How Pricing Works
Datarex does not publish rates because the number depends on scope. Each of the three services has a pricing structure you can see before any work begins, and you get a written proposal with the figure in it before anything starts.
Strategy + Advisory
Audits, reviews and the other assessment work are fixed in scope, each priced as its own proposal. The retainer is the exception: a standing monthly arrangement.
More on Strategy + Advisory| Work | Pricing structure |
|---|---|
Fixed-scope deliverables
| Fixed in scope. Each is priced as its own proposal, with a deliverable you can act on whether or not you keep working with us. |
| Fractional CTO Retainer | A monthly retainer, with a minimum of one day a week. See what the fee covers. |
Design + Build
Every build opens with a paid discovery. What follows is a fixed proposal produced from it, except Managed SaaS, which runs on a single monthly fee once the system is running.
More on Design + Build| Work | Pricing structure |
|---|---|
| Discovery | Fixed in scope and priced on its own, before any build is committed to. |
| Web Development | A fixed proposal for the build, produced from discovery. See what the fee covers. |
| SaaS Implementations | A fixed proposal for the implementation, produced from discovery. See what the fee covers. |
| Managed SaaS | A single monthly fee, starting at a twelve-month term. See what the fee covers. |
Support
Software, platform and integration support run on a single monthly fee sized to the work. DevOps & Managed Hosting is a predictable monthly fee of its own.
More on Support| Work | Pricing structure |
|---|---|
Ongoing support
| A single monthly fee, sized to the hours the work needs. If a task runs beyond an approval threshold agreed up front, we reach out before continuing. |
| DevOps & Managed Hosting | A predictable monthly fee. |
What Moves the Number
- Scope: how much has to be assessed, designed or built.
- The number of integrations: every connected system adds design work, testing and something to keep working afterwards.
- The condition of your existing data: clean, well-structured data moves fast, and years of manual workarounds do not.
- Compliance obligations such as PHIPA: regulated data changes what has to be built, reviewed and documented.
- Support hours: how many hours a month a retainer or support arrangement actually needs to cover the work.
What the Proposal Contains
Before any work starts, you get a written proposal covering the following. There is nothing to sign to have the conversation that produces it.
- The scope of work, written down rather than implied.
- The fee, as a fixed price or a monthly figure, before anything starts.
- What is explicitly out of scope.
- A timeline for the work described.