You can hire Rocketech in five ways. A dedicated team costs $6,000-9,000 per developer a month and starts in 2-4 weeks. Staff augmentation and time and materials projects are billed at $39-55 an hour. A fixed-price MVP costs $5,000-15,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. As a co-founder, we can put our own money and a team into your startup, and part of our fee is a small equity stake.
| Dedicated team | Staff augmentation | Fixed-price project | Time and materials | Co-founder partnership | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who runs the daily work | Our Scrum Master runs the process. You set the priorities. | You do. Our specialists join your process. | We do, within the agreed scope. | We do. You set the priorities and can change them. | Our team builds the product. Roles are agreed with you. |
| Who owns the scope | You. The backlog can change every sprint. | You. The work stays in your team's plan. | Agreed before work starts. Changes get a new estimate. | You, and it can change as you learn. | We agree on it together, as partners. |
| How you pay | A monthly fee per developer. | An hourly rate per specialist. | One price for the agreed scope. | The hours actually spent, at an hourly rate. | Part of the fee in cash, part as a small equity stake. |
| Price | $6,000-9,000 per developer a month. The team starts in 2-4 weeks. | $39-55 an hour. | An MVP costs $5,000-15,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. Projects start at $5,000. | $39-55 an hour. | The cash part of an MVP usually stays within $5,000-15,000. The stake is agreed case by case. |
| Fits when | You have a product and a backlog that will keep changing for months. | Your team is strong but short on a skill, such as QA, DevOps or design. | The scope is clear and small enough to agree up front, like a first MVP. | You want to start now and shape the scope as you go. | You are building a startup and want a partner who puts in money and a team. |
| Not a fit when | You need one person for a few weeks. | Nobody on your side can lead the work. New people still need a manager. | Requirements change every week. Each change reopens scope and price. | You need a fixed budget signed off before any work starts. | You only need technical advice. A fractional CTO fits better. |
| Where to start | How our dedicated teams work | Tell us which roles you need | MVP developmentCustom software for your business | Estimate my project | Startup developmentFractional CTOSaaS development |
$6,000-9,000 per developer a month
A team of middle and senior people works only on your product: developers, QA, a business analyst and a Scrum Master. You keep the product decisions. We handle hiring, onboarding and training, and the team starts in 2-4 weeks.
Alexey Sokolov, Executive Director at Grid Capital: "Rocketech specialists work as your dedicated team as if they are directly hired by your HR manager." Read the Grid Capital case
$39-55 an hour
We add the people your team is missing: engineers, designers, QA or DevOps. They work in your process and report to your lead.
For Aviva, we added a Delphi programmer, a web programmer and a manual tester to build new features on an existing pension platform. Read client reviews
MVP: $5,000-15,000 in 2-4 weeks
You get one price for an agreed scope. To keep an MVP inside 2-4 weeks, we use ready-made modules for login, payments and admin panels, keep the first release narrow and put a small senior team on it. The minimum project is $5,000.
Hays started on a fixed price and moved to a dedicated team as its CV tool grew into a larger system. Read the Hays case
$39-55 an hour
You pay for the hours we actually spend. We run the project, and you set the priorities and can change them as you learn. It suits work where the scope will move.
Part cash, part a small equity stake
For a startup, Rocketech can invest its own money plus a team of experts and build the product with you as a co-founder. You pay part of our fee in cash, and the rest is a small equity stake. Our stake dilutes like everyone else's when you raise money. If you only need technical leadership, a fractional CTO works 10, 20 or 40 hours a month at $39-55 an hour. A company that needs a tool rather than a startup partner can go the other way. We pay for building a SaaS and keep the IP, and the company pays a subscription.
Middle and senior engineers matched to your stack and backlog, or a takeover from another contractor.
A dedicated developer at Rocketech costs $6,000-9,000 a month. See example team costs and market rates.
A part-time CTO for 10, 20 or 40 hours a month, from $390 a month.
For first-time and non-technical founders: test the idea, pick a small first release, then build and launch it.
Describe the work in the project estimate. Then book a call and we will go through it with you.