Most software houses charge by the hour or fixed prices per project with a predefined scope but both approaches carry significant risks for customers. With hourly rates, providers have little incentive to finish quickly and may drain your budget without delivering meaningful results. With fixed prices, you can find the solution doesn't fully cover your needs, and change requests can easily double both cost and time.
At Solarte, we charge customers based on the value we provide. You don’t pay for mysterious rework that doesn't change anything meaningful or for fixing bugs that shouldn't occur in the first place. Instead, you pay only for real features that help your business - features that are easy for you to define and understand.
This pricing model extends beyond initial development. We will maintain your system as long as you need it, and when your business grows and requires additional features or entirely new modules, the same model applies: you pay only for tangible benefits.
In my years in the industry, I’ve seen too many companies pay for complete rewrites after, say, three years of release, justified by a new framework version, only to have to deal with the same issues again. That’s not fair or good for your business. You deserve a partner who delivers quality from the start and provides consistent return on investment. Sure, we also update the stack and improve the existing implementation, but that’s our internal investment to be able to deliver visible changes more easily and quickly later on.
This approach requires more skills and discipline from us, but what I've learned is that this ensures implementations always maintain the right type of quality, benefiting everyone involved. This means solutions must avoid being overly simplistic, ensuring they are prepared for future extensions, but also not unnecessarily complex or over engineered to remain easily maintainable. This improves the work of programmers and brings more value for customers.