We engineer your product, end-to-end.
From concept to commercialization — faster, smarter, with less risk. We help funded founders ship production software in weeks, not months.
Our products
We build products for ourselves, too.
The studio you would hire is the same one shipping and operating its own SaaS in production. Proof we know how to build, not just advise.
Lintry
Automated website QA & monitoring
Real-browser scans for broken links, SEO gaps, security threats, and accessibility issues. Built for agencies, developers, and freelancers.
pwnedIQ
Dark web credential monitoring for SMBs
Continuous monitoring of breach databases. Real-time alerts when employee credentials surface on the dark web.
Services
Four stages. One partner.
No staff augmentation, no hourly contracting. We take founders through four stages — from validating an idea to scaling production software, and staying on as your technical partner once you are live.
Discovery
→Validate before you build. Technical feasibility, architecture, and scope — so you commit to the right build before spending on it.
MVP
→Idea to working product. Backend, frontend, auth, and a validation-ready release — built, hosted, and documented.
Scale
→Production SaaS, built to scale. Full deployment, payments, integrations, and monitoring — a validated MVP taken to production.
Partner
→Your technical partner on retainer. Fractional CTO without the equity ask — architecture, code reviews, hiring, roadmap.
How we work
From concept to commercialization.
One partner across the whole journey. Each stage de-risks the next, so you never commit to a big build before you know it is the right one.
AI-native engineering
Senior craft, modern tooling, AI in the loop throughout the build. Not a marketing angle — just how we ship production software fast without cutting corners.
Honest scope
Clear scope, clear price, clear timeline — ranges published up front. We under-promise and over-deliver. No "10-day" fairytales that ship buggy software you rebuild in six months.
You own everything
Code, infrastructure, customer data, deployment keys. We do not lock you into proprietary platforms. You can fire us at any time and keep running.
About
A studio, not an agency.
Tactics Digital YYC is a product engineering studio in Calgary. We work with funded startups and ambitious founders to take products from concept to scale — a senior team across design, engineering, SEO, and compliance, combining the structure of a seasoned organization with the speed of a startup.
We don't do staff augmentation. We engineer your product. And we build our own — Lintry today, pwnedIQ next — so the team you hire is the same one shipping production software every day.
Read our story →FAQ
Common questions.
Are you a development agency?
No. We are a product engineering studio. We take ownership of building your product end-to-end — and we build our own, like Lintry. We do not do hourly staff augmentation or generic web design.
Where do most engagements start?
With Discovery — a 1–2 week engagement ($5K–$10K CAD) where we pin down feasibility, architecture, and scope before you commit to a full build. The lowest-risk way to learn exactly what your product needs and what it will cost.
What does a full build cost?
An MVP runs $25K–$50K CAD over 4–8 weeks. Scaling a validated MVP to production runs $75K–$200K CAD over 8–16 weeks. We publish ranges up front because transparency beats a sales process.
What if my budget is smaller?
Start with Discovery to scope the right path, or take the Partner retainer ($5K–$15K/month) where we guide you and your team without doing the full build. We do not stretch quality to fit a smaller budget.
How do you handle data privacy and compliance?
Privacy-by-design is built in from day one, not bolted on later. A dedicated compliance lead — with experience in heavily regulated, data-heavy domains — handles GDPR and CCPA. We advise and implement toward compliance as part of how we build, especially at Scale.
Can you sign NDAs?
Yes. We sign mutual NDAs before reviewing confidential material. Send your standard form or use ours.
Do you work with clients outside Canada?
Yes. Most of our clients are in Canada and the US. We work fully remote, with weekly check-ins and async updates throughout.
Have a product to build? Let's talk.
20-minute discovery call. We'll tell you honestly what's possible, what it costs, and whether we're the right team to build it.