Technology Advisory
Independent, hands-on advice on platforms, vendors, architecture and costs from engineers who build software every day, not just recommend it.
In short
Choosing a platform, a vendor or an architecture locks in costs and constraints for years. We help you make those calls with clear eyes. We review what you have, compare the realistic options, price them over their whole life and write down the trade-offs in plain language. Our advice comes from engineers who ship production software, so it reflects what works in practice, and we have no reseller deals that tilt the answer.
Process
How the work runs, step by step
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Understand the business goal behind the technical question
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Review your current systems, code and contracts with your team
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Lay out the realistic options, including doing nothing
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Estimate the full cost of each, including people, licences and change
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Recommend one path, with the reasoning and risks written down
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Stay available to help deliver it, or hand it over to your own team
What you can expect
Why Univolute
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Advice from people who build, so it holds up when the work starts
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Vendor-neutral: we don't earn commissions on anything we recommend
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Plain-language reports that your board and your developers can both follow
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We'll recommend the boring, proven option when it's the right one
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Short engagements with a clear end, not an open-ended retainer
Discover & Design
Often paired with
Product Discovery
Know what to build before you pay to build it.
UX and UI Design
Screens people understand on the first try.
MVP Development
Your first version in customers' hands, quickly.
Insights
Further reading
QR ordering for independent restaurants
What we learned building a QR ordering platform that runs every day in a working bistro: what guests need, what staff need and what has to stay on the server.
Your first AI feature should be boring
The AI projects that pay off first read bills, sort enquiries and draft replies. How to pick the job, build the test set, keep people in charge and watch the cost.
How to brief a software team
Why quotes for the same idea can be ten times apart, what a good brief contains, the questions to ask every vendor and the red flags to watch for.
Common questions
Something else on your mind? Ask us directly.
Can you review software another company built for us?
Yes. We regularly review code, architecture and hosting set up by other teams and give you a frank assessment of quality, risks and what it would take to improve.
How long does a review take?
Focused reviews take one to three weeks. We agree the questions to answer up front so the work stays short and useful.
Do you help investors with due diligence?
Yes. We assess a product's code, architecture, security and team practices and explain the findings in terms of risk and cost.