Dedicated Development

A senior developer's hours,
reserved for you monthly.

For businesses and agencies that need ongoing development — not another project quote. You get a fixed block of tracked hours every month, a priority slot in our queue, and the same hand-coded standard as everything we ship. Metered, reported, never a surprise.

90+
Google PageSpeed scores — a deliverable, not a hope
<1 day
Business-day response on every inquiry
$0
Surprise costs — quotes are fixed in writing first
100%
Ownership — code, design and accounts are yours
Growth Retainer
20dev hours
per month
$500 /month
  • Tracked to the quarter-hour, reported monthly
  • New sections, features, fixes, integrations
  • Priority queue — response within 1 business day
  • Hours reset monthly — no rollover, no ambiguity
  • Cancel any time with 30 days' notice
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Best value
Scale Retainer
40dev hours
per month
$1,000 /month
  • Everything in Growth, doubled capacity
  • Same-week turnaround on most requests
  • Ideal for active sites shipping every month
  • White-label friendly for agency workloads
  • Hours reset monthly — tracked and reported
Reserve Scale →
Top-Up Block
10dev hours
one-time
$275 one-off
  • For retainer months that run hot
  • Or a first taste before committing monthly
  • Same senior hands, same tracking
  • Valid for 60 days from purchase
  • No subscription, no obligation
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It's a block, not a salary. You are reserving a fixed number of senior hours — when they're used, we tell you, and you decide: top up or wait for the reset.
Every hour is accounted for. Monthly report: what was built, what it took, what's left. You always know where the block stands.
Big work stays project work. If a request is really a redesign in disguise, we say so and quote it properly — retainer hours never get quietly burned on it.

What fits in a block

What 20 hours
actually buys.

A month of Growth typically covers a new landing page and a round of improvements — or several smaller items: a booking integration, speed work on slow templates, a new service section, form and tracking changes, content updates your CMS can't handle alone.

Scale doubles that: enough for a page-per-week shipping rhythm, an ongoing conversion-improvement program, or agency overflow work that needs senior hands without senior hiring.

For agencies — white-label. We build under your brand, in your repos and your tools. Your clients never know we exist; your margins do.
For businesses post-launch. The site we built (or the one you already have) keeps improving monthly instead of decaying between redesigns.
Pairs with care plans. Care plans ($150–$400/mo) keep the site healthy; retainers move it forward. Many clients run both.

The honest comparison

Retainer, freelancer,
or full-time hire?

Marketplace freelancer
$15–$75/hr
  • Quality is a lottery you re-enter every project
  • No continuity — each new person relearns your site
  • Availability depends on their other clients
  • You manage the work and the risk
AT Web Studios retainer
from $500/mo · 20 hrs
  • The same senior hands every month — who already know your codebase
  • Reserved capacity: your slot exists whether the month is busy or not
  • Tracked, reported, capped — spend is predictable to the dollar
  • Studio standards on every hour: hand-coded, performance-first
In-house developer
$6,000+/mo loaded
  • Right at 150+ dev hours of monthly need — most sites need 10–40
  • Hiring, managing, tooling and retention are on you
  • One person’s skill ceiling on every problem
  • The desk costs money on quiet weeks too

How a month runs

A rhythm, not
a ticket queue.

01
The month starts with a list. You send priorities (or we propose them from what the data shows); we confirm what fits the block before anything is built.
02
We ship weekly. Work lands on your live site or staging in steady increments — not one nervous drop at month-end.
03
You get the report. What shipped, what each item took, hours remaining. No mystery, no padding — the ledger is the trust.
04
The block resets. New month, new hours, new list. Ran hot? Add a top-up. Running quiet? Pause with 30 days’ notice — no lock-in.

An example allocation

What a Growth month
can look like.

New service landing page — design + build8 hrs
Speed pass on the three slowest templates5 hrs
Booking form rebuilt + CRM connection4 hrs
Content changes, fixes, small requests3 hrs
Growth block20 hrs

Illustrative allocation — your month is planned around your priorities, and you approve the list before work begins.

Questions

Asked before nearly
every retainer.

What exactly do I get each month?

A reserved block of senior development hours — 20 on Growth, 40 on Scale — tracked to the quarter-hour and reported to you monthly. It is a metered block of expert time, not an unlimited subscription and not a part-time employee.

What happens when the hours run out?

We tell you before you hit the cap, never after. You can add a top-up block of 10 hours, or the work waits for next month's block. Nothing is ever done and billed without your approval.

Do unused hours roll over?

No — the block resets monthly. That is what keeps the price this sharp: we reserve the capacity whether you use it or not, so we plan our month around yours.

What kind of work fits a retainer?

Ongoing development: new sections and landing pages, feature additions, integrations, performance work, fixes and improvements. Full redesigns and new builds are projects — they get their own fixed quote.

How fast do you respond?

Retainer clients hold a priority slot: response within one business day, and Scale clients get same-week turnaround on most requests.

Can I cancel?

Any time, with 30 days' notice. No lock-in, no cancellation fee — the retainer earns its renewal every month or it doesn't deserve it.

Reserve your block

Start a retainer.

Tell us what you need shipped. We reply within one business day with a start date — capacity is limited by design.

Response within one business day. No lock-in — cancel any time with 30 days' notice.