The basics of our pricing

Contractors calculate the amount of risks in different ways.
Does every feature include decomposition? What happens if some previously unrecorded but blocking launch moments are included?

Contractors assess the quality of development in different ways.
Each contractor assesses the quality of development in different ways: using code review, TDD (test-driven development), industry standards and objective control tools, or by all means at once. This confuses the customer.

The courage to voice risks.
When calculating a project, not all companies assume the same risks or even talk about them. This is fraught with problems during the project implementation phase. There is a risk of losing time and money.

Internal animators.
We've come across agencies that use internal multipliers instead of showing fair prices. A real example: a very well-known agency is spending time right inside its information systems. Where you log in for an hour, you'll see, say, three.
Our company does not do this; we are ready to show workbooks under administrative privileges for any employee on all projects in which they participate. But we are very well aware of the situation on the market due to the migration of personnel between companies.

The cost of specialists on the market is the same.
A good developer, no matter where they are, is going to be expensive. It doesn't matter where he lives. We have payroll statistics in Moscow, Krasnodar and Togliatti, and our HR department processes several hundred vacancies per month. We confidently state that the salary expectations of equally trained specialists do not depend on the region (or even on the country when comparing Russia and neighboring countries).

The cost of a job is not determined by salary.
The cost of a job depends not only on wages. Don't forget that the cost of a development team includes factors such as office conditions, training, planning poker processes, regular meetings and the development of a collaborative culture. As a result, highly qualified production costs are very high.