How much does it cost, and can the bill surprise me?

The price reflects what you build and how widely you adopt it, and you size it on your real use case: you see what it takes and agree a plan that fits, so nothing runs up a bill on its own. We set it with you in a working session.

Why is there no price on this page?

Because it depends on what you build and how widely you adopt it, so any fixed grid would be wrong in one direction or the other. You see the cost on your real use case, before you commit.

Do I have to commit to a full rollout?

No. You start with one person and one real need, see it work, and open Maleus to more teams only as it proves out. If your organisation is ready to be a reference, you can start through the Ambassador Program. Get a quote and we'll scope the right path with you.

What do I actually own?

The whole application, frontend and backend, in your own Git repository, on a standard stack, deployed to your own cloud or on-premise. Exit is the default; there's no proprietary runtime to be locked into.

Is the build secure with my data?

By default the build has no access to your database, agents run isolated, and every step is on a record your own engineers can read. The detail lives on Security and Compliance.

Pricing

Find the plan that fits.

Start on one real need. You move up as your teams build more.

Individual

One person with one real need, proving it before anyone else commits.

Applications: 3
Legacy applications: 1
Support response: Next business day
Channels: Email

Team

A department equipping several teams, with IT signing off on each application.

Applications: 10
Legacy applications: 5
Support response: 4 hours
Channels: Email, Teams, Slack

Enterprise

An organisation standardising how software gets built across its units.

Applications: 20 to unlimited
Legacy applications: 10 to unlimited
Support response: 2 hours
Channels: Teams, Slack, phone

The price is set with you in a working session, on your real use case: the scope of the applications, their complexity, and the systems they connect to.

What each plan includes
What each plan includes	Individual	Team	Enterprise
Build
Product workshop
Product design
Approved specifications
Software development
AI agents built into your applications
Automated regression testing
Unattended version runs
Proactive maintenance and improvements
Spots application and automation needs
Deploy and run
Managed deployment
Your own private Git repository
Private cloud
SRE agent for reliability
On-premise
Product analytics
Existing software
Import of an existing application
Audit of an existing application
Agent-led modernisation of an existing application
Governance and security
SSO on the studio and the applications
Governance dashboard
Advanced permissions
Full audit trail
Access management
Fit to your systems
Your own brand guidelines
Enterprise system integrations
Programmatic access to the studio (MCP)
Import of your design system
Custom templates
Integration catalogue

Each plan includes everything in the one before it.

The other models

Their headline price hides the real cost.

With most of them, a low entry price hides what you will actually pay. Here is what each model charges you for, and what we do instead.

Vibe-coding tools

Vibe coding can make a first version inexpensive. The final cost stays uncertain until retries, production fixes and specialist review are done.

AI coding agents

They speed up writing code, not delivering software. The rest takes tooling, which tips the bill onto tokens, and a full team to review.

Enterprise low-code

The application belongs to the vendor. If their model changes you do not even have the code, and it all has to be rebuilt.

Maleus scopes and costs each version before you approve it, including the delivery work around the code.

What you're buying

A whole team. Not just code.

It takes eight specialists to turn an idea into an application your teams can run on. An AI coding tool, or a single developer, does one of them: the build. Maleus does all eight, with you approving each step.

What it takes to ship real software

Define what to build, your need, turned into a clear plan
Design the screens, simple for your team to use
Write the business rules, how it behaves, case by case
Build it, the working software itselfall a coding tool does
Test every version, so a change doesn't break what worked
Connect your systems, your data and the tools you already use
Add the smart parts, AI inside the app, with guardrails
Document it, so your people can actually use it

Building it is the one part an AI coding tool, or a single developer, covers. Maleus does all eight.

All of it, by a specialist for each part, so what you get is a finished application that runs in production and keeps working, not a demo you rebuild in three months.

Own it vs rent it

You leave. The software stays.

The difference shows up where it matters: who owns the code, who controls the roadmap, where your data lives, and what you keep the day you leave.

Software you ownSoftware you rent

The codeYours, in your own GitThe vendor's; you get a login

The stackStandard, your team owns itProprietary, a black box

The roadmapYours to changeThe vendor's to decide

Your dataOn your chosen infrastructureOn the vendor's

The day you leaveYou keep the running appAccess ends; an export, maybe

Questions

Your pricing questions answered

Start with one real need.

We start on one real workflow, see what it takes, and agree the plan that fits. The code is yours from day one.

Become a Maleus Ambassador