Vale Tech
Three kinds of work, from one company.
We build software and AI systems for organizations in British Columbia. We also make the training courses that teach a team to use them.
Software
We build web apps, mobile apps and the data tools behind them. We ship in short releases, so your team uses a working version early and shapes the next one.
AI systems
We build AI tools and automated workflows inside the systems you already use. The tool drafts the repetitive work, and a person on your team checks it.
Training courses
You hand us the material you already have. We give back a finished short course, as files or loaded into your LMS.
We carry your project the whole way.
Five stages, from your first email to the years after launch.
Scope the work
We
We start from the problem and write down what we will build, what it will cost and when each release arrives.
Your team
You tell us the problem and your budget, and approve the plan.
Build in releases
We
We build a working version first, then improve it one release at a time.
Your team
Your team tries each release and tells us what to change.
Privacy and security
We
We write most of the privacy impact assessment (PIA) and the security threat and risk assessment (STRA), to the standard FOIPPA sets for public bodies. We host client systems in Canada. If a tool must send data outside Canada, the PIA names it and you agree to it first.
Your team
Your team reviews them and signs them off.
Train your staff
We
We train the people who will use what we built. Training is priced on its own.
Your team
Your staff learn it, and new staff learn it the same way later.
Host and maintain
We
After launch, we host it, support it and maintain it.
Your team
Your team runs it and owns it: the code, the data, and the notes another developer would need to take it over.
How pricing works
- A fixed price per release
- Each release gets a fixed price in writing before work starts. You pay for it when your team accepts it.
- Sized to your budget
- Tell us your budget. We scope a first release that fits it, and each later release builds on it.
- Hosting and support by the year
- After launch, hosting, support and maintenance cost a fixed yearly fee. We quote it with the build, so you know the cost of year two before you sign.
- Courses priced on their own
- We quote each course after we see the material. Order one with a build, or on its own.
Start with an email.
Describe the problem in a few lines. We reply with what we would need to know to scope it.