A store's back office
Client, TorontoInventory, purchasing, supplier invoices read from the PDF and deliveries, all on the same live stock as the till and the website.
operations and internal systems
Software your team runs on, built around how it works.
Replace the spreadsheets and the tools stitched around them with one system your team actually uses. A fixed quote within a week, built in milestones, and the code is yours.
Fixed quote within a week Milestone billing Your repo from day one
built and running
Systems that run every day.
Our GPU hosting operation
Infrastructure we runWatchdogs on every rig, thermal guards that act before hardware throttles, and pricing automation, written in-house and running around the clock.
the case
Past spreadsheets, build it properly.
A business moving serious money doesn't patch its operations together with plug-ins and scripts, and it shouldn't rent a system built for everyone else.
Rented softwareOff the shelf
- Built for the average customer
- Per-seat fees every month, for good
- Their roadmap, on their schedule
- Your data on their servers
Built on the sidePlug-ins, scripts, AI
- Cheap to start, costly to fix
- Nobody on call when it breaks
- No tests, no monitoring, no docs
- Lives in one person's head
Built by Arete ZeroYours
- Built around how your team works
- One fixed price, and the code is yours
- Tested, monitored and documented
- Handed over so anyone can run it
how it works
A fixed quote. Then we build.
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Book a call
Thirty minutes with the founder on the work, the people and the systems involved.
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A fixed quote within a week
A written scope, one price and a launch date. Yours to keep, whatever you decide.
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The build, in milestones
Working software every week. You pay as agreed milestones land, never a lump sum up front.
What protects you
- Milestone billingYou pay as agreed milestones land in working software, not a lump sum up front.
- Your repo from day oneThe code lives in your own repository from the first commit. You can read every line, every week.
- Priced before it's builtThe quote is fixed. A change is priced before it is built, never after.
- Handover docsArchitecture, runbooks and an admin guide, so your team or anyone else can run it.
A good fit
- Your business is past spreadsheets and plug-ins
- A tool that breaks costs you more than building it right
- You want to own the software you pay for
Not a fit
- A logo, a brochure site or a quick prototype
- Equity-only or revenue-share deals
questions
Before you book.
We run on spreadsheets and five different tools. Where do we start?
With the work, not the tools. On the call we map what the spreadsheets and tools actually do, then quote one system that does it, keeping the tools that already work.
Will it connect to our accounting?
Yes. Most builds connect to the accounting, payments and email a company already uses, so nothing is typed twice.
Who owns the code?
You do, from day one. The code lives in your own repository from the first commit, on infrastructure in your name.
What does it cost?
Every project gets a fixed quote within a week of the first call, based on a written scope. You pay in milestones as working software lands.
What happens after launch?
We stay on call through the first weeks of real use. After that you can keep us on a monthly retainer, hire your own team, or both.
book a call
Thirty minutes. A straight answer.
Tell us what you run on today. Within a week of the call you get a written scope and one fixed price.
Book a call