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.

  • Technical consult

    Your architecture or AI approach, with an honest opinion either way.

    Book a consult
    30 minutesFree
  • AI Proof-of-Concept Sprint

    A prototype on your data, its eval numbers and a go/no-go report.

    The sprint in detail
    2 weeks$2,000
  • Discovery & Architecture

    The spec, the architecture and a fixed estimate for the build.

    What you receive
    1 to 2 weeks$1,000 to $2,000
  • Product Build

    The product, built and handed over, at the price Discovery fixed.

    How a build runs
    8 to 16 weeks$8,000 to $16,000
  • Embedded Engineering

    A senior engineer in your team, in your tools and your stand-ups.

    How it works
    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.

  1. $10,000

    Add AI search to an app you run

    PoC Sprint, then an 8-week build

  2. $18,000

    An AI product, from idea to launch

    Discovery, then a 16-week build

  3. $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.