Build a secure, affordable tech stack for your small business.
Independent, hands-on guidance for choosing and configuring business software — without a full-time IT team. Written by an infrastructure engineer, for owners who became the IT person by accident.
Choose your problem
Protect accounts & passwords
MFA, password managers, and passkeys for teams without an IT person.
Back up business data
Why cloud storage is not a backup, and what to use instead.
Offboard an employee safely
Shut off every access point in under an hour — a tested runbook.
Choose a CRM
Sized for 2–25 people. No enterprise features you will never use.
Choose accounting software
What consultants and agencies actually need, at real renewal prices.
Reduce software costs
Audit your subscriptions and cut the overlap.
Stacks by company size
Recommendations sized for the team you actually have — not the enterprise you aren't.
Why trust us
- Real testing, honestly labeled. Every recommendation carries a testing status — and nothing is called “hands-on tested” until we have a documented lab run. Read the methodology.
- Dated price checks. Commercial pages show when we last verified pricing, including renewal prices.
- Independence you can audit. We disclose every affiliate relationship per link, and we recommend products that pay us nothing when they're the right answer. Affiliate disclosure.
- No fear-mongering. No product makes you unhackable, and we will never tell you otherwise.