For a flat $499, Protora designs and builds a clickable prototype of your custom software. Real screens, your workflow, live on a private link. Prove the idea is worth building before you spend real money building it.
Most agencies quote $30k and six months before you have seen a single screen. We flip it: for $499 you see the whole thing first, then decide if it deserves real investment.
Why we are upfront about this: a $499 prototype that pretends to be finished software helps nobody. A prototype that lets you put the idea in front of the people who matter, before you commit five figures, is the cheapest insurance in software.
Three quick questions. We turn your answers into a prototype blueprint before you spend a cent.
We tailor the prototype to how your industry actually works.
Pick the workflow the prototype should bring to life first.
A prototype earns its keep in front of an audience. Who is yours?
Here is what we would build. Lock in a slot and we start this week.
Every stage has a clear job and a clear price. You decide at each step whether to continue, and most of our production clients started with a $499 prototype.
We design and build a clickable prototype of your idea in 10 days. Every core screen, your workflow, realistic sample data, live on a private link.
Put it in front of your team, your partners, your customers. Watch how they react. We help you turn that feedback into a sharp scope for the real thing.
If the idea proves out, we build production software: real database, logins, integrations, support. And if it could serve your whole industry, we can build it as a SaaS product together.
A fixed process with a fixed price. You always know what happens next.
A one-hour call to map the workflow, the users and what convincing looks like. You approve a one-page spec before anything gets built.
We build the prototype with AI-accelerated development, which is how the price stays at $499. You get a mid-build preview and one round of course correction.
Your prototype goes live on a private link with a walkthrough video, hosted for 30 days. You also get our fixed quote for the production build, no obligation.
If the way you work lives in spreadsheets, group chats and paper forms, there is a prototype worth seeing.
Job tracking, quoting, site checklists and scheduling designed for the ute, not the office.
Intake flows, appointment journeys and care plans that show admin hours disappearing.
Inspection tools, landlord portals and maintenance workflows worth demonstrating.
Bookings, rostering, supplier ordering and event run sheets in one clear picture.
Run sheets, proof of delivery, fleet checks and dispatch boards your drivers would use.
Client onboarding, document collection, approvals and progress dashboards.
I had been describing this job-tracking idea to my business partner for two years and getting nowhere. Ten days and $499 later he clicked through the prototype and said: build it. That conversation was worth ten times the price.
We walked the partners through the intake prototype at a Monday meeting. Seeing the 40-minute paper process reduced to four screens ended the debate. The production build was approved that week.
We showed the prototype to three agencies we knew. Two asked when they could buy it. That was the moment an internal tool idea became a product, and Protora built the real thing.
No hourly billing, no scope creep. Every stage is priced before it starts, and you can stop at any stage.
Prove the idea before you invest
Your prototype, built for real
Sell your software to your industry
Tell us about the software you have in your head. We reply within one business day with a straight answer on whether a prototype will help.