Ember Labs in New South Wales
Sydney problem, Adelaide price. Same build, without the Sydney rate card.
We're based in Adelaide, not Sydney. What that buys you isn't a compromise — it's the same diagnose-first process and one fixed price, set from a written strategy report instead of a CBD rate card.
Half an hour behind Sydney on the clock. Nowhere behind on the build.
Sound familiar?
Sydney's cost of doing business shows up in every quote you get.
A software quote that assumes a day rate most small businesses can't sustain past the first sprint. A "strategy session" that's really a sales pitch with a price tag on it. A platform rebuild that somehow needs six months and three change-request invoices before it ships. None of that is unique to Sydney, but Sydney's cost base makes it more expensive to live with.
How this actually works from Adelaide
No CBD office. No CBD rate card either.
One fixed price, agreed first.
Set from a written strategy report, not a rate card. 50% to start, 50% on delivery — nothing extra for "scope that came up mid-build."
Video calls that run on time.
Half an hour's time difference, nothing more. We schedule around your business hours, not an interstate excuse.
Handed over, not held hostage.
You own what gets built — codebase or agent — with an optional $49–99/mo to keep it hosted, fixed, and current.
Where to start
Four ways in, one conversation to start any of them.
AI Strategy & Consulting →
Free, no-obligation. A real look at what’s costing you time before anything gets built.
AI Automation →
A custom AI agent built around how your business works. Starts at $4,750.
Website Development →
A site built off what it actually needs to do, not a template. Starts at $3,750.
Web App Development →
A bespoke app or platform, built and owned outright. Starts at $4,750.
Get in touch →
Tell us what’s going on. No pitch, no obligation.
Before you get in touch
Questions NSW businesses ask us
No. Ember Labs is based in Adelaide, South Australia — there's no Sydney branch and no local partner standing in for us. NSW clients work with us the same way every interstate client does: video calls and a written scope.
NSW runs half an hour ahead of Adelaide, year-round — both states shift daylight saving on the same date, so the gap stays fixed. A 9am call in Sydney is 8:30am here.
Mostly the price. Sydney carries some of the highest agency day rates in the country, largely driven by CBD office costs that get folded into every quote. We price the build itself, from a written strategy report, not an hourly rate — Website Development starts at $3,750, AI Automation and Web App Development both start at $4,750.
No — software doesn't know what state it was written in. What changes is the process: scoped and agreed in writing before anything starts, one fixed price, and a guarantee that the final milestone isn't invoiced if delivered work doesn't match the agreed scope.