Pricing Built Around Your Engagement, Not a Price List
Every Krystal7 engagement starts with a fixed fee, scope locked quote written before any work begins. Government fees pass through at cost. No surprises at invoicing, no scope creep absorbed silently.
Three Principles Behind Every Quote We Send
Cross border compliance work has too many variables to publish a price list. What we can publish is the way we structure pricing, so you know exactly what you are signing up for before you sign anything.
Fixed Fee, Scope Locked
Every engagement has a written scope and price agreed before kickoff. If something falls outside that scope mid-engagement, we tell you and quote it separately. You always know what the next invoice looks like.
Government Fees Pass Through
MCA fees, ROC charges, stamp duty, RBI filing fees, and similar statutory costs are paid at cost and shown as a separate line in every quote. We never mark up government fees, and you can verify each one against the official rate.
One Quote Per Engagement
You get a single written quote covering the full scope, deliverables, timeline, payment milestones, and your engagement partner. Not a verbal estimate, not a starting price that creeps upward. One quote, one number.
What a Krystal7 Quote Actually Contains
A serious engagement starts with a serious document. Every quote we send is structured the same way so you can compare it cleanly against any other firm you are talking to.
Defined Scope of Work
Exactly what is in scope and what is not, written in plain language so there is no ambiguity later when a question comes up.
Deliverables List
Every document, certificate, filing acknowledgement, or report you receive at engagement close, listed by name.
Timeline With Milestones
Realistic week by week schedule with a clear path from kickoff to delivery, including what we need from you and when.
Payment Milestones
Typically 30 percent on kickoff, 40 percent on midpoint deliverable, 30 percent on close. Adjustable for engagement size.
Your Engagement Partner
Named partner accountable for delivery, with direct phone and email. Not a rotating team of associates handing off pieces.
Government Fees Broken Out
Statutory and pass through costs itemised separately from professional fees so you can verify every number against the official rate.
Why We Do Not Publish a Price List
If you are wondering why a consulting firm does not have a pricing page with numbers, here is the honest answer.
A foreign subsidiary setup for a US SaaS founder with a single jurisdiction parent costs materially less than the same setup for a multi-tier holding structure with directors in three countries. A FEMA retainer for a stable operating company with two filings a year is different work from a high transaction company with monthly ECB drawdowns. A transfer pricing engagement for routine services is not the same as one involving group restructuring.
Publishing a single number for any of these would either mislead the people on the lower end of complexity or scare off the people on the higher end. Both outcomes are bad for you and for us. So we do the work upfront to understand your specific situation, then send one written quote that reflects what your engagement actually requires.
The discovery call is free. The quote is free. There is no obligation to engage after either. We are confident enough in our pricing to invest 30 minutes upfront so you can make an informed decision.
Common Pricing Questions
The questions we hear most often during discovery calls about how we structure pricing.
We do not run a separate startup pricing tier. We do, however, structure engagements so that early stage companies can sequence the work. Many of our foreign subsidiary clients start with just incorporation, then engage us for FEMA, GST, and ongoing compliance only when they actually need each one. This keeps the upfront cost manageable while still giving you partner level attention from day one.
For very narrow scopes (incorporation only, single FEMA filing, one off TP study), yes. Send us the details via the form and we will quote on email within 48 hours. For anything multi service, multi entity, or with cross border complexity, a 30 minute discovery call is necessary so the quote is accurate. We do not pad quotes to cover unknowns.
We tell you the moment we identify scope creep. You then decide whether to add the new work (we send a separate written quote for the addition) or defer it. We do not silently absorb scope creep and surprise you at invoicing, and we do not silently widen scope and bill more. The fixed fee on the original scope holds.
Initial response within 4 business hours of inquiry. Discovery call typically scheduled within 48 hours. Written quote delivered within 48 hours of the discovery call. So end to end, most prospects have a complete quote in hand within 5 to 7 business days of first contact.
Standard structure is 30 percent on kickoff, 40 percent on midpoint deliverable, 30 percent on close. For larger engagements (foreign subsidiary setup with multi service scope), we are open to monthly instalments tied to delivery milestones. We do not offer EMI through third party financing.
If a deliverable is materially defective (e.g. a filing rejected by the regulator due to our error), we fix it at no charge and absorb any late filing fees. Beyond that, we do not offer money back guarantees on completed advisory work, but we do offer a structured handover if you ever want to move to another firm. Your files are your files.
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