Programmers for businesses in Trois-Rivières.
Startup, nonprofit, or SMB in Mauricie, we build web applications, custom software, and SaaS platforms.
Let's address it right away
You're not in Montreal. That was never the problem.
The complaint we hear most often in the Mauricie isn't about local talent. It's having to choose between a small local shop that runs out of capacity when the project grows, and a Montreal agency that takes the mandate, bills double, then stops returning calls.
We work differently. Building software doesn't require being in the same room: it requires being available, shipping often, and answering fast. So the whole mandate runs online, from scoping to training. And if a visit to Trois-Rivières makes a real difference — observing a shop floor, training a team at launch — we come, at no charge for the Mauricie.
How we stay close, remotely
- VideoKick-off and delivery meetingsThe kick-off, mockup validations and final training all happen by video call, screens shared.
- DemoEnvironment available at all timesUpdated every cycle. Your teams test the product while we build it, not afterwards.
- ChannelOngoing shared discussionA question asked in the morning gets an answer the same day. No support ticket to open.
- On siteWhen it makes a real differenceObserving a shop floor, training a team at launch. We travel across the Mauricie at no charge.
The Mauricie economy
A region that has already changed engines once.
Trois-Rivières spent a century as the paper city. That hasn't been true for a long time, and what replaced it is considerably more varied: bioproducts, energy, heavy equipment, port logistics. The companies that survived that transition are precisely the ones who know a tool should serve a process, not the other way round.
Bioproducts and wood processing
The forest-based sector has shifted from paper toward materials, fibres and green chemistry. Continuous processes, batches to characterize, lab results to tie back to production.
- — Batch tracking
- — Lab results
- — Material yield
- — Certifications
Energy and the transition
Around the university and the regional industrial park sit companies working on hydrogen, storage and electrification. A lot of test data, often kept in spreadsheets that have hit their limits.
- — Test registry
- — Sensor data
- — Technical reports
- — Project tracking
Metalwork and heavy equipment
Fabrication of heavy components, certified welding, assembly. One-off or very short-run parts, each with a manufacturing file to build and keep.
- — Manufacturing file
- — Dimensional control
- — Welder traceability
- — Work orders
Port logistics and transport
The port and the region's trucking firms move bulk, timber and general freight. Tracking still happens largely by phone and paper route sheets.
- — Load tracking
- — Proof of delivery
- — Dispatch
- — Client portal
Agri-food
Producers, processors and distributors across the Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec. Strong seasonality, strict food safety standards, and margins that leave no room for administrative waste.
- — Food traceability
- — Seasonal orders
- — Perishable inventory
- — Food safety
Professional services and nonprofits
Practices, clinics, community organizations and institutions. Often small teams carrying heavy administrative loads with tools that don't talk to each other.
- — Client portal
- — Member management
- — Funder reporting
- — Appointment booking
The territory
From Shawinigan to Nicolet, we cover the whole region.
We don't serve Trois-Rivières alone. Mandates regularly take us across the Mauricie and to the other side of the river.
Trois-Rivières districts
Mauricie
Centre-du-Québec and south shore
Our packages
Three budgets, written down in advance.
You don't need a discovery call to know which range you're in. Here's exactly what each amount includes.
Professional website
Delivered in 7 days- Three pages, custom design
- Hosting and domain name
- Law 25 compliance
- Basic Google optimization
- Contact form
- Works on phones
First web application
Delivered in 14 days- User accounts and passwords
- One complete core feature
- Database hosted in Canada
- Admin dashboard
- Production deployment included
- Source code handed over at delivery
Full custom software
6 to 10 weeks- Several interconnected modules
- Detailed roles and permissions
- Integration with your current tools
- Import of your existing data
- Live training for your teams
- Complete technical documentation
Starting amounts, taxes extra. The fee is set before work begins and doesn't move, unless you decide to widen the scope yourself. No hourly rate. The mandate runs online, and if a trip to the Mauricie proves useful, it's never billed.
How it unfolds
What happens between your first call and go-live.
