A custom system for a small or medium business in Argentina costs between USD 1,000 and USD 8,000, depending on what gets built. An institutional website starts at USD 1,000; an online store runs USD 2,500 to 5,000; a management system, USD 3,000 to 7,000; a wholesale B2B portal, USD 3,500 to 8,000.
These are our prices, not a market average. We publish them because "how much does it cost?" rarely gets an answer before a meeting, and that wastes everyone's time. Below is the breakdown by project type, what moves the price within each range, and what you keep paying after launch.
What does each type of project cost?
| Project type | Range | Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| Institutional website Presence, services, portfolio, contact form | USD 1,000 to 2,500 | 2 to 3 weeks |
| Process automation A repetitive task a person does by hand today | USD 1,000 to 3,000 | 1 to 3 weeks |
| Online store Self-managed catalog, cart, checkout and payments | USD 2,500 to 5,000 | 3 to 5 weeks |
| Custom management system Customers, collections, stock, members, orders | USD 3,000 to 7,000 | 4 to 6 weeks |
| Wholesale B2B portal Price lists per customer, orders and logistics | USD 3,500 to 8,000 | 4 to 6 weeks |
The price is locked in the proposal, before we write a line of code, and doesn't change halfway through. If the project takes longer than planned, we absorb that cost.
What puts a project at the bottom or the top of its range?
Within each type, the gap between minimum and maximum is almost always explained by these five things:
- Integrations with other systems. Connecting to a management system you already use, a logistics API, or a supplier's system. Each integration adds work, even more so when the other system has no documentation.
- Payments. Charging online isn't just adding a button: prices and stock have to be validated server side, payment notifications handled, and you have to account for what happens when a payment arrives twice or never arrives.
- Users with different roles. A panel used by one person is not the same as a system where the salesperson sees one thing, the admin another and the owner another. Each role adds screens and rules.
- Data migration. Moving years of history from spreadsheets or an old system usually takes longer than building the new functionality, because real data is almost never tidy.
- Number of entities. A system with three entities (customers, orders, products) is far simpler than one with twelve. It's the factor most often underestimated.
What do you pay after launch?
This is the part most quotes leave out, and where a cheap project can end up expensive. In our case:
- Hosting: around USD 25 per month.
- Support: optional, starting at USD 75 per month, if you'd rather not handle maintenance yourself.
- Licenses: none. The code is 100% yours, in repositories under your name.
- Next phases: quoted separately, also at a fixed price.
It's worth doing the math over a year. A USD 2,000 system with USD 200 in monthly costs comes to USD 4,400 in the first year. A USD 4,000 one with USD 25 hosting comes to USD 4,300. The second looked twice as expensive and ended up costing less.
Why these prices and not a software factory's?
Because the structure is different. A software factory quotes a team: several people, coordination meetings, project management. That makes sense when the project needs it, and then the numbers are different. Here one person works, using AI tools to write code, with no coordination layers to bill for.
The flip side is honest: we don't take on projects that need ten people in parallel, a platform for thousands of users from day one, or corporate certifications. That calls for a software factory or a consultancy, and the budget is different.
How do I compare two quotes?
The headline number isn't enough to compare. Before deciding, check that both proposals answer the same things:
- What gets built, feature by feature, and what is explicitly left out.
- Whether the price is fixed or an hourly estimate, and who pays if it runs late.
- What monthly costs continue after delivery.
- Who owns the code and which accounts it lives in.
- What happens with changes that come up halfway through.
We go deeper in fixed price vs. hourly, which is the decision with the biggest impact on what you end up paying.
What if my project doesn't fit any of these categories?
It happens often: many projects are a mix, for example an online store that also needs a management panel for the team. In those cases the range is built by adding up the parts, and it still gets locked in the proposal. The fastest way to find out is to tell us what you need: the proposal with scope, timeline and price takes 3 to 5 business days and costs nothing. You can look at real projects already running to place yours.