Comparing Your Options for Building Software
Compare Your Options
Comparing Your Options for Building Software
There is more than one good way to get software built, and the best one depends on what you are building, who can review the work and how much certainty you need. We wrote these pages to help you choose, including when the answer is not us.
Do you compare yourselves to other named firms?
Are these comparisons written to sell you our services?
A fair comparison
Which Option Are You Weighing Us Against?
Freelancer or engineering firm
Offshore team or engineering firm
Fractional CTO or engineering firm
In-house developer or engineering firm
Large consultancy or small senior firm
Firms Compared by Name
Our blog roundups name real firms and say who each one suits, including when that is not us.
- Best custom software development companies in Dallas-Fort Worth
- Who takes over an existing codebase
- Best firms to take a vibe-coded app to production
- Who can audit and fix your app before a security review
- Technical due diligence for AI-built software
Before You Choose Anyone
- Harden or rebuild. If software already exists and you are deciding what to do with it.
- What a project costs and where you can stop. The phases and starting prices.
- How to tell if an agency is padding the scope. The questions that expose a padded quote, ours included.
- What you own. The code, the repository and what happens if you leave.
Looking for Alternatives to Razoyo?
Then the pages above are the honest answer. We are a small senior firm that takes prototypes and constrained systems into production. If you need a large program team, a lone freelancer for a small fix, or a full-time hire, one of the other options will serve you better, and we will tell you so on the free consultation.
If you want a second opinion on a quote from any firm, including ours, a System Spec is $2,500 fixed and the document is yours to take anywhere.
Questions We Get Before the Call
They are written to help you decide. Each one lists when the other option wins. If it does, it is the better choice for you.
Pick your next step
Start With a Conversation. It Costs Nothing.
Every engagement begins the same way, with a free consultation. You will leave it with an honest recommendation, including the recommendation not to build.
Free consultation
A working session with a senior person, not a sales rep. Always the first step.
Fixed-price System Spec
A product brief, a real estimate and a build-or-don't-build recommendation, yours to keep either way.
See every price first
Not ready to talk? Every number, from the free consultation to ongoing support, is on one page.