Real price bands for Australian projects, what moves the number, and why a fixed quote in writing is the only answer worth taking. Updated for 2026.
2–5 weeks
AUD 15,000 – 60,000
Portals, dashboards, internal tools and client apps. The most common build in the country — and in our studio.
Web app development →4–8 weeks
AUD 20,000 – 80,000
iOS and Android from one codebase. Higher than web because of store submission, device testing and offline work.
Mobile app development →2–6 weeks
AUD 10,000 – 50,000
APIs, databases and integrations. Complexity of data and uptime needs drive this more than screen count.
Backend & API development →2–4 weeks
AUD 5,000 – 30,000
Document pipelines, agents and copilots. Narrowest scope, fastest payback.
AI integration →2–5 weeks
AUD 10,000 – 40,000
Includes migrating your existing data out of the sheets — nothing gets re-typed by your team.
Spreadsheets to software →2–5 weeks
AUD 10,000 – 50,000
Quoting, approvals, job management, dashboards — built around your process, owned by you.
Internal tools →Three things dominate the quote. First, how much data the system owns — and how carefully it must protect it. Second, how many existing systems it has to live beside: Xero, MYOB, CRMs, payment providers, legacy software with an uncooperative API. Third, how strict your rules are — approvals, compliance, role-based access, audit trails.
The mistakes that blow up budgets: vague scope (“we want an app”), per-platform builds, changes discovered at the end, and finding out the “simple” integration is a weekend of work. Our quotes declare scope, timeline and assumptions in writing — and we champion the assumptions loudly so they get tested early.
The number does not move. No discovery-phase invoices, no “it depends” at the end, no hourly billing that turns estimation risk into your problem. Two weeks of post- launch support are included, and you own the code and infrastructure outright — see how we work for the full rhythm, and custom software development for the whole shape of a build.
The 45-minute call is free, and you get the fixed number within two days of it. If you want a ballpark first, the bands above are genuinely what the last seven years of work look like.
First call is 45 minutes and genuinely useful, even if we do not work together.