Hermoso Technologies

Membership/ Compare

Same work.
Three ways to pay.

Most products get built by an agency on a project basis or by a team you hire. Here is how a Hermoso membership compares on cost, speed and flexibility, using published industry figures.

Prefer a fixed-scope project? We take those too. Tell us about it.

01 / At a glance

What you’re
really choosing.

Hermoso membership

How you pay
One flat monthly price, set by how many requests are in progress
What it costs
$6,000, $12,000 or $20,000 a month
Getting started
A one-time setup of about one to two weeks per product; a Blueprint counts toward it
When priorities change
Reorder the queue at any time. The price doesn't change
After launch
Keep going, step down to Maintain, or pause
Scaling up or down
Change tiers month to month (Partner has a 3-month minimum)
Skills on hand
A senior team: web on every tier, iOS and Android by tier or add-on, design as an add-on

Project-based agency

How you pay
A fixed bid or hourly; U.S. senior developers bill $125–250+ an hour3
What it costs
$40,000–120,000 for an MVP; $120,000–300,000 for a mid-size product3
Getting started
Proposals, scoping and a contract before work begins
When priorities change
Work outside the agreed scope is usually quoted again
After launch
The project ends; support is a separate contract
Scaling up or down
A new project and a new quote
Skills on hand
Whatever the agency staffs the project with

In-house team

How you pay
Salaries, benefits, recruiting, equipment and tools
What it costs
About $16,500 a month per median-paid developer, with benefits1,2
Getting started
Weeks to months per hire, plus a recruiter's fee of 15–30% of first-year salary5, then onboarding
When priorities change
Flexible, but limited to the skills you've hired
After launch
The team stays on payroll whether or not there's work
Scaling up or down
Hiring, or letting people go
Skills on hand
Only the roles you've hired

02 / Example: a web app MVP

Getting to
a first launch.

A first version of a web product, built and live in production.

Hermoso membership

$24,000

fixed · 6 weeks

Launch Sprint at a fixed price, then two months of Maintain at no charge.

Afterwards, keep building on a tier or keep it running on Maintain.

Project-based agency

$40,000–120,0003

2–4 months

Typical U.S. agency range for an MVP or simple project.

Changes beyond the agreed scope are usually quoted separately, and support after launch is a new contract.

In-house team

$99,5001,2

two developers, first three months

Plus $41,000–81,500 in recruiting fees to hire them5, and the weeks or months that takes before work starts.

After launch they cost about $33,000 a month, with design, hosting and QA still to cover.

03 / Example: a year of product work

Two things
always moving.

An established product with a steady roadmap: two pieces of work in progress every week, all year.

Membership · Scale

$144,000

a year, month to month

$12,000 a month for two requests in progress across up to three products, on web and iOS, with hosting and a monthly architecture review.

Prepay the year and it's $120,000: two months free.

In-house team

$397,0001,2

a year, two developers

Two median-paid developers with benefits, plus $41,000–81,500 to recruit them5.

Design, hosting, on-call and senior architecture are extra roles or extra work.

Agency, billed hourly

$480,000–960,0003

a year, two senior developers

Two U.S. senior developers at $125–250 an hour, 160 hours a month each: $40,000–80,000 a month.

Most agencies scope work as projects, so a year usually means several contracts.

These examples assume each option delivers a similar amount of work. Real teams, agencies and projects vary, and a Blueprint gives you an estimate for your own product.

04 / An honest answer

Each has
its place.

Choose a membership

  • You have a steady stream of work, not one fixed project
  • Priorities change and you want to reorder freely
  • You want senior skills across platforms without hiring for each

Choose a fixed-scope project

  • The scope is set and won't change much
  • There's no ongoing work after launch
  • You'd rather pay per project than per month

We take fixed-scope projects too.

Tell us about your project

Choose an in-house team

  • Software is your core product for years to come
  • You need more people full time than a tier provides
  • You want the knowledge inside the company, and can carry the cost of hiring
See the membership tiers

05 / Sources and assumptions

  1. 1U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Software Developers (median pay, May 2025)
  2. 2U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, June 2026 (full-time private industry)
  3. 3Keyhole Software, Custom Software Development Cost: 2026 Pricing & Timeline Benchmarks (January 2026)
  4. 4Clutch, Software Development Pricing (verified client reviews, updated September 2026)
  5. 5Dover, Tech Recruiter Fees: cost guide (updated August 2026)
  • In-house cost: the median developer pay ($135,980) divided by wages' share of total employer cost for full-time workers (68.5%), about $199,000 a year. Senior developers usually cost more. Recruiting fees use the same median pay.
  • Agency hourly: 160 billed hours a month per developer. For reference, Clutch's verified reviews put the average software project at $132,480 over about 13 months, across all regions4.
  • Membership prices are as listed on the membership page. Figures were checked in October 2026.

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