WAVECT vs ALLOQ

Wavect or alloq.digital. One senior developer, or a senior team.

Alloq is a one-person software studio with the clearest public pricing in this comparison set: three fixed MVP tiers, €8,000 to €35,000, on the website before you ever book a call. That transparency deserves credit. The open question with any solo operator is what happens when the product outgrows one pair of hands. Wavect is a senior-only team with two founders who carry product management and the technical call in the same head, 75+ products shipped since 2018 across 17 countries. If your build fits one strong developer, Alloq fits. If your product needs a team, verifiable references, or a fractional CTO, we fit.

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“We hired a solo developer because the price was on the website and the calls were direct. Eight months in, the product needed mobile, AI, and someone to own the roadmap. That is when one pair of hands stopped being enough.”

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How they actually differ

Six dimensions where a senior team and a solo studio actually diverge.

WAVECT DIMENSION ALTERNATIVE

Senior-only team, two founders, one to three people per engagement, founder in every call. Specialists work inside the Wavect contract, under our responsibility.

TEAM SHAPE

One developer. The site mentions a network of specialists; no specialist or partner is named anywhere.

Founded 2018. 75+ products shipped across 17 countries. Google 4.7, Trustpilot 4.5, Clutch 5.0.

TRACK RECORD

Newer one-person studio. Six anonymized case studies, first-name-only testimonials, no public review scores yet.

Weekly outcome retainer, €400 to €20,000, or fixed-price Werkvertrag with a Discovery Phase from €3,500. Published ranges, quote per scope.

PRICING TRANSPARENCY

Three fixed MVP tiers published on the site: €8,000, €18,000, €35,000, binding after a paid discovery sprint. The clearest public pricing in this comparison set.

Fractional CTO offer. Product management and the technical call in the same head, with pushback on scope as part of the job.

PRODUCT JUDGEMENT

Developer-led delivery with weekly demos. No published product-management or CTO-level offer.

Full products across modern web, mobile, AI, and IoT, with on-chain capability when projects need it.

SCOPE

SaaS, web, MVP, and AI automation builds, plus productized niche websites for hotels and trades.

Delivery in English and German, customers in 17 countries, site localized in EN, DE, ES, ZH.

REACH

German and English, DACH-focused, with regional SEO pages for German cities.

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The real difference, in practice

Alloq does something we respect: it puts real prices on the internet. Three MVP tiers with euro figures and week counts, a binding quote after a paid discovery sprint, source-code handover, EU hosting. In a market that hides everything behind a contact form, that is honest selling, and we will not pretend otherwise. We publish our ranges too: weekly retainers from €400 to €20,000 and a fixed-price Discovery Phase from €3,500, so on transparency we are closer to Alloq than to most agencies on this page.

The structural difference is not honesty. It is surface area. Alloq is one developer; the site mentions a network of specialists, none of them named. Wavect is a senior-only team with two founders, and the specialists we bring in work inside our contract, under our responsibility. One person can be a genuine advantage: one consistent voice, no handovers, no agency layer. It is also a ceiling. Parallel workstreams, a second senior review on architecture decisions, and continuity when life happens are things a team provides structurally and a solo operator has to improvise.

The second difference is what is being sold. Alloq sells development: SaaS builds, MVPs, AI automation, plus productized websites for hotels and trades. There is no published product-management or CTO-level offer. We run as fractional CTO, which means the build-or-not call, the roadmap, and the pushback on scope come from the same heads that ship the code. On a contained build that distinction costs you nothing. On a product that has to survive contact with users and investors, it is usually the difference that decides the outcome.

The third is proof you can check. Our case studies carry names you can look up, and our review scores are public: Google 4.7, Trustpilot 4.5, Clutch 5.0. Alloq’s six case studies are anonymized and its testimonials are first-name-only, which is normal for a young solo studio, and also harder to verify. See the MVPs we ship and hold both of us to the same bar.

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When each is the better call

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When Wavect is the better call

  • Your product needs more than one pair of hands: parallel workstreams, mobile plus web plus AI, or a second senior brain reviewing architecture decisions before they calcify.
  • Continuity is a board-level question. A team survives vacation, illness, and departure structurally; a solo operator has to improvise around them.
  • You need the product call, not just the build. Fractional CTO, roadmap ownership, and scope pushback are part of our job description, not an add-on.
  • Your references end up in front of investors or procurement and need to be checkable: named case studies and public review scores, not anonymized projects.
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When alloq.digital is the better call

  • You want a binding euro figure before the first call. Alloq's three published MVP tiers are the clearest public pricing we have seen in this market, and that clarity is worth real money to some buyers.
  • Your scope fits one strong developer end to end and you value a single consistent voice with no handovers and no agency layer.
  • You are validating an idea on a small budget and their €8,000 entry tier matches the size of the bet you want to place.
  • You need a productized niche website, for a hotel or a trades business, where their packaged offer is purpose-built and a product team would be oversized.

If the bullets on the right describe your build, Alloq is a fair pick, and the published prices make it an easy one to evaluate. If the bullets on the left describe it, talk to us.

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FAQs

A one-person studio that reads like an agency. The homepage speaks as we, the about page switches to I am Simon, and the Impressum names Simon Daum as sole proprietor. The German homepage mentions a network of specialists; no specialist or partner is named anywhere on the site. Solo is a model, not a weakness. It just buys you different things than a team does, and you should know which of the two you are buying.
That is the structural question to ask any one-person studio. Alloq’s site mentions a network of specialists, though none is named, and nearly every solo operator makes that claim. The question is what stands behind it contractually. With an unnamed network, continuity depends on who happens to be available that month. With a team, it is built in: at Wavect, one to three senior people know your codebase and a second founder can step into any call. Price that risk against your timeline, not against the day rate.
For a small, contained build, probably. Their validation MVP is published at €8,000, and a solo operator carries less overhead than a senior team. Our weekly retainers run €400 to €20,000 and our fixed-price Discovery Phase starts at €3,500, so the entry points are comparable, but a team-built product will usually land above their €18,000 middle tier. You are not paying for the same thing. You are paying for parallel hands, product judgement, and continuity.
Not that they publish. The offer is development: SaaS, MVPs, AI automation, and niche websites, delivered with weekly demos and clean handover. If your gap is purely execution, that can be enough. If you also need someone to own the roadmap and push back on scope, that is the job our fractional CTO model exists for.
Yes, both shops are based in Tirol, Austria. We did not write this comparison out of rivalry. Buyers searching for a software partner in the region find both of us, and we would rather they compare the two models honestly than guess. If your project is the right shape for a solo operator, Alloq is a legitimate local pick.
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