From spreadsheet to software your team can trust.
AlfTech is a small software and AI studio in Metro Vancouver. We rebuild the spreadsheets, old desktop databases and manual routines your business runs on as secure web apps, then put AI to work on the busywork.
- A one-page scope and a fixed price before any work starts
- You own the code and the data
- We work in English, Cantonese and Mandarin
Illustrative: the spreadsheet a team outgrows, and the app we would build to replace it.
What we build
Most clients start with one of these. You get a one-page scope and a fixed price before any work begins, and the price only changes if you change the scope.
| Row | Legacy rescueSpreadsheets or an old desktop database, rebuilt as a secure web app. | AI operationsAI put to work on your email, documents and notes. | Client portalOne secure place for clients to send documents and see progress. | Care planWe keep what we built running, month after month. |
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| Typical timeline | 2–3 weeks | 1–2 weeks | 3–5 weeks | Month to month |
| Good for | Teams whose key data lives in one person's spreadsheet, or in an old desktop database that no longer gets security updates | Firms of 5 to 50 people already using a shared office suite and email | Accountants, immigration consultants, clinics and other document-heavy practices | Everything we build |
| Price | Fixed, quoted after your first call | Fixed, quoted after your first call | Fixed, quoted after your first call | A fixed monthly fee |
- You get
- Your records moved over and cleaned up
- A screen for each job your team does
- Sign-in, roles and nightly backups
- Works on phones and laptops
- Typical timeline
- 2–3 weeks
- Good for
- Teams whose key data lives in one person's spreadsheet, or in an old desktop database that no longer gets security updates
- Price
- Fixed, quoted after your first call
- You get
- An assistant that answers from your own files
- Call and meeting notes filed to your CRM
- A daily briefing of what needs doing
- A short guide for your staff on safe use
- Typical timeline
- 1–2 weeks
- Good for
- Firms of 5 to 50 people already using a shared office suite and email
- Price
- Fixed, quoted after your first call
- You get
- Document requests and secure uploads
- Status your clients can check themselves
- Reminders that chase for you
- Your name and your domain on it
- Typical timeline
- 3–5 weeks
- Good for
- Accountants, immigration consultants, clinics and other document-heavy practices
- Price
- Fixed, quoted after your first call
- You get
- Hosting, backups and security updates
- Fixes and small improvements
- A monthly note on what changed
- The same people who built it
- Typical timeline
- Month to month
- Good for
- Everything we build
- Price
- A fixed monthly fee
Need a team, not a project?
For systems that need continuous work, our capacity retainer gives you one fixed monthly fee, a named engineer and a standing weekly meeting.
Planning a larger AI project?
Government-backed financing can help Canadian businesses fund AI adoption. We're a BC company and can work alongside your lender on the plan.
How a project runs
Short, fixed and visible from the first week. You always know what is being built, what it costs and when it will be done.
A 30-minute call
Tell us what is slowing your team down. We'll say honestly whether we're the right fit, and if we're not, who is.
A one-page scope and a fixed price
What we'll build, what it costs and when it's done, on one page. Nothing starts until you agree to it.
Build, with a demo every week
You see working software from the first week and steer as we go. An AI-assisted pipeline, with an engineer reviewing every change, is why this takes weeks rather than months.
Launch, training and care
We move your data over, train your team and hand you the keys. A care plan keeps everything running after launch.
Built properly, and owned by you
Safer than doing it yourself
AI app builders make it easy to launch something that exposes customer data. Every AlfTech build gets a security and privacy review before it goes live.
Yours to keep
The code, the data and the accounts are in your name. We keep only our own tools, so if you ever move on, everything you paid for goes with you.
Close by and accountable
We're a BC company in Metro Vancouver. You work with the people who build your system, not an account manager.
Work we've done
Years as the engineering team for a Vancouver commercial real estate brokerage
We build and run the systems its brokers use every day. The work started with messy records and legacy tools, which is where most of our clients start too.
- A property and contacts database covering the whole market, merged from years of separate sources
- Map, analytics and prospecting tools moved off a legacy platform onto one app with a single sign-in, without a big-bang cutover
- An AI assistant that answers questions from that database in plain language
Multiplex Unlocker
Multiplex feasibility from a street address, with the local rules that apply. 62,730 lots scored so far across five BC cities. Brokerages and developers can offer it to their own clients under their own brand.
ElderAlert
A daily check-in app for older adults and their families, on both major phone platforms, in English and Chinese. Health data stays on the phone.
中文服務
歡迎以廣東話或普通話與我們洽談您的業務流程和系統需要。
Prefer to talk it through in Cantonese or Mandarin? We can scope, build and train your team in English or Chinese.
預約通話 Book a callSmall by design
AlfTech Consulting Inc. is a British Columbia corporation based in Metro Vancouver. We keep the team small so the people who design your system are the same people who build and run it, and every client gets the founder's attention.
Alfred Chen
Sets the direction and scope on every engagement and stays hands-on in the code. Alfred has spent his career building data systems for operating businesses, including several years as the engineering lead for a Vancouver commercial real estate brokerage.
Your named engineer
Every client has a named engineer for the day-to-day, working directly with Alfred and backed by our AI-assisted delivery pipeline.
Book a 30-minute call
Tell us what's costing your team time, and we'll tell you honestly which offer fits, or whether we're not the right fit at all.
We take on a small number of projects at a time so each one gets real attention. If we're at capacity we'll tell you when the next opening is.
- hello@alftech.ca
- Based in
- Metro Vancouver, British Columbia
- Working with
- Clients across BC and remotely
- Languages
- English, Cantonese, Mandarin