App Development · Scaling Seriously
Significant revenue, real complexity, and a team that depends on things working. At this level the platform is infrastructure, not a project.
The shape of it
The Build Levels still apply — but at this scale, pricing a build from a list would be guesswork, and you would be right not to trust it.
Everything here is partnership-led: a dedicated lead who knows the business, a roadmap that evolves with it, and delivery in phases against agreed priorities. We scope properly through discovery first, so you know what you are building and what it will cost before anyone commits.
Priced through discovery. Delivered as a partnership, not a handover.
Core · Plus · Ultimate · Horizon
The Build Levels are the same whatever size you are. What changes is the scale of what gets delivered.
Level One
Solve one problem properly. One tool, one workflow, one pain point fixed.
Investment
Partnership-led — priced through discovery
What You Get
A right-sized first system that proves the case and builds internal confidence before the wider programme starts.
Typical examples
Level Two
Connect 2–3 processes. Multiple features working together.
Investment
Partnership-led — priced through discovery
What You Get
Connected processes across departments, with the integrations and permissions that a business this size requires.
Typical examples
Level Three
Replace the way you work. An end-to-end operational platform.
Investment
Partnership-led — priced through discovery
What You Get
A full operational platform replacing the patchwork, delivered in phases alongside your internal team.
Typical examples
Level Four
Long-term, multi-module, complex. A platform that grows with you for years.
Investment
Partnership-led — priced through discovery
What You Get
A multi-year platform programme with strategic AI, integrations and continuous development under one roadmap.
Typical examples
Every size
App development isn't one-size-fits-all pricing. What you pay reflects the scale of what needs to be built and run. At this stage that means more users, more integrations, more systems that need to agree with each other — and more riding on it working.
Not sure this is the right fit? The same four Build Levels run at every size we work with — only the scale and the figures change.
Keep going
What changes when the business gets big enough that the systems become the constraint — governance, integration, and how to scale without seizing up.
Read the Scaling Seriously Guide →Web and platform built as one connected system, managed under a single partnership rather than split across suppliers.
Enterprise Web →A discovery call works out which level you actually need — which is often lower than people expect.
Now Is The Time
We're looking forward to hearing about your business and plans for the future.
We build for businesses at every stage — from a first tool that takes the worst job off your plate, through to an organisation-wide platform. What changes isn't the standard of the work, it's the scale of it. Tell us roughly where you are and we'll come back with what actually makes sense at that size, not a menu.
Where are you right now?
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Not sure which one you are? Answer six quick questions and we'll point you at the right one. Or skip all that, fill the form in, and we'll work it out together.
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