Services
From emergency rescues to multi-year technical partnerships. Fixed pricing, no overhead, no juniors hidden behind an account manager.
01
MVPs to enterprise platforms
Timeline
4–16 weeks
Investment
£10,000–£100,000+
From concept to production-grade software. We architect, build, test, and deploy. Every engagement includes CI/CD, monitoring, automated tests, and 30 days post-launch support. We design for your next two years of growth, not just your launch date.
What's included
02
Move platforms without the horror story
Timeline
4–16 weeks
Investment
£5,000–£60,000
Migrations fail for three reasons: data loss, SEO damage, and downtime. We eliminate all three. Specialists in PrestaShop → Shopify, WooCommerce → Shopify, Bubble → custom code, and legacy monolith → modern architecture. We've handled stores with 40,000+ customers and 1,200+ SKUs.
What's included
03
Strategic tech leadership without the £200K salary
Timeline
1–2 days/week minimum
Investment
£3,000–£12,000/month
Most fractional CTOs advise but don't code. We do both. Architecture decisions, team mentoring, hiring, roadmaps — plus hands-on work when it matters. Ideal for seed to Series B companies who need a technical leader now, not in three months.
What's included
04
Site down. CTO gone. Deadline tomorrow.
Timeline
Starts within 24 hours
Investment
£800–£1,500/day
When companies are in crisis, price sensitivity disappears. Production outages, failed deployments, security breaches, CTO departures — we respond within hours, not days. One full-stack engineer who can debug every layer: Nginx to database, infrastructure to application code.
What's included
05
Know exactly where your tech stands
Timeline
3–10 business days
Investment
£1,500–£5,000
An independent audit from an engineer who reads actual code — not a PM who delegates to automated tools. Security vulnerabilities, performance bottlenecks, architecture time-bombs, and tech debt that's costing you development velocity. Every audit ends with a prioritised action plan.
What's included
06
Senior engineering capacity, on demand
Timeline
Ongoing from £1,500/month
Investment
£1,500–£5,000/month
A monthly bank of hours at a guaranteed rate. No scoping calls between tasks, no queue waiting, no hiring overhead. Bug fixes, feature development, architecture guidance — whatever you need, when you need it. Priority scheduling and a named engineer, every time.
What's included
07
LLMs that actually work in production
Timeline
4–12 weeks
Investment
£8,000–£40,000
Not chatbots bolted onto existing products. Real AI integration: RAG pipelines, agent systems, document processing, structured data extraction, and AI-powered features that make business sense. We scope, build, and ship — with evaluation frameworks so you can measure whether it actually works.
What's included
08
One codebase, both platforms
Timeline
8–20 weeks
Investment
£15,000–£80,000
React Native for iOS and Android from a single codebase. Shared business logic, native performance, and a real deployment pipeline — not a prototype that breaks in production. We've shipped mobile apps across fintech, health tech, and consumer products.
What's included
09
From 'it works on my machine' to production-grade
Timeline
1–6 weeks
Investment
£2,500–£25,000
CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, cloud migrations, container orchestration, monitoring and alerting. We set it up properly once — documented, tested, and with runbooks your team can actually follow. No more Friday deployment anxiety.
What's included
10
Investment-grade technical assessments
Timeline
5–15 business days
Investment
£5,000–£25,000
For investors, PE firms, and acquirers evaluating software companies. We assess any stack — frontend, backend, infrastructure, security, team — because our polyglot coverage means we're not guessing at unfamiliar code. Reports in 5–10 days. Starting at a fraction of what Big 4 firms charge.
What's included
Positioning
The honest comparison. We're not right for everyone — but if you need senior-level output without agency overhead or the six-month hiring cycle, this is how we stack up.
| Agency | Freelancer | Hiring | Vanguard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | Junior devs managed by PMs | One person, variable quality | Takes 3–6 months to onboard | Senior engineer, always |
| Effective rate | £100–£200/hr (you pay overhead) | £40–£80/hr | £60–£90k salary + NI + benefits | £75–£120/hr, no markup |
| Stack coverage | Specialised in 1–2 stacks | Whatever they know | Whatever they know | React, Node, Python, PHP, Java, mobile, DevOps |
| Strategic leadership | None — they execute tickets | None | Yes, but takes months to ramp | Fractional CTO from day one |
| Post-launch support | Expensive retainer or abandoned | "I'm on another project now" | Yes, but you own all the risk | 30 days included, every project |
| Emergency response | Account manager, then queue | Hope they're available | On-call if you've set it up | Same-day technical rescue service |
| AI & modern tooling | Outsourced or bolted on | Depends on who you hired | Depends on who you hired | Native to every engagement |
What we deliver
We stabilise teams in crisis — filling the gap when a CTO leaves, shipping critical fixes, and getting delivery back on track.
E-commerce migrations other agencies call too risky. Zero downtime. SEO rankings preserved. Catalogues with thousands of SKUs migrated cleanly.
Code audits that don't just list problems — they prioritise fixes by business impact and give you a clear remediation roadmap.
FAQ
Most projects blend two or three. Tell us what you're trying to achieve and we'll recommend the right approach — with a fixed-price quote, not an estimate you can't hold us to.