Everything you wish you’d had when you started your agency.
Templates
The contracts and checklists every agency rebuilds from scratch — done once, done right.
Fixed-scope SoW with acceptance criteria and change-order triggers.
Outcome-framed proposal with tiered options and a clear price anchor.
Capture scope creep as billable work without derailing the relationship.
Reusable MSA shell with IP, liability and payment-terms placeholders.
The pre-kickoff questions that surface risk before you quote.
Everything that has to be true before day one of delivery.
Calculators
No spreadsheet downloads. Plug in your figures and get an answer on the page.
What your time actually earns.
Effective rate
$191/hr
Share of hours you actually bill.
Utilization
70%
Hours to quote after risk padding.
Buffered hours
400 (+80)
Benchmarks
A peek at the pricing benchmark database — hourly, fixed-price and retainer ranges by region.
| Engagement | Region | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly (blended) | North America | $135 – $225 / hr |
| Fixed-price build | Western Europe | $45k – $140k |
| Monthly retainer | Global / remote | $8k – $30k / mo |
Sampled from agency rate cards · indicative ranges
View full databaseBenchmarks, playbooks and stack guides for AI-native agencies.
Agencies inherit half-built prototypes and ship them to production. Here is the agency-side framework for choosing an AI app builder whose database actually survives client handoff, scored across six platforms with worked numbers from a June 2026 retainer.
June 2026 rate cards for AI agency builds split by archetype: solo operator, 3-person team, 8-person team, 20-plus-person studio. Discovery, build, retainer, audit, and white-label bands per archetype, plus a worked example on what to charge for a 6-hour AI-agent build.
Four serious productization patterns for AI agencies in 2026 (audit sprint, subscription retainer, fixed-price build, white-label platform) scored on margin, risk, discovery, scalability and agent leverage. With a worked agency scenario for each.
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