Ortem Technologies: Buy vs Skip (White-Label App Delivery for Agencies)
IF your agency sells branded iOS/Android or web builds but has no in-house dev team, THEN Ortem's fixed-scope tiers ($4,000 Starter for one platform and up to 15 screens, $8,000 Standard for iOS plus Android and up to 30 screens, $2,500 entry for web) let you quote a client a fixed number before kickoff and resell the build under your own logo. IF the client needs iterative discovery, changing scope mid-build, or a stack you control line by line, THEN the fixed-scope packaging and the 1.7/100 innovation score point away from Ortem and toward a build partner you can direct sprint by sprint.
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Ortem Technologies: Buy vs Skip (White-Label App Delivery for Agencies)
“IF your agency sells branded iOS/Android or web builds but has no in-house dev team, THEN Ortem's fixed-scope tiers ($4,000 Starter for one platform and up to 15 screens, $8,000 Standard for iOS plus Android and up to 30 screens, $2,500 entry for web) let you quote a client a fixed number before kickoff and resell the build under your own logo. IF the client needs iterative discovery, changing scope mid-build, or a stack you control line by line, THEN the fixed-scope packaging and the 1.7/100 innovation score point away from Ortem and toward a build partner you can direct sprint by sprint.”
- Your pipeline includes SaaS, healthcare, logistics, or franchise clients asking for a defined app with a known screen count, where a $4,000 to $8,000 one-time build fits the retainer math.
- You want to hand off App Store and Google Play submission plus QA rather than staff a release engineer, since Ortem handles store submissions on every tier.
- Source code ownership on each package matters to your client contract, and Ortem transfers it as part of the fixed scope.
- You are rebranding an existing build for a second or third client and only need to supply logos, colors, typography, icons, and splash screens through the multi-tenant setup.
- A prospect needs an AI feature (model fine-tuning on their own data) alongside the app, and you would rather bundle it into one vendor relationship than subcontract a second shop.
- The engagement is exploratory: your client expects to reshape requirements after seeing a prototype, which collides with fixed-scope screen caps like 15 screens on Starter and 30 on Standard.
- You need a platform your team can edit after launch without the vendor, since Ortem is a development shop rather than a self-serve builder your staff would operate directly.
- Budget sits well under $2,500, the floor for Ortem's web projects, or the client wants a monthly subscription instead of a one-time build fee.
- Your differentiator is speed of iteration on your own stack, and a 1.7/100 innovation score signals a conventional delivery model rather than a tooling advantage you can resell.
- The client's compliance review requires you to name and audit every subcontractor in the build chain, and a white-label vendor sitting between you and the end client complicates that disclosure.
More on Ortem Technologies
- StrategyWhy Ortem Technologies Turns Agency Dev Scarcity Into Retainer Inventory
- ConceptOrtem Technologies Resale Margin Stack
- Evaluation RuleOrtem Technologies Rule: Resell Fixed-Scope Builds Only When the Client Budget Clears $4,000 Mobile or $2,500 Web
- Failure PatternThe Ortem Technologies Fixed-Scope Trap: Why Agencies Overrun Budgets on Change Requests
- Implementation BlueprintOrtem Technologies White-Label App Resale Launch (7-10 days)
- Operating ProcedureOrtem Technologies White-Label Intake and Brand Asset Handoff (Onboarding)