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Standard Consulting Rates for Support and Services

Rates listed below is for work done on our premises (off-site work). On-site work rates will be negotiated on a case by case basis, but will always be higher than off-site work.

$52 / hour
  • Manual Legacy Data Conversion and Scrubbing
  • Basic QA Testing
$76 / hour
  • ASP.NET (1.1+, 2.0, 4.0)
  • Active Server Pages (2.0 / 3.0)
  • Conversion from ASP (2.0 / 3.0) to ASP.NET or PHP
  • Visual Basic 6, VB.NET, C#
  • PHP 4+/5+, PHP Smarty, PHP ADODB
  • Web Page Development (DHTML, XML, XSL, CSS, JavaScript)
  • Microsoft Access (2000 / 2002 / 2003 / 2007)
  • Office Visual Basic for Applications VBA (Word and Excel Automation) (2000 / 2002 / 2003 / 2007 / 2010)
  • Scripting (Java, VB)
  • Asynchronous JavaScript And XML (AJAX) with server-side PHP, ASP.NET, ASP
$88 / hour
  • PostGIS Support / PostgreSQL Mentoring and training
  • PostgreSQL Installation and upgrade on windows and Linux
  • PostgreSQL (8.2-9.1) / PostGIS Spatial Database Engine (all versions) - Queries, Query optimization, Tuning, PL/PGSQL, SQL and PL/R Programming. ($76/hr for work contributed back to PostGIS/PostgreSQL projects)
  • Microsoft Access Database to PostgreSQL Conversion
  • MySQL to PostgreSQL Conversion
  • SQL Server (7.0 / 2000/ 2005 / 2008) General Support /Installation / Upgrade)
  • Relational Database Design and Analysis
  • SQL Server 2008 Spatial and Location Aware Queries
  • SQL Server Mentoring (2000 / 2005 / 2008)
  • SQL Server to PostgreSQL Conversion
  • SQL Server 6.5, 7.0, 2000 to SQL Server 2005/2008 Conversion
  • SQL Server Index Tuning, Performance Troubleshooting and Query Optimization (7.0 / 2000 / 2005 / 2008)
  • SQL Server Programming Transact SQL (T-SQL) and CLR
  • DataDynamics Active Reports for .NET
  • Internet Information Server Web server setup and administration (5.0 / 6.0 / 7.0)
  • Legacy Data Conversion and Scrubbing Script Programming (Paragon developed applications)
  • Database Connectivity (ADO.NET, ADO, DAO, ODBC)
  • Microsoft Access to SQL Server Conversion
  • OO Design and Analysis
  • SharpMap Mapping toolkit for .NET
  • OpenLayers Web Mapping Javascript Client Toolkit
  • OpenStreetMap mapping integration
  • UMN Mapserver/PHP Mapscript/CGI Mapserver Mapping services
  • Geocoding / Reverse Geocoding using PostGIS + TIGER (or other data)
    $76/hr rate for enhancements contributed back to PostGIS project.
  • Google Maps Mapping Integration and Geocoding API
  • Microsoft Bing Mapping Integration
  • Yahoo Maps Mapping and Geocoding API
$120 / hour
  • Data migration from non-Paragon developed application data structure to another non-Paragon developed application data structure.1
  • PostgreSQL to MySQL conversion
  • SQL Server conversion to MySQL conversion
  • MS Access to MySQL conversion
  • MySQL Database Setup, Running, and Query Optimization (3+, 4, 5)
1 This includes conversions from same database systems or different and conversion of stored procedures and functions. By non-Paragon, we mean applications that we did not develop. Applications we develop we charge the lower rate ($88 / hr).
For GIS related tips and concepts, check out our Boston GIS tutorial site.
For PostgreSQL related tips and concepts, check out our Postgres OnLine Journal site.
Policy

Please contact us for rates for services not listed above. Minimum billing is 15 minutes.

We provide free estimates on planned projects or application enhancements. Just send us a description of your project at and we will be happy to provide an estimate.

Rates for on-site work are negotiated separately. We reserve the right to determine location of work. Rates are inclusive and cover all expenses incurred by Paragon Corporation. We provide one-on-one mentoring, training and support at rates listed above for topics listed above. Expedited and emergency services are available at an extra cost.