How much does a typical Mifa engagement cost?

Team augmentation starts at $8,500 per engineer-equivalent per month, and delivery projects start at $45,000; most mid-size projects land between $120,000 and $600,000 depending on scope. Every engagement begins with a scoped proposal, so you see the full cost model — team composition, timeline, and assumptions — before committing anything beyond a discovery sprint.

Do you offer fixed-price contracts?

Yes — for initiatives with well-defined scope, we contract fixed-price against agreed acceptance criteria. Where scope is genuinely uncertain (common in AI work), we recommend a fixed-price discovery sprint first, followed by either a fixed-price build or capped time-and-materials with a not-to-exceed ceiling, so budget risk stays bounded either way.

What does the discovery sprint include and what does it cost?

Discovery is a 2–4 week fixed-price engagement (typically $15,000–$40,000) producing a solution architecture, delivery plan, risk register, and a firm proposal for the build. It is deliberately priced to stand alone: if you take the outputs to another vendor or build in-house, they are yours and they are complete.

Can we switch between engagement models mid-relationship?

Yes, and most clients do. A common path is project delivery for the first initiative, augmentation to extend your team afterward, then an enterprise partnership once a multi-year roadmap forms. Contracts are structured so conversions carry over negotiated rates and accrued volume discounts.

What happens if we're not satisfied with the work?

For augmentation, we replace any engineer free of charge within the first four weeks and you can exit on 30 days' notice. For project delivery, payment is milestone-gated against acceptance criteria you approved — you don't pay for milestones that don't pass. In ten years, our 98% retention rate reflects how rarely these clauses get exercised.

PRICING

Honest anchors, scoped quotes

Enterprise work doesn't have a price sheet — but you shouldn't need three meetings to learn the order of magnitude. Here are our engagement models, their starting points, and exactly what moves the number. A scoped, line-item quote follows one consultation.

Team Augmentation

Senior engineers embedded in your teams

from $8,500

per engineer-equivalent / month

Add vetted senior engineers, ML specialists, or designers directly into your squads. They join your standups, your repos, and your on-call — managed by you, quality-backed by us.

Best for: Teams with clear direction that need senior capacity, fast.

Senior-only bench: 7+ years average experience
Start within 2–3 weeks of signature
Monthly rolling terms; scale up or down with 30 days' notice
Free replacement within the first 4 weeks if fit is wrong
Mifa practice leads on call for architecture escalation

Discuss augmentation

Project Delivery

Most common

Outcome-owned delivery, end to end

from $45,000

per project · fixed scope or capped T&M

A dedicated Mifa pod — engineers, architect, engagement manager — owns your initiative from discovery through production handover, with milestones, demos every two weeks, and acceptance criteria agreed up front.

Best for: Defined initiatives that need a team accountable for the outcome.

Dedicated cross-functional pod, sized to scope
Discovery sprint with fixed-price proposal before commitment
Bi-weekly demos and transparent burn reporting
Evaluation suites, security review, and documentation included
30-day post-launch stabilization included
Full IP transfer and capability handover

Scope a project

Enterprise Partnership

A standing product-engineering capability

Custom

annual program · dedicated capacity

Reserved multi-pod capacity under a master agreement: a joint roadmap governed quarterly, priority staffing, and executive sponsorship. How our longest-standing clients run — several since 2018.

Best for: Organizations running a portfolio of initiatives over multiple years.

Reserved capacity with priority staffing across all practices
Quarterly business reviews with executive sponsors
Blended-rate pricing with committed-volume discounts
24/7 production support and SLAs available
Access to AI Labs research previews and accelerators
Dedicated solutions architect and engagement director

Design a partnership

All anchors exclude cloud and third-party license costs, which are billed at cost with no markup. Multi-region and 24/7 support options are quoted per engagement.

COMPARE

The models, side by side

The differences that matter in practice: who manages the team, who owns the outcome, and how the commercial risk is shared.

Swipe to compare all three models

Comparison of Mifa engagement models: Team Augmentation, Project Delivery, and Enterprise Partnership
	Team Augmentation	Project Delivery	Enterprise Partnership
Typical starting point	from $8,500 /mo per engineer	from $45,000 per project	Custom annual program
Best for	Adding senior capacity	Delivering a defined initiative	Multi-year initiative portfolios
Team management	You manage day-to-day	Mifa manages delivery	Joint governance board
Commitment	Monthly rolling	Per project / milestone	Annual, renewed quarterly review
Time to start	2–3 weeks	3–4 weeks (after discovery)	4–6 weeks program setup
Outcome accountability	Shared with your leads	Mifa owns acceptance criteria	Jointly owned roadmap OKRs
Pricing structure	Monthly rate card	Fixed price or capped T&M	Blended rates + volume discounts
Post-launch support	Continuous while engaged	30 days included, extendable	24/7 SLA options
IP ownership	Yours	Yours, transferred at handover	Yours, under master agreement
AI Labs access	—	Engagement accelerators	Research previews + accelerators

PRICING FAQS

The questions procurement asks

Straight answers on cost structure, contracts, and what happens when things don't go to plan. Your legal team can have our standard MSA before the first call.

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