At cost
What it covers
The days of the people who design, develop and train, hosting, any licences. Nothing else: no commission, no sales costs, a margin cut to the minimum. One day of the team's work is invoiced 400 EUR excl. VAT, close to what it costs KERN-IT: salary and charges, tools, training, infrastructure, research and development. At the agency rate of KernWeb, KERN-IT's web hub, the same day is invoiced 600 EUR: the difference, one third, is the agency margin Kern4Good does not take.
What it does not mean
At cost does not mean free, nor sloppy, nor the lowest price on the market. A Kern4Good website follows the same process as an agency website: scoping, design, development, tests, training, with the same team. What changes is what is not invoiced. An experienced freelancer invoices 500 to 700 EUR per day, an established agency 640 to 1 000 EUR; the benchmarks and their sources are on the Pricing page.
How a formula is calculated
- Days of work × 400 EUR, plus hosting for the first year
- The small formulas fit in few days thanks to the Kern4Good foundation and AI
- In a cohort, the workshops, the training and the foundation are shared between five associations
- The quote says the days and what they cover; an extra module means extra days, priced beforehand
Every price of the ladder is a "from": a project can sit between two formulas, and the quote then says the days. Beyond twenty days you leave the ladder and get a quote, still at 400 EUR per day for an association.
In Kern4Good
The website ladder outside a cohort: launch website at 1 200 EUR (3 days), complete static website at 2 400 (6), small editable website at 4 000 (10), complete website at 8 000 (20), all excl. VAT and reserved for recognised Belgian associations. In a cohort, five websites of the same size get a group price, quoted according to that size. Consulting (tools, CRM, AI, training, search visibility) is invoiced at cost on quote. After the first year, pooled hosting comes to 75 EUR per month. Everything is published on the Pricing page.
Further reading
How can KERN-IT work at that price?
Because Kern4Good is an impact hub, not a profit centre: the company devotes time to it as others devote a budget to their social actions. And because cohorts and the foundation make the work more efficient.
Does the at-cost price drop with the number of associations?
Yes, that is the principle of the cohort: the more the foundation is shared, the lower the cost per association. That is why the group price of a cohort, quoted according to the size of the websites, is lower than five separate projects of the same formula.
Why 400 EUR and not less?
Because that is what a day really costs KERN-IT, charges and tools included. Below that, the company would pay to work, and the programme would not last. At cost is an honest floor, not a discount.
Does the at-cost price apply to companies?
No. The ladder is reserved for recognised Belgian associations (ASBL, public utility foundations, AISBL). A company that wants a website goes to KernWeb, at the agency rate.