Add features, reorder the backlog, or change direction as you go.
You’ll always see what each billed hour covered.
Development
time and price determined by your priorities
Scope your project
When a Time-and-Materials contract makes sense
Your requirements are still evolving
The direction is set, while some requirements come from early releases and user feedback. Time & Material keeps the plan open to change without stopping development.
You're in discovery or R&D mode
You’re testing a concept, building a prototype, or checking whether the idea works technically. Each answer helps you choose what the team works on next.
The project evolves, and priorities change
New requests move one task ahead of another. The team follows the order you set under the existing agreement.
Your project needs to start fast
The team can begin with the first agreed tasks while the remaining requirements are defined during development.
What's inside a
time and materials contract
How a time and materials contract works
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Time & Materials
Change tasks and priorities as new information comes in. You pay for the hours spent on the work you approve.
Best for: projects with evolving requirements or changing priorities
Dedicated Team
Pick specialists to work as part of your team and retain project knowledge over time. Vilmate selects people for the required roles and keeps the core team in place.
Best for: long-term development that needs a stable team
Fixed Price
Approve the scope and budget before development starts. Vilmate carries the delivery risk for the agreed scope, and added work is priced separately.
Best for: projects with settled requirements
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Vilmate makes T&M easier to manage
Ready for enterprise requirements
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 is part of how we work. You get established rules for data access, project information, and security responsibilities from day one.
Senior stack expertise
You get senior engineers with experience in your industry and technology stack. We assemble the team around your project, and you approve every specialist before development starts.
Changes without paperwork
New tasks and revised priorities go straight into the work plan, so decisions turn into development faster. If your company has its own approval process, we work within it.
Work we've shipped this way
Real products built the same way — hour by hour, priorities set by the client, scope shaped as things changed.
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“Having Vilmate as a partner has helped us drive our transformation, turning our product idea into well-designed mobile and web solutions.
For the two years, we’ve been working together, Vilmate became an embedded part of the team. The ongoing knowledge transfer has helped us build a culture of continuous improvement, so we expect to keep reaching and exceeding new heights, developing Homer into a powerful platform.”