Proteanbits

Consultancy

The right decision, made early.

We help startups and SMEs make tech decisions they won't regret. Honest assessments — we tell you what you need to hear.

Why this matters early

The tech decisions you make in the first six months follow you for years. A framework chosen because it was fashionable, a database picked without thinking about scale, a vendor locked in without reading the terms — these compound.

We don't have a preferred vendor. We don't get referral fees. We tell you what fits your situation, including when the answer is "you don't need to pay for this."

What you get

  • A clear recommendation with reasoning, not a list of options
  • Honest risk assessment — what could go wrong and how likely
  • A prioritised action list you can act on immediately
  • Follow-up availability — we don't disappear after the report

What we cover

Tech stack selection
We evaluate your options against your actual constraints — team size, budget, timeline, and growth expectations. No vendor bias.
Architecture review
If you've inherited a codebase or are scaling faster than your current architecture can handle, we'll identify the real bottlenecks and prioritise what matters.
Build vs buy decisions
We help you decide what to build yourself, what to buy off the shelf, and what open-source gets you most of the way there.
Accessibility & compliance audits
We audit products against WCAG standards and give you a prioritised list of issues — not a dump of automated scanner output.
Hiring and team structure
When to hire your first engineer. What profile to hire for. How to evaluate technical candidates when you're not technical yourself.
Vendor and tooling evaluation
SaaS, cloud providers, CI/CD pipelines, databases — we help you evaluate options with criteria that match your situation.

Have a decision to make?

Describe the problem. We'll tell you whether we can help, and what that would look like. First conversation is always free.

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