OJS Development Pricing

OJS Development Pricing

OJS development is quoted per project based on feature complexity and the current state of your installation. We don't publish flat per-feature prices because a "simple" request can turn complex depending on your existing customizations — every quote follows a look at your actual setup.

Essential

Small, well-defined changes

Best for

A single workflow tweak, small settings change, or minor bug fix in existing custom code.

  • Single-feature scope
  • Staging validation before deployment
  • Basic change documentation
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Most Common Fit

Professional

Custom features or plugins

Best for

A custom plugin, theme customization, or multi-step workflow change.

  • Written technical specification
  • Staging build & review cycle
  • Source code + documentation handover
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Institutional

Multi-journal or complex integration work

Best for

Publishers needing consistent development across multiple journals, or complex third-party integrations.

  • Cross-journal consistency review
  • Phased delivery plan
  • Ongoing maintenance option for delivered code
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Exact cost depends on your journal's specific scope. Every tier above results in a written quote — not an automatic charge.

What's Typically Included

  • Written scope before billable work begins
  • Development on staging, not production
  • Basic documentation of what was built

What's Typically Excluded

  • Hosting or server administration (see OJS Hosting)
  • Content writing or editorial policy decisions
  • Ongoing maintenance of delivered code, unless separately arranged

What Affects Cost

  • Number and complexity of features requested
  • Whether existing custom code needs review or rework first
  • Whether third-party API integration is involved
  • Turnaround timeline requested

Response-Time Definitions

Development project quotes are typically returned within a few business days of a scoping conversation. Ongoing support response times are defined separately under OJS Support pricing.

Upgrade Policy

Custom development delivered under this pricing does not automatically include future OJS version compatibility work — that's scoped separately under OJS Upgrade when needed.

Data Ownership

You own the source code and content delivered under a development engagement. We don't hold your code or data hostage behind a license.

Cancellation Policy

Projects can be paused or cancelled before completion; you're billed for work completed to that point, per the terms agreed in your written scope.

Pricing Questions

Because the same-sounding feature request can vary enormously in actual complexity depending on your existing theme, plugins, and OJS version. A flat price would be inaccurate for most real cases.

Yes — an initial conversation to understand your request and provide a written quote doesn't cost anything.

Most development work is quoted as a fixed project price based on the agreed scope, so you know the cost before work begins rather than an open-ended hourly bill.

Any scope change is discussed and approved by you before it's billed — we don't silently expand a project's cost.

OJS Development Pricing

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