WAVECT vs EXPONENT

Wavect or exponent. Fixed-price SMB delivery, or a senior team that owns the product call.

exponent is a Wiener Neustadt digital agency selling fixed-price websites, business apps, and DSGVO chatbots to Austrian SMBs, with a lean core team and a network of specialist partners. We are a senior-only team with two named founders who carry product management and the technical call, backed by 75+ products shipped across 17 countries. If you want a contained, budget-first build at a price named up front, exponent is a fair pick. If the product decision and the build-or-not call still share one owner, we fit.

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Decision snapshot

VerdictThe practical split: If the bullets on the right describe your build, a fixed-price SMB agency is the leaner, cheaper pick and we will say so. If the bullets on the left describe it, talk to us.

Wavect is best when

  • Your product needs an owner for the direction, not just an executor for the spec. Fractional CTO or CPO, roadmap ownership, and pushback on scope are part of our job, not an add-on.
  • You want to know who builds it and who is accountable a year from now: two named founders and a senior team inside one contract.
  • The build is differentiated: AI inside the product your users touch, on-chain, or a system that has to survive contact with investors and procurement.

The alternative is best when

  • You need a straightforward marketing website or a standard business app, and a fixed price named before you start is the deciding factor.
  • A DSGVO chatbot, a booking or dashboard tool, or a CMS site is the whole job, and it does not need product leadership around it.
  • You want a local Niederosterreich provider with a single contact person for a contained, well-defined scope.

Questions to ask before you choose

  1. Who, by name, will actually build your project, and are they employees or partners assembled per project? The “TEAM AND TRANSPARENCY” row is where that answer lives.
  2. What can you independently verify behind the “TRACK RECORD” claims: which of the 50-plus projects are named references, and where are the metrics from?
  3. What happens commercially if the “PRICING MODEL” fixed quote meets a change in scope after the contract is signed?

Commercial risk to watch

  • The named fixed price is not the whole cost. The risk sits in who delivers, what happens when scope moves, and whether anyone owns the product call.
  • Ask what the vendor is paid to increase: a packaged deliverable at lowest price, or a shipped product outcome someone is accountable for.

Evidence notes

  • Use the official source link on this page as the starting point, then verify the team, references, legal entity, and terms before signing.
  • This comparison is based on exponent’s own published statements and Wavect’s operating model, not on any hidden claim about the quality of their work.
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How they actually differ

Six dimensions where a fixed-price SMB agency and a senior product team actually diverge.

WAVECT DIMENSION ALTERNATIVE

Full products across modern web, mobile, and AI, with on-chain capability when a project needs it, and fractional CTO or CPO running the build-or-not call across the whole surface.

SCOPE FOCUS

Packaged SMB delivery: SEO websites, booking and dashboard web-apps, React Native apps, and DSGVO chatbots, scoped to a fixed price.

Two named founders you can look up, senior-only, one to three people per engagement, founder in every call. Specialists work inside our contract.

TEAM AND TRANSPARENCY

A lean core team plus a network of specialist partners. On the site we reviewed, we did not find named individuals, a headcount, or a founding date.

Austrian GmbH with named founders and contracts under Austrian law.

LEGAL ENTITY

Single-owner sole proprietorship (Exponent Software e.U.), registered in Wiener Neustadt.

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

PRICING MODEL

Fixed price named before the project. Websites stated from around EUR 999, app MVPs from around EUR 8,000, chatbots EUR 5,000 to EUR 15,000, with a claim of up to 40 percent savings.

Founded 2018. 75+ products shipped across 17 countries. Google 5.0, Trustpilot 4.5, Clutch 5.0, with named, checkable case studies.

TRACK RECORD

States 5+ years and 50+ projects. Three named references without published metrics or testimonials, plus industry result figures cited without a named client or method.

AI engineering as a product capability, built into the product your users touch, model-agnostic, with EU hosting or self-hosting when compliance needs it.

AI POSITIONING

DSGVO chatbots and process automation for SMBs, built on hosted models such as GPT, Claude, and Gemini, priced from around EUR 5,000.

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The real difference, in practice

exponent and Wavect are not really fighting over the same buyer, and it is more honest to say so than to pretend otherwise. exponent sells packaged, fixed-price delivery to small and mid-sized Austrian businesses: SEO websites, booking and dashboard web-apps, React Native apps, and DSGVO chatbots, with a price named up front, a 24-hour response promise, and one contact person. For a company that knows what it wants and is buying on price and predictability, that is a legitimate, well-marketed offer, and we will not pretend it is not.

