10-DAY PILOT GUARANTEE: Live workflow on your server by Day 10 or pay $0. 100% Sprint fee credited to Phase One.

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ENGAGEMENT PROCESS

From audit to ownership in four steps.

No ambiguity. Each step has a defined scope, a fixed price, and a clear deliverable. You decide whether to proceed at every stage.

01

Discovery Call

Free / 30 minutes

We assess whether your current stack and operational model are a fit for owned infrastructure. If they are not, we say so. No pitch deck. No pressure.

Outcome: Go/no-go decision and Sprint scope agreement.

02

Stack Ownership Sprint

$4,500 fixed / 10 business days

We inventory every SaaS tool, map dependencies, calculate 3-year cost projections, identify fragility points, and deploy one live pilot workflow on your own server.

Deliverables: Stack ledger, TCO model, fragility map, data exposure summary, live pilot, rebuild roadmap, ownership pack, recorded handover.
If the pilot is not running in your environment by Day 10, you pay $0 and keep everything produced.
03

Phase One Rebuild

$18,000–$22,000 fixed / 6–8 weeks

We replace the most expensive and fragile part of your stack with private infrastructure: PostgreSQL databases, Metabase dashboards, n8n automations, and local AI models — all running on your server.

The full $4,500 Sprint fee is credited toward this phase.

04

Managed Support Retainer

$1,500–$3,000/month / 6-month initial term

We operate the systems you own. Patching, backups, monitoring, and defined monthly improvements. Business-hours support. Starts 30 days after rebuild go-live.

AFTER THE ENGAGEMENT

You own everything.

After the retainer period, you retain full ownership of the code, the databases, the workflows, and the documentation. You can continue with managed support, bring operations in-house, or engage a different team. There is no lock-in.

  • Source code repositories transferred to your Git provider
  • Database credentials and schemas fully documented
  • Workflow definitions exportable and portable
  • Infrastructure-as-code available for replication