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You know the shape of the commitment before you sign. Every engagement is scoped, priced and dated in writing — and the smallest one is designed for you to walk away from.
Find out whether it works before you fund it.
from ₹1.75 lakh One fixed fee · 2–3 weeks
An agreed scope, delivered to an agreed date.
from ₹6 lakh Billed on milestones · 8–16 weeks
Senior capacity that works as part of your team.
from ₹1.6 lakh Per engineer, per month · from 2
Business model
Three plans do not fit everybody. Some people want thirty minutes and no commitment; some want a team for a year; some just need last month’s bug fixed. Find your own situation in the left-hand column.
| How you engage | Commitment | Indicative price | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free auditYou are not sure what is worth building yet | 30 minutes, no obligation | Free | Book a call → |
| Discovery sprintYou know the problem, not the shape of the answer | One week | ₹75,000 | Scope a sprint → |
| Proof of conceptYou need evidence before you can get budget signed | 2–3 weeks, fixed fee | from ₹1.75 lakh | Request a PoC → |
| Fixed-price buildThe scope is clear and you want a number up front | 8–16 weeks, on milestones | from ₹6 lakh | Send a brief → |
| Dedicated teamOngoing product work, your board and your standups | Monthly, 30 days’ notice | from ₹1.6 lakh / engineer | Discuss a team → |
| Support & AMCIt is built and live; you need someone to answer when it breaks | Monthly or annual | from ₹25,000 / month | See what AMC covers → |
| Block of hoursSmall changes, ad hoc, no project to speak of | Prepaid, 40 hours, valid a year | ₹90,000 | Buy a block → |
| White-label partnerYou are an agency and your client needs engineering | Per project or retained | On application | Talk to us → |
Every figure above is indicative and assumes a normal scope for that shape of work. The number in your proposal is the number you pay — we do not raise it mid-project without a written change you have agreed to. GST is extra where it applies.
Our commitments
Everything below is written into the contract, not just onto this page. If we ever argue about one of them, you win by default.
01
The proof of concept is a complete engagement on its own. If the number is not there, you stop — and you keep the prototype, the data model and the costed plan.
No cancellation fee. Nothing further owed.
02
Fixed scope, fixed number, fixed date. If we estimated badly, that is our problem to absorb — not a change request we hand back to you halfway through.
Scope changes are priced before work starts. Never after.
03
Code in your repository, infrastructure in your cloud account, documentation written so another team could take over. Your data never trains anyone's model.
Full IP transfer in the contract. Not on final payment.
Why Apastron
Most people weighing us up are also weighing a traditional dev shop and hiring someone in-house. Here is the honest comparison, including where the other two win.
| Apastron | A traditional dev agency | Hiring in-house | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to first working software | 2–3 weeks, on your real data | 8–12 weeks, after a discovery phase | 3–6 months, once you have hired |
| What you commit to up front | One fixed PoC fee | The whole project, usually | Salaries, indefinitely |
| Who writes the code | Named senior engineers you meet first | Whoever is on the bench that month | Your own team — the best outcome, if you can hire them |
| Code, cloud and IP | Yours from day one, transfer in the contract | Often the agency's repo until final payment | Yours |
| If it turns out not to work | You stop after the PoC and keep the plan | Change requests, and a renegotiation | You still have the salaries |
| Ongoing cost once it is live | Support included, then optional monthly | A new quote for every fix | Fixed headcount whether or not there is work |
| Where the other option wins | — | Very large, multi-year programmes with a fixed spec | Deep, permanent product ownership — hire when the work never ends |
Thirty minutes, no sales rep. If in-house is the right answer for you, we will say so.
Before you ask
It depends on scope, but for orientation: a focused automation or workflow build typically lands between ₹5–15 lakh, a full product or commerce platform between ₹15–40 lakh, and a discovery week is a small fixed fee. You get a firm number in writing before any build starts — never an open meter.
Discovery usually starts within one to two weeks of signing. If you have something urgent, say so in the form and we'll tell you honestly whether we can take it on rather than making you wait to find out.
You do. Code sits in your repository from day one, infrastructure runs in your cloud account, and your data is never used to train any model. Full IP transfer is written into the contract.
No — it's the most common starting point, and part of the audit is telling you when the answer is no. If an off-the-shelf tool solves your problem for a fraction of a custom build, we'll name the tool and you can go buy it.
Then you stop. We deliberately put a working prototype in front of you within about two weeks, measured against the success metric we agreed up front, so the decision to continue is made on evidence rather than on a proposal.
Yes. We deliver for clients across the Gulf, the UK and the US, and we overlap working hours with your team rather than expecting you to meet Indian business hours. Contracts and invoicing can be handled in your currency.
Yes, before the first call if you'd like. Mention it in the form or email info@apastrontech.com and we'll send ours, or sign yours.
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