Calculate your monthly retainer

Reserved team capacity

A dedicated Devolfs team holds your hours each month, so work starts without a hiring or ramp-up delay.

Project management

Planning, coordination, QA, and delivery management are handled for you — included within your monthly hours.

Meetings & syncs

Regular check-ins and working sessions are part of the retainer — never billed as extras.

Progress tracking

Clear visibility into what's in motion, what's shipped, and what's next — updated as the work moves.

Quality assurance

Review and QA coordination is built into delivery, so what ships holds up to a founder's standard.

Rollover hours

Any unused hours carry over to the following month, so you can use them when your workload increases.

DEVOLFS RETAINER

Senior team, on tap

From $1700/mo - scale up or down

Live in days, not months - no recruiting or onboarding

Scale hours up or down as your roadmap shifts

A whole team's range - product, brand, web - not one skillset

No salary, benefits, equity, tools, or management overhead

Pause or adjust between billing periods

In-house hire

One full-time designer

$110k–160k/yr + overhead

6–12 week hiring cycle before any work begins

Fixed cost whether the roadmap is full or quiet

One person's skillset — gaps need more hires

Salary plus benefits, equity, software, and hardware

Needs managing, reviews, and retention effort

How long does a strategy engagement take?

Three to five weeks for a full engagement, faster for tighter scopes. We give you a real timeline after the first call.

We already have positioning — do we still need this?

Maybe not. If your positioning is working — investors get it, users get it, your team can repeat it back — you don't. If any of those are shaky, strategy is the cheapest fix.

Will you write our messaging?

A full startup brand system takes about three to five weeks to design. A recognizable brand, though, is built over time rather than in a single project, which is why the work continues as the company grows.

What does it cost?

A complete branding package includes brand strategy, visual identity (logo, typography, color, and art direction), and brand guidelines. Everything is documented and built to scale, so the brand stays consistent across every channel and team.

Can we plug in brand or product work after?

Branding matters at pre-seed because the brand does the work the product cannot yet. A credible identity signals to investors and early users that there is a real company behind the idea, before traction exists to prove it.

Can we plug in brand or product work after?

That's the point. We design systems that scale from the first pitch to the Series A, so you build on the brand each round instead of rebuilding it.

Yes — Devolfs offers ongoing brand support after launch. Building a brand is not a one-time job, so the goal is to help startups stay consistent and keep strengthening the brand as they grow and launch new things.