One experienced developer’s Umbraco output — from $1,295 a month
- ✦ From $1,295/month
- ✦ Umbraco developers
- ✦ Independent QA
- ✦ No lock-in
Repeated quoting turns small, valuable work into avoidable administration.
Your Umbraco site does not need another maintenance report.
It needs someone to upgrade Umbraco to a supported version, improve the slow landing page, connect the CRM, and safely release the next useful feature. Continuous Monthly Development turns those recurring tasks into one prioritized workflow.
Today
Typical development
- Write another brief
- Wait for an estimate
- Negotiate the price
- Wait for free capacity
- Development
- Review the work
- Ask for changes
- Wait for an estimate (again)
- Negotiate the price (again)
- Wait for free capacity (again)
- Deploy
The new way
Continuous Monthly Development
- Prioritize your backlog
- Send us your tasks
- We assign the best developer for the task
- Review the work
- Ask for changes
- Deploy
Continuous Monthly Development runs at one fixed monthly price for the tasks you send (Care and Care Plus), or a fixed price for every task or group of tasks (Care Ultimate).
- Speed optimization
- Upgrade to new version
- Setup landing page
- .....
How It Works
One rhythm for every Umbraco task.
No estimates to approve, no cost overruns: one fixed monthly price.
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1 Prioritize
You choose what matters
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2 Develop
We assign the best developer, who completes the tasks
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3 QA
A separate QA team tests the delivery
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4 Release
When you approve, we deploy
Examples of the tasks we can complete for you, day in and day out.
We complete the tasks from your backlog.
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Umbraco Upgrade and Security Patches
Safely upgrade Umbraco and apply security patches in a controlled environment to keep the CMS secure and up to date.
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Integration to Third-Party Services
Connect Umbraco to CRM, payment, marketing, or other external systems with clean, maintainable integrations.
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Speed Optimization
Improve page speed, caching, and overall performance so the Umbraco site loads quickly and ranks better.
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Technical SEO Optimization
Implement technical SEO best practices (structure, metadata, indexing, Core Web Vitals) to strengthen organic visibility.
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Pages and features
Build landing pages, reusable blocks, memberships, booking flows, and custom functionality.
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Security & stability
Address vulnerabilities, recurring errors, and technical risks before they become larger problems.
Built-In Accountability
Day in, day out.
Continuous Monthly Development is built to keep your whole system performing well, month after month.
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No lock-in
You can cancel your Continuous Monthly Development plan anytime.
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Visible backlog
You decide what moves first and review completed work before release.
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We assign the best developer
Send any type of task: we choose the right developer for it.
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Independent QA
Development and testing remain separate responsibilities.
Choose the pace—not a vague bundle of hours.
Start with the model that resembles your backlog. We will help confirm the fit before work begins.
Care
$1,295/month
A recurring backlog handled efficiently, through written collaboration.
- One active task at a time
- Independent QA included
- Monthly System Check
- Cancel before your renewal date
Care Plus
Recommended$1,595/month
For parallel progress, regular advice, and work that benefits from planning together.
- Up to two developers at the same time
- Working on up to two tasks at the same time
- Up to two meeting hours per month
- Better support for complex requirements
- 24/7 AI-assisted automated QA
Care Ultimate
Fixed priceFor larger task groups, flexible teams, and multi-system work with close collaboration.
- Price approved before each task group
- Flexible team and parallel capacity
- Independent QA included
- Meet whenever the work requires it
"We looked to 1902 to assist us to update our existing Umbraco sites and to provide over flow capacity when we needed it. I was extremely pleased with how quickly the team were able to familiarize themselves with our environment and become productive. In addition to achieving our development tasks the 1902 team have constantly added additional value by providing valuable insights and suggestions for improvements.
They have also been able to take high level concepts and develop them in their entirety with very little oversight which has been terrific. We have also been very impressed with the level of testing completed and the resulting quality of work delivered.
We see 1902 as an ongoing partner that enhances our capability to deliver."
"1902 Software is an excellent tech outsourced company. Having worked with large setups, 1902 is instrumental in being an extended arm of the team, one which delivers, cares and most important of all are genuinely nice humans to have on any team. They bring an enormous amount of talent and value to any company, especially if you have had the pleasure of working with a certain Ryan (he knows who he is :))"
"Working with 1902 Software for months, and can highly recommend it - the team is very responsible, with high level of professional knowledge and always meets the agreed deadlines, etc. Worked closely with developers and QAs, and cooperation is very cool!"
"We enjoyed working with the 1902 QA team! The communicative and proactive team had a great level of detail and an amazing understanding of the processes, business needs & priorities. We value the well-established testing approach as well as the experience of the 1902 QA engineers. Also sending special thanks to Angela’s team! The team was attentive, focused & flexible! With their hard effort and ability to coordinate they've continually directed their attention to cooperation & customer satisfaction."
"Super good and fast IT solutions can 1902 software easily develop without any problems! They have the expertise and all wishes are met if you know what you need. But you do not even have a finger on the pulse and know what you need, you may not feel 100% taken care of yourself and communication typically takes place in English, directly with the developer. We had Ryan as project manager for the development of the site and he was extremely competent and also came up with some solutions to get more content on the site, but I'm glad to know myself about AMP, ssl, schedule data and generally search engine optimization. Had I not known, I'm not 100% sure that I had got the IT solution I needed to rank higher than my competitors.
