Pricing
A transparent, phased approach to legacy modernisation — from understanding your existing system to building the right solution and continuously improving it as your business evolves. Start small, validate before committing further, and invest only in the functionality and development capacity you actually need.
The Modernisation Process
Our approach is designed to reduce the risk of large-scale system replacement. Instead of rebuilding every feature of an existing system, we identify what the business actually uses, prioritise the functionality that creates value, and develop the solution incrementally.
Discovery Call
A preliminary consulting session to understand your current system, business priorities and modernisation goals, and determine whether our approach is appropriate for your project.
- High-level discussion of your current system
- Business challenges and modernisation objectives
- Initial view of the appropriate starting point
- No commitment or obligation
Phase 01: Pre-Study & Solution Definition
Before significant development investment is made, we analyse the existing system, surrounding processes, integrations and business requirements. The objective is to determine what genuinely needs to be replaced, what functionality is actually required, and what should be prioritised for the first implementation stage.
- Current-state system and process assessment
- Stakeholder and requirements analysis
- Review of integrations and data dependencies
- Prioritised functional requirements
- Proposed solution architecture
- MVP scope
- Implementation roadmap
- Refined delivery plan and commercial estimate
The objective is not to recreate the existing system feature-for-feature. We define a right-sized solution around the processes your organisation actually uses.
Phase 02: MVP Implementation
The MVP establishes the core of the new system and validates the architecture, workflows, user experience and integration approach before further functionality is added. The exact scope is defined during the Pre-Study and focuses on the highest-value business processes first.
- Production-quality core functionality
- Priority workflows and business processes
- Core system integrations
- Role-based access and security
- Reporting and data visibility
- Testing and technical validation
- Architecture designed for future expansion
You invest first in the functionality that delivers real operational value — rather than paying for a large platform full of features your organisation may never use.
Final MVP scope and fixed-fee price are confirmed following the Pre-Study.
Phase 03: Ongoing Support & Continuous Development
Modernisation should not end when a new system goes live. Without ongoing technical ownership and development, even a newly built platform can gradually become another legacy system. Our subscription model provides the support, maintenance and development capacity needed to keep your system evolving as your business requirements change.
Subscription Packages
Choose the monthly development capacity that matches your roadmap. Packages can be adjusted as your requirements change.
Starter
Up to 20 credits per month
Suitable for organisations requiring regular maintenance, smaller improvements and incremental development.
Growth
Up to 40 credits per month
Suitable for organisations with a more active development roadmap and regular workflow, reporting and feature improvements.
Premium
Up to 60 credits per month
Suitable for organisations requiring substantial continuous development capacity and more frequent feature delivery.
Dedicated
Bespoke capacity / dedicated team
For organisations requiring a consistently high volume of development or a fully dedicated delivery team.
How Development Credits Work
Credits provide a simple way to manage ongoing changes and development without creating a separate quotation and contract for every individual request.
Before work starts, Hollinford assesses each requested change and confirms its credit value, giving the client visibility over how their monthly development capacity is being used.
Small Change
1 credit
Minor form adjustment, field change, notification update or small bug fix.
Medium Change
2 credits
Workflow adjustment, reporting change or enhancement to existing functionality.
Feature Implementation
6 credits
A new feature requiring analysis, development, testing and technical oversight.
Large Module
Scoped separately
A significant new area of functionality or major extension of the platform.
For example, a 20-credit package could be used for two new features plus several smaller changes, or for a larger number of incremental improvements throughout the month.
If required development exceeds the available monthly capacity, work can be prioritised for the following month, additional capacity can be added, or a significant new module can be scoped separately.
Not sure where to start?
If you have multiple legacy systems, start with an optional System Health Check before Phase 01.
Optional: System Health Check
If you have multiple legacy systems and aren't sure where to start, we run a comprehensive analysis of your IT landscape, identify major operational pain points and provide a roadmap to help you prioritise which system to modernise first.
- Full IT landscape analysis
- Operational pain point map
- Modernisation roadmap across systems
- Prioritisation of which system to modernise first
- Skip it if you already know which system to replace
Named systems
What the Health Check covers
The Legacy Health Check is designed for businesses that depend on older ERP, accounting, database or bespoke systems. The Legacy Systems hub lists the named systems we publish detailed assessments on.
Not sure which is right for you?
A 30-minute discovery call is free. We'll give you an honest view on where to start.