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PACKAGES
Production-ready MVP in two weeks.
14 days
What's included
Best for
Founders with a validated hypothesis who need to ship a paid product fast.
Sprint MVP plus intelligent features that aren't a gimmick.
14–21 days
Everything in Sprint MVP, plus
Best for
Founders building AI-native products where the AI is the value, not the marketing.
Senior product partner embedded in your team.
3-month minimum
Each month, you get
Best for
Post-MVP founders scaling features without yet hiring a senior full-stack. Or anyone who tried an agency and was disappointed.
WHY ME
What you actually get for the money. No hidden fees, no padding.
| Dimension | Agency | Freelancer | mcaliman.com |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to MVP | 3–6 months | 1–3 months, often slips | 14–21 days, contractual |
| Total price | $15k–$50k | $3k–$12k, variable | $6.3k–$8.9k, fixed |
| Communication | Account manager + slow loops | Direct, but inconsistent | Direct, daily, async-friendly |
| Decisions | Committees, sign-offs, slides | You decide everything | I propose, you confirm, we ship |
| Stack | Hand-off documentation | Whatever they know | Modern, vendor-neutral, yours |
| Post-launch | Per-hour change requests | Maybe, maybe not | 30 days included, retainer available |
If I miss the deadline due to my execution, I keep working at no additional cost until production is live. If you change scope mid-sprint, we agree on a revised timeline in writing.
Both. I drive AI-first tooling (Claude Code, Bolt, v0) and review every line. The result ships faster than traditional dev, with the same code quality you'd expect from a senior engineer who's been doing this for 20 years.
You. Full IP transfer on final payment. The code lives in your GitHub, the deploy in your Vercel, the database in your Supabase. I don't lock you in.
Vercel + Supabase free tiers cover most early-stage projects. Paid tiers start around $25/month and scale with usage. Stripe takes its standard percentage + fixed fee per transaction.
Yes — most of my clients are non-technical. I explain trade-offs in plain language and write decisions down so we both stay aligned.
Yes, with caveats. If you have a team, I can ship a parallel feature or augment an existing codebase. We'll do a 30-minute compatibility check before signing.
One person doing the work of five. No PMs, no account managers, no junior devs learning on your dime. AI-first tooling makes the speed possible, the experience makes the quality.
50% upfront via Stripe invoice, 50% on production deploy. For Product Partner, monthly invoices on the 1st. International transfers fine, currency negotiable.
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