Without commitment. If the topic does not make sense or can be solved more simply - I will say it straightforwardly.
Don't recognize any of the 4 situations? See the full listing below - maybe you have a need from less obvious areas (startup MVP, mobile app).
Each offer is preceded by a short conversation (20 min, free of charge), in which we check if Digital Vantage is the right partner. 15-20% of conversations end with a 'buy ready' or 'go freelancer' recommendation - we don't sell a project if you can solve the problem more simply.
Purpose, context, constraints, budget. I check if I can help, or if it's better to recommend someone else. 15-20% of conversations end with the recommendation 'buy a ready-made SaaS, use no-code, hire a freelancer'.
Audit of current technology, milestone plan, risks, costs of 3 variants. Documentation yours - you can go with it to another provider. Paid, not a 'free offer'.
Implementation in 2-week sprints. Payment by stages, not by hours. Post-implementation: care 450-1500 PLN/month or handover to in-house team.
Paid audit as a resource that you can use regardless of further cooperation. Not a 'free quote' that you invest in a vendor.
The following examples show how we approach typical company problems - from diagnosis to implementation in stages.
The first 20 minutes of the conversation is a verification of whether custom needed. 15-20% of calls end with a recommendation:
We lose 15-20% of leads per year. Customers who choose ready-made - they come back in 2-3 years when they grow out of SaaS.
Audit 5-15 thousand zloty, architectural documentation (ERD, API contract, technical decisions, schedule) - your property. You can go to another developer.
Investors / partners / future CTOs seehow we think about architecture, not onlywhat we built. A concrete benefit: due diligence takes 1 week instead of 4-6 weeks.
GitHub Yours from day 1. License Yours (MIT or proprietary). Full documentation (architectural decisions, implementation guide, technical documentation).
Any competent programmer will take over the project in 1-2 weeks. No dependence on a vendor. No monthly fees for access to "your" code that the agency keeps.
Konrad Barejko. 20+ years of corporate IT (telecom, EMEA, 50+ teams, multi-million dollar budgets, Research and Development (R&D)).
Digital Vantage is my way of applying the same operational and process discipline I've seen in corporations to companies of 30-300 people - without the corporate costs and chaos of a typical agency.
We start with a conversation in which we separate the 'cool ideas' from the things that will command a result. After the conversation, you get a concrete plan - what we do, where the risks are, how much it costs. No salesman, no follow-ups, no 'free audits' that are just an excuse.
Dedicated servers: Warsaw, Poland, Europe (or global if the project requires it). Full control over data, compliance with RODO, no dependence on cloud provider.
You pay after the stage delivered (3-5 stages typically). 0% prepayment, 0% billing for hours on the clock. If the stage has not been delivered - you do not pay.
Technology stack with 5+ years of production experience (Next.js, Payload, Postgres). Zero hype-driven libraries in version 0.x. After 3 years, the code still works and is updatable - no rewriting from scratch.
Most decision makers prefer to learn about DV on its own terms first. Check a quote, take a quiz, download an industry report. Or, if you already know the topic is for us - schedule a 20-min interview.
No obligation. 20 minutes. If the topic does not make sense or can be solved more simply - I will say it straightforwardly.
Calculators based on data from 50+ DV deployments. Decision quizzes for the undecided. No registration, no email chasing.
Market analysis, industry audits, technical research. Each report supported by data, sources, methodology. Quoted by industry experts.
Minimum 5 years of track record, active support, stable API. Zero 0.x libraries or 'latest trends' without practice. Less hype = less code rewriting in 2 years.
The cost depends on the scope, priorities and whether we start with cleaning up current solutions or implementing from scratch. After a brief discussion, we prepare a recommendation and scope options with an approximate estimate.
After a 20-min conversation, you get a detailed ±15% fork for your project.
No - and it's often better not to have it to begin with. If you have an idea, we start by sorting out the goal, the user and the priorities, and then we verify the assumptions, so that we don't build something that "on paper" looks good, but in practice doesn't work.
In the end, you get a concrete plan: the scope of the MVP / milestones, requirements, risks, estimation and recommendation of what makes sense to do now and what to postpone.
You have a single point of contact on the Digital Vantage side, and we select specialists for the scope of implementation (e.g. architecture, development, UX/UI, graphics, support). This keeps communication simple and implementation predictable.
Most often we start with a conversation at the earliest possible date. We plan the next steps in stages - so that we can quickly deliver the first results and in parallel maintain control over the scope and budget.
Both. We can start with one specific problem (e.g., site improvement, tool integration, automation), and if the collaboration makes sense - develop it further.
Clear direction: what to do first, what to do later, what are the risks and which option makes business sense. If the topic is on our side, we suggest next steps and an indicative estimate.
It is possible to work together on a project basis (in stages) or on an ongoing basis for care and development. The choice of model depends on whether you need a one-time implementation or continuous technological support.
Dedicated servers: Warsaw, Poland, EU. Full control over data. All Digital Vantage applications compliant with RODO as standard (anonymization, retention, export, right to be forgotten). For regulated industries (medical, finance) - we can add ISO 27001 processes.
We have worked with companies in the following industries: telecommunications, manufacturing, FMCG, finance, B2B software, public sector (most under NDA). The industry is not the most important - process discipline and architecture scales between industries. An initial conversation will clarify whether our experience fits your problem.
20 minutes of free talk. No sales slides. No follow-ups. No 'free audits' that turn out to be sales.
If your topic makes sense - I propose a plan of action. If it doesn't make sense or can be solved more simply - I'll say it outright and recommend elsewhere.
Without commitment. If the topic does not make sense or can be solved more simply - I will say it straightforwardly.
Before you start talking to an agency, check how much your project should cost. Our calculators are based on data from more than a few dozen implementations - not on forks taken from the ceiling.
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