An experienced software consultant in your corner for every technical decision.
Whether it's a renewal you're dreading, a system nobody's looked after in years, or something you've wanted built for a long time, I help you figure out what's actually worth doing.
Ben Johnson, founder. You work with me directly, from the first call through the life of the project.| Enterprise plan, 180 seats × $1,200 | $216,000 |
| Workflow automation add-on | $38,000 |
| Premium support | $24,000 |
| Annual price adjustment (7%) again | $19,460 |
| Due at renewal | $297,460 |
Paid every year. Owned never.
Sound familiar?
Most people I talk to don't even know what questions they're supposed to be asking, so every technical decision ends up being a guess.
- “Every quote we get is wildly different, and I can't tell which one is fair.”What I do: tell you what it should cost, and help you make sense of the quotes you have.
- “We've been trying to build it ourselves with AI, and it's turning into a much bigger project than anyone expected.”What I do: look at what you've built, tell you what's worth keeping, and help you finish it properly.
- “Everyone here has a different idea of what we should do, so we keep putting off the decision.”What I do: give you a clear recommendation, with the reasoning, that your team can get behind.
Software is an expensive headache, and nobody has time to untangle it.
Every renewal costs more than the last one. Now everyone's asking AI what to do about it, and the waste keeps adding up.
52%
of US workers now use AI in their jobs. Which means more technical decisions are getting made off an unreliable chatbot's answer.
Gallup, Q2 202616.4%
SaaS price inflation, almost 4x US consumer inflation. If you renew on autopilot, you're paying that increase every year.
Vertice SaaS Inflation Index, June 202636%
of the average company's SaaS licenses go unused. That's a third of the seats you pay for, sitting empty.
Zylo SaaS Management Index, 2026
Are you overpaying for software?
Find out →Every change feels risky when you're the one responsible for it. I take the hard part off your plate.
One partner, three ways to work together.
Every plan is a monthly subscription. You pay the same amount every month, and I start on your first priority right away. No surprise costs, no vague timelines.
Advise
Technical judgment, on call. Technical due diligence, a fractional CTO, or AI enablement for your team.
Run
Someone to own the software you already have. Support, outage response, bug fixes, and security upkeep.
Build
Advise and Run, plus anything you need built. New systems, platforms, features, and integrations, as much as you need, shipped in weeks.
Straight answers for your IT and security team.
The questions a vendor review asks first, answered before they have to ask.
- Where does our data live?
- In your cloud account. I work inside your AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud environment and never keep a copy.
- What happens if we stop working together?
- You remove one access role. The code, data, and runbooks are already yours, so nothing has to be handed over.
- Will it pass our security review?
- It's built to. I build to SOC 2 principles and work under your controls, so the system fits the audits you already run.
- Who actually writes the code?
- I do, with AI handling work that used to take a team. The person on your calls is the person building it.
Platforms I've built.
Each one started as a problem somebody brought me.
Tactis
Survey and compliance, handled. AI copilots that answer from the regulation and draft the Plan of Correction.
See itNoctra
See everything. Expose nothing. Every dataset traced from source to model, with a signed receipt for every read.
See itWayvera
Care management that keeps up with Medicare. A clinician portal and patient app that count every minute of care.
See itDragonfly
One sentence in. A personal wellness journey out. AI turns one goal into a four-stage journey with daily missions.
See itHearth
Fewer strangers. More sitters you already trust. A circle of trusted sitters, with booking and payment handled.
See itFrolic
The perfect location exists. Frolic helps you find it. Scout spots, build a shortlist, and let the client pick.
See it
Hi, I'm Ben.
I started Lobi because the economics of software changed and most companies haven't noticed yet. A system that used to need a team and a year can now be built by one software consultant working with AI, in weeks.
When you hire Lobi, you get me. No account managers, no junior developers learning on your project, and no handoffs.
More about how I workLet's talk it through.
A free 30-minute call about whatever technical decision you're facing. No pitch, just a straight answer on where to start.