Pricing

Every price, in plain sight.
Budget the whole journey before we ever talk.

No quotes-on-request, no discovery-call gatekeeping. The numbers below are the numbers. When you're ready, the call is about your product — not about prying a price out of us.

Four ways to work with us

One core. Then build, your way.

LaunchPad

Get the core right once.

Your AI-native architecture — cloud, CI/CD, AI toolchain, mirrored staging + production. Pro builds from scratch in 5 days; Elite rebuilds existing infrastructure with zero downtime.

$4,999 Pro · one-time
Elite from $9,999 · one-time
LaunchPad details ↓
Most founders start here

Pod subscription

Your own senior team, working only on your product.

Dedicated development pods of 1–5+ architects, averaging 10 years at Wegile, shipping to staging daily. Month-to-month, scale up or down, no lock-in.

from $4,500/mo
Choose your pod size ↓

Fixed-scope delivery

Tell us the destination; we own the route.

We scope deliverables, pod size, and timeline together — then commit to a fixed price with a hard cap, billed monthly. Guaranteed timeline, complete documentation at handover.

Custom capped & guaranteed
Scope it on a call →

Managed Product Evolution

Long-term ownership, without the long-term hiring risk.

After launch, a Wegile MPE pod owns your production system end to end — ongoing releases, enhancements, AI upgrades, security patches, and monitoring.

from $3,000/mo
MPE plans ↓
Choose your pod size

Four sizes. Same standards.
Every pod ships daily.

Every tier includes AI-native workflows, the six-gate governance pipeline, daily staging deploys, and direct Slack/Teams access. All pods run on LaunchPad infrastructure.

Most chosen

Dedicated Architect

1 full-stack development architect
$4,500/mo
Best for: early-stage startups, MVPs, single product lines
Next.js · React · TypeScript · Node · NestJS · Python · Rust · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Redis · AWS · microservices
  • 10 yrs avg at Wegile · 8 hrs/day dedicated
  • End-to-end: architecture, dev, infra, DevOps
  • Daily staging deploys, automated testing
  • Real-time progress dashboard
  • Weekly architecture standup
  • Full code-repo ownership
Start with one architect

Duo Pod

Development Architect + Business Analyst
$8,500/mo
Best for: growing products needing build + planning coverage
  • Everything in Dedicated, plus:
  • BA architect: scoping, user stories, workflows
  • Complete project documentation
  • Pod-lead coordination
  • Bi-weekly strategy calls
Build with a Duo

Team Pod

Dev + BA + Cross-platform Mobile
$12,000/mo
Best for: funded products needing web + mobile · Series A
  • Everything in Duo, plus:
  • Sr. mobile architect (React Native / Flutter)
  • Web + mobile shipping in parallel
  • Dedicated QA coverage
  • LaunchPad setup included
Scale with a Team

Custom Pod

5+ architects, composed for you
Let's scope it
Best for: enterprise products — native iOS/Android, AI, QA, DevOps
  • Everything in Team, plus:
  • Native iOS + Android architects
  • AI-integration specialists
  • Dedicated DevOps engineer
  • Enterprise SLAs
Compose your pod
What's includedDedicatedDuoTeamCustom
Architects (10 yrs avg at Wegile)1235+
Dedicated hours8/day8/day each8/day each8/day each
Web development
Business analysis & documentation
Cross-platform mobile
Native iOS & Android
Dedicated QA
Dedicated DevOps engineer
AI-native workflow + governance pipeline
Daily staging deploys
Real-time dashboard · Slack/Teams · repo access
LaunchPad setupAdd-onAdd-onIncludedIncluded
Time to first deployWeek 1Week 1Week 1Week 1
Enterprise SLAs

Month-to-month on every tier. Scale up, down, or pause. Complete documentation — technical framework, code, and how-to docs — is yours throughout.

A note on cost: A Wegile Dedicated Architect at $4,500/mo costs less than one day of a US boutique agency engagement for the month, and a fraction of the fully-loaded cost of an in-house hire. The difference is not in the hours delivered — it's in the model. Senior architects, AI-native workflow, governance pipeline, and documentation are included. You are not paying for overhead.
Before you subscribe

Start with LaunchPad — the core everything runs on.

Cloud, CI/CD, AI tooling, mirrored staging + production — live in 5 business days (Pro, $4,999) or rebuilt from your existing systems with zero downtime (Elite, from $9,999). One flat fee. Fully yours. Your pod ships code from day 6.

LaunchPad details →
Managed Product Evolution

After launch, keep evolving.

A Wegile MPE pod owns your live product end to end — releases, enhancements, AI upgrades, security patches, performance, and monitoring. Full architectural governance without a full-time team.

Care

1 architect · up to 16 hrs dev/mo
$3,000/mo
Best for: live products that need a steady hand
  • Production monitoring & alerting
  • SLA-backed support response
  • Security patches & dependency updates
  • Minor enhancements (up to 16 hrs/mo)
See Care plan details
Most popular

Growth

1–2 architects · up to 40 hrs dev/mo
$6,000/mo
Best for: products still shipping features
  • Everything in Care, plus:
  • Active feature development
  • AI feature integration
  • Performance & UX improvements
  • Up to 40 hrs development/month
See Growth plan details

Scale

2–3 architects · up to 90 hrs dev/mo
$12,000/mo
Best for: multi-product or high-traffic systems
  • Everything in Growth, plus:
  • Multi-product or multi-platform ownership
  • Full pod capacity, all domains
  • Dedicated QA coverage
  • Up to 90 hrs development/month
See Scale plan details

All MPE plans are month-to-month. See the full MPE page →

The real math

What you actually pay
vs. what you think you pay.

