Production Subscription
A Standing Production Queue. Three Founding Slots Only.
One production-grade feature module in flight at a time — shipped in 5–10 business days, then the next starts. Same architect across the engagement. Pause anytime. Cancel with 30 days notice. Roadmap reviewed monthly.
actually get
The Designjoy pattern, applied to production engineering. Brett Williams ran Designjoy solo from $449/mo (2017) → $5,995/mo (2024) with the same model: a prioritized queue, one active request at a time, and pause-anytime flexibility that removes the biggest objection in service sales.
You keep a queue of feature modules, ordered however you like. Your architect takes the top one, ships it in 5–10 business days, and starts the next — most months, two modules land. Three founding slots exist because one architect cannot deliver more: one active module per client × three clients is the realistic ceiling for focused, code-reviewed output. When the three slots fill, the rate moves to €6,500/mo for new clients. When the waitlist appears, €8,000/mo. When demand exceeds capacity, €10,000/mo. Founding members keep €5,000/mo locked for their first 12 months — the lowest entry Soatech will offer for ongoing production engineering.
Hard limits
- Active feature modules1 at a time, queue-based
- Scope per module≤ 5 screens, ≤ 3 entities, ≤ 2 integrations
- Founding slots3 only (rate locked 12 months)
- CommitmentCancel with 30 days notice · pause anytime
In every Production Subscription
- One feature module in flight at a time — ships, then the next starts (typical throughput: ~2/month)
- Same senior architect across the engagement
- Monthly roadmap review
- Slack-first communication, decisions in 24 hours
- Code review on everything that ships
- Code + IP yours, no platform lock-in
- Founding rate locked for your first 12 months (€5,000/mo)
Explicit exclusions
- Parallel workstreams (one active module at a time — the queue can hold as many as you like)
- Same-day delivery (typical turnaround: 5–10 business days per module)
- On-call / 24x7 (add-on, ~€2,000/mo extra)
- Multi-architect coverage (single-architect tier)
The stack
Opinionated by default
One default stack for 80% of builds. Same stack shipped wintura.ai. Same stack the architect knows cold and has a runbook for at 3 a.m. When you swap pieces, the timeline goes up — the scoping call surfaces the swap before work starts.
How we work
Operational rhythm
Not a process for show — the scaffolding that keeps a fixed-price engagement on track when life happens. Same rhythm across every Lift, Sprint, and Pod.
Daily commits
Every weekday, to a branch you can pull and run locally.
End-of-day async videos
3–5 min Loom summarizing decisions and blockers — review on your schedule.
Friday demo on Zoom
30 min walkthrough of what shipped that week — questions answered live.
Slack-first, decisions in 24h
Our workspace and yours linked. Questions get answered in a day, both directions.
What ships at the end
Concrete deliverables
No slide deck. No "phase 2 proposal." The list below is what hits your repo, your inbox, and your stack on the last day of the engagement.
Most agencies say "fixed price" and reserve the right to add a change order the moment the brief shifts. Soatech doesn't.
The way fixed price stays honest is by being unreasonable about scope. The scoping doc lists every flow, every screen, every integration. If something isn't on that list, it isn't in this engagement. If you discover during the build that you need it, the current scope ships as planned, and v1.1 begins after handoff — at the next tier's price, or as a follow-on Feature Sprint.
This sounds rigid. In practice founders consistently report it's the most valuable thing about the process — the discipline of saying "v1.1" thirty times across six weeks is what keeps the timeline honest.
Funded B2B SaaS founders who want predictable monthly engineering cost, flexible scope per sprint, and no commitment lock-in. Bolt/Lovable founders post-Production Lift looking for continuity. Indie SaaS at €5–15K MRR ready to scale features.
Teams needing parallel workstreams or guaranteed multi-module months (use Iteration Sprint Standard or Plus). Teams that need sprint rituals (use Iteration Sprint Lite). Teams not ready to commit even to 30-day notice.
Upsell trigger: When you need parallel workstreams or 3+ modules per month → Iteration Sprint Standard
Frequently asked
Questions, answered
- What does 'founding rate' actually mean?
- The first three clients to sign Production Subscription lock in €5,000/month for their first 12 months — no increases inside that window, even when the public price moves to €6,500/mo and beyond. After 12 months, renewal is at the then-current public rate, with 60 days' written notice before any change.
- What happens when the 3 founding slots are full?
- The price moves to €6,500/mo for new clients. The 3 founding members keep €5,000/mo through their first 12 months. As the waitlist grows, the public rate continues to climb (Designjoy went from $449 → $5,995/mo using this exact pattern). The founding window is the cheapest entry Soatech will offer for this tier.
- How does the queue work? Is there a monthly quota?
- No quota. You keep a prioritized queue of feature modules; your architect works exactly one at a time and ships it in 5–10 business days, then pulls the next. Typical throughput is around two modules a month, but it's a delivery rhythm, not a contractual cap or a use-it-or-lose-it allowance. A module that needs 9 days gets 9 days.
- Can I pause for a month and come back later?
- Yes. Pause anytime for up to 60 days — your slot, your rate, and your remaining founding window are preserved. After 60 paused days, you forfeit the founding slot and rejoin at the current public rate.
- What's the difference vs Iteration Sprint Lite?
- Iteration Sprint Lite has a 3-sprint minimum (€13,500 committed up-front) and runs on bi-weekly sprint cadence with one feature module per sprint. Production Subscription is month-to-month, cancel anytime, queue-based delivery with one module in flight at a time (no sprint rituals). Subscription is for buyers who want predictable cost + flexible scope; Sprint Lite is for buyers who want sprint structure.
- What if I need more throughput than the queue delivers?
- Upgrade to Iteration Sprint Standard (€7,000 per 2-week sprint, 2–3 modules per sprint in parallel). Production Subscription is the right entry point; Iteration Sprint Standard is the right scaling step.
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07Book · Direct, no SDR
Scope your project. Same architect who shipped wintura.ai.
30-minute scoping call. We map your scope to a published tier — Production Audit €1,500, Production Lift €3,500, MVP Sprint from €8,500. No custom quotes. No discovery-call upsell. Walk away with a price and a date.
30-min scoping call
Direct line to the Architect. No SDR. No nurture sequence. No custom quotes. Walk away with a price and a date.
Architect calendar opens 14 days out · Average reply within 4 business hours · CET overlap with UK / Western Europe / Nordics
- CET available · async time-zone friendly
- Calendar invite + Google Meet auto-sent
- Blueprint fee converts to Sprint One
- 30 minutes · free
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