Decisions before spend
Technology Consulting
Palmate Solutions provides technology consulting for businesses that need a clear recommendation, not a slide deck of buzzwords. We help you choose between SaaS and custom software, sequence a transformation programme, review an existing architecture, and decide how to host and operate what you already have. Consulting is useful when the cost of a wrong build is higher than the cost of a structured decision.
Problems this work solves
A rebuild was approved without a problem statement
‘We need an app’ is not a brief. We force the conversation back to users, constraints, and what will be true in 18 months if you do nothing.
Vendors are steering the architecture
Each salesperson recommends their platform. We map capabilities to your process and name the lock-in you would be accepting.
Transformation is a slogan
Digital transformation fails when it is a software purchase without owners, data cleanup, or training. We sequence work into something a team can actually run.
Nobody can explain the current system
We produce a current-state picture: systems, data flows, and risks. You cannot plan a target state on folklore.
Who it is for
- Founders and operators choosing a stack before hiring a large team
- Companies mid-spreadsheet who need a path off tribal processes
- Teams that inherited a system and need a candid technical review
- Leaders planning a multi-quarter change programme with limited engineering capacity
What Palmate can provide
Build vs buy workshops
A structured comparison of SaaS, custom, and hybrid options against cost of delay, fit, and operational ownership.
Architecture and hosting review
Read-only review of applications, integrations, backups, and access. Written findings, not a blame session.
Roadmaps with capacity in mind
A sequence of deliverables that matches the team you actually have, including Palmate delivery if you want implementation afterwards.
Vendor and RFP support
Questions to ask agencies and product vendors so demos do not substitute for contracts and SLAs.
Typical workflow
- 01
Intake and constraints
Budget bands, compliance, in-house skills, and the date that actually matters (a peak season, a contract, a migration).
- 02
Current-state mapping
Systems, owners, and the unofficial tools. Interviews beat architecture diagrams that were never true.
- 03
Options, not a single pitch
We present two or three viable paths with trade-offs. If only one path exists, we explain why.
- 04
Decision pack
A document your stakeholders can approve: scope, risks, and a first implementation slice.
Common use cases
Pre-build advisory
Before a mobile app or ERP-adjacent project, a four-week pass that prevents a twelve-month detour.
Inherited stack review
A new technology owner needs to know what is safe to touch. We produce that inventory.
Programme shaping
A transformation board wants phases, exit criteria, and a way to stop if a phase fails.
FAQ
Is consulting just a prelude to selling a build?
We will say when you should not build. If you later want Palmate to implement, that is a separate engagement with a separate scope.
How long does a typical advisory piece take?
A focused build-versus-buy or architecture review is often measured in weeks, not months. Multi-stream programmes take longer because the organisation is the bottleneck.
Will you work with our existing developers?
Yes. Consulting is often most valuable when an internal team remains the owner and we are a second set of hands on the hard decisions.
Do you produce slide-only strategy?
We produce written recommendations, diagrams of real systems, and a first slice that could be implemented. If you only want a keynote, we are the wrong firm.
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Next step
Discuss it consulting
Share the current system, the constraint, and the outcome you need in the next quarter. We will say if Palmate is a fit.