A rules engine, not a guess.
Every figure these tools produce comes from a published feature catalogue with an hour range per feature, then platform, design-complexity and scope multipliers, then a standard allocation for UI/UX, QA, project management and deployment. Same inputs, same answer, every time.
An estimate from these tools is an indicative range, not a quotation. Scope, effort, timeline and commercial terms are confirmed only after a requirement analysis.
The tools
NEXICUS Idea Lab
Describe your idea in plain language — “an app where users book home tutors” — and get back a structured project concept: user roles, modules, technology categories, effort, timeline and team.
Open Idea Lab →Project Estimator
Pick your project type, platforms, functionality, design complexity and scope. Get an indicative effort range in hours, a timeline in months, a suggested team and a component breakdown.
Estimate a project →AI Readiness Assessment
Eight questions about the repetitive work your organisation does today. Returns a readiness score out of 100 and names the specific automation opportunities worth looking at first.
Assess readiness →Automation ROI Calculator
Enter headcount, hours lost to repetitive work, and an hourly cost. See what that work costs you monthly and annually, and what a realistic automation share would save.
Calculate ROI →Solution Finder
Buy, customise or build? Five questions about how your business runs, then an honest recommendation, the NEXICUS systems that already fit your sector, and an indicative customisation assessment.
Find my solution →Digital Transformation Assessment
Ten questions across process, data, systems, customer experience, automation and intelligence. Returns a maturity score per dimension and the three areas to fix first, in order.
Assess maturity →Preset estimators
The estimator opens pre-set for a specific kind of build, so you start a step or two in. Timeline and team size come out of the same result.