The first real difference is transparency, and it is worth checking rather than taking on faith. exponent describes itself as deliberately lean, a core team working with a network of specialist partners. On the public pages we reviewed we did not find named individuals, a team page, a stated headcount, or a founding date, and the legal imprint lists a single-owner sole proprietorship (Exponent Software e.U.). None of that is disqualifying for a packaged SMB build, but it does mean the identity and contractual status of the people assigned to your project is worth confirming up front. Before signing, ask for names, ask who is an employee versus an external partner, and ask what continuity is written into the contract. By contrast, we start with two named founders you can look up, and the senior people work inside our contract, under our responsibility.

The second difference is what is being sold. exponent sells development as a deliverable at a fixed price. We did not find a published product-management or CTO-level offer on the site. We run as fractional CTO and CPO, 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 template website that distinction costs you nothing. On a product that has to find its shape, carry AI your users actually touch, or survive investors and procurement, it is usually the difference that decides the outcome.

The third is proof you can check. exponent states 5-plus years and 50-plus projects, lists three named references (an Austrian shift-work app, a Vienna business, a Schneeberg guesthouse) without metrics or testimonials, and cites industry results such as fewer phone calls or fewer no-shows without a named client or a stated method behind the number. That is normal marketing, and also hard to verify. Our case studies carry names you can look up, and our review scores are public: Google 5.0, Trustpilot 4.5, Clutch 5.0. Hold both of us to the same bar. See how we build software and how we build AI into products .

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When each is the better call

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When Wavect is the better call

  • Your product needs an owner for the direction, not just an executor for the spec. Fractional CTO or CPO, roadmap ownership, and pushback on scope are part of our job, not an add-on.
  • You want to know who builds it and who is accountable a year from now: two named founders and a senior team inside one contract, not an undisclosed partner network.
  • The build is differentiated: AI inside the product your users touch, on-chain, or a system that has to survive contact with investors and procurement.
  • Your references end up in front of investors or procurement and need to be checkable: named case studies and public review scores, not marketing figures without a source.
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When exponent is the better call

  • You need a straightforward marketing website or a standard business app, and a fixed price named before you start is the deciding factor.
  • A DSGVO chatbot, a booking or dashboard tool, or a CMS site is the whole job, and it does not need product leadership around it.
  • You want a local Niederosterreich provider with a single contact person for a contained, well-defined scope.
  • Budget is the hard constraint and their entry pricing sits below our fixed-price floor, which starts at EUR 3,500 for a Discovery Phase.

If the bullets on the right describe your build, a fixed-price SMB agency is the leaner, cheaper pick and we will say so. If the bullets on the left describe it, talk to us.

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Relevant Wavect work

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FAQs

The site we reviewed does not name them. exponent describes a lean core team working with a network of specialist partners, and the imprint lists a single-owner sole proprietorship; we did not find named individuals, a headcount, or a founding date on their public pages. That can work for a contained build, but you should ask directly who writes the code, who is an employee versus an external partner, and what continuity is written into the contract. At Wavect you start with two named founders and a senior team inside one contract.
For a standard build, very likely yes. exponent names entry prices such as websites from around EUR 999 and app MVPs from around EUR 8,000, below our fixed-price floor of EUR 3,500 for a Discovery Phase and our weekly retainers of EUR 400 to EUR 20,000. We are not the cheapest and do not try to be. Scope the same outcome with both and compare who owns product decisions and what happens when scope changes, not only the up-front number.
No. exponent sells packaged, fixed-price delivery to SMBs: websites, business apps, and chatbots. We are a senior product team that also runs as fractional CTO and CPO, owning the roadmap and the technical call, not just executing a spec. Different buyers, different problems. Both of us show up when an Austrian company searches for a software partner, so it is worth understanding which model fits your project.
Ask for it in specifics. They state 50-plus projects and cite results such as fewer phone calls or fewer no-shows, but the public references are three named clients without metrics, and the result figures do not name the client or the method behind them. That is standard marketing. Ask which projects you can contact, and where each number comes from. Our case studies are named and our review scores are public, so you can hold both providers to the same evidence bar.
Not that they publish. The offer is development delivered at a fixed price: websites, apps, and chatbots. If your gap is purely execution against a clear spec, that can be enough. If you also need someone to own the roadmap, weigh trade-offs, and push back on scope, that is the job our fractional CTO and CPO model exists for.
Because buyers searching for a software or AI partner in Austria find both of us, and we would rather they compare the two models honestly than guess. If your project is a contained, budget-first SMB build, exponent is a legitimate pick and we will say so. If it needs product ownership and verifiable continuity, that is where we differ.
Source: exponent.at
Last reviewed: byKevin Riedl wiki ↗

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