Pricing
Clear stages. Clear outcomes. No surprises.
Every engagement is scoped intentionally, priced transparently, and designed to move you forward with confidence.
Start With the Stage You’re In
Most clients come to us at one of these moments:
“I have an idea, but don’t know how to start.”
“I built something, but don’t trust it.”
“We’re live, and growth feels risky.”
“I just need an expert to tell me what’s real.”
Our services map directly to those stages.
System Viability Audit
Clarity before commitment.
A fixed-price deep dive to understand your system's health, risks, and readiness for scale. We deliver a clear "Red/Yellow/Green" report with prioritized outcomes, rather than a simple list of bugs.
Includes:
- Discovery call
- Review of your system, prototype, or technical plan
- Architecture, risk, and readiness assessment
- Clear written summary
- Live walkthrough of findings
- Honest recommendations (with or without Halcyon)
Price:
$1,500 - $3,000 (fixed)
Most audits are $2,000
Timeline:
1 week
Audit fees are credited toward follow-on work.
Best For:
- Founders who built on AI/Low-code
- Teams inheriting legacy code
- Pre-scale startups needing due diligence
Rapid Launch
Turn an idea into a real product, fast, and done right.
Rapid Launch exists for people who want to start moving now, without wasting money or locking themselves into bad decisions. We take you from idea to version one responsible and clearly.
Includes:
- Idea and scope definition
- Version-one build
- Right-sized technical decisions
- Deployment and walkthrough
- Basic documentation and next steps
Price:
Starting at $10,000
(Typical range: $7,500 - $15,000)
Timeline:
2-4 weeks
Best For:
- You have a business idea but no technical background
- You want something real, not just mockups
- You want to launch quickly, but not carelessly
Built with AI
Turn what you’ve built into something you can trust.
Halcyon helps founders and small businesses turn early-stage prototypes into stable, production-ready systems, without starting over, slowing down, or overengineering.
Includes:
- System Viability Audit (or credit)
- Architecture cleanup and stabilization
- Targeted refactors
- Production hardening
- Deployment confidence and clarity
Price:
$12,000 - $25,000
Most engagements land between $15k-$20k
Timeline:
3-6 weeks
Best For:
- You built an app using AI and don’t fully trust it
- You’re unsure if the architecture will scale
- You’re ready to move forward, but not blindly
Stability & Scale
Make growth feel safe again.
Stability & Scale is for small businesses and growing teams who moved fast, proved demand, and now need their systems to keep up without breaking.
Option A: Stability Sprint
Focused risk reduction and performance improvements.
Price:
$8,000 - $15,000
Timeline:
2-4 weeks
Option B: Ongoing Technical Guidance
A fractional technical partner without hiring full-time.
Includes:
- Ongoing architecture guidance
- Decision support
- Priority access
- Light hands-on work as needed
Price:
$4,000 - $7,500 / month
Best For:
- Your system works, but feels fragile
- Performance issues are creeping in
- Technical decisions are starting to limit growth
We don’t bill hourly.
You’re paying for outcomes, clarity, and experience, not time tracked.
We don’t upsell complexity.
If something doesn’t need to be built, we’ll tell you.
You always know what comes next.
No open-ended engagements. No surprises.
Not Sure Where You Fit?
That’s normal.
If you’re unsure which service applies, the System Viability Audit is the best place to start. It creates clarity, even if we never work together again.