// services & pricing
Clear prices. No surprises.
Dry Lightning Labs is a Phoenix, Arizona studio building websites, custom software, AI tools and games. Every project starts with a free 30-minute call and ends with a fixed, written quote. The ranges below show where most projects land.
Services & starting prices
Custom design, mobile-friendly, contact form, basic SEO
Up to 6 pages, content you can edit, contact forms, analytics, basic SEO
Product catalog, cart and checkout, payment setup, order emails
Original gameplay, graphics, sound, scoring, web hosting setup
User logins, database, dashboards, reports, workflow automation
Chat or Q&A over your documents, smart automations, admin controls
One codebase for both phones, design, build, testing, store submission (store accounts in your name)
Bug fixes, integrations, spreadsheet or data automation
Final pricing depends on scope, features and content. Every quote is fixed and in writing before work starts.
Hourly work
$75/hour for small jobs, consulting, and changes outside a project's agreed scope.
Maintenance plans
Hosting management, security and software updates, backups, 1 hour of changes
Everything in Basic, 3 hours of changes, a monthly check-in
Everything in Standard, 6 hours of changes, 1-business-day response
Unused hours don't roll over. Cancel any time with 30 days' notice.
- Rush delivery: +25% for timelines shorter than the typical range above.
- Third-party costs: Domains, hosting, app store fees, paid plugins and AI usage fees are billed at cost or paid by you directly.
- Extra revision rounds: Billed at the hourly rate.
How a project works
- 01Free intro call
30 minutes to talk through your goals, features and timeline.
- 02Written quote
A fixed price, scope and schedule, usually within 3 business days.
- 03Agreement and deposit
Sign a short services agreement and pay the deposit to reserve your start date.
- 04Design and build
Regular progress updates and a preview link to review along the way.
- 05Review and revisions
Two rounds of revisions are included.
- 06Launch and handoff
Final payment, launch, and handoff of all files, code and logins.
Payment terms
- Projects under $2,500: 50% deposit to start, 50% at launch.
- Projects $2,500 and up: 40% deposit, 30% at a midpoint milestone, 30% at launch.
- Invoices are emailed and paid online by card or bank transfer, due within 7 days. Work pauses on overdue balances.
- Changes in scope are quoted separately before any extra work begins.
- Quotes are valid for 30 days. Prices don't include any sales tax that may apply.
Good to know
- 30-day bug-fix warranty
- Anything that doesn't work as agreed and turns up within 30 days of launch is fixed free.
- You own it
- Once the final payment is made, you own the finished code, design and content.
- Delays on your side
- Timelines pause while we wait on your content, feedback or logins. If a project is on hold for more than 30 days, we'll agree a new schedule.
- Cancelling
- The deposit reserves your start date and covers the first stage of work, so it isn't refundable. If a project stops later, work completed beyond the payments made is billed at the hourly rate, and you get everything built so far.
- Not included unless quoted
- Writing your text, photography or stock images, logo and brand design, and translations.
- Portfolio and reuse
- We may show the finished project in our portfolio (just ask if you'd rather we didn't), and we keep the right to reuse our own general-purpose code and tools.
- In writing
- Every project is covered by a short written services agreement that includes these terms.
Get a quote
Tell us what you want built, your ideal timeline and a rough budget, and we'll set up your free intro call.
Start a projectPrices effective November 2026.