For clients
Your idea, professionally built. Priced transparently.
Whether you're a founder launching a product, a small business owner who needs a web presence, or a marketer testing a new idea — Shift Key delivers professionally built digital products in days, not weeks, with a complete receipt of every dollar spent.
You've probably tried all three.
Every option for getting a website built has a catch. Here's what we hear from people before they find Shift Key.
You tried building it yourself with AI
You spent a weekend prompting ChatGPT or Cursor. It generated something that looked okay at first — but the responsive layout was broken, the forms didn't work, and the code was a mess of duplicated logic. You spent more time debugging than building.
You got quotes from agencies
The lowest quote was $5,000. The timeline was 4–8 weeks. And the proposal was full of vague language about "discovery phases" and "revision rounds." You just needed the thing built, not a six-figure contract.
You hired a freelancer
You found someone on Upwork or Fiverr with good reviews. Three revisions later, the design still didn't match your mockup, the code quality was unknown, and you had no idea if they wrote it or just pasted it from an AI tool.
How it works
From idea to deployed product in four steps. No account needed to start.
Describe your project
Click "Get a Free Estimate" and you'll start a conversation with our AI consultant. Tell it what you're building, who it's for, and share any references or sketches you have. In about five minutes, it generates a structured specification and a cost estimate — before you create an account or enter any payment information.
Approve the estimate
Review the spec and the price. Every estimate includes a price cap — the maximum you'll ever pay. If the build takes less time than estimated, you pay less. You're never charged more than the cap, even if the operator goes over. Your payment is authorized but not captured until you accept the final delivery.
A ranked operator builds it
Your project is matched to a ranked operator with the right skills. Our matching system uses real performance data — test pass rates, delivery speed, code quality — not self-reported skills or star ratings. The operator works in a secure cloud workspace where AI handles the boilerplate and the human handles the logic, design, and edge cases. Automated tests run throughout the build.
Review and accept delivery
You receive the finished product along with a transparent receipt showing exactly what the AI generated, what the operator changed, what every dollar paid for, and the results of all automated tests. One round of revisions is included. You own everything — source code, assets, and content.
What you receive
Not just a website. A complete delivery package with proof of how it was built.
Production-ready source code
Clean, well-structured code that you own outright. Built with modern frameworks, tested, and ready to deploy.
Ready to deploy
Your project is packaged and ready to go live. We provide deployment instructions for your platform of choice, and can assist with hosting setup if needed.
The transparent receipt
A full breakdown of AI vs. human contributions, every dollar itemized, automated test results, and a quality score.
Setup documentation
Instructions for managing your site, making updates, and working with the codebase if you want to modify it later.
One round of revisions
Not happy with something? Every project includes a revision round within 7 days of delivery at no extra charge.
Automated test results
Your project is tested before delivery — layout rendering, link validation, mobile responsiveness, performance, and accessibility.
Transparent pricing, broken down
You pay for exactly two things: the human expertise and the AI compute. No markups, no mystery line items, no hourly surprises.
Operator time
The operator's rate is set by their ranking — higher-ranked operators cost more per hour but ship faster and with fewer issues. Think of it like rideshare tiers: you can get where you're going at every level, but premium gets you there faster with more experience behind the wheel.
AI compute
The actual cost of the AI tools used during the build — passed through at cost. No markup. For most projects, this is under $10.
Platform fee
10% of the subtotal. Half of every platform fee goes into a community dividend pool shared with operators — so the people building your project benefit directly from the platform's success.
The price cap guarantee
Every estimate includes a maximum price. If the build takes less time than expected, you pay less. You're never charged more than the cap — even if the operator goes over. You know the number before we start.
Example receipt
FitTrack — Landing Page
3.2 hrs operator time · 2 business days
AI vs. Human
Cost breakdown
Test results
How does Shift Key compare?
Traditional agency
$5,000 – $15,000
4–8 weeks
Discovery phases, revision rounds, overhead costs baked in
Freelance marketplace
$800 – $2,000
1–3 weeks
Quality varies wildly, no transparency into how it was built
Shift Key
$100 – $300
2–5 days
AI speed + human quality, transparent receipt, price cap guarantee
“Why can't I just use AI myself?”
You can. And for simple things, you probably should. But if you've tried using ChatGPT or Cursor to build a real website, you know the gap between “it generated some code” and “it's deployed, tested, and ready for customers.”
AI can generate 70–80% of a project in minutes. But that last 20% — making it responsive on every device, ensuring the forms actually submit, catching the edge cases, writing real tests, deploying to a live domain — that's the part that takes a professional.
Shift Key gives you the speed of AI and the certainty of a human. The receipt proves it — you see exactly what each contributed.
Questions
See what your project would cost
Talk to our AI consultant. Describe your idea and get a spec with a guaranteed cost estimate in minutes — no account needed, no commitment.
Questions? david@shiftkeyai.com