Pricing
Describing an app and reading the plan Chovy writes for it costs nothing. You pay once, when you decide to build — and you will already know what is going to be built and what will count as finished.
Every line
| What | How much | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Each app | $10,000 · once | Paid once, before the first build, by card or crypto. It covers the plan, the build, the checks, the fixes, a private build space, a live address to look at it on, and 25 hours of agent work — enough to build and revise most apps. Describing an app and reading its plan is free; you pay when you say build. |
| More agent time | $400 · per agent-hour | When an app has used its included hours, further work is metered by the hour an agent is actually working, never by the hour it sits idle. You see the hours before you approve more, the same as every other cost. |
| A team of agents | $400 · per agent-hour | For companies that want several agents running, not one app. Every agent is supervised by a person on our side and billed on the hours it is actually working, never on the hours it sits idle. Put that next to what a contractor hour costs you, then look at the clock. |
| A standing seat | $28,000 · per agent, per month | Reserve an agent for a month with 70 hours of its time at $400 per agent-hour. Past 70 hours the same hourly rate applies. |
| A pod | $2,800 · per hour | 7 agents and a person directing them, for an hour or for a quarter. This is the one to hold up against a contractor team: the same money, none of the hiring, and it does not stop at five o'clock. Write to us from the contact page and we'll set it up. |
| The AI that thinks | Included · or your own key | Use the model included with your workspace and there's nothing extra to pay. If you already pay OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or another provider, connect that account and pay them directly — we never see the bill. |
| Human help | Free · or quoted first | Inviting your own developer is free and unlimited. Asking the Profullstack team for hands-on help is scoped and quoted before any billable work starts — every time. |
Against the alternatives
| Route | Typical cost | Time to something you can open | What you are left with |
|---|---|---|---|
| An agency | $20,000 – $80,000 | 6 – 16 weeks | A finished app, and a dependency on them for every change |
| A contractor | $50 – $150 an hour | 3 – 10 weeks | Depends entirely on who you found |
| Hiring a developer | $8,000+ a month | Weeks, plus hiring | Capacity, and a management job you did not have before |
| A no-code builder | $30 – $300 a month | Days of your own work | Something inside their platform, that you cannot take with you |
| Chovy | $10,000 once | Minutes to an address, then a first build | Your code, in your Git, on your own address |
Ranges are what these routes commonly cost, not quotes. The row that matters is the last column: three of these five leave you unable to change the thing without going back to whoever built it.
Not included, on purpose
These cost money in the real world, and spending yours without asking is not a feature. Chovy gets everything ready and hands you the decision.
Domains
Hosting
Third-party services
Any hour of human work
Yes — the code, the repository, and the domain are yours. If you stop using Chovy, all of it leaves with you.
You read the plan before anyone starts, and you approve each finished piece. Asking for changes is a normal step, not a failure — the button is right next to “Approve”.
No. You can invite one whenever you want, and they'll see the full history the moment they join.
$10,000 per app, paid once before its first build, by card or crypto, with 25 hours of agent work included. More time is $400 per agent-hour, added only when you approve it. Companies that want a standing team of agents pay $400 per agent-hour, $28,000 per agent per month for a seat that includes 70 hours, or $2,800 an hour for a pod of 7 agents and a human director. Describing the app and reading its plan is free. The AI model is included, or bring your own key; human help is quoted first.