Typefast — Productized Rails Engineering

(01) — Legacy Rails Upgrades

Get current.
Stay shipping.

We upgrade your Rails application to a current version safely and methodically — staged, validated in staging, and delivered as merge-ready pull requests. Without breaking production.

Price
$7,500 – $25,000
Timeline
2 – 12 weeks
Assessment
$1,500, credited toward the project
Output
Merge-ready pull requests

(02) — Tiers

How far behind are you?

01

Controlled Upgrade

Qualifies when

  • /Single major version upgrade
  • /Test coverage ≥70%
  • /No major gem rewrites
  • /Modern infrastructure

You receive

  • Version bump and deprecation fixes
  • Gem updates
  • CI stabilization
  • Zero-downtime deployment plan
  • 7-day post-deploy support
$7,500
2–3 weeks
02

Multi-Step Upgrade

Most Common

Qualifies when

  • /2–3 major versions behind
  • /Moderate test instability
  • /Some gem replacements required
  • /Asset pipeline adjustments

You receive

  • Staged version upgrades
  • Gem replacement strategy
  • Test stabilization
  • Background job compatibility
  • Performance validation
  • 14-day post-deploy support
$15,000
4–6 weeks
03

Legacy Recovery

Qualifies when

  • /3+ major versions behind
  • /Test coverage <50%
  • /Significant deprecated APIs
  • /Infrastructure drift
  • /Security exposure risk

You receive

  • Multi-phase upgrade roadmap
  • Targeted test reinforcement
  • Critical refactors (bounded scope)
  • Infrastructure realignment
  • Staged production rollout
  • 30-day post-deploy support
$25,000
8–12 weeks

/ $1,500 assessment sets the tier, credited toward the project.

/ Already had a Rails Technical Audit? The $1,500 assessment is waived.

(03) — Payment

You never pay for an attempt.

01 Begin

50% to begin

Paid once the tier is set and scope is agreed.

02 Milestone

25% at the milestone

Paid at the agreed mid-upgrade milestone.

03 Validation

25% on production deploy

Paid once the work is delivered in production — not before.

/ If the upgrade cannot be completed because of technical infeasibility discovered during the assessment, only the assessment fee applies. You are never billed for work that turns out to be impossible.

(04) — Start Here

Ready to get current?

Tell us about your application and we'll tell you which tier fits.