Code Reviews & Consulting
Fixed-price quote
Priced by scope and complexity once the work is understood. For code reviews, architecture advice, bug investigation, or short-term consulting. Work scoped and estimated in writing before commencement.
Pricing for businesses
Fixed-price software quotes, scoped around risk and outcome
- No deposit for most fixed-price work
- Price agreed in writing before work starts
- Shorter jobs invoiced on completion
PageTech is usually a fit where the problem is bigger than a single ticket: fragile workflows, unclear integrations, production reliability, maintainability or safe change. The first step is normally a scoped review or clearly bounded delivery plan, so you know what will be looked at, what you will receive, and what decisions the work should support.
The same accountable contact stays with you from first discussion through sign-off.
Start with a scoped technical review Book a free 20-minute call
How pricing works
Not just time spent
Likely engagement types:
Diagnostic review
A bounded, scoped look at what's actually going on before anything is committed to. You get findings, risk, and options — not just an invoice.
It can be one of three fixed-price reviews: the Legacy Health Check, the Integration Review or the Backend API Audit.
Scoped delivery
Clearly bounded work with agreed deliverables, confirmed in writing before it starts.
Advisory / retainer support
Ongoing support for teams that need continuity rather than a one-off engagement.
What affects price
- Number of systems involved
- Risk level
- Integration complexity
- Access and documentation quality
- Urgency and scheduling flexibility
- Commitment length
- Handover needs
A written scope — and when a quote will be issued — is confirmed before any work starts.
For business buyers
How a fixed price is agreed
Nothing is charged until you have approved a price in writing. This is the route from a first conversation to signed-off work.
- Describe the problem. Book the free 20-minute call or send the details. You find out whether I can help, what is probably wrong and what the next step would be.
- Agree what the job is. If the job can be priced from the call, a written scope follows. If it cannot, I tell you so and quote the investigation on its own — a technical audit, a workshop or a scoping document — and you choose whether to go ahead with it.
- Approve the fixed price. The written scope sets out the deliverables and how they will be accepted, the milestones, the fixed price and when each invoice falls due. Work starts only once you approve it.
- Delivery against the milestones. You get progress updates at each checkpoint. If you ask for something outside the agreed scope, its effect on cost and dates is put to you in writing before that extra work starts.
- Sign-off and handover. The 30-day defect warranty runs from sign-off. You receive the source code and its documentation, and once the work is paid for in full, the code written for you is yours, with no licence fee.
Start dates are agreed per engagement and depend on other commitments. For the problems this kind of work suits, see services or whether PageTech Solutions is a good fit.
How it works
Fixed-price, scope-based
Almost all business work begins with a written scope or clearly bounded review, and the price is agreed and fixed in writing before work starts. That is deliberate: a rate tells you what an hour costs, not what the job costs. The categories below are the shapes that work usually takes.
Project Delivery
Fixed-price quote
Priced against a written scope once requirements are clear. For sustained development, larger projects, and multi-week sprints — focused on outcomes, not billed time.
Long-Term Projects
Agreed per engagement
Work that will run for more than six months can be structured to suit it: a retainer, phased fixed-price milestones or another arrangement. How long you commit for is reflected in the quote.
Planned out-of-hours work
Priced separately
For changes your business needs made outside the working day (before 9am, after 5pm, at weekends or on holidays), quoted separately from daytime work. Book it at least 2 working days ahead.
Flexible-Timing & Infill Work
Scheduling flexibility
The opposite of out-of-hours: if your work can flex around my existing schedule rather than needing an immediate start, say so when scoping. Infill work that fills a gap between larger engagements is genuinely useful to me, and that scheduling flexibility is reflected in the quote.
Which kind of quote fits your situation
Pick the situation closest to yours to see how that work is usually quoted.
A fixed-price review
A bounded look at the code, the architecture or a recurring fault, ending in written findings and a recommended next step.
