Turn an estimate into a fixed price
The calculators give you a defensible budget range. A number you can sign comes out of a Discovery sprint — architecture, compliance plan and a costed backlog, delivered in four weeks whether or not you build with us.
- One working dayEvery enquiry gets a reply from an engineer, not a sequence.
- Fixed price, fixed lengthDefined deliverable. No hourly billing surprises.
- Yours either wayDiscovery output is yours whether or not you build with us.
Fixed price, fixed length, defined deliverable
Published up front, because a price you have to ask for is a price that moves. No hourly billing surprises, no scope negotiated after the invoice.
Most engagements start here
Discovery
$45,0004 weeks
Architecture, compliance plan, integration map, prioritised backlog and a firm fixed-scope price for the build.
MVP
$95,0008 weeks
A working, HIPAA-ready product covering one core workflow end to end, in production with real users.
Pilot-Ready
$145,00012 weeks
MVP plus the integrations, admin tooling and reporting a health-system or payer pilot actually requires.
Founder Sprint
$25,0004–6 weeks
For pre-seed teams: a clickable, technically-validated prototype and a costed plan to raise against.
Support once you are live
The same three tiers the maintenance calculator prices. Budget 18–22% of build cost per year to keep a healthcare product running.
Essential
$8,000per month
Monitoring, security patching, business-hours support and compliance upkeep.
Growth
$20,000per month
Everything in Essential plus quarterly feature sprints, performance work and an annual compliance audit.
Enterprise
$50,000per month
Everything in Growth plus 24/7 on-call, a tightened SLA and a dedicated delivery pod.
Specialist work, bounded
Pieces that can run alongside a build or stand entirely alone.
- BAA Network Setup$80,000 · 6 weeks
- FDA SaMD Pathway$60,000 · 8 weeks
- Eval Harness Build$40,000 · 4 weeks
- Architecture Review$25,000 · 2 weeks
- Dedicated engineers$8,000 / month each · 3-month minimum
What happens after you send
Nobody enjoys sending an enquiry into silence. This is the whole sequence, and none of it commits you to anything.
- An engineer reads itWithin one working dayNot an auto-responder and not a sales rep. Someone who has built this kind of system replies, and they will tell you if what you want is cheaper than you think.
- A short scoping callUsually the same weekThirty minutes. We ask about workflow, existing systems, compliance obligations and deadline. You get a straight answer on feasibility and rough cost.
- A written scope and a numberA few days after the callArchitecture direction, the integration list, the compliance work and a price band per sprint. Yours to take to a board or to another agency.
- You decide, or you do notNo deadline from usNo retainer to get this far and no obligation at the end. If the answer is "not this year", that is a perfectly good outcome.
Before you get in touch
Do I need a spec or a brief first?
No. A paragraph about the workflow you are trying to fix is enough to start. If you have a spec we will read it, but writing one is often work you do not need to do yet — the Discovery sprint exists precisely to produce it.
Can you handle PHI and sign a BAA?
Yes. Taction Software Solutions is ISO 27001-certified and BAA-ready. A signed Business Associate Agreement is in place before any production data moves, and engagements touching PHI run with AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit, least-privilege access and audit logging.
We are pre-seed. Is this worth our time?
Often, yes. The Founder Sprint at $25,000 exists for teams that need a technically-validated prototype and a costed plan to raise against, rather than a production build. If your budget is below that, say so — we will tell you honestly whether we can help.
I only want a sanity check on a number. Is that fine?
Completely fine, and quite common. Send the estimate you built with a calculator and ask whether it is realistic. You will get an opinion, not a pitch — and no follow-up sequence if you say no.
What does an estimate here actually commit us to?
Nothing. The calculators are free, need no email to use, and produce a directional planning figure rather than a quote. A price you can sign only comes out of a Discovery sprint, and that is a separate, paid, fixed-scope engagement you choose to start.