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Cluster

# Software buying and funding

Agency selection, contracts, pricing, grants and the commercial mechanics of delivery.

## Start with the cornerstone

- [**Software Agency Proposal Teardown: 12 Clauses That Change Price, Scope and Ownership**A clause-by-clause teardown of a fictional EUR 96k software proposal: acceptance, IP, changes, warranty, dependencies, hosting, licences, handover, termination, security, subcontractors and done, with a downloadable 24-point review rubric.](/blog/software-agency-proposal-teardown/)

## Latest in this collection

### [Software Project Takeover: A 30-Day Provider Change Plan](/blog/software-project-takeover-provider-change/)

- **Details:** Business & Regulation · 13 Aug 2026

Changing the team behind a live product is not a repository transfer. Use this 30-day plan to regain control, prove releases and recovery, and select a provider that can inherit before it rebuilds.

### [What "Dienstleister" Commits Your Vendor To](/blog/werkvertrag-vs-dienstvertrag-software-austria/)

- **Details:** Business & Regulation · 9 Aug 2026

A Werkvertrag owes a result, a Dienstvertrag owes effort under your direction. The label on the vendor's website tells you nothing about which one you signed, and the difference decides who pays when the estimate was wrong.

### [Software Agencies in Tyrol Compared 2026](/blog/software-agencies-tyrol-comparison-2026/)

- **Details:** Business & Regulation · 19 Jul 2026

A disclosed, official-source comparison of Wavect, IDUS, CreativeSystems, styleflasher, Frankford's IT and westSite by project fit, without a universal ranking.

### [Software Agency Proposal Teardown: 12 Clauses That Change Price, Scope and Ownership](/blog/software-agency-proposal-teardown/)

- **Details:** Business & Regulation · 13 Jul 2026

A clause-by-clause teardown of a fictional EUR 96k software proposal: acceptance, IP, changes, warranty, dependencies, hosting, licences, handover, termination, security, subcontractors and done, with a downloadable 24-point review rubric.

### [AI Consulting in Austria 2026: An Honest Guide for SMEs](/blog/ai-consulting-austria-2026/)

- **Details:** Business & Regulation · 24 Jun 2026

What AI consulting really covers, what it costs in 2026, which use cases pay off, what the EU AI Act asks today, and how funding works. An engineering view, not a sales pitch.

### [AI Funding in Austria 2026: aws, FFG, Premium, KMU.DIGITAL](/blog/ai-funding-austria-2026/)

- **Details:** Business & Regulation · 19 Jun 2026

The four AI funding routes in Austria for 2026, honestly assessed: aws for adoption, FFG for R&D, the 14% research premium, and KMU.DIGITAL. Plus the catch nobody mentions: open calls and budget.

## Complete article directory

1. [Software Project Takeover: A 30-Day Provider Change Plan](/blog/software-project-takeover-provider-change/) 13 Aug 2026
2. [What "Dienstleister" Commits Your Vendor To](/blog/werkvertrag-vs-dienstvertrag-software-austria/) 9 Aug 2026
3. [Software Agencies in Tyrol Compared 2026](/blog/software-agencies-tyrol-comparison-2026/) 19 Jul 2026
4. [Software Agency Proposal Teardown: 12 Clauses That Change Price, Scope and Ownership](/blog/software-agency-proposal-teardown/) 13 Jul 2026
5. [AI Consulting in Austria 2026: An Honest Guide for SMEs](/blog/ai-consulting-austria-2026/) 24 Jun 2026
6. [AI Funding in Austria 2026: aws, FFG, Premium, KMU.DIGITAL](/blog/ai-funding-austria-2026/) 19 Jun 2026
7. [MVP Development for Startups in Austria: Agencies, Cost and Selection 2026](/blog/best-software-agencies-austria-ai-mvp/) 8 Jun 2026
8. [When Not to Hire Wavect](/blog/when-not-to-hire-wavect/) 8 Jun 2026
9. [Can a Software Studio Claim Austria's Forschungsprämie?](/blog/forschungspraemie-software-development-austria/) 2 Jun 2026
10. [How Austrian Startup Funding Actually Stacks](/blog/austrian-startup-funding-stacking-aws-ffg/) 30 May 2026
11. [Werkvertrag vs T&M for Austrian SaaS](/blog/werkvertrag-vs-time-material-austrian-saas/) 26 May 2026
12. [Scope-Creep Rates. Our Numbers](/blog/fixed-price-vs-tm-scope-creep-rates/) 26 May 2026
13. [Why People think Agencies suck](/blog/why-agencies-are-bad/) 7 Jun 2024
14. [Pricing Software Projects the Right Way](/blog/agile-fixed-pricing/) 2 Jun 2024

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