Describe your idea. Watch us build it.
Pay only when you're sure.
Aionex turns a plain-English brief into mockups, a fixed scope and a real timeline — then a vetted specialist agency builds it end-to-end and hands you the keys.
Discovery credit from $9 · Fixed-price builds · Full IP transfer
$150/year. That's it. We handle everything else.
No servers to manage. No subscriptions to juggle. No developer to hire. Your Aionex team handles hosting, updates, security, and support — for one flat yearly fee. You only ever pay for the actual development work, based fairly on what you're building.
Fast, optimized hosting
Production-grade speed, no configuration needed.
Ongoing feature updates
Improvements and fixes applied as needed.
Security patching
Kept current against vulnerabilities automatically.
Uptime monitoring
Issues caught and resolved before they affect users.
Automatic backups
Your data and code protected continuously.
Priority support access
Direct line to your Aionex team, not a ticket queue.
What you'd pay elsewhere, per year
Lovable (self-managed)
$300–$540
- Hosting handled
- Updates included
- Security patching
- Support response
Dev agency retainer
$2,400–$6,000
- Hosting handled
- Updates included
- Security patching⚠️
- Support response⚠️
Freelance maintenance
$1,200–$3,000
- Hosting handled⚠️
- Updates included⚠️
- Security patching
- Support response⚠️
Hire a developer
$12,000+
- Hosting handled
- Updates included
- Security patching
- Support response⚠️
Aionex
$150
- Hosting handled
- Updates included
- Security patching
- Support response
You only pay separately for the development itself — priced fairly based on your project's scope.
How it works
Three ways to build. One that actually ships.
Most ideas die in the gap between wanting a product and knowing what it costs. We close that gap first.
The Old Way
- Endless discovery calls
- Quotes that arrive in 3 weeks
- Scope creep priced by the hour
- You manage the vendors
DIY with AI tools
- You become the developer
- 100+ hours of your time
- Half-finished, never shipped
- Support is a Discord thread
Aionex
- See the plan before you commit
- Fixed price, fixed scope
- Vetted agencies do the building
- You own everything at handover
The process
Six steps from idea to owned product
No discovery calls, no vague estimates, no vendor juggling.
Describe your idea
A 4-step brief captures type, features, goals, budget and timeline. No tech jargon required.
Pay a discovery credit
$9–$39 depending on complexity. It is credited back against your build.
Get your AI preview
Mockups, a written scope and a realistic timeline generated for your exact brief.
Receive a custom quote
Fixed price, fixed scope, no hourly surprises. Approve or walk away.
We build it
A vetted specialist agency executes. You track milestones and message the team.
Handover & IP transfer
Milestone 2 on delivery. You own the code, the accounts and the IP. Fully.
Services
What we deliver
If it runs in a browser or a pocket, it's in scope.
Web Apps & SaaS
Auth, billing, dashboards, admin panels — production-ready from day one.
Marketing Sites
Fast, SEO-first sites that rank and convert, not just look pretty.
Mobile Experiences
Responsive PWAs and cross-platform apps your users can install.
AI Features
Chat, generation, extraction and automation wired into real workflows.
Automation & Integrations
Connect the tools you already pay for and delete the manual steps.
E-commerce
Checkout, subscriptions and fulfilment flows that survive real traffic.
Discovery pricing
Start with clarity, not a contract
Your discovery credit funds the AI preview — mockups, scope and timeline — and is credited against your build.
Spark
Simple
$9 once
Landing pages, single-purpose tools, simple marketing sites.
- AI scope document
- 1 mockup screen
- Ballpark timeline
Build
Standard
$19 once
Multi-page sites, dashboards, booking or CRM-lite flows.
- AI scope document
- 3 mockup screens
- Timeline + milestones
Scale
Advanced
$29 once
SaaS products, marketplaces, auth + payments + roles.
- Full scope + data model
- 5 mockup screens
- Milestone plan
Enterprise
Complex
$39 once
Multi-tenant platforms, integrations, AI-native products.
- Architecture brief
- 8 mockup screens
- Delivery + risk plan
- Founder call
The numbers
The math that closes every sale
Same idea, four routes. Only one ends with a launched product you own.
| Option | Cost | Time | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIY with AI tools | $150–300/mo + 100 hrs | 2–3 months | Maybe abandoned |
| Freelancers | $2K–5K + headache | 1–2 months | Mixed quality |
| Traditional agency | $10K–50K | 2–4 months | Premium but expensive |
| Aionex | $500–15K fixed | 1–3 weeks | Launched. Owned. Done. |
Built into the platform
Everything the build needs, in one place
AI preview before you pay for a build
Mockups, scope and timeline generated from your brief so the first thing you buy is clarity.
Vetted agency network
Specialists matched to your stack, scored on delivery history.
Milestone escrow
50% to start, 50% on delivery. Never one big leap of faith.
One dashboard for everything
Preview, quote, milestones, files and messages in a single thread — no email archaeology.
Watch your brief become a plan
Type your idea and our engine drafts screens, a feature list, a milestone plan and a timeline. You will see the preview before any build money moves.
Try it with your idea> brief: "booking app for my clinic"
✓ scope drafted — 14 features, 3 roles
✓ 5 mockup screens generated
✓ timeline: 18 days, 2 milestones
→ quote ready: $6,400 fixed
Proof
Recently launched
FieldPulse — field ops dashboard
Replaced three spreadsheets and a WhatsApp group with a scheduling and reporting dashboard for 40 field technicians.
11 days to launch
Northloop — subscription storefront
Coffee subscription storefront with pause/skip logic and a self-serve customer portal.
+38% checkout conversion
LexBrief — AI document summariser
Upload contracts, get clause-level summaries and risk flags for a small legal team.
9 min → 40 s per contract
Clients
What founders say afterwards
"I paid $19 to find out exactly what my idea would cost. That single decision saved me two months of guessing."
"The preview was so close to the final product that approving the quote felt like a formality."
"I'd tried building it myself with AI tools for three months. Aionex shipped it in eleven days."
FAQ
Questions worth asking
Your idea deserves better than someday.
Spend a few minutes describing it. See the mockups, the scope and the price. Then decide.