NLBook a discovery call

How we work

A fixed price for a defined scope, then a monthly fee to run it.

Five steps, and you know what each one costs before it starts. We do not publish a price list, because what a platform costs depends on your data, your systems and what you want it to do.

Discovery call

Free · 30 minutes

You tell us which figures you are missing and which systems they live in. We tell you honestly whether it is worth building, roughly what it would take and what scoping would cover.

You get

  • An honest answer, even when it is no
  • A rough idea of the size
  • What scoping would cover

From you

30 minutes. Nothing to prepare.

Scoping

Fixed price · 1–3 weeks

We open every system with a read-only login and look at the data itself, at what is there, how it connects and what is missing. Then we draw up a page plan and a clickable design.

You get

  • An assessment of every source
  • A page plan
  • A clickable design

From you

A read-only login per system, and a few hours with one or two contact persons.

Proposal

No obligation · you decide

Scoping ends with a proposal setting out the phases, what each one delivers and when, and the fixed price. You decide whether to go ahead, and nothing is built before you sign.

You get

  • A fixed price for the build
  • A delivery date per phase
  • The scoping output, even if you stop

From you

A decision to go ahead, change the scope or stop.

Build in phases

Fixed price · set after scoping

We build each phase towards its delivery date. Partway through, you test it once or twice on your own data, so we can steer early. At the end we show you the phase and hand it over, finished.

You get

  • One or two test rounds per phase
  • A finished phase, never half-done work
  • A demo at every delivery

From you

Time for the test rounds, and your feedback.

Run and improve

Monthly fee · from the first delivery

From the first delivery, we host the platform in Germany, watch it around the clock, back it up, fix what breaks and keep your connections working. While we are still building, a lower monthly fee applies.

You get

  • Hosting, monitoring and encrypted backups
  • Fixes, and connections that keep working
  • A set number of hours for changes each month

From you

Your questions, when you have them. Anything larger than a change becomes an extension.

The documents are from Tarlen, a company made up for this example.

What drives the price

Five things decide how much work it is.

  1. 01

    How clean the data is

    Duplicates and free-text fields take time to make usable.

  2. 02

    Connections we have to build

    An existing API takes days. A provider without one takes weeks.

  3. 03

    Pages and functions

    Nine pages with filters and drill-down is more work than three.

  4. 04

    Assistants and documents

    Every document an assistant reads is indexed and checked.

  5. 05

    Entities and systems

    Several entities in several packages make a larger model.

What you can count on

The parts that do not depend on scope.

  • A fixed price for the build, agreed before we start
  • We only read, and never write to your systems
  • You own your data and can export it in plain files
  • We host and maintain it, and your IT team arranges read-only access with us
  • The monthly fee starts at the first delivery, and is lower while we build
  • One of our people who knows your platform answers within one working day

Pricing FAQ

Why do you not publish prices?

Because the honest answer is “it depends”, and a list would either mislead you or price out the simple projects. After the discovery call and the scoping phase you have a fixed price for the build and a monthly fee, based on how many people use the platform and how much they use the assistants.

Is the discovery call really free?

Yes. It is a conversation, not work. Anything that produces a deliverable, starting with the scoping phase, is paid.

Who owns the platform?

You own your data, always. Kovicta owns and maintains the code, which is what makes hosting and continuous improvement possible. If you leave, we export your data in plain files and delete the rest within 30 days.

How long does a project take?

Scoping is one to three weeks. Each phase of the build takes a few weeks and has its own delivery date. A complete platform with several pages, reports and an assistant is a matter of a few months. The dates are in the proposal.

Who do we talk to during the project?

The people who build it. There is no account manager between you and the engineers designing your pages.

Get a fixed number for your situation.

Tell us which systems you run and what you cannot see today. The discovery call is free. The scoping phase gives you a fixed price for the build and a fixed monthly fee.

  • Free discovery call, no deliverable, no obligation
  • Fixed price for the build, agreed before it starts
  • Monthly fee for hosting and improvement

Or write to info@kovicta.com. A member of our team will personally get back to you within one working day.