In-house hire
120–180
days
Hiring + onboarding + ramp-up
Your SaaS PoC
Built and Validated in 2 weeks (10 business days).
Ship working code in 2 weeks (10 business days) — SGD 6,500 fixed, not a six-month hire.
30-minute call · No obligation · Code yours from Day 1 · Response within 1 business day
NDA + DPA first
Day-1 code & IP yours
Not ready to commit? Get a free 20-minute initial scope call first.
SGD 6,500
Fixed price (USD 5,000 equivalent · no surprise fees)
2 weeks (10 business days)
From kickoff to working prototype
100% code ownership
Source + IP yours from Day 1
50+ client engagements
Across SaaS, FinTech, Healthcare, Manufacturing
— Below: who this is built for, and why it works in 2 weeks.
★ TIME-TO-WORKING-CODE
How Long Until You Have Something Real
Four paths every Singapore SaaS team evaluates — measured in time-to-working-code, not slideware.
Big-3 agency
60–120
days
Discovery + proposal + scope
Freelancer
Variable
timing
Sourcing varies; quality unbounded
LLL Inc.
14
business days
Kickoff to working prototype, fixed scope
HOW WE WORK
Permanent engineers. NDA-first. Region-fluent.
We are not a freelance broker. ~20 engineers on permanent contracts in Malaysia, a talent pipeline from 4 universities, and the same business hours as Singapore.
In-house team
~20 permanent engineers
Specialists added through trusted partner networks when scope demands it. No freelance lottery.
Talent pipeline
4 Malaysian universities
UMS · TAR UMT · Sunway · Taylor's — active internship & recruitment partnerships, not a hiring scramble.
Region-fluent
4 languages supported
English (default), Bahasa Melayu, Mandarin, Japanese — where helpful for stakeholders & vendors.
NDA-first. We sign an NDA and a DPA before any technical discussion — including the free scan and the One-Day CTO. Repositories are created inside your org. You own all source code and IP from Day 1.
Three realities
Three SaaS Realities. Three Answers.
Each pain is a real cost for SaaS teams in Singapore. Each answer is what we actually do.
Hiring an experienced SaaS engineer in Singapore takes 4–6 months and costs SGD 200K+/year.
→Same-timezone in-house team in Malaysia. Start within days, ship working code in 2 weeks.
Generic offshore teams don't speak SaaS — they ship features but break your auth or billing.
→We run our own SaaS (Fortrain). The same engineers who keep Fortrain alive build for you.
Pre-Series-A SaaS founders can't risk SGD 50K+ on a vendor that hasn't proved themselves.
→Start with a SGD 6,500 PoC. Walk away with the code. Then decide.
Day-by-day
Day 1 to Day 10 — What Actually Happens.
No mystery, no slack. Daily progress on your GitHub. Weekly demo with engineers, not account managers.
SPRINT 1 — DAYS 1-5
Foundation
Architecture, schema, core flow. First commits Day 1.
SPRINT 2 — DAYS 6-10
Validation & Polish
Edge cases, compliance hardening, handover-ready code.
Day 1
Kickoff · NDA signed · Repo invite
Day 3
Architecture committed
Day 5
Sprint 1 demo · Direction confirmed
Day 7
Feature complete · Edge case pass
Day 10
Final demo · Handover doc · 7-day support starts
If this sounds familiar
You're a SaaS founder doing two jobs at once.
Pre-Series-A. 8–15 person team. You're shipping product, talking to investors, and pretending you know what's happening in the codebase. The single engineer who knew the auth layer left last quarter. Your next demo is in three weeks. You don't have time to hire, onboard, and pray.
Typical metrics on the table: MRR retention, trial-to-paid conversion, self-serve onboarding completion, and churn cohorts by tier.
- Your runway can't absorb a 4-month hiring cycle.
- You've been burned by freelancers who disappeared mid-sprint.
- Investors want to see velocity, not a JD on LinkedIn.
If three of those nodded, the next two minutes are for you.
— Here is how the next 10 working days actually unfold.
How we deliver
Why This Speed Is Possible.
Structural reasons. Not promises — process.
01
In-house Malaysia team
~20 full-time engineers. Zero freelance outsourcing. Day-1 live capacity, no formation lag.
02
AI-augmented development
Internal use of Claude / Cursor / Cowork compresses implementation hours, with human PR review.
03
Reusable architecture templates
Sharpened across 50+ client engagements — auth, billing, RBAC, observability already in place.
04
Japanese-rooted QA process
Detailed scoping, rigorous QA cycles, clear documentation, predictable communication.
STEP
01
Initial Call
Response within 24 h. 30-minute consult and current-state interview.
STEP
02
Scope & Quote
Fixed-scope, fixed-price proposal by the next business day.
STEP
03
Kickoff & Sprint Start
NDA signed → repo invite → Sprint 1 begins.
STEP
04
Build & Demo
2 weeks (10 business days) of build, daily GitHub progress, weekly demo.
STEP
05
Handover
Working code + documentation + 1 walkthrough call.
PRODUCTION-OPS PROOF
We run our own production SaaS — the same way we run yours.
Three internal products live in production under the same quality controls we apply to client work — GitHub-visible delivery, AI + human PR review, weekly demos, monthly retros.
