Software Development Outsourcing Services
Pricing
LEDAS software development services typically range between US$5,000 and $7,500 per man-month. This works out to $30-45 per hour, a price that represents a moderate level internationally.
The exact price quote depends upon the following factors:
- Volume and scope of work (larger volume, lower price)
- Team qualification requirements (higher qualifications, higher price)
- Mode of communication between customer and LEDAS
Contacts with LEDAS usually range from one to thirty man-months. For rather simple projects a typical quote is US$5,000-5,500 per month for contracts lasting longer then 5-6 months, and $6,000-6,500 for shorter ones. Large software development projects divide the scope of the work into stages, which may be regulated by separate agreements and perhaps tied together by an overall contract.
We are flexible enough to take on projects shorter than one man-month. In these cases, we can merge short tasks with subsequent ones, or else process them on an hourly consulting fee without entering into a strict software development agreement.
Another factor affecting pricing is the level of qualifications of the team needed to fulfill your order. For math-intensive areas, we are ready to allocate PhD-level employees. While this increases the rate by about US$1,000 per month, their unique experience and knowhow generally reduces the overall costs. When an order allows us to enrich our core competence, then we are ready to provide a discount.
The total contract price is typically divided into payments of equal size. One is an advance payment to be processed at the start of the contract; the remaining ones are associated with predefined milestones. Small contracts generally have one milestone.
