In 3-8 weeks your MVP or SaaS goes from idea to production-ready with auth + billing + multi-tenancy + admin + tests + deploy resolved, documented fixed-price
No Toptal charging EUR 80-150/h without time guarantees. Mandatory closed discovery + transparent change-request. Reusable stack of 47 blocks + 20 integrations.
What you pay for building from scratch instead of starting from a production-tested stack.
Verified data from EU dev shop market + Toptal + traditional agencies.
I was paying €120/h to a Toptal freelance and €15k to an agency for landing pages. Every new feature was 4 weeks of greenfield. Daotomata gave me booking + Stripe + tracking in 2 sprints because they already had it built.
Greenfield is not speed. It is sunk cost.
- 01You pay €80-150/h to rebuild auth, billing and multi-tenancy from scratch
- 02Every new feature means a sprint of glue code that already exists in another project
- 03Greenfield agencies charge €50-100k for what an own stack solves in days
- 04Toptal puts you a freelance only — you decide architecture without sparring
What is already built. You do not pay for it twice.
47 blocks + 20+ integrations + factory patterns. Own stack we reuse on every project.
Production-tested own stack
47 blocks + 20+ integrations already built. Reusable on every project, no rewriting glue code.
Astro 5 + Svelte 5 + TypeScript
Modern stack with SSR + islands + end-to-end types. Postgres via Directus headless CMS.
Headless CMS Directus
No rewriting CMS per project. Flex schema, multi-locale, RBAC, webhooks ready.
Multi-PMS booking factory
Adapter pattern for Cal.com, CloudBeds, Smoobu, CMI. Add a PMS without touching core.
Multi-payment gateway factory
Stripe, CMI and more via factory pattern. Webhooks signing, retry logic and reconciliation done.
Auth + JWT + roles
Login, refresh tokens, RBAC, httpOnly sessions. WorkOS-style without paying WorkOS.
Server-side tracking
Pixel CAPI dual-source with event_id dedup, Google Tag, self-hosted Umami. Ready from day 1.
Automatic i18n routing
ES/EN/FR + more. hreflang, multi-locale sitemap, translations managed in CMS.
SEO automation
Schema.org + sitemap + hreflang + per-page meta tags. Indexable out of the gate.
Email/SMS/WhatsApp/Telegram
Unified adapters via Resend, Twilio, 360dialog and Telegram Bot API. One API, multiple channels.
GDPR EU compliant
EU servers, at-rest and in-transit encryption, consent log, signed DPA.
Founders-led
Daniel personally. No team of juniors. Direct comms, demos every Friday.
Why we are not Toptal (and why that suits you).
Verified public rates. Daotomata accelerates 5-10× your first 3 months with own stack.
Daotomata Dev Shop
€80-120/h- Production-tested own stack included
- 47 blocks + 20+ reusable integrations
- Factory pattern for PMS and payment gateways
- Founders-led (no juniors, no layers)
- Architecture decisions as sparring
- Repo + keys yours from day 1
- Server-side tracking ready out of the gate
- i18n + SEO automation included
- Hourly + project + retainer combinable
- Post-launch retainer with no annual contract
- First-3-months speed (vs greenfield)— 5-10×
- Direct comms with the person writing code
- Weekly demos during sprint
- GDPR EU compliant out-of-box
- Open source stack — no lock-in
- CI/CD + tests + docs setup included
Toptal
~€100-150/h- Production-tested own stack included
- 47 blocks + 20+ reusable integrations
- Factory pattern for PMS and payment gateways
- Founders-led (no juniors, no layers)— Freelance only
- Architecture decisions as sparring
- Repo + keys yours from day 1
- Server-side tracking ready out of the gate
- i18n + SEO automation included
- Hourly + project + retainer combinable— Hourly only
- Post-launch retainer with no annual contract— N/A
- First-3-months speed (vs greenfield)— 1×
- Direct comms with the person writing code
- Weekly demos during sprint— Negotiable
- GDPR EU compliant out-of-box
- Open source stack — no lock-in
- CI/CD + tests + docs setup included
Traditional agency
~€100k+ project- Production-tested own stack included
- 47 blocks + 20+ reusable integrations
- Factory pattern for PMS and payment gateways— Custom-made
- Founders-led (no juniors, no layers)
- Architecture decisions as sparring
- Repo + keys yours from day 1— Negotiable
- Server-side tracking ready out of the gate— Extra cost
- i18n + SEO automation included— Extra cost
- Hourly + project + retainer combinable— Project only
- Post-launch retainer with no annual contract— 12+ months
- First-3-months speed (vs greenfield)— 1×
- Direct comms with the person writing code
- Weekly demos during sprint— Monthly
- GDPR EU compliant out-of-box— Extra cost
- Open source stack — no lock-in— Variable
- CI/CD + tests + docs setup included— Extra cost
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From idea to shipped MVP in 4-8 weeks with own stack.
