Decisions before purchases
A written assessment of what you run, what it costs and what to change — before you commit to a build or a contract.
You probably don't need more technology
Most businesses we meet are paying for more software than they use and getting less from it than they should. The problem is rarely a missing tool; it is systems that don't share a record, a platform chosen for a business that no longer exists, or a security posture nobody has written down. An assessment puts numbers on the current arrangement and recommends the smallest change that fixes it. The recommendation is yours whether or not we do the work.
Assessments and reviews
Each is fixed-price and ends in a written document with a recommendation and a cost.
Software economics assessment
What your software stack costs in subscriptions and in the work between them, and what owning the core system would cost instead.
Request an assessmentPlatform and vendor selection
Independent evaluation of the options for a specific need, with a recommendation and the reasons. We have no reseller arrangements.
Request an assessmentSecurity review
What you run, mapped against recognised security frameworks and the OWASP Top Ten, with the gaps ranked by risk and effort.
Request an assessmentData residency and compliance
Where your data is, who can reach it, and what your industry, insurers or clients require. Written so you can hand it to them.
Request an assessmentTechnology roadmap
A sequenced plan for the next one to three years: what to build, replace, keep and retire, with budgets.
Request an assessmentTechnical due diligence
Review of a system, a vendor or an acquisition target's technology before you sign. What it is, what it owes, what it would take to run.
Request an assessmentFour steps to a recommendation
Conversation
An hour with the people who run the business and the people who run the systems. What works, what doesn't, what it costs. No charge.
Assessment
We review the systems, the spend and the workflows, usually over two weeks, and verify the numbers rather than take them as given.
Recommendation
A written document: current state, options, our recommendation, cost and sequence. In plain language, with the technical detail in an appendix.
Implementation
Do it with us, do it in-house, or take it to another provider. The document is written so all three work.
Where assessments led
lower software operating costs after an assessment became an owned platform
for the first conversation and the recommendation that follows
for most assessments, from first conversation to written recommendation
Systems in production
Platforms, applications and websites that began as an assessment.
Brand, website and portal for Australia’s home elevator market
A complete brand redesign, website rebuild and comparison portal — connecting home elevator buyers with suppliers across Australia through one consultation-led platform.
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A crewing marketplace for Australia’s live events industry
A Next.js web platform and native mobile app connecting audiovisual technicians with production companies — smart filtering, endorsements and messaging, end to end.
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A digital overhaul for one of Australia’s fastest-growing firms
A complete website overhaul and process automation for one of Australia’s top 55 fastest-growing businesses — a digital presence that finally matches the firm.
Read the case studyQuestions about advisory
What does it cost?
The first conversation and the recommendation that follows it are free. Formal assessments and reviews are fixed-price, quoted after that conversation, and the fee is credited against any build that follows.
Are you going to recommend your own services?
Only where they fit, and we say so plainly when they don't. The document is written to be actionable without us, we have no reseller arrangements, and more than one assessment has ended with "keep what you have."
How long does an assessment take?
Around two weeks for most, longer when there are many systems or the numbers need verifying. You get the written recommendation at the end, not a slide deck.
What do we actually receive?
A document: what you run now and what it costs, the options, our recommendation, the price and sequence to do it, and the technical detail in an appendix for whoever implements it.
Start with the conversation
An hour, no charge, and a written recommendation afterwards — whether or not it involves us.