Rooted Rocket Start with the problem

Price the operating boundary, not the company’s stage.

Rooted Rocket uses fixed fees so the commercial conversation stays focused on the approved result, evidence, complexity, and acceptance conditions.

Discuss the right path

Pricing should not require a one-hour reveal.

We hate sitting through a long sales call only to discover the price was never close to realistic. So the starting ranges are here. A conversation can clarify the operating boundary. It will not unlock a secret number.

A clear boundary can move directly to implementation. An unclear boundary should be defined before anyone prices the change. Every engagement uses the same FOCUS sequence; the fee changes with the operating boundary and complexity, not with the method.

Five bounded commercial options.

Prices do not increase because a company raised a funding round. They reflect the operating boundary and implementation complexity.

Definition

System Definition Sprint

Use when the operating problem matters but the responsible implementation boundary is not yet clear.

$10,000

Approximately 2 weeks

See full boundary
Contained

Focused System Build

One contained workflow, handoff, automation, correction, or operating outcome with a clear boundary.

$18,000

4 to 6 weeks

See full boundary
One major function

Core Function Rebuild

Several connected workflows, teams, or systems inside one major function.

$30,000–$45,000

8 to 12 weeks

See full boundary
Across departments

Cross-Functional System Build

One operating system spanning departments, shared definitions, decisions, data, handoffs, and implementation.

$55,000–$80,000

12 to 16 weeks

See full boundary
Optional after implementation

Stabilization and Governance

Bounded monitoring, issue triage, small approved refinements, governance, and owner coaching after implementation.

$4,500/month

Maximum 3 months

See full boundary

Do you need Definition?

The free fit conversation determines which side of this decision the work belongs on.

Boundary already clear

Quote implementation directly.

Use a Focused, Core, or Cross-Functional engagement when the evidence, systems, owners, dependencies, and acceptance conditions are decision-ready.

Important problem, unclear boundary

Use System Definition.

Pay for a rigorous answer before committing to a larger implementation. The Sprint is not automatically required and does not force a later build.

System Definition Sprint

$10,000

Approximately 2 weeks

Use when the operating problem matters but the responsible implementation boundary is not yet clear.

Discuss fit
Included
  • Current-state evidence and root-cause trace
  • Approved operating boundary and constraints
  • Future-state architecture and acceptance conditions
  • Implementation options, sequence, risks, and fixed-fee recommendation
Excluded
  • Full implementation
  • Open-ended discovery across the entire company
  • Permanent administration
  • Unlisted specialist or third-party costs
Scope factors

Evidence quality, stakeholder access, number of systems, and cross-functional ambiguity shape the work inside the fixed sprint boundary.

Payment

50% at start · 50% at delivery. Milestones and acceptance conditions are defined in the proposal.

Acceptance and handoff

The client receives a decision-ready definition of what should change, what should not, how success will be tested, and what implementation should cost.

Focused System Build

$18,000

4 to 6 weeks

One contained workflow, handoff, automation, correction, or operating outcome with a clear boundary.

Discuss fit
Included
  • Current-state validation and approved future state
  • Sanitize existing data and workflows; configure, integrate, or automate only inside the approved boundary
  • Representative normal and exception-case testing
  • Documentation, training, and handoff to named owners
Excluded
  • Cross-functional expansion beyond the approved boundary
  • Broad migration
  • Unlisted systems or integrations
  • Ongoing operations or permanent administration
Scope factors

Systems, data condition, exception paths, integrations, and adoption requirements determine whether the result remains genuinely focused.

Payment

50% at start · 30% at implementation milestone · 20% before final handoff. Milestones and acceptance conditions are defined in the proposal.

Acceptance and handoff

The approved change is implemented, tested against agreed conditions, documented, and transferred with known limitations.

Core Function Rebuild

$30,000–$45,000

8 to 12 weeks

Several connected workflows, teams, or systems inside one major function.

