The practice
Sovereign Software™ is a methodology — and a portfolio of fixed-price engagements — for designing and building the parts of the stack a company should own outright. Modular, AI-ready, multi-tenant, and built to compound enterprise value.
What ‘sovereign’ means here
Most companies don’t actually own the software they run on. They license it. They configure it. They sit in line for vendor roadmaps and accept that the next strategic decision will be made somewhere else, on someone else’s timeline.
Sovereign Software is the opposite. The code is yours. The data is yours. The schema is yours. The next decision about what the platform does is yours. Vendors and AI agents become tools the platform uses — not constraints the platform lives under.
We don’t make every company replace every system. We help you identify which parts of the stack should be sovereign, and design those parts so they compound value instead of accruing debt.
The architecture
Sovereign Modular Architecture™
Its own data model, its own API contract, its own lifecycle, its own Module AI Agent.
4-Layer Permission Architecture™
Not a permissions diagram — the rule that lets your platform grow. Every new capability becomes a module that plugs in.
The sidecar approach
We deliver one sovereign module at a time, with traffic cut over on your timeline.
The portfolio
Every engagement in the Sovereign Software practice is fixed-price and defined-scope. Start with a diagnostic. Expand into design, build, and operationalization on your timeline.
| Engagement | What it is | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Software Debt: Financial Impact & Tactical Plan | Portfolio-wide audit and ranked rebuild sequence. CFO-language deliverable. | $4,500 fixed |
| Sovereign Software Blueprint: Scope, Cost & Outcome | Per-platform modular audit. Module boundaries, data model, and build sequence for one system. | $6,500 per platform |
| New Software Sovereign Service Architecture + Design | Data schema, Figma UX, API contracts, permission design, and AI surface for one module. | $2,600 per module |
| New Software Sovereign Service Development | AI-assisted build of the designed sovereign module. Two to four weeks. | $8,000 per module |
| Environment + Documentation Handoff | Environment setup, runbooks, decision log. The module is yours to run. | $500 per module |
| Advantage Retainer (Strategy) | Monthly architecture review, quarterly mini-diagnostic, ongoing roadmap guidance. Six-month minimum. | $4,500 / month |
| AI Knowledge Handoff | Trained AI agent files for additional development and maintenance. | $24,000 |
The alternative
| Comparable | Cost | Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Full stack rebuild (dev shop) | $250K–$600K | 9–18 months |
| Per-module rebuild (dev shop) | $75K–$200K | 3–6 months |
| Senior US engineering rate | $150–$220/hour | — |
| Freshify per module (Architecture + Design + Dev + Handoff) | $26,000 | 2–4 weeks |
| Freshify 3-module sequence | $78,000 | ~6 weeks |
Source ranges: Galaxy Web Links, WeFt Technologies, Tenet, Adevs, Clutch, Proximate Solutions (2025–2026).
Lower price isn’t a discount — it’s proof we’re playing a different game.
For per-module and retainer engagements
Architecture + Design, Development, Handoff, and the two retainers are scoped per engagement. Pick one below and we’ll respond within one business day with fit and next steps.
Start somewhere
If you’re modernizing legacy, start with Software Debt: Financial Impact & Tactical Plan. If you already know which platform to rebuild — or you’re building new — start with the Sovereign Software Blueprint: Scope, Cost & Outcome.