Outsourced software department

Your software department. On subscription.

The thing you've needed built for two years still isn't built. Subscribe, and you get a dedicated developer in your WhatsApp who builds, fixes and improves your systems continuously. You message; we ship.

From $997/mo You own everything Monthly, 30 days' notice
IllustrationHow a message on Monday becomes working software by Thursday
  1. You send a voice note

    “Quotes are taking us three days and half of them never get followed up.” Described the way you'd describe it to a business partner. No form, no spec, no change order.

  2. It gets scoped and started

    You get a reply the same business day on Growth, saying what will be built and what it will not do. Nothing is quoted, because nothing is billed per request.

  3. The first version is running on your business

    Not a mockup. A working quote-to-follow-up flow on top of the CRM and automation engine you were already installed on in week one.

  4. It stays, and the next build talks to it

    Next month's reporting reads the same data, because the same person built both on the same spine. It is in your repository, on your accounts, in your name.

Days are illustrative and the example is invented. The platform underneath it is not — open the demo and use it.

Why this exists

You already know the three options. None of them fit.

Every business your size hits the same wall, and every door out of it is closed for a different reason.

Hire a developer

$120–160k salary, plus recruiting, plus you manage them

You can't hire a fraction of a good engineer, and one junior with no system around them produces a pile of half-finished internal tools.

Hire an agency

$25–60k and four months, then they leave

The software starts decaying the day they hand it over, and every change after that is a new quote.

Hire a freelancer

Cheap per hour, starts from zero every time

You write the specs, you do the QA, and they're gone by March.

There is a fourth door nobody sells. A technology function that never ends and compounds while it runs. That's what a department is.

The Standing Start

Install → Inhabit → Compound

The reason we can do this at this price is that we never start from zero. Every client is installed onto a platform that is already built and already running in production — so week one ships something real instead of producing a discovery document.

We don't start from zero. That's the whole thing.

  • InstallWeek one. You go live on a spine that is already built and already running in production: CRM with pipeline and activity timeline, scheduling and booking pages, an AI receptionist on phone and web chat, a client portal on your own subdomain, a generated marketing site, and an automation engine. Not a template we customise later — production software you start using on day three.
  • InhabitEvery week after. One WhatsApp thread with the person who writes the code. Describe what you need the way you'd describe it to a business partner — a voice note is fine, a spec is not required. No request forms, no change orders, no invoice for a small fix.
  • CompoundEvery quarter. Every build stays and stacks. Month six's inventory tool talks to month two's CRM because the same person built both on the same spine. The systems get more valuable and less fragile over time — the exact opposite of what happens to agency work after handover. We maintain the Technology Ledger: a living document of every system you own, what it does, what it costs, and who has the keys. You keep it whether you stay or leave.
Proof, not logos

We'd rather show you working software than a wall of logos.

Here is what you can verify — today, without talking to sales.

  • The platform is real and running. Open the demo and use it. It is the same software your business would be installed onto, not a recorded walkthrough.
  • Everything is in your name from day one. Repositories, domains, servers and third-party accounts, on your billing, with you as admin.
  • Something real within seven days of kickoff, or your first month is free and you keep what we built.
  • Every message is labelled. When no provider is connected the product says “generated, not delivered” rather than quietly counting it as sent.
What gets built

Whatever your business actually needs

Described as jobs, not technologies. If it runs on software and your business needs it, it is in scope.

Websites

Marketing sites, landing pages, booking flows, client-facing sites

Custom CRMs

Pipelines, contact records, activity timelines, built around how you actually sell

Dashboards

The numbers you check every morning, in one place, live

AI tools

Receptionists, assistants, document processing, internal copilots

Automations

The follow-up nobody has time to send, the report nobody has time to run

Client & customer portals

A logged-in space on your own domain

Integrations

Making the systems you already pay for talk to each other

Custom internal software

The thing you've needed for two years and never built

The spine

What is already built, before you ask for anything

This is the part that makes week one possible. It exists, it runs in production, and it is included in every tier.

Running today
  • CRM — contacts, companies, tasks, a six-stage pipeline and a full activity timeline.
  • Scheduling and booking — live availability, booking pages, confirmations, reminders and no-show recovery.
  • AI receptionist — phone and web chat, answering from a knowledge base you control.
  • Client portal — a logged-in space for your customers on your own subdomain.
  • Marketing site — generated from your configuration, on your domain.
  • Automation engine — events, conditions and steps, with a builder for custom workflows.
Built on request

Everything above is the starting point, not the ceiling. The subscription is what turns it into your systems:

  • Integrations with the tools you already pay for
  • Dashboards built around the numbers you actually check
  • Custom internal software that does not exist anywhere off the shelf
  • Anything on the list above, reshaped to how your business really works

If a specific integration is the thing that decides it for you, say so on the call. We'll tell you honestly whether it's days, weeks or not worth doing.

Comparison

What each option really costs

Not a criticism of engineers or agencies — a comparison of what each option actually covers for a business of 3 to 50 people.

