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Approach

How to Start

1

Send Us a Request

We'd love to hear about your project and discuss how we can help bring your vision to life.
Reach out to us through any of the channels below, and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Schedule a Call

The most efficient way to discuss your project is through a quick intro call.
We'll understand your needs, answer your questions, and outline next steps

BOOK 15-MINS INTRO CALL

Or Email Us

contact@cleverlabs.io

Our average response time may vary from 1-2 hours to 1 business day, depending on the queue.

2

Conduct a Call

So, before the first contact, our sales reps collect publicly available information about your company to direct the conversation straight to the point.

We need the call to dive into your situation, and we do care to make the most of this first conversation. We don't listen passively but ask questions to elicit nonobvious pains and detect more value creation opportunities you can leverage.

3

Sign an NDA

To ensure complete confidentiality and protect both parties' interests, we'll sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement before diving into the details of your project. This step typically happens after our initial conversation.

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4

Get a proposal

Our proposal is completely free and comprehensive. It always includes:

A short summary

A clear overview of our approach, key deliverables, and how we'll help achieve your business objectives

The scope of work

High-level overview of the tasks, features, and solutions planned for your project

Risks (if any)

Potential challenges we've identified and our proactive strategies to address them

Team composition

Recommended specialists and their roles, including developers, designers, and project managers

Cost estimate

Transparent pricing breakdown with clear cost allocation for each phase and deliverable

Project timelines

General timeline and milestones for each development phase, from planning to launch

5

Sign a service contract and kick off

Once you're satisfied with the proposal, we'll prepare a detailed service contract that outlines all legal aspects, service level agreements (SLAs), and project terms. After signing, we'll assemble the team and get your approval on the proposed specialists.

We are ready to jump into work!

Smooth Project Start with CleverLabs

"The team has excellent project management and communication skills, ensuring a brilliant, timely, and clear flow of communication"

Cat Wildman, CEO & Founder, Powered By Diversity
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Pricing Models

Time &
Materials

When & Why

Choose Time & Material when you expect requirements to evolve or you want to iterate based on user feedback. You are billed for the actual hours and expertise involved, so the team can pivot quickly, explore new ideas, or pause work as priorities change.

Advantages: high flexibility, faster discovery-to-delivery cycles, transparent effort reports.
Considerations: budget varies with scope changes; requires product ownership to keep priorities sharp.

Best for

  • Product discovery, PoCs, and MVPs where learning speed matters more than locking scope.
  • Long-term partnerships with continuous delivery pipelines and evolving roadmaps.
  • Teams that value shared ownership and want to stay involved in prioritisation and scope steering.

Fixed-Price

When & Why

Select a Fixed-Price engagement when the scope, acceptance criteria, and deadlines are stable enough to estimate accurately. We align on deliverables upfront and take on the delivery risks, so you gain cost predictability and a turnkey result.

Advantages: clear budget commitment, defined timeline, minimal day-to-day coordination overhead.
Considerations: change requests trigger renegotiations; discovery must be completed before kick-off.

Best for

  • Projects backed by completed discovery or detailed specifications (RFP/RFQ situations).
  • Compliance-driven or marketing launches where timeline and scope are non-negotiable.
  • Organisations that prefer a turnkey solution with minimal product ownership involvement.

Mixed Model

When & Why

Many end-to-end programmes combine discovery, development, integration, and support. A mixed model allows us to lock critical milestones under Fixed-Price (e.g., audit, UX concept, compliance deliverables) while keeping iterative streams under Time & Material for velocity and learning.

Advantages: optimised spend for each project phase, ability to de-risk unknowns without overpaying for well-defined work.
Considerations: requires coordinated governance to juggle multiple contracts and reporting cadences.

Best for

  • Digital transformation initiatives spanning consulting, new feature delivery, and systems integration.
  • Modernisation programmes where discovery or migration is well-scoped, but the product roadmap stays fluid.
  • Organisations that need governance predictability for executives yet want day-to-day agility in delivery teams.

Subscription-Based

When & Why

Post-launch products need predictable care. A subscription bundles recurring work such as support tickets, monitoring, and enhancements into a flat monthly fee. This helps you plan operating expenses and maintain SLA-backed availability without hiring an internal team.

Advantages: stable budgeting, proactive maintenance, access to a cross-functional support squad.
Considerations: scope is defined upfront; large spikes in demand may require tier upgrades or add-ons.

Best for

  • Products in steady-state that require SLAs for incident response, monitoring, and minor feature work.
  • Enterprises shifting from capital expenditure to predictable operational expenditure for managed services.
  • Clients who want a single partner to run L1–L3 support, infrastructure, and security without staffing overhead.

Pricing Models: Pros & Cons

Agile Approach

We keep collaboration rhythmical and transparent so you always know where the product stands. Our Agile cadence blends daily syncs, weekly delivery goals, and monthly showcases to surface progress early, remove blockers fast, and invite your feedback constantly.

Ready to Shape Your Delivery?

Whether you need a quick discovery sprint or a long-running product squad, we’ll help you set the right process, team, and pricing model. Share a brief about your challenge and we’ll propose the next best move.

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