Buy a bucket of points
You purchase a set number of points for a defined term. That's your purchasing power, not a timesheet.
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You don't pay for hours.You pay for features delivered.
POD pricing runs on points. You buy a bucket. You redeem it for finished, deployed features. The bucket is yours to spend over a defined term — on whatever the business needs next.
The POD enginePoints in · Features out
01 · The Models
Three ways to buy delivery.
Only one buys outcomes.
You're buying effort.
Hours are billed as they burn, whether features ship or not. The meter runs on meetings, rework, and ramp-up time. There is no ceiling and no delivery commitment.
Pay for hoursNo delivery guaranteeBudget drifts
Delivery risk sits withYOU
Time & MaterialsThe meter runs. Nothing ships.
02 · How POD Works
One bucket. Three moves.
Redeem points for features
Every feature gets a point cost before we build it. You approve the cost. We deliver it working in your org.
Spend it over the term
The bucket is yours for the period you bought. Mix platforms, change priorities, no change orders. You pick what ships next.
03 · Try It
Spend a bucket.
Pick an industry. We'll surface the software that industry actually runs — Salesforce first when it belongs — then real workflows you can queue against the bucket.
20 / 20 points remaining
1 · Industry
Banks, wealth, and capital markets — FSC, servicing, and the core around them.
2 · Popular software in Financial Services
Small S · 1 pt each
Medium M · 2 pts each
Large L · 4 pts each
Extra Large XL · 8 pts each
Every feature is a finished, working deliverable. Not a line item on a timesheet.
Delivery queue
0 tickets · 0 ptsNothing queued yet. Tap a Salesforce workflow above to build the board.
One bucket spans every platform in financial services. Priorities change next month? Re-spend it. No change order.
Sample sizing for illustration. Every real feature is pointed and approved before build.
04 · The Stress Test
It's month two.
Your CFO wants an integration nobody scoped.
The meter absorbs it
So does your budget. New hours, new burn, no ceiling, and still no commitment on when it ships.
Out of scope
Change order. Re-negotiation. The timeline slips while the paperwork moves.
We point it. You slot it.
It gets a point cost, you drop it into the queue. Same bucket, next sprint. No change order.
05 · The Bucket
T&M has no ceiling.
Fixed fee has no flexibility.
POD has a prepaid bucket.
Bucket · Prepaid
Term startsMonth 2Spent: 0 / 20 pts
You buy a set number of points for a defined term. That's the ceiling — not a timesheet, not a frozen scope. Inside the bucket, you pick the features as you go. When the term ends, a fresh bucket starts.
06 · Quick Answers
Still comparing?
Isn't this just fixed fee with extra steps?
No. Fixed fee locks the feature list on day one. POD locks the amount of delivery, and you choose the features as you go.
What if a feature is bigger than you thought?
It's pointed before we build, and you approve every cost up front. No surprise burn, ever.
What happens to unused points?
They're delivery capacity for the term you bought — not hours, not cash. Keep the queue full and they get spent on finished features. Term length and any rollover are set in your Order Form.
Is data migration extra?
No. It runs through the point system like every other deliverable.
How do you size points?
Consistent S through XL tiers, calibrated across hundreds of delivered features. Sizing is shared and approved before anything is built.
Do points roll over?
The default is a fresh bucket each term. If you need rollover, we model it in the Order Form.
Send us your backlog.
We'll point it.
A 30-minute pointing session turns your wish list into a priced delivery plan for the term.