Bringing serious software inside reach for every business.
We exist to make enterprise-calibre software a realistic option for small and mid-sized businesses, regardless of budget.
Closing Québec’s digital divide, one SME at a time.
We exist to bring enterprise-calibre software and AI inside reach for small and mid-sized businesses across Canada, with particular weight in Québec, where we sit inside one of the most developed social economy ecosystems in the world.
The honest part.Good software engineering costs what it costs. Professional builds in Montréal run $100 to $200 per hour blended, with projects landing between $30,000 and $250,000 CAD. Agencies aren't overcharging. That's what skilled developers, proper architecture, security, and testing actually require.
We're not pretending to do it cheaper. We're building a bridge.
What we've done is line up subsidies, grants, and donor funding specifically aimed at SMEs. Same expertise, brought inside reach, without undercutting the people doing the work.
The piece that often matters more than the budget? We start by helping you understand what's actually possible with AI and modern software, before any code is written. Operating as a solidarity cooperative with mission-aligned funding behind us lets us ship the same calibre of work larger organisations receive, on fair wages, at honest terms.
Our vision
A future where the size of your business isn’t the size of the software you’re allowed to have.
Cost stops being the wall. A community health clinic runs the same calibre of patient portal as the hospital network down the street. A family farm gets the traceability platform agribusiness takes for granted. A non-profit ships the impact tool its mandate has been begging for.
Why we exist
Three walls SMEs keep hitting
1. The knowledge gap. AI is everywhere. What actually fits your business is a much shorter list. Without someone technical in your corner, sorting real from hype is nearly impossible.
2. The cost reality.Quality custom software runs $30,000 to $250,000 CAD, sometimes higher. Agencies aren't overcharging. That's what good engineering takes. For most SMEs, the cheque just isn't there.
3. The expertise gap.Senior developers work at funded startups and enterprise shops. SMEs end up with junior freelancers, or offshore teams who don't know the local business context. Both leave scar tissue.
Why the existing options don’t solve it
Established Montréal shops like Spiria, Stradigi AI, Konverge, and SDLC Corp do excellent work, at the rates mid-market and enterprise buyers expect. Offshore options trade quality, communication, and Canadian business context for a lower invoice. Off-the-shelf SaaS forces compromises that rarely fit the actual work.
The organisations that need custom software the most can afford it the least.
Our model: a bridge programme
We're not a discount agency. We're a publicly-supported technology adoption programme. Structuring as a solidarity cooperative and lining up government subsidies, grants, and impact funding means we can ship the same enterprise-calibre work at terms a growing business can defend on a board agenda. We start with what you need to know, walk you through what's possible, and deliver with senior people, without the investor pressure to extract every last dollar.
Our core values
Accessibility first.
Software shouldn’t be a luxury good. We price the work so SMEs, non-profits, and social enterprises can actually buy it, on fair wages, without compromising quality.
Radical transparency.
No hidden fees, no scope-creep surprises, no vendor lock-in tactics. We publish rates openly, explain trade-offs in plain language, and hand over everything we build. You know exactly what you’re paying for.
A real partnership.
We’re not a vendor squeezing every dollar out of an account. We’re partners with skin in your outcome. We give honest advice when it costs us revenue, walk away from bad fits, and build relationships, not just code.
Always learning.
Software moves fast, and so do we. We invest in learning, refine the process between projects, and bring the latest tools to the next client without the consultant markup.
Impact over revenue.
Success is measured in time saved, costs cut, and communities served, not just in invoices sent. If a project doesn’t move that needle, we’ll say so before you sign.
In the social economy, for real.
As a solidarity cooperative, we’re part of the social economy and we act like it. We prioritise mission-driven clients, offer subsidised tracks for non-profits and co-ops, and contribute back to the ecosystem that makes us possible.
Our impact goals
SMEs unlocked
50-plus small and mid-sized businesses given access to serious software by 2027.
Saved off the cheque
More than $2M in development costs absorbed by funding instead of by our clients.
Quality jobs created
10-plus well-paid technology jobs inside Montréal’s social economy by 2027.
Mission-driven projects shipped
20-plus completed projects across healthcare, sustainability, food systems, and social enterprise.
How we measure success
Most agencies optimise for revenue growth. We watch a wider set of numbers:
- ✓Client impact. Time saved, costs cut, revenue lifted, communities better served by the software we shipped.
- ✓Accessibility. How many SMEs and mission-driven organisations we helped get real software in their hands.
- ✓Cost relieved. What the funding side absorbed so the client side could still ship at the same calibre.
- ✓Worker wellbeing. Fair wages, sustainable workload, room to learn, and democratic governance that actually shows up in decisions.
- ✓Contribution back to the ecosystem. Partnerships with other co-ops, active support for local social economy work, and knowledge passed forward.