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Software, AI automation and hosting services

Four services, each sold in fixed-price phases, so you know the cost before work starts. Most projects begin with a £450 scoping day.

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Custom software built around your work

When a spreadsheet or a bought app no longer fits, I build the tool your team needs: quoting, bookings, job tracking or a customer portal.

  • What you getA working tool, its source code, tests and a runbook.
  • Typical shapeA scoping day, then two to four phases of two or three weeks.
  • Price shape£3,000 to £20,000 across all phases.
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export function quote(job) {
  const work = job.days * rate;
  const parts = margin(job);
  const net = sum(work, parts);
  // VAT on its own line
  return { net, vat: vat(net) };
}
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AI automation with a person approving

An agent reads what arrives, does the routine part and leaves a draft for you. Every run is logged, so you can see what it did and why. From £1,500 a workflow.

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Self-hosted servers and DevOps

Your apps on a server you own, in the office or a UK data centre, deployed the same way every time and backed up every night.

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Backups tested monthly

A restore, not just a copy

Monitoring and alerts

Uptime Kuma and Grafana

Updates in a set window

Agreed with you, logged

A plain-English runbook

Restart, restore, renew

Prices for each service

  • Scoping day

    £450

    A written scope and a fixed price for phase one, yours to keep whoever builds it. One day, with a call or a visit.

  • Custom software

    £3,000 to £20,000 all phases

    A working tool, its source code, tests and a runbook. Two to four phases of two or three weeks.

  • AI automation

    From £1,500 a workflow

    One workflow automated end to end, with approvals and a log of every run. One or two phases, about three weeks.

  • Self-hosted infrastructure

    From £2,000

    Server set-up, deployment, backups and monitoring, all written down. One phase of one or two weeks.

  • Monthly care

    From £250 a month

    Updates, restore tests, small changes and a short monthly report. Rolling, one month’s notice to stop.

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Quote · example · phase one
Invoice automation, phase one
Supplier invoices that arrive in Gmail are read, matched to purchase orders and left as draft bills in Xero for you to approve.
Three weeks of work, shown on a test copy each Friday. Fixed price: £1,800.
Not included: invoices that arrive on paper, and changes to how Xero is set up.
Changes to the scope are priced in writing before any work on them starts.

Questions before you start

Anything else goes in the enquiry form.

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Who owns the software and its code?

Yes. It sits in your own GitHub or Git server from the first day, under your account.

What happens to my software if you are ill?

Every system has a runbook and the code is yours, so another developer can pick it up. Planned time off is agreed in advance.

Where is my data kept, for privacy?

On your server or a UK data centre you choose. Where data must stay in the building, the AI model runs locally.

Will the automation work with our tools?

Usually. Gmail, Microsoft 365, Xero and most tools with an API can be connected.

Who is LanceTek wrong for?

Projects that need a team of five from day one, or support around the clock. I will say so on the first call.