Discovery Sprint by Ostride Labs

Know what your product will cost to build, before you commit to building it.Choose a development team after you know what you’re building.

In five business days, a senior team turns your idea or draft plan into a prioritised scope, a technical plan, a risk map and three costed build scenarios.

The first call is free and carries no obligation.

Request a free 15-minute call

A quote tells you the price.
It doesn’t tell you whether you’re pricing the right thing.

Most development quotes are built on the scope you bring to them. If that scope misses an integration, a data flow or a compliance requirement, the quote can be precise and still wrong. The cost turns up later as change requests, rework and a launch date that keeps moving.

The Discovery Sprint tests the scope before anyone prices it. In our sprints, clients typically uncover between A$40,000 and A$100,000 in unnecessary costs, delays or architectural risks.

It’s built for you if:

  • You have an idea or a draft spec and need to know what a first release will really cost
  • You’re weighing up hiring developers against working with an outside team
  • You need a technical plan you can put in front of investors or a board

Already sketched a plan with ChatGPT? Bring it.

We’ll use it as a starting point and test it against what a general plan can’t see: your budget, your integrations and the rules that apply to your market.

Five days. Something concrete at the end of each one.

Fully remote. Typically 1 to 2 hours of live sessions a day, plus async work over Slack or email.

Day Focus What you keep
Day 1 Opportunity and constraints A clear problem statement and a hierarchy of goals.
Day 2 Feature scope A first-release feature list with acceptance criteria, and a backlog ranked must, should and later.
Day 3 Risk heat map A colour-coded matrix of technical, commercial and compliance risks.
Day 4 Architecture An architecture diagram, a staged release roadmap and monthly projections of infrastructure costs.
Day 5 Validation Reviewed findings with your feedback worked in, and a presentation of our recommendations to your team.

What you walk away with

Everything is yours to keep, whether you build with us or with your own team.

  • Discovery Sprint report

    Architecture risks, cost-saving recommendations, the first-release feature list and a phased roadmap.

  • Executive slide deck

    A concise summary for your board or investors.

  • Architecture diagram

    Cloud-agnostic, scalable and no heavier than the product needs.

  • Risk and mitigation sheet

    The legal, compliance and cost traps in your plan, and how to avoid them.

  • Timeline and budget models

    Three build scenarios, each with a team and cost breakdown.

  • Next-step action list

    A step-by-step plan for what to do once the sprint ends.

The people running your sprint

  • Kirill Yarkov

    Kirill Yarkov

    Principal Architect, Strategist Team Lead

    25 years in technology and compliance. Keeps the sprint focused on the decisions that affect cost and risk.

  • Anastasiia Antidze

    Anastasiia Antidze

    Product Strategist & Creative Lead

    Turns early-stage ideas into a clear product vision, defines the product’s look & feel, shapes compelling user experiences for validation and development.

  • Anton Ovchinnikov

    Anton Ovchinnikov

    Senior End-to-End Engineer

    Turns designs, APIs and loose requirements into clean, scalable code.

  • Artem Komissarov

    Artem Komissarov

    Senior Product Designer

    Brings UX and product strategy into the scope, so the plan works for the people who will use it.

How founders describe working with Ostride

  • “We won’t work with another team again.”

    William Caswell Co-founder, FairPay
  • “Their open approach built trust quickly. A trusted partner in our journey.”

    Goos Lustig CEO and Founder, CrediFit

Credited in full to your build.

One fixed fee A$7,400 incl. GST, five business days

If you go on to build with Ostride Labs, the full A$7,400 is credited toward your first development invoice. If you build elsewhere, the outputs are still yours.
It starts with a free 15-minute call.

Questions founders ask first.

I’m not technical. Is this still for me?

Yes. Sessions run in plain language, and the report and slide deck are written for decision makers, not only for engineers.

Can you work from a plan I made with ChatGPT, or an existing spec?

Yes. We use whatever you have as input and test it against your budget, your integrations and your regulatory context.

Do we have to build with you afterwards?

No. The outputs are yours. If you do build with us, the full fee is credited toward your first development invoice.

How much of our time does it take?

Typically 1 to 2 hours of live sessions a day for five business days, plus a few async questions in between.

Can you work with regulated products?

Yes. The review considers the technical and regulatory constraints that apply to your product and market.

What happens on the free call?

Fifteen minutes to understand what you’re planning and tell you honestly whether a Discovery Sprint is the right next step.

Do you sign an NDA?

We can discuss confidentiality requirements before the work begins.

Find out what it will really take, before you commit.

Request a free 15-minute call