Shimira ITStart here
Three ways in. Pick the one that fits.
You don't have to commit to a project to talk to us. Most people start with a number, or an honest read on what they already have.
No commitment
Get a project estimate
Tell us roughly what you're building. We come back with a written range broken down by phase and role. It's free and it's yours to keep, even if you take it to another vendor.
Every range on this site is published. See the pricing page for what each tier of build costs and what separates them.
Want to model it yourself first? The custom software cost guide has a calculator, and there are guides for AI, dating apps, e-learning, and signage.
Fixed price, low risk
Get a production-readiness assessment
If something is already built, the most useful thing we can do is tell you the truth about it. We read the code, check security and data access, test the flows that matter, and send a written fix list with one fixed price for the whole job.
- Fixed price before we start: typically $2,000–$5,000 depending on the size of the system.
- The report is yours to keep, usable with any vendor, including instead of us.
- A verdict per component, fix or rebuild, with the reasoning, never one sweeping judgment.
- Read-only access is enough to start, and we sign an NDA first if you want one.
- We'll say if it's fine. Sometimes the honest finding is that you need less help than you feared.
A developer or agency left it unfinished
Take-over audits, access recovery, then finishing the build.
Project rescue →It was built with an AI tool
Lovable, Bolt, Replit, v0, or Cursor, made safe for customers.
AI-built app rescue →It works, but nobody maintains it
Monitoring, security patches, and steady improvement.
Support & maintenance →Talk to an engineer
Hire engineers, or book a consultation
If you already know what you need, skip the estimate. You interview the engineers yourself, start with a two-week trial sprint on real work, and scale month to month.
Running an agency instead? White-label development puts your brand on the work.
Questions
Before you get in touch.
An engineer reads your message, usually within 30 minutes during working hours. If the scope is clear we send a range straight away; if not, we ask the two or three questions that decide it. No sales sequence either way.
No. Plenty of clients get their estimate entirely over email. A call happens only when it's genuinely faster, and it's with the people who would do the work.
Yes, and it's yours to keep whether or not you work with us, including if you take it to another vendor. Paid work starts only at the audit stage, and only after you agree a fixed price.
Yes, before you share anything sensitive. Just say so in your first message.
Still not sure which one you need?
Describe the situation in a sentence and we'll point you to the right one, even if that's somebody else.