Pricing
A seat starts at $7,500 per month.
That buys one active build stream: one thing at a time, in your priority order, until it is done and deployed. A second seat, meaning a second stream running in parallel, starts at $6,500. Billed monthly in advance. Pause or cancel any time.
First seat
from $7,500 / month
One active build stream. Everything below is included in it.
Second seat
from $6,500 / month
A second stream, running at the same time as the first. Add or drop it month to month.
These are starting numbers, not a rate card. Heavier work lands above them and lighter work lands below. You will know your number before anything is signed, and it does not change afterwards unless you ask it to.
What a seat includes
Included
- Scoping and discovery for every item, before any code is written
- Architecture and build
- Deployment, documentation, and handover
- Judgment. I tell you when the thing you asked for is not the thing you need
Not included
- A second simultaneous build stream. That is a second seat
- Emergency or after-hours response, unless we agree it separately
- Licenses, hosting, and third-party fees
- Managing your staff or your other vendors
Terms
| Billing | Monthly, in advance. |
|---|---|
| Minimum term | None. One month at a time. |
| Pausing | Any time. Unused days bank and roll forward. No refund, no expiry. |
| Canceling | Any time, effective at the end of the current paid month. |
| Ownership | Yours. Code, infrastructure and documentation are handed over as part of the build. |
| Availability | Limited. One person, and seats are only opened when one is genuinely free. |
Who this is not for
Written plainly so you can rule yourself out without spending thirty minutes on a call to find out.
- You are shopping on price. There is always someone cheaper and I will not compete with them.
- You need a fixed bid for a finished app. That is a different product from a different kind of company.
- You do not control the budget. If you have to build a case for this internally, send me the person who signs.
- You need convincing that AI is worth using. I build with it every day and I am not going to run that argument.
- You want a body to manage. A seat is a build stream, not a hire.
Pricing questions
- How much does it cost to hire someone to build internal AI tools?
- At Aetenum a seat starts at $7,500 per month and covers one active build stream, worked one item at a time until it is done. That includes scoping, architecture, build, deployment, documentation and handover. Agencies typically quote per project and range widely. A full-time senior developer in the United States generally costs more once salary, benefits and management time are counted.
- Why is the price a starting point rather than a fixed rate?
- Because the work is not uniform. A seat pointed at a straightforward internal tool is not the same as a seat pointed at a regulated data migration. Some engagements land above the starting number and some land below it. You will know which before you sign anything, and the number does not move afterwards without you agreeing to it.
- What is a seat?
- One seat is one active build stream. One thing is worked at a time, until it is done, in the priority order you set. It is not a number of hours and it is not a person you manage.
- Is there a setup fee or a discovery fee?
- No. Scoping every item is part of the seat. You are not billed separately to find out what you need.
- What is the minimum commitment?
- One month. There is no long-term contract, no notice period and no minimum term.
- What happens to money if I pause?
- Pausing does not refund. It banks the unused days, and they roll forward to whenever you resume. Banked days do not expire.
- Do you do fixed-bid projects?
- No. A fixed bid requires pretending the scope is fully known at the start, and it usually is not. If you want a fixed bid for a finished application, a development agency is the right kind of company for that and I will say so.
- Are licenses and hosting included?
- No. Third-party licenses, hosting and vendor fees are billed to you directly by those vendors. I will tell you what something costs before it gets added to your stack.
If the number works, the next step is a call
Thirty minutes. You describe what broke and what it is costing you. I tell you whether a seat is the right answer for it, and what your number would actually be.
Or reach me directly: +1 385-208-1781 scott@aetenum.com
If the number does not work, that is a useful outcome too, and it cost you nothing to find out.