Zeriotic vs a typical agency
What's actually different.
In five lines
Senior people do the work - no account-manager relay, no subcontractor shuffle, no juniors learning on your budget.
You click through a working staging build from week one, not a deck.
Ownership-grade documentation is handed over, so the product outlives the engagement.
Zeriotic takes a handful of engagements a year, on purpose.
Pricing is a fixed, scoped engagement - not hourly, not an open-ended retainer.
The comparison
| Dimension | A typical agency | Zeriotic |
|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | Senior people pitch; junior teams or subcontractors build | The studio's sixteen senior engineers and designers, end to end |
| Seeing progress | Status decks and progress calls | A live staging environment you click through from day one |
| Who you talk to | An account manager relays between you and the build team | The people doing the actual work |
| What you get at handover | Code, or a set of screenshots | Ownership-grade documentation and a product running in your environment |
| Pricing | Hourly, or an open-ended retainer | A fixed engagement scoped in discovery |
| Capacity | More clients than staff; whoever is available | A handful of engagements per year, by design |
| Subcontracting | Common | Never; the work stays in-house |
| Product longevity | Rebuilt when the agency's scaffolding breaks | Engineered to outlast the engagement |
Choose Zeriotic when
- You want the senior people who pitched the work to actually build it.
- You are shipping something ambitious and want a partner that treats your product like its own.
- You would rather review working software in staging than a deck in a meeting.
- You value ownership-grade documentation and a codebase that outlives the engagement.
What Zeriotic does not do
- We do not subcontract or white-label. The people you meet are the people who build it.
- We do not staff projects with juniors. Sixteen senior engineers and designers, by design.
- We do not take unlimited clients. A handful of engagements a quarter, so quality is never spread thin.
- We do not publish fixed prices or invented "starting at" numbers. Every project is scoped in discovery and quoted as a fixed engagement.
- We do not fabricate credibility: no invented people, no invented testimonials, no invented metrics.
- We do not run account-manager relays. You talk to the people doing the work.
Questions, answered
Does Zeriotic outsource or subcontract work?
No. The sixteen-person studio designs and builds every engagement in-house. The people you meet are the people who write the code.
How is a Zeriotic project priced?
As a fixed engagement scoped during discovery. Typical budget bands are $10k-$25k, $25k-$50k, $50k-$100k and $100k+.
Who do I actually work with?
Directly with the senior engineers and designers doing the work - there is no account-manager relay.
How do I see progress?
Through a live staging environment you can click through from week one, so you never rely on a status deck.
How many projects does Zeriotic take on at once?
A handful per year, on purpose. Availability is limited so that senior people stay on your project for its whole life.