Technical advice you can act on.
Practical advice without the cost of a full-time hire: architecture and tooling decisions, cloud and software cost reviews, security basics and a clear roadmap, from people who build and run these systems every day.
Better decisions, before you spend.
An outside view on the systems you run and the ones you're about to buy, with the trade-offs laid out so you can decide with confidence.
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Architecture & tooling decisions
How your website, apps, data and tools should fit together, and which ones to keep, replace or connect.
- Build vs. buy, with the trade-offs
- Hosting, data and integration choices
Cloud & software cost reviews
A line-by-line look at what you pay for hosting, subscriptions and seats, and where it overlaps or sits unused.
- Unused seats and duplicate tools
- Right-sized plans and hosting
Security basics
The practical steps that prevent most problems for a small team, checked and put in place.
- 2-step login, backups and updates
- Who has access to what, reviewed
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Vendor & quote reviews
A second opinion on proposals, platforms and contracts before you sign, from a team that isn't selling them.
- Questions to ask each vendor
- Red flags and hidden costs called out
A roadmap you can act on
A prioritized plan of what to do now, next and later, with rough effort and cost for each step.
- Quick wins called out first
- Written so your team can run with it
Ongoing advisory
A technical partner on call for the questions that come up between projects, without a full-time salary.
- Direct access to the people advising
- Hands-on help when a fix is needed
- Discovery call
- Systems inventory
- Cost breakdown
- Security checklist
- Written report
- Prioritized roadmap
- Review call
- Follow-up questions
From questions to a clear plan.
Short, focused engagements with a written result you keep, whether or not we do the work after.
- We listen firstWhat you run today, what's frustrating and the decisions coming up.
- We reviewYour tools, accounts, costs and access, with your team's input along the way.
- We adviseClear options with costs and trade-offs, and the one we'd pick in your place.
- You get the roadmapA prioritized written plan and a call to walk through it together.
Advice from people who build.
We set up and run websites, automations, data and sign-in for businesses every day, so our recommendations come from hands-on work, not slideware.
Advice shaped by your sector.
Each sector runs on different tools and carries different risks. See the edition we've built for yours.
HealthcareCareful choices about where patient details live, who can see them and how they're backed up.See the healthcare edition
TransportDispatch, quoting and tracking tools that talk to each other instead of living in spreadsheets.See the transport edition
SportsMembership, booking and payment platforms compared on fees, features and lock-in.See the sports edition
TradesJob management, quoting and invoicing tools that fit a crew working from phones.See the trades edition
HospitalityReservations, ordering and point-of-sale systems reviewed for cost and fit before you commit.See the hospitality edition
Professional servicesSecure document handling, client portals and access controls for confidential work.See the professional services edition
Website design by business type
We keep a page for each field we build for most, with the pages, features and questions that matter in that trade. If yours is here, start there: cleaning companies, home care agencies, movers, contractors and trucking companies.
Good to know.
Anything else, ask us directly. You'll get a straight answer.
Who is IT consulting for?
Owners and small teams who need sound technical decisions but don't need, or can't yet justify, a full-time IT or engineering hire.
What do I get at the end?
A written summary of what you run today, what it costs, the risks we found and a prioritized roadmap, plus a call to walk through it and answer questions.
What does it cost?
Every engagement is fixed-fee and agreed in writing before work begins. We confirm the fee for your scope after a short conversation.
Can you also do the work?
Yes, if you'd like. We build websites, automations and apps ourselves, but the roadmap is yours either way and is written so any team can follow it.
Do you need access to our systems?
Only what the review needs, and only with your approval. We prefer temporary, read-only access where possible and help you remove it when we're done.
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Let's discuss what you're building.
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