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Engagement & pricing

Commercial structures built around delivery risk.

We scope the team and commercial model around the evidence you need next — not a generic package. Get a ballpark below in about a minute.

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When the hard questions come first

Discovery & validation

$5,000 – $7,000
Fixed scope · typically 3–5 weeks

A focused engagement to clarify requirements, test feasibility and turn technical uncertainty into an evidence-backed product plan.

  • Technical and commercial discovery
  • Feasibility experiments
  • Architecture and delivery roadmap
  • Risk and dependency register
  • Costed next-step proposal
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Most chosen

Milestone product program

$10,000 – $20,000
Per milestone · billed on delivery gates

A multidisciplinary team owns delivery across defined product milestones, with visible outcomes and decision gates at each phase.

  • Dedicated cross-functional team
  • Payments aligned to milestones
  • Regular demos and reporting
  • Prototype, validation and iteration
  • Production handoff support
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For ongoing innovation capacity

Embedded product team

From $1,500 / month
Per engineer · scale up or down monthly

A flexible monthly team that works alongside your organisation to extend capability, accelerate a roadmap or improve an existing product.

  • Stable monthly investment
  • Flexible backlog and priorities
  • Named technical leadership
  • Continuous R&D and iteration
  • Scalable specialist capacity
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What will it actually cost to build?

Answer eleven quick questions for an honest engineering range. Requirements maturity and mechanical scope move the number most — refine it further if you want a tighter band.

1Stage 1 of 3 · Quick estimate
Your idea stays confidential — answers are never used for training, NDA available before any call.
What are you building?
Where are you starting from?Requirements maturity is the #1 cost driver — bigger than any technology choice.
Electronics complexityBest guess is fine — this and mechanical scope move the number most.
Mechanical & motion
Display & interface
Power architecture
Firmware scope
Connectivity
Companion software
Target marketsEach region is its own radio approval — compliance scope is derived, not asked.
Production ambitionDecides whether DFM, tooling, and factory test fixtures exist at all.
DEVELOPMENT ESTIMATE
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Complexity
Confidence
Critical path
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Engineering (NRE) figures only. Not included — the lines everyone forgets: mold tooling (at cost, $8–30k typ.) · certification lab fees (scoped above, at cost) · cellular data plans · cloud opex (~$100–300/mo at 5k devices) · app-store & platform accounts · sustaining engineering (~15–20%/yr post-launch). Unit cost (COGS) and tooling quotes are produced in the Feasibility Sprint.
Phase-by-phase breakdown, assumptions & exclusions

Your range and timeline above are free and uncapped. The detailed phase split is shown below.

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Assumptions baked into this number
  • EE design, firmware, enclosure/DFM, certification (FCC/CE per markets selected) and pilot run all in scope
  • Standard 2.4 GHz radios only — assumes no custom RF / antenna design
  • Off-the-shelf cells; no custom battery pack qualification (UN 38.3 lab fees at cost)
  • One mechanical revision between EVT and DVT; tooling quoted at cost separately
Explicitly excluded
  • Medical / IEC 62304 / FDA 510(k) programs
  • ATEX / Ex / automotive PPAP qualification
  • Mold tooling, certification lab fees, carrier data plans, cloud opex
  • Sustaining engineering post-launch (~15–20%/yr)

Pricing questions, answered.

Which engagement model should I choose?

Choose discovery and validation when feasibility, requirements or cost are still uncertain. Choose a milestone program when the product is defined and you need accountable end-to-end delivery. Choose an embedded team when you have an ongoing roadmap.

What does a full hardware product program cost?

Milestones are priced at USD 10,000 to 20,000 each, billed against delivery gates. A complete connected device typically spans several milestones covering electronics, firmware, mechanical design, prototyping, validation and production handoff.

What is included in the quoted price?

Engineering time, project management, design reviews and documentation. Third-party costs — tooling, components, PCB fabrication, certification testing and travel — are quoted separately and passed through at cost.

How accurate is the estimator?

It gives an engineering (NRE) range based on the scope you describe. Mould tooling, certification lab fees and cloud running costs are excluded. A discovery sprint turns the range into a fixed proposal.

Not sure which model fits?

Tell us where the product is today. We’ll recommend the smallest commitment that gets you the evidence you need next.

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