Discuss fit
Included
  • Documented current state and approved operating design
  • Ownership, decisions, workflows, and shared definitions
  • Sanitize existing data and workflows, then configure, integrate, and automate only as approved
  • Testing, documentation, training, and final handoff
Excluded
  • Unapproved cross-functional expansion
  • Unlisted systems, integrations, or custom development
  • Permanent administration or staff augmentation
  • Third-party subscriptions unless explicitly included
Scope factors

Work moves through the range as the number of connected teams and systems, the amount of data to sanitize, and the automation, migration, exception, and adoption requirements increase.

Payment

40% at start · 30% at architecture approval · 20% at implementation milestone · 10% before final handoff. Milestones and acceptance conditions are defined in the proposal.

Acceptance and handoff

The connected function is tested across agreed normal and exception cases, then transferred to named internal owners.

Cross-Functional System Build

$55,000–$80,000

12 to 16 weeks

One operating system spanning departments, shared definitions, decisions, data, handoffs, and implementation.

Discuss fit
Included
  • Cross-functional architecture and decision rights
  • Shared definitions, workflows, evidence, and handoffs
  • Sanitize systems and data controls, integrate where needed, and automate only as approved
  • Testing, documentation, training, and acceptance
Excluded
  • Work outside the approved cross-functional boundary
  • Permanent embedded operations or staff augmentation
  • Unlimited custom development or support
  • Third-party costs unless explicitly included
Scope factors

Departments, workflows, integrations, data sources, exception paths, migration, decision owners, and specialist requirements shape the price.

Payment

35% at start · 25% at architecture approval · 25% at implementation milestone · 15% before final handoff. Milestones and acceptance conditions are defined in the proposal.

Acceptance and handoff

Acceptance covers the connected operating result, not isolated department activity. Control transfers to named client owners.

Stabilization and Governance

$4,500/month

Maximum 3 months

Bounded monitoring, issue triage, small approved refinements, governance, and owner coaching after implementation.

Discuss fit
Included
  • Agreed monitoring and issue review
  • Small approved refinements inside the implemented boundary
  • Governance support and owner coaching
  • Final transition out of stabilization
Excluded
  • New workstreams or major scope expansion
  • Permanent administration
  • Unlimited support
  • Operating as client staff
Scope factors

Available only after an implementation engagement and intentionally limited to three months.

Payment

Monthly in advance. Milestones and acceptance conditions are defined in the proposal.

Acceptance and handoff

The client’s named owners can run the system, manage known exceptions, and make future decisions without ongoing dependence.

Clear boundaries protect both sides.

Meeting cadence is agreed in advance

Working sessions, approvals, and milestone reviews follow the proposal. The fee does not buy unlimited meeting availability.

One client-side project lead

The client names an accountable contact who coordinates access, inputs, decisions, and stakeholders.

Communication remains documented

Project decisions and dependencies use agreed records. Rooted Rocket is not full-time staff augmentation.

The engagement is bounded

New evidence can create a scope decision. It does not create silent, unlimited expansion.

Client dependencies affect timing

Access, data, decision speed, stakeholder availability, and third parties can move the delivery schedule.

Before the fit conversation.

Enough information to decide whether the commercial model belongs on your shortlist.

Is the $10,000 Sprint always required?

No. If the operating boundary is already clear enough to price responsibly, Rooted Rocket can quote implementation directly.

Do you price by funding stage?

No. Startup, Series A, and Series B describe common operating contexts, not price tiers.

Does “Build” mean you always create something new?

No. The named offers cover implementation. That implementation can sanitize existing data and workflows, simplify, standardize, reconnect, reconfigure, migrate, automate, or build something new only where justified.

Are software subscriptions included?

Not unless a proposal explicitly says so. Third-party subscriptions and pass-through specialist costs remain visible.

Can the price exceed $80,000?

Heavily regulated, multi-entity, ERP-intensive, security-heavy, unusually broad, or extensive custom-development work may require custom scoping above the published range.

Is ongoing support required?

No. Stabilization is optional, available only after implementation, and capped at three months to prevent permanent dependence.

You do not need to choose an offer before reaching out.

The free fit conversation determines whether the boundary is clear, requires Definition, or is not a fit for Rooted Rocket.

Start with the problem