You know the most it can cost
You buy a set number of points. That's the most you'll spend, and you know it before we start.
For the software your company runs on
Your team asked for it months ago. We can have it live this week.
Cloud Nerd builds and fixes the tools your company uses every day, like Salesforce, NetSuite, Workday, ServiceNow, and 40+ more. AI agents do the building and testing. A senior architect who knows your industry checks every change before it goes live. You get finished work in days, for about half of what hiring would cost.
Shipped recently
See everything we've shipped →- Customer Support · Salesforce · Incoming email now opens a case and goes to the person who can solve it. · Live in 56 days
- Customer Support · Salesforce · A support agent now answers common questions before a person has to. · Live in 21 days
- Supply Chain · Salesforce · Product and order data now move between the commerce system and the ERP. · Live in 49 days
900+
projects our architects have delivered
400+
companies served
40+
platforms
46
days, median of published builds with a known duration
Our architects have delivered for teams at
- Salesforce
- General Mills
- Home Depot
- Nikon
- Invesco
- Raymond James
- Airgas
SunStrong's support agent went live in 8 weeks and cut cost per case 64%.
PowerSchool's Agentforce build took 3 weeks.
The problem
The most expensive word in business is “almost.”
The report is almost ready, and the integration is almost done.
The POD model
You don't pay for hours. You pay for features delivered.
You buy a set number of points up front. Every finished feature costs points, like a flight costs miles. A small fix costs 1 point, and a big build costs 8. Before we start, we price every item on your list, so you know exactly what your points buy. If your plans change, you spend them on something else.
Every cost approved up front
Every feature gets a point cost before we build it. If you don't approve it, it doesn't get built.
No change orders. Ever.
When priorities change, the new request gets a point cost and goes on the list. You don't get a new invoice or new paperwork.
Pay only for finished features
Points are spent on working features in your system. You never pay for meetings, rework, or time spent getting up to speed.
Departments
Which team is waiting on a fix?
Sales
Get leads to the right rep the minute they come in.
Marketing
Make campaign data show up in the reports people actually read.
Customer Support
Send every case to the person who can solve it.
Finance
Stop typing the same invoice into two systems.
HR
Get new hires set up before their first day.
Supply Chain
See inventory and orders in one place.
IT
Clear out the requests nobody on your team has time for.
The hiring math
One decision. Two very different P&Ls.
The same senior-hire math is on Pricing. Two hires are $540,000 in year one. A Growth POD is $30,000 a month.
2 hires
Build in-house
Fully-loaded year-one cost
- Base salary + bonus$314,000
- Benefits & payroll taxes (32%)$100,000
- Recruiting fees (20% of base)$58,000
- Software, tooling & training$24,000
- Office, equipment & overhead$20,000
- Management time & onboarding$24,000
Year one$540,000
⏱ 50–70 days to fill (SHRM) · 6–12 months to full productivity
Retain Cloud Nerd
Everything included in one monthly price · Growth POD
- Dedicated expert PODIncluded
- AI agents and DaisaIncluded
- Tooling, QA, documentationIncluded
- Ramp-up periodNone
Monthly$30,000
Shipping week one. $180,000 less in year one.
Sources: ZipRecruiter/Indeed/Glassdoor senior developer & architect salary data for Austin, Dallas & Chicago (2026); BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, Mar 2026 (benefits = 30.1% of total comp); standard IT placement fees of 20% of first-year salary; SHRM time-to-fill benchmarks. Tools & overhead lines are estimates. Your call includes math built on your actual plan.
We sell finished work, and we deliver it fast.
Every Cloud Nerd client gets a POD. A POD has three parts working together.
AI agents that do the work
They read your request, plan the change, build it, and test it. This is why we're fast.
Daisa, our AI expert
Daisa is trained to know each major platform the way a top architect does, so the agents build things the right way for that system.
A senior architect who knows your industry
A real person who has worked in companies like yours reviews every change and signs off before anything goes live.
The agents supply the speed, and the architect makes sure the work is right.
See the POD model →You send a request, and we send back finished work.
Here's what happens in between, and who is responsible at each step.
Step 1
You send a request
Send it in writing, the way you'd explain it to a coworker. "Web leads should go to the rep who owns that state" is enough to start.
Step 2
We put a point cost on it
Daisa reads the request, looks at how your system is set up, and suggests a size. Your architect checks that number. You approve the cost before any work begins, and anything you don't approve doesn't get built.
Step 3
The agents build it
They plan the change and build it in a test copy of your system. Nothing touches your live system at this stage.
Step 4
The agents test it
They run the change through real scenarios and try to break it. Anything that fails goes back to step 3.
Step 5
Your architect reviews it
A senior person reads the work, checks it against how your business actually runs, and signs off. Nothing goes live without that sign-off.
Step 6
It goes live, and you get a note
The note says, in plain English, what changed, how to use it, and how many points it used. The documentation is written for you and stays with you.
You don't post a job, interview anyone, or wait for a new hire to learn your systems. You don't manage a contractor or sit through a kickoff meeting.
On a normal project, most of the calendar is spent waiting. Work waits for someone to be free, for the next meeting, and for handoffs between the person who plans it, the person who builds it, and the person who tests it. Our agents don't wait in line, and they hand work to each other in minutes. The architect spends their time on the decisions that need a person.
Start small
See the price before you commit to a POD.
How we stack up against your other options.
| Hire someone | Consulting firm | Staffing agency | Cloud Nerd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First finished work | Months, after hiring and training. | Weeks, after planning. | Weeks, after finding a person. | Days. |
| What you pay for | Salary, benefits, and ramp-up time. | Hours worked. | Hours worked. | Finished features. |
| If someone leaves | You start over. | You get a new person to train. | You start over. | Nothing changes. Every change is recorded. |
| Who manages the work | You. | Them, billed to you. | You. | Your architect. |
Month one
While a new hire is still in orientation, we've shipped.
Week 1
Your first fixes are live
The POD is in your systems, your list is ranked with your leadership, and the first items are already live.
Week 2
Old requests start closing
Work that has sat for months starts going live, built by our agents and checked by your architect.
Week 3
Your systems are written down, often for the first time
Daisa maps the environment, and the notes stay with you.
Week 4
You get a report you can send to your boss
A written report of everything shipped, everything found, and what should happen next.
For comparison: at day 30, an internal hire has completed HR onboarding, met the team, and, if you're lucky, closed their first small ticket. Full productivity arrives around month twelve. Ours arrived in week one.
Bring your list, and leave with a price and a date.
On the call we'll price what your team needs and tell you when it can be live.