What a pilot gets, and what a pilot gives.
A pilot is a working engagement at a reduced rate while a capability is still new. You get the work and a licence benefit. We get the right to name you and your feedback while things can still be changed.
What does a pilot cost?
A named Pilot rate, agreed per pilot and set below our calculated rate. The calculation is design, research, project management, and the three kinds of work actually done.
The Pilot rate covers the pilot. Work built only for you afterwards, extra support and training stay at the standard rates.
What is the exchange?
What you give
In exchange: the right to name you as a reference, and your feedback while things are still being built.
What you get
Pilot clients hold DBOS licences at 50 percent for 24 months, then at standard pricing.
Licences are bought on dbos.world. Nothing is sold on this site.
What happens if you want to stop?
At the end of any completed and paid stage, you may stop. If you stay, you hold a lifelong right to use what was built for you under the licence that covers it, updates and maintenance included. If you leave, you take the version that existed the day you left.
Dependence is their business model. Freedom is ours.
How does the work actually run?
In stages with named milestones, the same way we run our own builds. A milestone is a point where something exists, has been proven against real data, and has been handed over. You always know where you are.
Questions about pilots
What is a pilot?
A working engagement at a reduced rate, for a defined period, while a capability is still new. You get the work and the licence benefit, we get the right to name you as a reference and your feedback while things can still be changed.
What does a pilot cost?
A named Pilot rate, agreed per pilot and set below our calculated rate. The calculation is design, research, project management and the three kinds of work actually done. We do not publish a comparison against anybody else's pricing.
What happens if we want to stop?
At the end of any completed and paid stage you may stop. If you stay, you hold a lifelong right to use what was built for you under its licence, with updates and maintenance. If you leave, you take the version that existed the day you left. There is no notice period.
Who owns what gets built?
You own the right to use it, for life, under licence. We hold the rights to the code, which is what lets a thing built for you become a standard part of the product that everybody then receives, including you, without being paid for twice.