Eight time-boxes on one scale

Eight time-boxes on one scale. Bars share one scale, 0 to 4 weeks. The architect and the fractional CTO are billed monthly. The architect has no end date, and the fractional CTO has a 6-month minimum. On a narrow screen the weeks run from top to bottom.
PackageDurationPrice (USD)
CI/CD & IaC build or re-architecture2 weeksUSD 4,000
IDP Foundations2 weeksUSD 5,000
AI Agent Pilot2 weeksUSD 5,000
QA Automation Foundations2 weeksUSD 5,000
SRE / Observability Foundations2 weeksUSD 5,000
Discovery1–⁠4 weeksUSD 7,000
Architect consultingOngoing, 20 h a weekUSD 4,480 a month
Fractional CTO6-month minimum, 30 h a weekUSD 6,000 a month

Which package fits

Each package belongs to the service that delivers it. The service page explains the work and the cases behind it.

  1. Your pipelines or infrastructure code need building or rebuilding

    CI/CD & IaC build or re-architecture

    • Build or re-architect your CI/CD pipelines.
    • Build or re-architect your infrastructure as code.
    What CI/CD & IaC build or re-architecture delivers
  2. Your developers need an internal platform

    IDP Foundations

    • Set up and build your internal developer platform.
    • Connect the services you choose in the kickoff to it.
    • Basic views on top of it, for example the service and API catalog, deploy status, cost, image vulnerabilities and CI health, as in MPI's portal.
    What IDP Foundations delivers
  3. You want to know if an AI agent can do a real task, and what each task costs

    AI Agent Pilot

    • One AI agent working on one real use case of yours.
    • Evals that score its output on that use case.
    • Cost per task, measured.
    What AI Agent Pilot delivers
  4. Your critical flows break without anyone noticing until users do

    QA Automation Foundations

    • A Playwright suite for your 5 critical flows.
    • The suite running in your CI.
    • Accessibility checks on those flows.
    What QA Automation Foundations delivers
  5. You can't see what production is doing, or your alerts have never fired

    SRE / Observability Foundations

    • Metrics, logs and traces wired.
    • 3 SLOs defined.
    • Alerts tested until they fire, and a runbook.
    What SRE / Observability Foundations delivers
  6. You don't know yet what to build first

    Discovery

    • Understand your product and its configuration end to end.
    • A full roadmap: backlog, roles, critical changes and needs.
    • Daily meetings and progress reviews with your team.
    What Discovery delivers
  7. You need architecture judgment every week

    Architect consulting

    • 20 hours a week of an architect.
    • Architecture design, and hands-on building of it.
    • Consults and follow-ups with your team.
    What Architect consulting delivers
  8. You have no CTO and need someone to own the direction

    Fractional CTO

    • A technical roadmap: what gets built, in what order, and why.
    • Architecture decisions, made with your team.
    • Hiring and team review.
    • A weekly meeting with your leadership.
    What Fractional CTO delivers

No CTO and production keeps breaking?

Start with Discovery to learn what you have, then keep an architect as your technical lead, 20 hours a week.

Start with Discovery

Fixed scope or hours?

A package fits a bounded outcome. When the work is open-ended, or your team wants engineers inside it, staff augmentation bills by the hour at published rates, with a 6-month minimum and an interview with the engineer who will do the work.

Fixed scope

2–⁠4weeks

  • CI/CD & IaC build or re-architecture2 weeks
  • IDP Foundations2 weeks
  • AI Agent Pilot2 weeks
  • QA Automation Foundations2 weeks
  • SRE / Observability Foundations2 weeks
  • Discovery1–⁠4 weeks
  • Architect consultingOngoing, 20 h a week
  • Fractional CTO6-month minimum, 30 h a week

Hours

USD30–⁠60per hour

  • Lead / ArchitectUSD55–⁠60per hour
  • SeniorUSD45–⁠50per hour
  • MidUSD35–⁠40per hour
  • JuniorUSD30per hour

USD per hour, drawn to one scale

What is a fixed price?

A fixed price is a total agreed before the work starts, for a stated scope and duration, that does not change with the hours spent. Clouditive's packages work this way: CI/CD & IaC costs USD 4,000 for 2 weeks, four foundations packages cost USD 5,000 for 2 weeks each, and Discovery costs USD 7,000 for 1 to 4 weeks. Architect consulting and Fractional CTO are fixed monthly fees.

A fixed price is agreed before the work starts and doesn't move with the hours spent. You know the total before the first day of work.

Frequently asked questions

What is a fixed price?

A total agreed before the work starts, for a stated scope and duration. It does not change with the hours spent.

What is the typical cost of developing software?

We don't publish market averages. We publish our own prices: every package is on the calendar above, and hourly work is billed by seniority at the rates on the pricing page.

How much does custom software development cost in 2026?

At Clouditive, it depends on the model: a fixed-price package from the calendar above, or engineers billed by the hour at a published rate for each seniority band.

What is the discovery phase in software development?

The first stage, where the product is understood end to end and the work is planned. Ours ends with a full roadmap: backlog, roles, critical changes and needs.

Does every package have a written scope?

Yes. All eight list what is delivered, the price and the duration, in the table on this page and on each service page.

In which language is the work delivered?

In English, Spanish or Portuguese, 100% of the service.

Can a package continue as hourly work?

Yes. Work after a package can continue by the hour at the published rates by seniority.

Tell us your case.

We reply to every request within 1 business day. We sign an NDA before the call if you ask.