Meridianstacks is a distributed team of senior engineers that builds software for Bristol companies while working Bristol hours. We suit a city that runs on deep-tech, AI, robotics and aerospace: real-time collaboration, fluent-English engineers who can hold a technical conversation, and senior engineers you video-call before you commit — typically 40–70% below a local agency rate. Your matched hub is Lagos (UTC+1) — a 0–1 hour offset, so our engineers share your full working day.
A software development company in Bristol designs, builds and maintains your product — web, mobile, SaaS or deep-tech. Meridianstacks gives Bristol founders and engineering leaders senior, fluent-English developers who work the Bristol business day, so collaboration is real-time and code review is friction-free. You own all the code and IP under UK-law contracts, your data sits under a UK-GDPR DPA, and you pay 40–70% less than a local agency.
From idea to launched product for Bristol startups and spin-outs — scoped tight, built to demo to users and investors quickly.
LLM features, computer vision, retrieval and ML pipelines wired into real products — a fit for Bristol's strong AI cluster.
Control software, telemetry dashboards, sensor-data ingestion and simulation tooling for hardware and deep-tech teams.
React/Next.js and Laravel on the web; Flutter & React Native for iOS and Android from a single codebase.
Vetted, full-time engineers embedded in your team and standups on a simple monthly retainer.
Add a specialist for a sprint or a stack gap — you manage, we resource and support.
Bristol buyers are technical — they ask hard questions about architecture, IP and the people who will actually write the code. The classic offshore answer fails on all three: a 12-hour handoff, patchy English in code review, and an rotating bench of juniors. Meridianstacks is built to remove each one: engineers on Bristol hours, native-level English, and senior engineers you meet before you sign.
| Option | Bristol overlap | Cost vs local agency |
|---|---|---|
| Meridianstacks | Near-full (0–1h) | 40–70% less |
| Bristol agency | Full | Baseline (£50–130/hr) |
| India offshore | Partial (~4.5–5.5h) | Lowest, but async |
| In-house hire | Full | Highest + slow to hire |
| Build | Typical Bristol agency | Meridianstacks |
|---|---|---|
| MVP web app | £30,000–£80,000 | ~£12,000–£30,000 |
| Mobile app (iOS + Android) | £30,000–£75,000 | ~£15,000–£35,000 |
| Custom SaaS platform | £50,000–£150,000+ | ~£16,000–£45,000 |
| Dedicated developer (monthly) | £8,000–£16,000 | ~£2,500–£5,000 |
Prices published from our Open Price Book (v1.0 · July 2026 · next review October 2026). All prices exclude VAT.
Indicative ranges; every engagement is quoted as a fixed price in pounds before work begins.
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