No itemised price list, because machine firmware and a code audit share neither duration nor risk; firm orders of magnitude, though. What follows describes how I invoice, and what makes a quote move.
€1,200 – 1,800 excl. VAT
A qualified, independent outside view before you sign. I sell neither equipment nor integration: my only deliverable is an argued opinion.
The core offer
From €8,000 excl. VAT
An argued feasibility verdict, and the demonstrator that proves it. The price is set in the quote, after the discovery call, and does not move.
Quoted
The possible next step after the study, never an obligation. Fixed price when the scope holds still, day rate when it does not.
From €800 excl. VAT / month
The expert who already knows your file, available every month: reading quotes, preparing decisions, keeping an eye on contractors.
€1,800 – 2,800 excl. VAT
The audit maps the process, puts figures on the gains and recommends an architecture. The pilot integration, quoted, is measured before and after.
Prices exclude VAT. Runeworks Engineering, SIREN 938334216.
At equal scope, these five points explain most of the gap between two projects.
If the result, or an identified part of it, can be released under a free software or open hardware licence, the quote goes down. The reason is simple and I would rather say it: what gets published becomes a building block I reuse for other clients. You fund less than the real cost, and the work outlives your project.
Yes. Thirty minutes, no commitment. If the project is not a fit, I say so and we leave it there.
No: it is a deliverable you keep, including if you have someone else build it. It does make the delivery quote far more accurate, though, and usually cheaper.
Yes, with visits on site when the hardware requires it: commissioning, machine trials, taking over a test bench. Travel costs appear in the quote.
A deposit on order, then on milestones for a fixed price, or monthly on a day rate. Payment within thirty days.
We stop it. That is what short iterations are for: finding out early that a direction leads nowhere costs one iteration, not a project.
Yes, as a matter of course if you have one. Failing that, my terms already carry a confidentiality clause.
Thirty minutes, free, no commitment. If I am not the right person, I tell you before the call ends.