They have not been particularly good at writing in their crm system what time has been spent on and you should expect the price to end in the high part of the offer as both design and development have been far closer to the maximum price than the minimum price. I quickly got an idea of how pricing was made and as long as you expect it to be close to or equal to the high end of the offer, you will not get any surprises!
I had expected from the company that there was a little better initiative to ensure that people get the best IT solution now that they have the expertise to execute it! You may not know as a customer what things are important for the optimization of the page to be implemented during the build-up, but it makes a huge difference afterwards when you want to insert content and optimize this to be considered in the process.
My solution was expensive compared to other actors, but it is worth it afterwards when I know that there are competent people at the other end and help us with the right solution. This is not a solution that needs to be replaced after a few years because the supplier has tied you on your hands and feet and there is no ongoing monthly fee for "ongoing maintenance" and other patches you will be practiced elsewhere!
It's a little expensive, but they deliver the item and you will not experience becoming another customer in the row. There is a focus on you as a customer and there is ongoing contact with you every week to make sure you know what is happening in the process.
It's probably not the last time we will use them and next time, we hope they are better off putting in the customer's place and clarifying what it's a customer needs."
"It is a pleasure doing business with 1902 Software. They have a positive and professional attitude. We just concluded the development of a new WordPress site. Delivery was on time and below budget. Contact with the project manager was fluid and constructive. They understood our needs and suggested alternative technical solutions... and more importantly: 9 times out of 10, they got it right the first time. That greatly reduces time spent reviewing and changing existing code. Add to that an experienced owner, that knows the business, and you have a winner."
"1902 software development has been supporting our start up for about half a year now and we are very satisfied with them. Our website is up to our standards and they have been very good at listening and executing our many requests. It also doesn't hurt that they always have a smile on their faces while we have a video conference 😉 We have had some hic ups or misunderstandings sometimes as it can be expected but all has always been properly handled and solved. Good job guys!"
"Great company! Working with them is a pleasure. Always helpful and eager to help :)"
"I am in general very pleased with the collaboration with 1902. Project Manager Ryan is always there when you need him and the quality of the tasks done is fully up to speed with what I expected when entering into the collaboration."
Extremely fast and always available for any emergency issue. Always trying to understand the problem and propose the best solution possible 🙂
"Outstanding service."
Plain answers to commercial and delivery questions.
Questions worth answering clearly.
Is there a lock-in period?
No. Care and Care Plus can be cancelled anytime before the plan’s monthly anniversary. Care Ultimate has no monthly fee to cancel: you simply stop sending tasks and pay only for the work already completed. If you have unused prepayments on account, they will be refunded within a maximum of 30 days.
Is this just a maintenance agreement?
No. Some maintenance arrangements focus mainly on monitoring, updates, or reporting. Continuous Monthly Development is real development work: you send tasks, and we design, develop, test, and implement the changes you want done. On top of that, every plan includes the Monthly System Check at no extra cost: a report on the 1st of every month, listing the things you should be aware of. Your tasks can come from your own backlog or straight out of the Monthly System Check’s findings.
How do I start on Continuous Monthly Development?
The easiest way is to book a meeting: we’ll talk through how you work and help you find the plan that fits best. If you already know what you want, you can also simply sign up online on our Pricing page.
Payment works the way you prefer. If you sign up online with a credit card, you’re billed monthly until you cancel. If you’d rather receive an invoice and pay by bank transfer, we can do that too; just tell us.
Once your first payment is in, onboarding begins: we set up access to your systems, assign your Project Manager, and give you the details for the Monthly System Check. You send your first task, and we start working, typically within 48 hours.
Care Ultimate always starts with a meeting, where we plan the engagement together before the first task is priced.
How do I send tasks?
That depends on your plan, and the difference is one of the main reasons the plans exist.
On Care, all tasks are given to us in writing through our project management system, which you get access to during onboarding. Describe what you want done in your own words; your Project Manager makes sure it reaches the best developer for the task.
On Care Plus, tasks run through the same system in writing, and you also have up to two hours of meetings per month with a Project Manager or any 1902 Software expert, so you can discuss a task before or while we work on it: for planning, advice, and technical discussion.
On Care Ultimate, it’s a combination: tasks arrive in writing or come out of online meetings, whichever fits the work. Meetings are available whenever you need them, billed at the going project management rate for the actual time spent, and every task or group of tasks is approved by you at a fixed price before work begins.
Whatever the plan, all your tasks live in one prioritized backlog, so you always see what’s next, what’s in progress, and what’s done.
How do you communicate?
In writing, first and foremost: tasks, questions, and status all run through the project management system, which works across any time zone. On Care, everything runs in writing. Care Plus adds up to two hours of meetings per month with a Project Manager or any 1902 Software expert. On Care Ultimate, meetings are available whenever you need them, billed at the going project management rate for the actual time spent.
What is the Monthly System Check?
Every plan includes a Monthly System Check at no extra cost. It highlights critical updates, security notices, and performance issues that may deserve a place in your backlog.
Can I change from one plan to another?
Yes. If your needs change, you can move between Care, Care Plus and Care Ultimate. Simply contact us, and we’ll help you make the change. Your current plan runs to the end of the billing month, and the new plan begins from the next month.
What if we need a completely new Umbraco site?
If you need a completely new Umbraco build or a major migration, we will recommend a Fixed Price Project and agree the scope and price before development begins.
Your next useful task
Give your Umbraco backlog a reliable way forward.
Bring the list of fixes, updates, integrations, and improvements. We will help you choose the right plan and identify the best first task.
Book a 30-minute meeting