Build vs. Run — How We Price
Build — Creating Something New
Priced in Units — a fixed-price measure of output, not an hour. Each deliverable’s cost is agreed before work begins.
from $350 / unit of work
Run — Advancing the System
A flat-rate monthly program (Advance Continuous) — proactive advisory, management, and optimization. Agreed capacity, continuously, without per-task billing.
$1,428 – $3,850+ / month
Why we don’t quote an hourly rate
US Zoho and CRM partner firms typically bill $100–$300 per hour, per consultant. But real projects are rarely one person. A single engagement often puts a solutions architect, a developer, and a project manager on the work at the same time — stack three specialists at $100/hour and you’re already at $300/hour, and that number shifts every time the team changes.
A single “hourly rate” tells you almost nothing about what a project will actually cost. So we don’t bill that way. We price each deliverable as a fixed unit of work — the whole team’s output for one agreed price. You only pay for outcomes, not the meter.
Representative Pricing
| Engagement | Range | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Project Sprints & Standalone Projects | from $350 / unit | Build work, fixed price per deliverable |
| Advance Continuous — Active to Orchestrated | $1,428 – $3,850+ / mo | Ongoing management & advisory |
| Specialty Programs | from $2,997 | Advisory, Fractional CIO, AI, UCaaS & more — including Advance Embedded: a fully embedded Enable team (dedicated PM & developer, QBRs) in quarterly or monthly blocks, from $4,900/mo equivalent |
| System Architecture Audit | $5,000 – $10,000 | One-time onboarding for new Advance clients |
| Vendor Licensing | pass-through, no markup | Zoho One from $37/user/mo & others |
All figures are representative. Final pricing is confirmed at scoping and fixed in your Statement of Work.
How Most Clients Engage
Phase 1 · Months 1–6
Standalone Project
Scoped, fixed price, SOW-defined payment schedule
Month 6 onward
Advance Continuous
Always-on advisory, management & guidance
Planned cadence
Project Sprints
Budget-approved Build work on schedule
Payment Terms
Payment schedules are shaped to the engagement — not the other way around. Every SOW carries its own payment schedule, built from three things: the scope of the work, the shape of the deliverables, and the length of the commitment we’re making to each other. A deposit opens the engagement; the balance follows the work, tied to delivery stages you can see coming. And the longer the term you plan with us, the more flexibility we can build into when and how payments land.
- Projects & Sprints: deposit to open · balance staged to the delivery schedule in your SOW.
- Advance Continuous: annual commitment billed quarterly in advance; annual prepay saves ~10%.
- Advance Embedded (Specialty): purchased in quarterly blocks (standard) or monthly blocks (premium rate, confirmed at scoping).
- System Architecture Audit: 100% at kickoff, fixed price confirmed at scoping.
- Methods: Check, ACH, or wire transfer (3–4% fee for credit card).
