Pricing.

Fixed-price engagements for predictable scope, plus an optional subscription for ongoing ownership. Every engagement ships under an SOW with a defined day-of-handoff — no time-and-materials surprises.

Engagement
Duration
Price
Outcome
Hourly · Advisory

Pair Hour

Scoping help, second-opinion calls, one-shot architecture questions. No fixed deliverable.

As neededscheduled · async
$145/hr5h pack $700 · 10h pack $1,300
Direct access. A senior data engineer for an hour at a time. Notes + recordings shared after each call.
Fixed-price · Solo / pre-seed

Quick Win

Single bounded deliverable in 1-2 weeks. For solo founders and pre-seed teams who need one thing done, fixed.

1-2 weeksfixed-scope
$1,500 / $3,300single or double deliverable
Concrete win. One model pack, one dashboard, one migration step — pick the deliverable, get a fixed price.
Specialized · Forensics

Data Recovery & Forensics

Wiped disk? Carved bytes you can't navigate? Session transcripts you need reconstructed? Triage first, fixed-bid recovery sprint after.

1-6 weeksscoped after triage
From $1,700Sprint $8.5K-$21.5K · Forensic from $24K
Recovered, indexed, verified. Path-strict reconstruction, full-content OpenSearch index, per-file coverage report. Chain-of-custody on request.
Service 01

Stack Diagnostic

Cross-system audit of warehouse, orchestration, BI, and activation layers.

4–6 weeksOne quarter or less
$4,400or $8,500 deep scope
30-day remediation planLineage scorecard + spend map + executive risk register.
Service 02

Model Efficiency Upgrade

Refactor slow or duplicated transformations into governed reusable domains.

6–10 weeksScoped per stack
CustomFrom $9,000
Consolidated, governed modelsQuery performance + naming cleanup + dbt and semantic-layer hardening.
Service 03

Embedded Delivery Sprint

Senior data engineering on keyboard for one strategic project, SOW-bound.

2–6 weeksOne sprint
CustomFrom $8,500
Strategic project shippedWeekly deliverables + stakeholder demos + handoff docs + enablement session.
Monthly retainer · No commitment

Monthly Engagement

Embedded with your team on a rolling monthly retainer. Cancel anytime. Right-sized to the work; scale down anytime. For when you need substantial ongoing work but the scope is still emerging — or you want to start lean before committing to a Quarter Stack.

Per monthrolling · cancel anytime
From $16,000/mo~112 hrs/mo · right-sized, scale down anytime
Senior engineer, embedded. Slack + Cal embedded, weekly check-ins, shared roadmap. Flip into Quarter Stack any time for a commitment discount.
Product 01 · Flagship

Quarter Stack

Turnkey 12-week build of your full model + analytics + viz layer. Custom (Track A) or Express (Track B) — scoped to your budget, a leaner track is always on the table.

12 weeksOne quarter
From $27,000up to $41,000 Custom · scoped to your budget
Full stack + handoffDay-91 handoff with runbooks + 30 days office hours included.
Every fixed-price engagement includes the items listed in “What every engagement includes” below. Custom-priced engagements are scoped during a free 30-minute architecture call.
Subscription · Optional

Keep the layer current.

After any engagement, optionally subscribe to ongoing maintenance: model updates as your business shape changes, BI adapter upgrades, semantic-layer certification refreshes, and a monthly metric review. Cancellable annually.

Subscription Maintenance
$2,900/month
12-month minimum. Begins after handoff. Includes monthly model reviews, BI adapter upgrades, and semantic-layer refresh.
Pay-as-you-go · Optional

Maintenance hourly.

Already shipped, just need someone on call for occasional fixes or small additions? Buy hours when you need them. Rate is higher than the subscription packages — but no monthly commitment, no minimum term.

Single hour
$180/hr
2-hour minimum
10-hour pack
$1,700
$165/hr effective
25-hour pack
$3,700
$148/hr effective
What every engagement includes

Every fixed-price engagement ships with the same standards.

  • Senior data engineering on keyboard (no junior offshore handoff)
  • Fixed-price SOW with defined milestones
  • Weekly demos to your VP Data
  • Lineage gates wired into your CI
  • Governed semantic-layer certification
  • Runbooks + enablement session
  • 30 days of post-delivery office hours
  • NDA and security questionnaire support

Not sure which one fits? We'll help you scope.

30-minute architecture session, on us. We'll map your stack to the right engagement shape and send back a fixed-price proposal within 48 hours.