Choosing a Software Programmer account for agency client work

Pricing on Software Programmer is expressed in apps, not in months of access or per-seat fees. The three lifetime tiers are one app, three apps and ten apps, and the figures come from the lifetime tiers published on softwareprogrammer.app. For an agency running outreach for six or seven clients, the relevant question is how many separate apps those clients need, because the tier you pick sets that number.

Read the tier as a count of finished builds. A single client dashboard is one app. A separate portal for another client is a second app. If you want to keep client sending separate, you are likely looking at several apps rather than one shared tool, so the three-app tier or the ten-app tier is the realistic comparison point.

The published tiers are the only price structure to work from. There is no monthly subscription to model into a retainer and no per-user charge to pass on. What you compare is the number of app slots against the number of distinct tools your client roster needs, then check the store rules that apply to the purchase.

Each tier covers the same kind of work: you write a brief, and the software you need is built and shipped as a working web app. Data storage, logins and payments are included in the build, so a client portal with its own sign-in and billing does not need a separate stack assembled around it. The difference between tiers is how many apps you can have built.

The one-app tier suits an agency testing the model on a single client tool, for example one outreach dashboard. The three-app tier lets you split work across clients so each has its own app rather than sharing an inbox. The ten-app tier is aimed at an agency with a larger roster or a pipeline of client builds through the year.

The store sells every deal we run, so the same purchase route applies whichever tier you choose. That means the store rules still apply to what you buy, and the tier you select does not change how the store operates. What changes is only the number of apps you have available to brief and ship.

The common worry is a shared inbox that mixes clients together, and that worry is really about separation rather than about price. If your outreach tooling puts six clients in one place, you cannot prove where a lead came from. The tier structure answers that by counting apps, so separation becomes a question of how many slots you hold.

A second hesitation is about control over the build. Because you supply a written brief, the scope is set by what you describe, and complex builds need review before they ship. That review step is the point at which an agency should expect to clarify requirements rather than assume a broad brief will be handled exactly as written.

The third hesitation is about commitment. Lifetime here is counted in apps, not in time, so buying a tier is a decision about how many builds you will use. An agency that is unsure of its roster should start with fewer slots and add later through the store rather than overbuy on an estimate.

Moving from one app to three, or from three to ten, buys additional app slots. The extra payment is not for support hours or a longer contract; it is for more builds you can brief and ship. For an agency, that maps directly to client separation, since each additional app is a place to keep one client's data and logins apart from another's.

The practical effect is that a larger tier removes the need to reuse a single app across clients. If your objection is a shared inbox, the extra slots are the mechanism that avoids it. You can give each client its own build with its own data, logins and payments, and trace leads back to the app that produced them.

Before paying for a higher tier, count the distinct apps your current clients actually need and add only the slots you can brief with confidence. Complex builds still go through review, and one app per lifetime slot is fixed, so unused slots are only useful if you have a real build to put in them.