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SaaS product development from first release to steady revenue.

Commercial software needs more than a working build: pricing mechanics, entitlements, onboarding and the instrumentation to know which of it is working.

Scope

A product, not just an application.

SaaS based product development covers the parts that only matter once strangers pay you: plan boundaries, trials, upgrades, invoicing, seat management, and the onboarding path that decides whether a signup ever becomes usage.

We build those mechanics as first-class parts of the system rather than a billing integration bolted on at the end, because entitlement logic scattered across feature flags is where SaaS revenue quietly leaks.

Instrumentation ships with the product so the next release is argued from behaviour rather than from the loudest opinion in the room.

  • No card, no trial clock
  • Engineer replies same business day
  • SOC 2 Type II · PIPEDA
  • Your data stays in your region

Who this is for

  • Founders commercialising software built for internal use
  • Teams shipping a first paid tier or self-serve plan
  • Products where billing and entitlements have become fragile
  • Companies that need release decisions grounded in usage data
Problems // What we remove

The failures this work is meant to end.

Entitlements nobody can audit

Plan rules spread across flags and conditionals lead to customers holding access they never paid for. Entitlements belong in one enforceable place.

Onboarding that loses signups

The gap between account creation and first useful action is where most trials die. We instrument it and shorten it deliberately.

Roadmaps decided by anecdote

Without event data, prioritisation defaults to whoever complained last. Product analytics is part of the build, not a later project.

Capabilities // What we build

Engineering scope, stated plainly.

Product scope and release plan

A written sequence of releases, each one shippable, each one with a defined success signal.

  • Fixed-scope, fixed-price increments
  • Explicit success signal per release
  • No open-ended discovery phase

Billing, plans and entitlements

Subscription mechanics implemented against the operational record so invoices, usage and access always agree.

  • Plan and seat modelling with usage metering
  • Trials, upgrades, downgrades and proration paths
  • One enforcement point for every entitlement check

Instrumentation and iteration

Events, funnels and retention views built on your own data, in your own region, so nothing about your customers leaves your control.

  • First-party event capture with lineage
  • Onboarding and activation funnels
  • Replayable history for support and disputes
Process // How we work

A sequence, not a discovery phase.

01

Specification

Product scope, plans and success signals written down and priced.

02

Foundation

Data model, tenancy and entitlement layer built first.

03

Release

Shippable increments, each instrumented on delivery.

04

Measure

Usage reviewed against the stated signal for each release.

05

Operate

Runbooks, dashboards and direct engineer access.

Questions // Direct

Answered without a call.

Do you also do the MVP stage?

Yes — that work has its own narrower engagement described on the SaaS MVP development page.

Can you take over an existing product?

We review the current code and data model, publish what we found, and only then propose a plan.

Who handles payments?

We integrate the payment provider you choose and keep entitlement enforcement inside your system so access rules stay auditable.

How is progress reported?

Per release, against the success signal agreed in the specification, with the underlying numbers visible to you.

Related // Adjacent work

Where this connects.

Most engagements combine two or three of these. Start wherever the pressure is highest.

Direct booking · No sales queueCalendar open

Thirty minutes with an engineer, not a rep.

Bring your stack and your numbers. You leave with something useful either way.

  • Your current stack, volumes and failure points — reviewed live
  • An architecture sketch you keep, in your inbox the same day
  • A firm CAD price for your exact specification, no follow-up gate

Free · 30 minutes · Video or phone · Reschedule any time