Pricing
Every engagement has a fixed scope and a fixed price, agreed before work starts. You know the cost before you commit, and the first conversation is free.
- ConsultFree, 30 minutes
- PoC Sprint$2,000 fixed
- CurrencyUS dollars
Every price, in one list
Fixed for the scope agreed before work starts. Embedded Engineering runs by the month.
- 30 minutesFree
- 2 weeks$2,000
AI Proof-of-Concept Sprint
A prototype on your data, its eval numbers and a go/no-go report.
The sprint in detail - 1 to 2 weeks$1,000 to $2,000
Discovery & Architecture
The spec, the architecture and a fixed estimate for the build.
What you receive - 8 to 16 weeks$8,000 to $16,000
- Monthly$4,000 a month
What the price includes
The engineering, the documents and the handover. Hosting and model usage stay on your own accounts.
- EngineeringLed and written by a senior engineer
- Every weekA demo and a written update
- Yours to keepCode, docs and the eval set
- Before we startYour NDA, signed
- Billed at costCloud hosting and AI model usage, on your accounts
Example budgets
Three common starting points, added up from the prices above. Your Discovery estimate replaces these with a fixed number.
- $10,000
Add AI search to an app you run
PoC Sprint, then an 8-week build
- $18,000
An AI product, from idea to launch
Discovery, then a 16-week build
- $2,000 a month
A senior engineer in your team
Embedded Engineering, half-time
Questions about pricing
The answers are the same on every page.
Why fixed prices instead of hourly billing?
So you can decide with the full cost in front of you. The price is set by the scope we agree, and it does not move unless the scope does.
What if the work takes longer than estimated?
That is ours to absorb. A fixed price stays fixed for the agreed scope.
What changes the price?
Only a change in scope. We write it down with its cost and time, and nothing starts until you agree.
Why are these prices lower than US or European studios?
Keelwork is based in Vietnam. You pay for senior engineering without big-city overhead; the process, the documents and the standards are the same.
What is not included?
Cloud hosting and AI model usage. They run on your own accounts, so you pay the providers directly, at cost.