Benchmarks, playbooks and stack guides for AI-native agencies.
25 posts
Set your software consulting rate from the bottom up: loaded cost, utilization, margin, then compare to market. Plus the 2026 AI-native twist that makes hourly billing leak your tooling gains.
A one-page project status report template for software agencies, built around a decision-first format and fixed RAG thresholds, with a worked AI-build example.
A copy-paste project kickoff meeting agenda template for software and AI agencies, with a timeboxed 60-minute structure and the four blocks generic templates skip.
The five-phase checklist agencies run in the first ten days after signing, before delivery starts. Copy-paste checklist, a worked fixed-price example, and the three onboarding failures that cost margin.
A copy-paste service level agreement template built for software agencies, with uptime tiers, a severity and response-time matrix, service credits, and the AI-app exclusions generic templates miss.
Compute your team's real billable capacity with one number, then use three thresholds to decide when to hire, raise rates, or say no. Copy-paste template inside.
Most proposal templates are gated SaaS pages or academic docs. Here is the commercial version: nine sections, the pricing-model decision, and a copy-paste template that keeps a fixed price from getting eaten by scope creep.
The market gives you a range; your cost and utilization give you the floor. Here is the 2026 blended-rate benchmark for software agencies plus the formula to set your own.
The generic retainer templates on Google were built for lawyers, not software agencies. Here is a copy-paste retainer for AI app work, with the six clauses to add and a utilization-honest way to price the monthly fee.
A master service agreement template built for software and AI-app agencies, with the five AI-native clauses most generic MSAs still miss, and how it pairs with your statement of work.
A copy-paste change request template for fixed-price AI app builds, plus five AI-native clauses and a simple way to price every scope change so it stays profitable.
A complete, copy-paste statement of work template, plus the five AI-native clauses generic SoW templates leave out: platform, IP and source ownership, migration, capped revision rounds, and hosting plus data residency.