Founders-led. Daniel in every architecture decision and every demo.
- 1Day 0
Discovery + technical audit
30-min discovery + audit of current stack if any. We map critical features, define scope and deliverables.
- 2Days 1-7
Repo setup + architecture + sprint 0
GitHub repo, CI/CD configured, base stack up. Architecture decisions documented.
- 3Days 8-28
Sprints (2 sprints) build core features
2 two-week sprints. Demos every Friday. Core features built on the reusable stack.
- 4Day 29+
QA + launch + retainer
Vitest + Playwright tests. Hosting setup. Launch. Optional monthly retainer for maintenance + minor features.
Plus you get this. Free.
Additional bonuses you will not find with Toptal or a traditional agency. Real, verifiable value.
Technical audit of your current stack
If you already have something: we audit architecture, technical debt, vulnerabilities. Yours as a report whether you sign or not.
Full repo + CI/CD + tests setup
GitHub repo, GitHub Actions, Vitest + Playwright, Husky pre-commit, Coolify deploy. Ready from day 1.
Reusable Daotomata stack
47 blocks + 20+ integrations (Stripe, Cal.com, Resend, Meta CAPI, CMI, etc). Factory patterns for PMS and payments.
GDPR + server-side tracking ready
Pixel CAPI dual-source, consent log, at-rest and in-transit encryption. EU compliance without paying for consultancy.
Sprint 0 closed or we refund 100%.
If after sprint 0 (1 week, €1,500) you do not have repo + architecture + closed scope working, we refund the €1,500. Sprint 0 is discounted from the project if you sign. No annual contract: monthly retainer cancellable with 30 days notice. Your repo + domain + data are yours from day 1.
Daotomata Dev Shop
Hourly for discoveries (<2 weeks). Project-based from **€15k** for builds (>1 month) with milestones. Post-launch retainer from **€1,500/month** (maintenance + minor features + on-call).
- **Discovery + audit** — €1,500 fixed (1 sprint, discountable)
- **Build** — from €15k project (2-8 sprints, fixed-price with scope)
- **Retainer** — from €1,500/month (no annual contract, 30d cancellable)
- Production-tested own stack included (47 blocks + 20+ integrations)
- Founders-led: Daniel personally, no juniors
- GitHub repo + CI/CD + tests (Vitest + Playwright) + docs
- Hosting setup (Coolify) + DNS + SSL
- Server-side tracking (Pixel + CAPI dual-source) ready
- i18n + SEO automation + Schema.org out-of-box
- Unified email/SMS/WhatsApp/Telegram adapters
- GDPR EU compliant (EU servers, encryption, DPA)
- Demos every Friday during sprints
- Direct comms via Slack or equivalent
- Your repo + domain + data are yours from day 1
- No annual contract, retainer cancellable with 30 days notice
What founders who left Toptal say after building on own stack.
Three SaaS founders who moved from greenfield to a production-tested stack.
“We went from 4 weeks per feature with a freelance to shipping 3 features per sprint. The reusable stack saved us 6 months of greenfield. Clear ROI by month 2.”
“Justifying €120/h from Toptal got hard when we had to rewrite auth and billing on each project. Daotomata gave us booking + Stripe in 2 sprints because it was already done.”
“Founders-led with Daniel makes the difference. Demos every Friday with the person writing code. Zero PM layers and much less overhead than with a greenfield agency.”
Everything you would want to ask before discovery.
Real objections we hear from SaaS founders. Direct answers, no jargon.