A fixed-price project
For work whose outcome can be written down before it starts, quoted as one fixed price and invoiced against agreed milestones.
A structure that suits the length
A retainer or phased fixed-price milestones, agreed with you. How long you commit for is reflected in the quote.
A separately quoted window
A planned release or migration that must happen outside the working day is quoted on its own and booked at least two working days ahead. It is planned work, not incident cover.
Infill work
If the work can wait for a gap in my schedule, say so at scoping — that flexibility is reflected in the quote.
Value
Why this pricing model
You pay for the diagnosis
You are paying for the diagnosis as much as the code. Most of the cost of a bad fix is the second fix, so the work starts by finding out what is actually wrong, in writing, before anything is changed.
What your business is left with
- Unit tests written as the code is written, plus a note of what they check and what they leave out
- A written account of the design, clear enough for a developer new to it to make the next change
- Failures handled on purpose, including what the system does when something it depends on is down
- Assumptions and known limits recorded in writing, not held in one person’s memory
- Handover notes for your own team, so future changes are not tied to my availability
- Once the work is paid for in full, the code written specifically for you belongs to you, with no ongoing licence fee
Cheaper to own, not just to buy
Most of what software costs your business comes after it ships, in fixing and changing it. So the fixed price covers more than the build: a 30-day defect warranty from sign-off, the source code and documentation handed to you, and knowledge transfer to your team, so the next change can be made without coming back to me.
What that buys in practice: Maintainability, Knowledge Transfer and Production Reliability. Not sure this pricing model fits your situation? Read whether PageTech Solutions is a good fit or how engagements run.
Ready to scope your project?
Book a free 20-minute call, or send your requirements by message. For a bounded job, a written scope and fixed price follow.
Included
What's included
In every fixed price
- A written scope and price you approve before any development
- Progress updates at agreed checkpoints
- Automated tests, with a written list of what they cover
- Readable, commented code your team can maintain
- Documentation and a handover to your team
After sign-off
- Defects found within 30 days of sign-off fixed under warranty
- The full source code and documentation handed over
- Knowledge transfer to your team as part of the price
- Further support, if you want it, quoted separately
- A retainer or phased milestones for longer-running work
My approach
How scope is defined
Price is agreed and fixed after an initial scoping step, because a rate tells you what an hour costs, not what the job costs. For a bounded job, after the free 20-minute call I provide a written scope that clarifies ownership and cost from day one:
- Scope: What you're getting and what's out of scope
- Deliverables: Specific outputs and acceptance criteria
- Timeline: Realistic dates and milestones
- Agreed fee: Fixed price with a clear breakdown, confirmed in writing
- Terms: Payment schedule and any conditions
Everything is confirmed in writing before development starts. If scope changes during the engagement, I discuss impact and revise the agreed price before additional work is committed.
Important
VAT
Every fixed price is quoted excluding VAT. PageTech Solutions Limited is VAT-registered (VAT no. 514295790), and VAT is added at the applicable rate on invoices where it applies.
Insurance
Insured with Hiscox
PageTech Solutions Limited is insured with Hiscox Insurance Company Limited. The current policy period runs from 24 March 2026 to 23 March 2027, and the policy renews each March.
- Professional Indemnity (Technology): £1,000,000 each and every claim, worldwide, excluding claims brought in the USA or Canada
- Public and Products Liability: £1,000,000 each and every claim
- Cyber and Data: £100,000
Certificates available on request.
Commercials
Payment terms
- Deposits: Most fixed-price projects need no upfront payment and are invoiced at agreed delivery milestones. A deposit may be requested for larger engagements; if so, the written scope says so before you commit.
- Fixed-price invoicing: Each invoice follows a milestone set out in your written scope. A shorter job is usually a single invoice once it is complete.
- Payment window: Invoices are due 30 calendar days from the date of issue (NET 30). Payment by BACS bank transfer is preferred.
Before you commit
Where to go from here
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