In-house hiring carries costs most budgets never line-item. Here's the honest comparison — and it's why transparent pricing doesn't scare us.

In-house senior architect

US market · annual, fully loaded
Base salary$180,000
Benefits & healthcare (30%)$54,000
Recruiting fee (20%)$36,000
Equipment, tooling & overhead$20,000
6–8 weeks to productiveopportunity cost
Effective monthly≈ $24,200/mo

Wegile Dedicated Architect

10 yrs avg at Wegile · productive in 5 days
Subscription$4,500/mo
Recruiting, benefits, equipment$0
Management overhead$0
AI-native workflow & governanceincluded
Ramp-up5 business days
Effective monthly$4,500/mo

The speed is already in the price. So is roughly $19,700 a month.

Run your own numbers

Your team. Your math.

Set your headcount and average salary — see the fully-loaded comparison live. Estimates based on US market rates; actual savings vary by role, location, and engagement type.

architects
per year
Traditional hiring (fully loaded)$50K /mo
Salary + benefits (30%) + recruiting (20%) + equipment & overhead
Wegile development pod$13.5K /mo
All-in fixed monthly. No recruiting, no benefits admin, no attrition surprises.
$36.5K saved per month
73% cost reduction
$438K annual savings
The honest positioning

We are not a low-rate vendor. Here's why that's good news.

Unmanaged development is the most expensive mistake in software. Here's the real comparison.

Low-rate freelancers / offshore mills
  • No governance — AI-generated code goes straight to production
  • Junior developers billed at senior rates
  • No documentation — context lives in Slack history
  • No continuity — every new engagement starts from zero
  • Security retrofitted, if at all
Low day rate. Very high total cost.
US / UK boutique agencies
  • Senior rates paid — often to project managers, not builders
  • 3–6 month ramp times before anything ships
  • Churn-prone — you lose context when their architects leave
  • Sprint-based — feedback loops are 14 days, not 1 day
  • AI tooling mentioned in pitches, rarely governed in delivery
High day rate. Still high total cost.
Wegile development pod
  • Six-gate governance on every AI-generated line
  • 10-yr average tenure architects — the commit history matches the CV
  • Full documentation, updated with every change
  • <5% attrition — context compounds over years, not resets
  • Six-gate governance · security built in from day one
Lower than in-house. Fraction of boutique agency. No compromise on quality.
And the cost nobody budgets

What engineer churn actually costs you.

2–3 yrsaverage in-house engineer tenure — every departure resets your product's memory
6–8 weeksramp time per replacement, while your roadmap waits
10 yrs avgWegile architect tenure · <5% attrition — context that compounds instead of resetting
Find your plan in 60 seconds

Two questions. One recommendation.

1 · What's your starting point?
2 · What coverage do you need?

What this means for you

Same pricing. Different wins.

Maximum runway$4,500/mo vs ~$24,200 fully-loaded in-house — and zero hiring or HR overhead.
Daily momentumProgress you can see every day — and show investors — not sprint demos every two weeks.
No lock-inMonth-to-month. Scale the pod with funding, pause if you must. The core is yours forever.
Before you commit to a vendor

AI Governance & Code Quality Audit.

If you have an existing product — or a vendor relationship you're uncertain about — request a no-obligation audit. Our architects review your codebase or your vendor's delivery practices against the six-gate governance standard, and give you a written assessment within one week.

AI code governance review — are AI-generated lines being reviewed by a named architect before merge?
Security posture assessment — automated security scan coverage, dependency audit status, known CVE exposure
Code quality & complexity analysis — architectural debt, test coverage, standards enforcement
Delivery process review — CI/CD pipeline coverage, staging discipline, deploy frequency
Compliance readiness — data handling controls, audit trail completeness, security posture review
Request an audit →
Common questions

The fine print, out loud.

Once, up front, before the build begins. It's a flat fee — $4,999 Pro, from $9,999 Elite — and the infrastructure is fully yours regardless of what you do next.

Yes. Month-to-month means exactly that — scale up, scale down, or pause. Your code, infrastructure, and complete documentation stay with you.

Any month. Most clients start Dedicated and add architects as the product grows. Your existing architect stays — pods grow, they don't rotate.

The composition: native iOS/Android, AI-integration specialists, dedicated QA and DevOps, enterprise SLAs. We scope it on the call and the price is fixed before work starts.

One agreed price with a hard cap, billed in monthly installments across the guaranteed timeline. Scope changes are re-agreed in writing — never silently absorbed into a bigger invoice.

Your own cloud-provider usage (the accounts are yours) and any third-party licenses you choose. We don't mark up either. That's the whole list.

A freelancer is one person, usually without governance tooling, documentation standards, or a replacement if they get sick, leave, or move on to a better offer. Wegile pods are a senior architect plus the six-gate AI governance pipeline, daily staging deploys, complete documentation, and continuity baked in. The hourly rate is lower — the risk is significantly higher, especially once the product is in production.

If you have the runway for 6–8 weeks of recruiting, $180,000+ base salary, benefits (30%), recruiting fees (20%), equipment overhead, and the patience to wait for productive contribution — you should. If you need a senior team shipping code in 5 business days at a fraction of that cost, without any of the HR overhead or attrition risk, that's what a Wegile pod is built for. Many clients do both: a pod to ship fast, in-house hires to compound on the foundation.

One call. An architect, not sales.

Response within 24 hours. After the architecture call, a named pod recommendation and day-one delivery plan arrive within 4 business hours. You keep the proposal either way.

Book a call →