IT services FAQs: cost, ownership and how we work
Cost is at the top, because that is the question everyone opens with.
How much do EICRA’s IT services cost?
Projects are fixed-scope and fixed-price, quoted after a 30-minute scoping call. Continuous work, meaning dedicated development teams and application maintenance, is priced per full-time engineer per month with a three-month minimum, and API integration is quoted per integration. Rates sit on the pricing page.
Which IT service should I start with?
Start with whatever is currently losing you money. If releases keep breaking things, start with testing. If nobody owns patches, start with maintenance. If the stack is too old to change safely, start with a modernization assessment before commissioning any new feature.
Do you work in our repositories or yours?
Yours, from the first commit. Code, branches, pipelines and environments live in your own accounts, our access is named and least-privilege, and it is removed at handover. You receive environment documentation and a runbook alongside the code itself.
Who owns the code and the intellectual property?
You do, and it is assigned in writing in the contract rather than assumed. That covers source code, build configuration, designs and documentation produced for you. Third-party and open-source components keep their own licences, which we list before delivery.
Do you use AI to write our code?
Where it speeds the work, and every AI-written change goes through the same review as human code: a named reviewer, automated tests and a licence check. If you already have a codebase written largely with AI, we audit it as a separate service.
What about servers, networks and helpdesk support?
Those sit under the ITES menu rather than here. IT Infrastructure Management covers servers and networks, HelpDesk Services covers day-to-day user support, and IT Consultancy covers planning. This page covers the software itself: building, connecting, testing and maintaining it.
Can you take over a project another team started?
Yes, after a paid assessment of the codebase, tests, dependencies and deployment. The assessment says plainly what can be kept, what must be rewritten and what it will cost, before anyone commits to a delivery date we cannot defend.
How quickly can an IT project start?
Usually within one to two weeks of a signed scope. Delays almost always come from repository access, environment credentials and approvals on your side rather than from engineering, so we list exactly what we need before the contract is signed.