Fixed price beats hourly — here's the math

Hourly billing has a quiet problem: it rewards slowness. The longer something takes, the more it earns. You're not buying a product — you're funding an open-ended process and hoping it ends.

Fixed price changes the incentive completely. Once the scope and the number are agreed, speed and quality are on us. If we're efficient, we keep our margin. If we're slow, we eat it. Your cost doesn't move.

That only works with honest scoping. We spend the first conversation defining exactly what's in and what's out, then send one price within 24 hours. It doesn't change unless you change the scope — and you approve any change first.

The result is a number you can take to your board, a date you can plan around, and a partner whose incentives finally point the same way as yours.