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Is your agency's estimate actually fair?
Send us any agency quote, proposal, or invoice. A senior e-commerce engineer reviews it line by line and tells you what's reasonable, what's inflated, and what's missing entirely. If your agency is charging fair rates for real work, we say exactly that — it's useful to know too. €290 — one price, one honest answer.
What you get
A line-by-line review with clear verdicts.
Not a vague "looks okay." Every line item gets a verdict: fair, high, unnecessary, or missing.
Item-by-item verdict
Every line in the estimate rated as fair, overestimated, unnecessary, or unclear — with the reasoning behind each call.
Rate benchmarking
Are the hourly rates in line with the market for this platform and region? We compare against real-world data.
Missing items
Work that should be in the estimate but isn't — things that will become expensive "change requests" later.
Questions to ask
Specific, respectful questions to raise with your agency — so the conversation stays collaborative, not confrontational. Written so a non-technical person can use them.
How it works
Submit today, get your answer in 3 days.
Submit the estimate
Upload the PDF or forward the email. Tell us what the project is about and what platform you're on.
5 minutesWe review it
A senior engineer reads every line item against what the work actually requires and what the market charges.
1–3 daysWritten report
You receive a PDF with verdicts on every line, a fair-price range, missing items, and clear questions to raise with your agency.
day 3Optional debrief
30-minute call to discuss findings and plan your negotiation. Included free if savings exceed €5k.
day 4What we typically find
These show up in 80% of estimates we review.
The rest come back mostly fair — priced right for the work involved. We tell clients that just as plainly, and it's usually the fastest way to stop second-guessing a good agency.
hours:inflated Padded hours
Tasks estimated at 2–3× what they take. "Custom integration" at 80 hours that's really a well-documented API call.
scope:vague Deliberately vague scope
"Setup & configuration: 40h" with no detail. Impossible to verify, easy to overbill, guaranteed to spawn change requests.
items:missing Critical items not quoted
Testing, deployment, data migration, or SEO redirects left out — so they become expensive "extras" mid-project.
rate:premium Senior rates, junior work
€120/h "senior architect" rates for work that a mid-level developer handles in every agency.
lock:hidden Hidden lock-in
Proprietary modules, hosting tied to the agency, or code you don't own — buried in terms you never read.
work:unnecessary Work you don't need
A full custom build when a €50/month app does the job. Rebuilding what already works because it's easier to quote.
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€290 — honest answer in 3 days.
Upload any agency quote, proposal, or invoice. Tell us the platform and what the project is about. Everything is 100% confidential.