Stop renting the software your business runs on.
I build and run custom software for companies that have outgrown what they rent. It lives in your cloud, the code is yours, and I price it against what you pay today. Working software in weeks, not quarters.
Ben Johnson, founder. You work with me directly, from the first call to the last commit.| 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?
These three situations are why most people call me. Each one has a way out that costs less than doing nothing.
- “The renewal quote came in higher again, and we use half of what we pay for.”What I do: find out which parts of the contract your people actually use, and price a system that does only that.
- “The real process runs in spreadsheets next to the tool we bought.”What I do: build software around how your team already works, so the spreadsheets can finally go.
- “We know what we need built. Nobody here builds software.”What I do: become the technical partner you don't have, for as long as you need one.
The build-or-buy math changed. Most companies haven't redone it.
Your team uses AI every day now, and they've seen what software can do in an afternoon. So the question is showing up in leadership meetings: can we just build this?
52%
of US workers now use AI in their jobs.
Gallup, Q2 202616.4%
SaaS price inflation, almost 4x US consumer inflation.
Vertice SaaS Inflation Index, June 202636%
of the average company's SaaS licenses go unused.
Zylo SaaS Management Index, 2026
The way this decision used to work isn't how it works now.
See what changed →The old contract ends. Your software keeps going.
You keep using the tool you rent while I build its replacement. Nothing gets switched off until your team has run real work on the new system.
1. Find out what you're really paying for
I interview the people who use the tool, read the contract, and map how the work actually gets done. Then I tell you what to keep, what to replace, and what to simply cancel.
2. Build the replacement beside the old tool
I build in your cloud account and your code repository, and show you working software every week. Your team tests it on real work before the switch.
3. Keep it running and improving
After cutover, one monthly plan covers support, security updates, and new features. There are no seat counts, so hiring ten more people costs you nothing.
One partner, three ways to work together.
Every plan is a monthly subscription. You bring a list of priorities, and I work through it one item at a time, as fast as it can be done well.
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, security upkeep, and new features every month.
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 senior engineer 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 workGot a renewal coming up?
Bring the quote to a free 30-minute call. You'll leave knowing whether it deserves a closer look.