What will shape the cost of your software.
The price of custom software comes down to a handful of choices: how much it does, how many kinds of user it serves, what it connects to, and how sensitive the data is. This tool turns your answers into a complexity read and the specific things that push the number up or down. It never invents a price, because an honest one comes from an audit.
01 / Read your complexity
02 / How this works
Two builds that sound alike on paper can cost very different amounts. The difference is almost always in the same few places.
This tool scores your answers across six drivers and maps the total to one of three bands: a focused build, a standard build, or a substantial build. It then surfaces the answers that pushed your number up the most, so you know where the weight sits before you talk to anyone. Nothing you pick is sent anywhere; the read runs in your browser.
What moves the number most
- Scope. A single tool for one team is a different animal from a platform many groups depend on.
- User types. Each new role brings its own screens, permissions, and edge cases.
- Integrations. Every system that has to stay in sync is its own small project.
- Data sensitivity. Regulated data raises the bar on security, testing, and process across the whole build.
- Platforms and AI. Native mobile and AI-at-the-core are both real engineering work, not toggles.
This is a directional read, not a quote. For the real number, the audit maps your scope in detail and gives you one fixed price and a date. For more on what drives cost, see how much custom software should cost, and browse the rest of our free tools.
03 / Common questions
Why won't this give me a dollar figure?
A real price depends on details a six-question form cannot see: your existing systems, your edge cases, what done means to you. A made-up number would either scare you off or set you up for a surprise later. This tool reads complexity instead, so you walk into the audit knowing what drives the cost. The audit turns it into one fixed price and a date.
What makes software more expensive?
Five things move the number more than anything else: how much the product does, how many kinds of user it serves, what it has to connect to, how sensitive the data is, and whether AI is assistive or the core of the product. A single internal tool for one team is a different build from a regulated platform that many groups depend on. This guide walks through each driver.
How accurate is this?
It is a directional read, not a quote. It tells you whether your idea leans focused, standard, or substantial, and which of your answers push it there. It cannot price your specific build, because that needs the detail an audit gathers. Use it to understand the drivers, then get the real number.
What does the audit add?
The audit replaces this read with one fixed price and a delivery date you can hold us to. We map your scope, integrations, and data in detail, define what done means, and put the number in writing. It is the honest version of what this tool only sketches. See what the audit delivers.
Last updated June 2026 · Talk with Felipe
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