A Rapid POC at Databotiq is a fixed-scope, fixed-price working prototype. We build an app shell, a backend connected to a bounded slice of your real systems, and a small operator surface to demo it. You use it to evaluate accuracy, speed, and integration risk before funding a production build. It ends with a written go or no-go recommendation, not a vague roadmap.
Fixed scope, fixed price, written quote after a short scoping call.
Three constraints make Rapid POCs honest: a short window, a fixed scope, and real systems instead of synthetic samples.
Fixed-scope build on your stack. Not a multi-quarter science fair, not a slide deck dressed up as a roadmap.
We quote the POC in writing after a short scoping call. No surprises mid-sprint and no scope creep without your written change request.
We integrate where the value actually lives. Your CRM, your Shopify, your shared inbox, your spreadsheets, and the unfriendly portals you still depend on.
We prefer honest dates over heroic weekends. If access stalls, the timeline shifts and and we tell you immediately.
We agree the smallest set of measurable outcomes that decide go or no-go, then unblock data and access in parallel.
App shell, backend spike, and at least one production-adjacent integration. Mid-window demo on real samples.
Run acceptance tests on real traffic, capture latency and accuracy, and surface residual risks honestly.
Written go or no-go with metrics, risks, and a production milestone plan, or a stop memo with reasons.
Discovery and DPA paperwork is in motion in parallel, and we will not block on it.
Rapid POCs are fixed-scope engagements quoted in writing after a short scoping call. We will never expand spend without a written change request you approve.
Change requests are explicit and signed before any extra spend. No mystery invoices.
If you go forward, we translate the POC into a production milestone plan: hardening, SLOs, monitoring, access controls, and model change management. If you stop, you still keep artifacts that make the next vendor cycle cheaper, because your acceptance tests and metrics survive.
If you stop after the POC, you keep these artifacts. They make the next vendor cycle cheaper.
Anonymised composites, not named clients. Each links to a fuller case pattern with outcomes framed as directional ranges.
A leadership team replaced a six-month bake-off with measured outputs on real samples.
Read the patternValidated containment on a single ticket class before expanding tool permissions.
Read the patternProved booking throughput across hostile carrier portals before funding the bigger build.
Read the patternHonest, specific answers about scope, pricing, and what production looks like. If something isn't covered here,ask us directly.
It is production-directional, not production-complete. The point is evidence and risk surfacing. Production adds monitoring, hardening, broader variant coverage, and operational runbooks.
Yes, when your security model requires it. That choice affects timeline and cost, and we scope accordingly.
That is a successful outcome. You learn early with a bounded spend. The memo should say no-go with reasons, not optimism.
No. Your data is used for your engagement. Training and retention terms are documented in your agreements.
Use the contact form with Rapid POC selected, or email us. We reply within one business day with the next step.
A short note is enough. We will reply within one business day with a written quote after a short scoping call.
