Why per sprint instead of per month?

Because a month is not a unit of work. A sprint is: it has a scope you agreed, a team assigned to it, and an end date where you see what shipped and decide whether to run another.

What does 'fixed scope' mean in practice?

We write down what the sprint delivers before it starts. New requests during the sprint go in the queue rather than displacing committed work, and get scoped into the next sprint.

Is the team really dedicated?

The engineers are, for the full length of your sprint. Leads and QA are fractional by design: you get their judgement at the points where it matters instead of paying for their idle time.

How does the 14-day guarantee work now?

First 14 days are on us. Not convinced? Full refund, regardless of sprint length. It runs from the day your first sprint starts, so a one-week sprint is covered well past its end.

Are there any hourly charges, ever?

No. No timesheets, no overtime, no committed versus actual hours. The sprint price and any add-ons you choose are the whole invoice.

Pricing

Transparent pricing. No discovery call required to get a price.

You buy a sprint, not a month. Each sprint has a fixed scope, a fixed price, and a team assigned to you for its whole length. We agree the length on the scoping call.

Who you get, and for how long

Named people, assigned to your sprint for its full length. Not a shared queue, not a rotating bench, and no hours to reconcile at the end.

DEDICATED

Engineers, on your sprint only

The engineers on your sprint work on your sprint. They are not split across other clients while it runs, which is why one sprint is active at a time.

FRACTIONAL

Leads and QA, where they matter

A lead reviews architecture and scope. QA arrives for release. Both are shared across sprints on purpose: you get their judgement without paying for idle time.

INCLUDED

One price, whole team

The sprint price covers everyone listed on your track. No per-seat pricing, no overtime, no timesheets, and no invoice surprises at the end of the sprint.

TRACK

TEAM ASSIGNED TO YOUR SPRINT

AI Lab

1 AI engineer + 1 product engineer + 1 fractional QA

Commerce Lab

1 fractional lead + 1 e-commerce developer + 1 fractional QA

Dev Lab, Mobile

1 mobile engineer + 1 backend and API engineer + 1 fractional lead + 1 fractional QA

Dev Lab, Web

1 full-stack engineer + 1 fractional product engineer + 1 fractional QA

TEAM ASSIGNED TO YOUR SPRINT

AI Lab1 AI engineer + 1 product engineer + 1 fractional QA

Commerce Lab1 fractional lead + 1 e-commerce developer + 1 fractional QA

Dev Lab, Mobile1 mobile engineer + 1 backend and API engineer + 1 fractional lead + 1 fractional QA

Dev Lab, Web1 full-stack engineer + 1 fractional product engineer + 1 fractional QA

› EVERY SPRINT INCLUDES

The same seven things, at every price.

Fixed scope, fixed price

We agree what the sprint delivers and what it costs before it starts. No change orders mid-sprint.

A queue behind it

Everything else you want goes in the queue and gets scoped into the next sprint.

Kickoff in days

Median four days from the scoping call to the first commit in your repository.

Async daily updates

A written update every working day: what shipped, what is next, what needs you.

Full IP ownership

Yours from day one, in writing, committed under your own accounts.

Direct team access

You talk to the engineers on your sprint. No account managers in between.

14-day guarantee

First 14 days are on us. Not convinced? Full refund, regardless of sprint length.

◈ NO HOURS LEDGER

No timesheets, no committed versus actual hours, no utilization reports. You buy a sprint at a fixed price and judge us on what ships.

› THE HONEST COMPARISON

What the alternatives cost you.

Money is only part of it. Here is the rest, including the parts agencies leave off the proposal.

COMPARE

The DaaS Labs

In-house hire

Traditional agency

What you buy

One sprint, fixed scope and price

A salary and a notice period

A multi-phase statement of work

Cost

$600 to $2,500 per sprint, published

$19k a month in year one, all in

$15k to $40k per project phase

Time to productive work

Median 4 days after the scoping call

2 to 4 months to hire and onboard

4 to 8 weeks of discovery first

Team on the work

Named engineers, dedicated for the sprint

One person, one skill set

Whoever is on the bench

Stopping

Finish the sprint and decide on the next one

Redundancy process

Contract renegotiation

Who carries the risk

We do: first 14 days are refundable

You do, entirely

You do, after the deposit

What you buy

THE DAAS LABSOne sprint, fixed scope and price

IN-HOUSE HIREA salary and a notice period

AGENCYA multi-phase statement of work

Cost

THE DAAS LABS$600 to $2,500 per sprint, published

IN-HOUSE HIRE$19k a month in year one, all in

AGENCY$15k to $40k per project phase

Time to productive work

THE DAAS LABSMedian 4 days after the scoping call

IN-HOUSE HIRE2 to 4 months to hire and onboard

AGENCY4 to 8 weeks of discovery first

Team on the work

THE DAAS LABSNamed engineers, dedicated for the sprint

IN-HOUSE HIREOne person, one skill set

AGENCYWhoever is on the bench

Stopping

THE DAAS LABSFinish the sprint and decide on the next one

IN-HOUSE HIRERedundancy process

AGENCYContract renegotiation

Who carries the risk

THE DAAS LABSWe do: first 14 days are refundable

IN-HOUSE HIREYou do, entirely

AGENCYYou do, after the deposit

The in-house figure is the one people argue with. It is calculated here, slider by slider, from a salary you choose.

› PRICING QUESTIONS

Before you book the call

One or two weeks. We pick the length on the scoping call based on what the work needs, and the price on this page follows that choice. Longer bodies of work run as consecutive sprints, each scoped on its own.