TopicWestwardA typical big firm
Who you talk toWestwardOrion, the person who builds it, from the first call to launch.A typical big firmUsually a salesperson first, then an account manager. The people who build it often never join a call.
How fast it worksWestwardScoping in week 1, then software you can click through within weeks. A first build takes about a month.A typical big firmOften weeks of discovery meetings and planning documents before anything works.
What it costsWestwardA fixed price in writing before we start. No hourly billing, no padding for offices and layers of managers.A typical big firmOften billed by the hour, with change orders as the plan moves. The rate carries the offices, the managers and the sales team.
What you can checkWestwardReal builds: an engine that works public records every night, checked by more than 2,400 automated tests, and a leasing platform loaded with more than 1,800 real Los Angeles buildings.A typical big firmCase studies, often with the details removed, and a wall of logos.
How it is builtWestwardFrom scratch, around how your business already works, with AI agents doing real work inside it.A typical big firmOften a standard platform set up for you, with license fees that keep coming.
After launchWestwardThe same person who built it watches it, fixes it and adds to it.A typical big firmOften handed to a support team that did not build it.
When software will not helpWestwardWe tell you on the first call, before you spend anything.A typical big firmA firm that has to keep a large team busy is built to sell big projects.
When a big firm is the better pick: you need dozens of engineers at once, a support desk staffed around the clock, or a vendor your board has already approved. For software built around how your business works, live in weeks, you want the person who builds it on the call.
