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A rough budget and timeline for a website or app.

Three short steps. The range is based on typical project costs, not a quote. If you want a real number, the questionnaire gives us enough to write one.

Step 1 of 3Project type

What are you building?

How it works

Where the range comes from, and what it leaves out.

Each project type has a base range, from a simple website to a custom application. The features you add each carry a typical cost, and the total is multiplied for complexity and, if you need it sooner, for an accelerated timeline. The timeline is worked out the same way, from a base of 6 to 12 weeks.

Your budget range is compared with the estimate so the result can say plainly whether they line up, and what to do if they do not: phase the work, narrow the scope or start with an MVP.

The figures are typical project costs, not a quote, and they do not account for what you already have or anything unusual in the brief. A real number follows a short discovery. The questionnaire gives us enough to start on one, and the pricing page sets out how we charge.

Questions

Is this a quote?
No. It is a range based on typical costs for the project type, features and complexity you chose. A quote follows a short discovery; fill in the questionnaire and we will write one.
Why is the range so wide?
Because the same feature list can be a simple build or a complex one, depending on the design, the integrations and what already exists. The complexity level narrows it; a conversation narrows it further.
What does the accelerated timeline change?
Delivery in 3 to 6 weeks instead of 6 to 12, before complexity is applied, which adds 50% to the estimate.
What happens with my email?
We send the estimate to it and may follow up about the project. You can ask us to delete the address and the estimate at any time, and unsubscribe from anything we send using the link in it.

Have something in mind?

hello@outsidethebox.dev
Send us the estimate and a few lines about the project, and we will tell you whether it holds up.