DimensionIn-house hireAgencyStructured by AI
Monthly cost$9,000+ fully loaded$25–60k per buildFrom $997
Time to first output2–4 months to hire and ramp6–16 weeksWithin 7 days
What happens after launchThey maintain itIt decays; changes are re-quotedIt keeps improving
Cost of a small fixTheir timeA new quoteIncluded
Who manages themYou doAn account teamNobody — you message directly
Breadth of skillOne person's stackBroad, while engagedBroad, continuously
Who owns the codeYouUsually you, after final paymentYou, from day one
CommitmentSalary and employment riskFixed scope, fixed feeMonthly, 30 days' notice
Deep domain expertise in your fieldYes — a real strengthSometimesWe learn it with you
Someone physically in your officeYes — a real strengthNoNo

Salary and agency ranges are typical US market figures, not numbers from our own clients. The last two rows are places where another option genuinely wins.

Pricing

One subscription. Everything included.

What changes between tiers is throughput — how many builds run at once, how fast we reply, how often we do strategy. Never the quality of the work or whether a fix costs extra.

Core

A business whose systems need keeping and improving, not rebuilding

$997/mo

1 active build · Next business day

  • A dedicated developer in your WhatsApp
  • One active build at a time, shipped continuously
  • Everything already built, running on your business from week one
  • All hosting, maintenance, uptime and breakage included
  • You own every line of code and every account from day one
Book a call

Scale

Multi-location, high volume, or heavy internal tooling

$3,997/mo

2 active builds · Within 4 business hours

  • Everything in Growth
  • Two builds running in parallel
  • Replies within four business hours
  • Staging environment and release review on every build
  • Fortnightly strategy, quarterly deep-dive on the whole estate
Book a call

Enterprise

Multi-entity groups, regulated environments, security review

From $7,500/mo

A dedicated team · Contracted SLA

  • Everything in Scale
  • A dedicated team rather than a single developer
  • Contracted SLA, security review and DPA
  • Multi-entity rollups and custom integrations
  • Named account lead and weekly cadence
Talk to us

Prices in USD, excluding tax. Annual billing is ten months for twelve. Monthly, thirty days' notice, no termination fee.

Guarantees

What we'll put in writing

What we commit to in the contract, not just on a call.

The Seven-Day Guarantee

Something real, running on your business, in your hands within seven days of kickoff — or the first month is free and you keep everything we built.

The Ownership Guarantee

Every repository, domain, server and third-party account is created in your name, on your billing, from day one. You have admin on all of it, permanently.

The Same-Hands Guarantee

The person in your WhatsApp is the person who writes your code. If that ever stops being true, you're told before it happens, not after.

Pause or leave, monthly

No annual contract, no termination fee, thirty days' notice. You keep everything either way.

And what we deliberately don't guarantee

We will not promise you revenue outcomes, a fixed number of deliverables per month, unlimited simultaneous builds. Anyone who does is either guessing or counting on you not to check. We guarantee the things that are entirely within our control, and we are direct about the things that are not.

Fit

Who this is not for

Published on purpose. If one of these is you, we'd rather you knew before the call than after it.

  • Under 3 people, or pre-revenue
  • Anyone who wants one thing built and then nothing
  • Anyone who wants the cheapest possible hourly rate
  • Anyone who needs a signed spec and a fixed scope before starting
FAQ

Questions

So is it a bot that writes the code?

No. There's a real developer in your WhatsApp. AI is how one person can do the work of a team — it's our tooling, not your product.

What exactly do I get for the monthly fee?

A developer who builds and maintains your systems continuously, plus the platform itself — CRM, scheduling, portals, automations, hosting, uptime and every fix. There is no separate support charge and no hosting invoice. What changes between tiers is throughput: how many builds run at once, how fast we reply, how often we sit down on strategy.

How is this cheaper than hiring someone?

A developer is roughly $9,000 a month fully loaded once you include employer costs, and that is after you have found, interviewed and managed them. You also have to know enough to tell whether their work is any good. This is a fraction of that, it starts in week one, and there is nothing to manage.

Why not just use an agency?

An agency sells you a fixed scope with an end date. The software starts decaying the day they hand it over, and every change after that is a new quote. We never hand over and we never re-quote — that is the difference between buying a build and having a department.

How fast does anything actually happen?

Something real, running on your business, within seven days of kickoff — or your first month is free and you keep whatever we built. That is possible because we do not start from an empty folder: you are installed onto a platform that is already built and already running.

What if my request is bigger than one month of work?

Then it takes more than one month, and we tell you that up front rather than discovering it in week three. Big builds ship in usable pieces, so you are never waiting a quarter to see anything.

What happens to everything if I leave?

You keep it. Every repository, domain, server and third-party account is in your name and on your billing from day one, and you have admin on all of it. We also maintain a written record of every system you own, what it does, what it costs and who has the keys. Thirty days' notice, no termination fee.

Do you work in my industry?

Almost certainly. The systems a business needs — capturing leads, responding fast, following up, managing a pipeline, reporting, automating the repetitive parts — are the same shape across industries. What differs is the vocabulary and the workflow, which is a configuration question, not a rebuild.

You message. It gets built.

Twenty minutes to talk about what your business actually needs, and something real running within seven days of kickoff. Monthly, and you own everything either way.