How pricing works
Yellow Archer doesn't publish a fixed price list, because every project is different. A three-page brochure site and a clinical practice-management system with medical-aid claims are not the same job, and pretending they cost the same would be dishonest. So instead of a price list, here's the process:
- Free discovery call. A 30-minute conversation to understand the problem and confirm it's something I can solve.
- A fixed, written quote. Scoped to the work, sent before anything starts — so you know the number up front.
- You approve, then I build. No work begins, and no money changes hands, until you've signed off on the quote.
- You own the result. All code and digital assets become your property on full payment. No lock-in, no licence fees.
What drives the cost
If you want a rough sense of where a project will land before we talk, these are the things that move the number most:
- Scope & complexity — how many features, screens, and user roles the system needs.
- Integrations — connecting to the WhatsApp Cloud API, medical-aid claim switches, payment gateways, or other third-party APIs each adds work.
- Data migration — moving off a legacy system and importing your existing data cleanly.
- Timeline — most builds land in two to four weeks; genuinely urgent work can be prioritised, which affects the quote.
- Ongoing support — a once-off build versus a monthly care plan for continuous changes and new features.
Better value than enterprise SaaS
Most clients come to Yellow Archer because they're paying enterprise rates — sometimes R50,000+ a month — for software that does 80% of what they need and refuses to do the other 20%. A custom build you own, paired with a low monthly care plan, almost always works out cheaper over time and actually does what you asked. You're paying for software that fits your business, not for a vendor's roadmap.