption. Scoped up front as a fixed package with a clear finish line.
Online sessions for individuals and small teams. For onsite workshops, firm-wide enablement, or larger engagements, get in touch and we'll work out the right arrangement.
Bring a methodology to every engagement.
The tools are free. The methodology is trainable. The fixed price is the part your competitors cannot copy without changing how they build.