DigiCov is a design and development agency. We design and build custom software, web, mobile and AI systems — then automate the operations around them. Working with clients across Canada and worldwide.
Most problems worth solving cross more than one discipline. As a design and development agency we keep strategy, design, engineering and automation under one roof, so the answer arrives as a working system - not a slide deck.
Off-the-shelf software is cheap and fast, and genuinely the right answer for plenty of problems. An enterprise build fits perfectly and costs accordingly. We scope custom products to the size of the problem - and to a budget you agree to before we write any code.
| Consideration | Off-the-shelf software | Enterprise build |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Upfront cost | Lowest | Six figures and up | Scoped to the problem |
| Live in | Days | 9-18 months | 4-12 weeks |
| Fits how you work | Almost | Yes | Yes |
| Who owns the code | The vendor | Usually you | You, from day one |
| Changing it later | Wait for the roadmap | Raise a change request | The next two-week increment |
| Who you actually talk to | A support queue | An account manager | The people who built it |
| If you outgrow it | Migrate everything out | Renegotiate | It was built to grow |
Honest version: if an off-the-shelf tool covers what you need, buy it - we will tell you so in the first call rather than three months in.
Five stages, each with a defined output you sign off before the next begins. You always know what is being built, what it costs and when it lands.
We map your operations, systems and constraints, then agree which problem is worth solving first. You get a written summary of what we found - including the things you did not ask us to look at.
Architecture, interface design and a written scope carrying a fixed price and delivery date. Changing a screen in Figma costs an afternoon; changing it after launch costs a release.
Two-week increments, each ending in something you can actually use. Reviewed with you as it goes rather than revealed at the end, so course corrections cost days instead of months.
Migration, testing, training and a controlled rollout - with a rollback plan we hope never to use. Real users arrive in stages, not all at once on a Monday morning.
Monitoring, iteration and support as usage grows - or a clean handover to your own team, with the documentation and training that makes that a real option rather than a promise.
We have built in these spaces before, so we arrive already knowing the regulations, the integrations and the workflows that tend to break.
Stock that disagrees between the shop floor and the website is the problem we see most. We join point of sale, inventory, storefront and accounting into one source of truth - then automate the reordering and reconciliation on top of it.
Scheduling, records and patient communication, built to the privacy rules that apply to you.
Dispatch, live tracking, route planning and proof of delivery that survives a dead zone.
Client portals, matter management, document automation and billing.
Production scheduling, quality capture and shop-floor traceability.
Job scheduling, quoting and invoicing from the van, not the depot.
It depends entirely on scope, so we do not publish a price list that would only mislead you. What we do commit to is a fixed number before the build begins: after the discovery stage you receive a written scope with a firm price and delivery date. If we cannot solve your problem inside a budget that makes sense, we will tell you that in the first conversation rather than three months in.
A focused internal tool or marketing site is usually four to eight weeks. A full custom platform or mobile application typically runs three to six months. Automation work is often the fastest return of all - we have removed recurring manual processes in under two weeks. You get a dated delivery schedule as part of the scope, not an estimate that quietly slips.
Yes - completely, from day one. Source code, cloud infrastructure, domains and third-party accounts are registered to you and handed over with documentation. We do not use proprietary frameworks that would make another agency's job harder if you ever move on. Our retention comes from doing good work, not from making it difficult to leave.
Almost always, and usually that is the cheaper path. Replacing a working system is rarely the right first move - integrating with it, automating around it, or extending it tends to deliver more value faster. Part of discovery is establishing what is genuinely worth replacing and what is worth keeping.
Every project includes a support window covering fixes and adjustments once real users are on it. After that you can move to an ongoing support agreement, bring us back for specific pieces of work, or take it entirely in-house - we will train your team either way. The choice stays yours.
Tell us the problem in plain language. We will tell you honestly whether software is the right answer, what it would take, and roughly what it would cost.
