[jwilliams]

Yeah, $25k may seem high, and probably varies a lot on location. $25k is what I would recommend if someone was in the early stages of a business case.

$600 is really only a day or two's work for a professional developer. Depending on where you're at, you could spend double that just nutting out the exact requirements.

That said, as my first line was trying to allude to - it's horses for courses. You can go a lot cheaper, or a lot more expensive depending on what you're after.

If you have the right contacts, and you want something whipped up, $1-2k might be more than enough.