Your number
$3,150
Your rate card
- Day rate$950 per day
- Hourlyfor anything that does not fit a day$125 per hour
- An automation or app$3,150 per project
- Monthly retainer$2,525 per month
What to charge for each thing (5)
- Single automation$525 each
- CRM or Airtable setup$2,275 each
- Bubble or Softr app$6,300 each
- Notion workspace$1,325 each
- Monthly upkeep$450 per month
US rates for no-code and automation builders at your level, adjusted for your market. What you last got wins.
- an automation or app$3,150
For an automation or app, the quote is $3,150.
To take home $85,000 after $9,000 of costs and 30% tax you need to bill $134,286 a year. At 24 billable hours a week for 47 weeks that is $125 an hour, $950 a day. Anything under that is a pay cut you did not agree to.
No-code and automation builders usually day at $500 to $1,200. You are above it. That is fine when the work is, and it is the reason to say it plainly and show the work.
An automation or app runs $1,000 to $8,000 and takes about 20 hours of your time; at your hourly that is $2,500. The number is the higher of the two, because the client is buying the outcome, not the hours.
A retainer is the month, not the hours: a set scope, paid up front on the 1st. It is priced about 20% under the same work bought one at a time, in exchange for the certainty; three months minimum, or it is not a retainer.