"While you’re in there…"
A "tiny" feature request mid-sprint invalidates your estimate, your timeline and your weekend — and it arrived in a WhatsApp voice note.
Rixio for developers: change control for client work
You already know why production deploys need change control. Client projects need it more. Rixio brings a pull-request-like workflow to the business side: a signed scope baseline, diffs (change requests) that carry cost, and dual sign-off before merge — I mean, before work.
Freelance web, mobile and software developers use Rixio to stop "while you’re in there, can you also…" from destroying estimates.
What's quietly costing developers money
Bug vs feature arguments
The client calls everything a bug because bugs are free. Without signed acceptance criteria, you can’t prove otherwise.
Payment tied to "done"
"Done" keeps moving. The final 10% of the project takes 50% of the time and the invoice waits for all of it.
How Rixio fixes it for developers
Acceptance criteria per scope item
Each deliverable ships with explicit acceptance criteria in the signed agreement. If it meets the criteria, it’s a feature request — and feature requests are priced.
Change requests like PRs
New requests become change orders with cost and time impact. Client reviews, signs, merged into scope. Unsigned requests don’t get built.
Phase-gated payments
Split the build into phases. Each phase is approved with a signature and tied to payment — no more "pay on final delivery" hostage situations.
A full audit trail
Every request, approval and payment is timestamped and exportable. When memories differ, the record decides.
Questions developers ask us
How do freelance developers handle scope creep?
The proven pattern is change control: a signed baseline of scope items with acceptance criteria, and a formal change request process for anything new. Rixio automates exactly this — out-of-scope requests become priced change orders the client signs before implementation, so mid-project additions are paid instead of absorbed.
How does Rixio decide what counts as a bug versus a new feature?
Every scope item in Rixio carries acceptance criteria both sides signed. If a deliverable meets its criteria, further requests are enhancements — and Rixio routes them into a priced change order. That removes the "everything is a bug" argument because the definition of done was agreed in writing.
Can I tie payments to project milestones in Rixio?
Yes. Rixio projects are split into phases, and each phase is approved by the client with a typed-name signature tied to the payment step. You stop financing the whole project until a moving "final delivery".
Is Rixio suitable for dev agencies as well as solo developers?
Yes. Solo developers typically use Free or Pro; development studios use Studio or the lifetime license for team roles, per-project assignments and an internal dashboard, with up to 25 seats on flat pricing.
Rixio for everyone who does client work
Stop scope creep. Get paid for every change.
Set up your first project in minutes — scope items, revision allowances, and a client link.