Costs range widely - a traditional agency build is typically £40–80k over 3–6 months, a freelancer £15–30k over weeks, and hiring in-house £60–80k/year. A Precode V1 Sprint designs, builds and deploys working software in five days for £10,000 + VAT, with bigger products spanning two or three sprints at £10,000 + VAT each.
1-Day Sprint £1,500; 5-Day UX Sprint £10,000 + VAT; V1 Sprint £10,000 + VAT; Subscription from £5,000/month. Larger projects run across multiple sprints at £10,000 + VAT each.
A traditional agency design phase is often £30–50k over 8–12 weeks. A Precode UX Sprint delivers production-ready designs, an interactive prototype and user testing in five days for £10,000 + VAT.
Fixed. We agree the price in the pre-flight call before you commit. No quotes that climb as you go.
Yes - sprint prices are quoted plus VAT.
A Precode V1 Sprint ships a deployed MVP in five days for £10,000 + VAT, with full code ownership. More complex MVPs run across two or three sprints. Compared with months of agency or in-house build time, it's both faster and more predictable.
50% upfront for five-day sprints, and 100% upfront for the 1-Day Sprint. The Subscription is a flat monthly fee.
A Precode design sprint (UX or V1) is £10,000 + VAT for two senior people across five days. A focused single-day sprint is £1,500.
For sprints, 50% upfront acts as the deposit and confirms your slot; the balance follows. The 1-Day Sprint is paid in full upfront.
With Precode, a website is designed and built in a five-day sprint for £10,000 + VAT, deployed at a live URL with code you own. Smaller pieces - a few landing pages, say - can be a 1-Day Sprint at £1,500.
The 1-Day Sprint at £1,500 - one senior person, one day, same-day delivery. It's also the lowest-risk way to try working with Precode before a full sprint.
Our hourly rates are higher, but we take so little time that it often costs less overall - as one client put it, it "still comes out costing less than cheaper agencies." You're paying for senior expertise, exclusive focus and certainty.
Compared to what? A mid-level designer costs £50k+/year, an agency discovery phase alone is £15–30k, and a failed build costs £100k+. A sprint delivers a certain outcome in a week at a fixed price.
Precode's Subscription starts at £5,000/month for unlimited requests handled one at a time, covering both design and development, with the freedom to pause anytime. Higher tiers run more workstreams in parallel.
Our pricing reflects senior expertise, exclusive focus and a proven process. We could charge less by using juniors or juggling clients - we don't. If budget is tight, the 1-Day Sprint at £1,500 is a good way to start.
For builds, you cover standard running costs: hosting (typically £30–100/month), third-party API fees (such as Stripe or AI usage), and any app store fees (£99/year iOS, £25 one-time Android). Precode adds no hidden fees.
We don't compete on price. For three or more consecutive 1-Day Sprints there's a discount closer to the sprint rate. Multi-sprint value comes from the economics: four sprints a year cost less than one traditional agency engagement.
Sprint prices are quoted plus VAT. Precode is a UK VAT-registered company.
50% upfront for five-day sprints, 100% upfront for the 1-Day Sprint, and a flat monthly fee for the Subscription.
A traditional agency typically charges £30–50k and takes eight to twelve weeks for design, or £40–80k over three to six months for a build. A Precode sprint is £10,000 + VAT in a week.
A mid-level designer is around £60k/year and takes three to six months to recruit, before management. A sprint costs less than three months of that salary and starts on the next available Monday.
The rate reflects senior expertise, exclusive focus and a proven process - but because Precode works so fast, the total often comes out lower than "cheaper" options that take months and need managing. You're paying for certainty, not hours.
Over the full picture, usually yes. We frame a £10,000 sprint as insurance against a six-figure mistake - get the design or build right in a week and you save months of rework.
The biggest cost in software isn't the build - it's building the wrong thing. A £10,000 sprint that validates or ships in a week is insurance against a £100,000 mistake, which is why Precode frames it as the lowest-risk option, not the cheapest.
Compare it to the alternatives: months of an unproven build, two developers idle waiting on specs (around £3,000/week), or a wasted 3-month dev cycle (£60k+). A fixed-price, guaranteed outcome in a week is designed to beat all of those.
Fixed price gives you certainty and aligns us to outcomes, not hours. You know the cost before you start, with no scope-creep surprises.
The biggest waste in software is building the wrong thing. Validating with real users in a week - when problems cost hours to fix, not months - is where the return comes from.
Precode doesn't compete on price, but three or more consecutive 1-Day Sprints get a discount, and the multi-sprint economics speak for themselves - four sprints a year cost less than one traditional agency engagement.
No. We don't do lengthy proposals, free pitches or spec work. The pre-flight scoping call replaces the proposal.
We do a pre-flight scoping call instead - half a day to define the challenge, agree deliverables and confirm fit. The output is a clear, fixed-price scope, verbally or as a one-pager.
Each five-day sprint is £10,000 + VAT. We tell you in the pre-flight call whether your project is a one-, two- or three-sprint job.
From £5,000/month, against £70k+/year for a senior hire plus management, benefits and downtime - and you get design and development, not one discipline.
No hidden fees from us. For V1 Sprint builds you'll have ongoing hosting (typically £30–100/month), third-party API costs, and any app store fees - these are standard running costs billed to you, not us.
Sprints are 50% upfront and 50% on or near completion. For other arrangements, ask in the pre-flight call.
We're a UK company and quote in GBP plus VAT.
The smallest engagement is the 1-Day Sprint at £1,500. There's no large minimum commitment beyond the service you choose.
Fixed price, fixed date, a guaranteed outcome, and no headcount or overhead. Compare it to the cost of three months of an unproven build, or two developers idle waiting on specs.