NovaQuantiX bills in fixed-price phases, not hours. Our base day rate is €800 to €1,200 per engineering day, aligned with the 2026 European market for senior AI freelancers. Every engagement starts with a one-page proposal — scope, budget, risks, acceptance criteria — delivered within 48 hours of a discovery call.
Engagement ranges (EUR, ex-VAT)
Detailed ranges per profundity are documented on the Services page. Summary below:
- Custom MCP server — €8 000 to €55 000 (2 to 8 weeks)
- Open-weight fine-tuning — €14 000 to €75 000 + GPU compute (3 to 12 weeks)
- Agent architecture & audit — €9 000 to €32 000 fixed-scope (2 to 5 weeks)
- Autonomous agent swarms — €18 000 to €180 000+ (4 to 12+ weeks)
- Compliance adders (SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, HIPAA, EU AI Act) — +€15 000 to +€80 000
What's included in every engagement
- Source repository with full commit history
- Ed25519-signed releases + Merkle-chained build logs
- Inspect-AI evaluation suite with reproducible runs
- Runbook + on-call playbook
- Model card when applicable
- SBOM (CycloneDX)
- Final ownership-transfer document
What's never billed
- Discovery calls and proposals (always free)
- Internal R&D and tooling improvements
- Bug fixes within the engagement's acceptance criteria
Payment terms
Net 30 days from invoice issuance, French statutory late-payment penalty rate (3× legal interest + €40 fixed indemnity). Payment via SEPA transfer (preferred) or international wire. VAT added where applicable.
Underperformance guarantee
Acceptance criteria are written into every SOW with quantitative thresholds on the Inspect-AI suite. If a milestone misses its threshold, we iterate within the agreed budget — or refund the milestone, at your option.
Ongoing support (optional)
Structured support is opt-in and never bundled into the initial engagement: monthly retainer with response-time SLA and a quarterly review. Quoted separately at signature of the support agreement.
Ready to scope? Send a brief or book a 30-minute discovery call.