Kick-off meeting
We define the need, the priorities and the scope. We tell you honestly whether an existing tool would do.
Prototype and mockups
We show you the screens and behaviour before building. You validate, we adjust.
Feedback cycles
Short cycles, from a few days to a week. You correct course along the way.
Delivery and training
Final review, training for your teams, go-live. Every access moves into your name.
Post-launch support
We stay available for the adjustments that real use brings out.
Frequently asked questions
What Mauricie businesses ask us.
01You're based in Montreal. How does that work for a Trois-Rivières client?
Everything happens online: scoping by video call, a live demo every two weeks on an environment available at all times, and a shared chat channel where a question asked in the morning gets an answer the same day. Nobody loses three hours on the road. If a visit to Trois-Rivières adds something concrete — seeing a shop floor, training teams at launch — we come, and travel is never billed in the Mauricie. In practice, our clients in the region talk to us more often than those with a supplier twenty minutes away.
02Why not just hire a local developer?
If you find the right person, do it: it's often an excellent solution. The limits people report to us are elsewhere. A solo developer is rarely strong at interface, database and infrastructure all at once, and becomes a single point of failure — vacation, illness, a new contract somewhere else. We work as a team precisely so one person leaving doesn't stop your project.
03How much does custom software cost in Trois-Rivières?
A professional website starts at $1,500, delivered in 7 days. A first working web application costs $5,000, delivered in 14 days. Full custom software is around $20,000 over 6 to 10 weeks. These are fixed fees agreed before starting, with no hourly rate. Our prices are the same everywhere in Quebec: you don't pay a premium for being in the regions, and you don't pay for downtown Montreal office rent either.
04We're a small team. Is a project like this realistic for us?
Yes, and that's often where the gain is largest. In a ten-person company, the person spending six hours a week re-keying data represents an enormous share of available capacity. The $5,000 package exists exactly for that case: a real tool, not a mockup, at an amount that doesn't need a board meeting.
05Our processes are very particular. Generic software doesn't work here.
That's precisely what custom software is for. Off-the-shelf software asks you to change how you work to fit its model. When your processes are your competitive advantage, that's a bad trade. We model what you already do, including the exceptions — because in real life, exceptions are what make implementations fail.
06Our staff aren't comfortable with computers. Will this work?
That's the most important constraint to tell us about up front, and we take it seriously. Concretely: fewer screens, bigger buttons, vocabulary from your trade rather than software jargon, and live training at launch, in small groups. If your teams are more comfortable having us train them in person, we do that. A tool nobody uses has no value, however good it is technically.
07What happens if we have a problem after delivery?
Fixes for defects in our work are covered, with no time limit and no invoice. For changes — a new feature, a process change — we work in phases on the same fixed-fee principle. And since you own the code and the access, you're never captive: another supplier can pick up the work if you prefer.
08Who owns the code and the data?
You do, entirely, from day one. The repository, the servers, the domain name and the third-party service accounts are opened in your name, not ours. At the end of the mandate there's nothing to retrieve: it's already yours.
09Where is the data hosted?
In Canada by default. For several of our clients — healthcare, agri-food, industrial subcontracting — it's a requirement from their own customers or their certification. It also simplifies Law 25 compliance, which requires documenting and justifying any transfer of personal information outside Quebec.
10Can the new software connect to what we already use?
In most cases, yes. Common accounting packages, management systems and most online tools offer an API. When they don't, there are less elegant but workable options, such as automated file import and export. We check this during the kick-off meeting, before giving you a price.
11How much time do our staff need to put in?
Count on a kick-off meeting, then about an hour per cycle to validate mockups and give feedback. That's little, but it isn't zero: the projects that fail are almost always the ones where nobody on the client side had time to look before final delivery.
12How do we get started?
Write to us through the contact form with even a rough description of the situation. We reply quickly with our read of the problem and a price range. If it works for you, we schedule the kick-off meeting by video call — or in Trois-Rivières if you'd rather host us. Nothing to sign before you have the written fee in hand.
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Your website in 7 days, your MVP in 14 days
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