Security
Fortress
Vulnerability scanning & compliance management platform. Continuous monitoring across our codebase & client engagements.
Data Analytics
GreenTrace
Data analytics platform for sustainability and traceability use cases. Production deployment with live customer data.
AI Learning
Fortrain
AI-assisted internal learning platform. Continuous knowledge accumulation across our 20-engineer team.
Not products you can buy — listed here as evidence of our own production-ops experience.
PRICING
One Price. One Deliverable. No Surprises.
Each option is fixed scope, fixed price. No estimates. No surprise change requests.
SGD 6,500
Fixed price: SGD 6,500 (approx. USD 5,000)
2 weeks (10 business days)
- Working prototype (not slides, not wireframes)
- Full source code — 100% yours from Day 1
- Validation report with technical findings
- Handover documentation + 1 walkthrough call
- Daily GitHub progress, weekly demo
Fixed-scope pricing
No hidden fees
Full code & IP ownership
7-day post-delivery support
Your SGD 6,500 is credited 100% toward any follow-on MVP or full-build engagement. Start small. We grow with you.
Ready to Move?
Get a 2 weeks (10 business days) delivery scope + fixed price within 24 hours. No obligation.
30-minute call · No obligation · English PMs, GMT+8
Compare your options
Compare Your Options
A transparent look at what each path costs, takes, and delivers.
| In-house hire | Big-3 agency | Freelancer | LLL Inc. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | SGD 200K+/yr salary + benefits | SGD 30–80K per project | SGD 5–15K but variable | SGD 6,500 fixed |
| Time to first deliverable | 4–6 months (hiring + ramp-up) | 2–4 months (proposal + discovery) | Unpredictable (sourcing) | 2 weeks (10 business days) |
| Quality control | You manage | Agency process (variable) | None built-in | Daily GitHub review, AI + human PR review |
| Code & IP ownership | You own (employment) | Contract-dependent | Often unclear | 100% yours from Day 1 |
| Communication | Direct (SG local) | Account-manager layer | Timezone gaps (6–12 h) | English PMs, GMT+8, daily |
RECOMMENDED
LLL Inc.
Cost
SGD 6,500 fixed
Time to first deliverable
2 weeks (10 business days)
Quality control
Daily GitHub review, AI + human PR review
Code & IP ownership
100% yours from Day 1
Communication
English PMs, GMT+8, daily
See how this compares to other optionsIn-house hire · Big-3 agency · Freelancer
Freelancer
Cost
SGD 5–15K but variable
Time to first deliverable
Unpredictable (sourcing)
Quality control
None built-in
Code & IP ownership
Often unclear
Communication
Timezone gaps (6–12 h)
Big-3 agency
Cost
SGD 30–80K per project
Time to first deliverable
2–4 months (proposal + discovery)
Quality control
Agency process (variable)
Code & IP ownership
Contract-dependent
Communication
Account-manager layer
In-house hire
Cost
SGD 200K+/yr salary + benefits
Time to first deliverable
4–6 months (hiring + ramp-up)
Quality control
You manage
Code & IP ownership
You own (employment)
Communication
Direct (SG local)
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Response within 1 business day. After a 30-minute technical deep-dive, you receive a fixed-scope, fixed-price proposal by the next business day. Kickoff typically happens within days — our ~20 in-house engineers in Malaysia (GMT+8) are not assembled per project, so there is no formation lag. We have run this flow across 50+ client engagements.
You do — 100% from Day 1. All source code, commits, IP, and documentation are yours. We commit directly into your GitHub organization (or hand over the repo) and you can audit it daily. There is no contract lock-in and no exclusivity clause.
We run our own production SaaS, Fortrain (AI-powered targeted email security training), with the same engineers who build for you. That means auth, RBAC, audit logs, PII handling, and tenant isolation are not theoretical — they are patterns we maintain in production. NDAs and DPAs are signed before any technical discussion.
The PoC is fixed-scope by design — that is what makes 2 weeks (10 business days) realistic. Mid-sprint changes are handled by re-scoping at the next sprint boundary, not by surprise change requests. You see daily GitHub progress and a weekly demo, so direction is corrected early, not at the end.
Our team is in Malaysia on GMT+8 — same working hours as Singapore. English-speaking PMs handle daily standups, Slack, and demos. There is no overnight handoff, which matters on a 2-week sprint where every business day counts.
Yes. NDAs and, where applicable, DPAs are signed before we see your architecture, data model, or proprietary logic. We have run this process with regulated SaaS, FinTech, and Healthcare clients across Singapore, Japan, and Australia.
Why this week
Why this week, not next quarter?
01
The 2-week clock starts on signature, not on a discovery call.
No 4-week scoping. Send the brief, sign the NDA, get a quote in 24h. Work starts the next business day.
02
Singapore-local capacity is 8–14 weeks out.
Local agencies are booked through next quarter. Local hires take 4–6 months. We have engineers free this week.
03
The code is yours from Day 1 — even if you walk away.
Sprint 1 doesn't go well? Take the code, the docs, the lessons. No clawback. No vendor lock-in.
GET STARTED
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~20 in-house engineers (Malaysia GMT+8)10y+ team engineering experienceNDA + DPA before tech discussion100% code & IP yours from Day 1
SGD 6,500 · 2 weeks · Code yours from Day 1
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