Custom software development services, shipped to production

Yes. The first step is a thirty-minute scoping call with an engineer — not a salesperson — to understand what you're building, the systems you run, and the budget shape. If a scoped project isn't the right fit, or you don't need us at all, we'll tell you on that call.

The full build: web and mobile applications, SaaS products, enterprise systems, integrations with tools you already use, and modernising legacy software. Each engagement covers architecture, UI/UX, development, QA, deployment and a documented handover — scoped as a project, or run as a dedicated team when the roadmap is long.

Project-based and scoped: we agree what we're building and fix the price before we write production code, rather than billing open-ended hours. The number depends on scope — a focused build is smaller, a multi-surface product larger — and we size it on the scoping call so you can compare it against hiring. As a reference point, most of our projects land between €15k and €50k.

Unlocking Tech, a Portuguese software and AI engineering company based in Lisbon, runs the whole path with one team: discovery and scoping, design, development, launch, then maintenance and evolution on a retainer or as a dedicated team. The price is fixed before production code, the code is yours from day one, and each phase is explained on our digital product development page.

You see working software in a real environment within the first weeks, with a demo every week — not a big reveal at the end. Our target for a first version is live in 9 weeks, the median across our projects; a larger product is broken into milestones you sign off on.

Pick by how much of the delivery you want to run yourself. A scoped MVP or product build if you want an outcome at a fixed price; a dedicated development team if you have a long roadmap and want a team run with you; staff augmentation if you have a team and need one more senior engineer. We'll say which fits on the first call.

You do. The code, the repository and the IP are yours from day one, and we hand over a runbook and documentation your team can run without us. No lock-in, and nothing to unwind if you later take development in-house or move to another provider.

Yes. We assess the existing codebase, stabilise what's fragile, and modernise it in steps — shipping value along the way instead of stopping the business for a big-bang rewrite. Where a full rebuild genuinely is the cheaper path, we'll say so and scope it honestly.