Services that deliver results
From fast marketing sites to full-stack platforms. Every project includes performance, accessibility, and NZ compliance as standard — not extras.
Astro Marketing Site
Lightning-fast static sites for small NZ businesses — cafes, trades, professional services, local brands. Built in Astro for near-instant load times and outstanding SEO. Every site comes with a CMS so you or your team can update text, images, and events without touching code — using either Decap CMS (free, simple) or Sanity (free tier, better for multiple editors).
What's included
- Figma design — up to 8 pages
- 2 rounds of revisions
- Responsive for all screen sizes
- CMS so you can update content yourself — no developer needed
- Contact form setup
- WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility
- Google Analytics with cookie consent
- Lighthouse >90 before handover
- Loom walkthrough on handover
Tech stack
- Astro
- Tailwind CSS
- Decap CMS or Sanity
- Netlify or Cloudflare Pages
Next.js Business Platform
Custom web applications for businesses that need to do things online — not just display information. Customer portals, booking systems, membership platforms, internal dashboards, and SaaS products. If you just need a simple shop, we'll point you to Shopify; if you just need bookings, tools like Cal.com work out of the box. We build custom only when off-the-shelf tools don't fit.
What's included
- Figma design — up to 10 pages
- 2 rounds of revisions per phase
- Server-side rendering & API routes
- Database integration
- User authentication (if needed)
- Stripe payments (if needed)
- WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility
- Staging environment
- Loom walkthrough on handover
Tech stack
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- Prisma / Supabase
- Vercel
- Stripe
AI Integration
Custom AI tools built on your content and connected to your systems. From a RAG chatbot that answers only from your approved content, to AI-assisted workflows that process enquiries and extract data, to tools that connect AI to your calendar, CRM, or docs. Scoped per project.
What we build
- RAG chatbots — answer from your content only, no hallucinations
- AI-assisted workflows — classify enquiries, extract data, route requests
- AI content tools — drafts in your brand voice
- Tool connections — calendar, CRM, email, docs, databases
- Embedded chat widget matched to your site
- Fallback to contact form when the bot can't answer
Tech stack
- Claude API
- Vector embeddings
- Supabase pgvector
- Cloudflare Workers
Custom API Development
Connect the systems you already use. Booking forms that create jobs and trigger invoices. Websites that sync with Xero, Stripe, or your POS. Stop copying data between tools manually. If Zapier can handle it, we'll tell you — we build custom when the logic is too complex or the connector doesn't exist.
What's included
- Serverless functions (Netlify, Cloudflare Workers, or AWS Lambda)
- Webhook integrations
- Data transformation between systems
- Authentication and security
- Error handling and retry logic
- Documentation
Tech stack
- Node.js
- Netlify Functions
- Cloudflare Workers
- AWS Lambda
- REST APIs
AWS Infrastructure
For apps that have outgrown basic hosting. NZ-based databases for data sovereignty, scalable file storage, background processing, CDN delivery, security, monitoring, and cost management. If your site runs fine on Netlify, Vercel, or Cloudflare, you don't need this — AWS is for when you need something those platforms can't provide.
What's included
- Architecture planning
- Database setup (RDS / Aurora)
- S3 file storage with presigned URLs
- Lambda functions for background jobs
- CloudFront CDN
- VPC, security groups, and IAM roles
- CloudWatch monitoring and cost alerts
- Documentation
Tech stack
- AWS RDS / Aurora
- S3 & CloudFront
- Lambda
- VPC & IAM
- CloudWatch
Maintenance & Retainer
Ongoing support, security updates, dependency updates, and content changes so your site stays fast, secure, and current. Retainer clients get priority scheduling over one-off projects. New features beyond content changes are scoped and quoted separately.
What's included
- Security & dependency updates
- Framework version updates
- Compatibility checks after updates
- Uptime & performance monitoring
- Content changes (hours vary by tier)
- Bug fixes across browsers and devices
- Hosting management (Managed tier)
Tiers
- Basic — 1hr changes/mo · $150/mo
- Standard — 3hrs changes/mo · $250/mo
- Managed — hosting included · $350/mo
- Response within 2 business days
- Min. 3-month commitment
📱 Android Apps — Kotlin & Jetpack Compose
Native Android applications built in Kotlin with Jetpack Compose — Google's modern, recommended toolkit. Native performance without the compromises of cross-platform frameworks like React Native or Flutter. Built to work with your existing backend or API.
Register interest →📊 Analytics & Dashboards
Connect your existing data to visual dashboards so you can see what's happening at a glance — sales, customer growth, conversions, inventory — pulled from your database, spreadsheets, or APIs. Built with Metabase, Power BI, or custom dashboards.
Register interest →🔬 Data Science & ML
Statistical analysis, predictive models, data pipelines, and machine learning for NZ businesses sitting on data they're not using yet. Forecast demand, predict churn, automate classification, find patterns. Built with Python, pandas, scikit-learn, and TensorFlow.
Register interest →The process
Every project starts with a quick form and a real estimate — then follows the same clear phases through to launch.
Two minutes, instant estimate
Fill in our short form and you'll see a starting price on screen straight away. We'll also send you an email with the full breakdown and two ways to go deeper.
Call or AI chat — your choice
Book a 20-minute call to talk through your project, or answer a few questions with our AI at your own pace. Either way, we build a complete brief before writing your proposal.
Proposal & SOW
You receive a clear written proposal with scope, timeline, and fixed pricing. No surprises. Work only begins once both parties sign and deposit is paid.
Design in Figma
Full site design delivered in Figma for your review and approval. Design is signed off before a single line of code is written.
Development
We build the approved design. You get a staging link to review the full site before it goes live.
Launch & handover
We run a full pre-launch checklist, go live, and hand over everything — including a Loom walkthrough of your CMS. You own the site outright.
Add-ons
Available with any project. Mix and match to fit what you need.
Logo design — $600
AI-assisted, 3 concepts + 2 revisions.
Copywriting — $150/page
Professional copy written for your pages.
Extra pages — $100 each
Beyond your base scope.
E-commerce setup — $200
Stripe + product catalogue.
Booking integration — $800
Custom booking system integration.
Blog / news CMS — $600
Add a managed blog or news section.
Shopify setup — $400
Theme, products, domain, analytics.
Google Business Profile — $100
Set up your Google Maps / Search listing.
SEO foundations — $250
Keyword research, local SEO, Search Console.
Email setup — $150
Google Workspace or Zoho, domain email + DNS.
Always included
These aren't extras or add-ons — they're the baseline for every SouthStack project.
WCAG 2.2 AA
NZ mandatory accessibility standard from March 2025. Tested before every handover.
HTTPS / SSL
Every site is served over HTTPS. No exceptions.
Fully responsive
Looks and works correctly on every screen size.
Lighthouse ≥90
Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO guaranteed ≥90 on every build. Performance ≥90 on our Astro sites; on Next.js builds we target ≥90 (desktop), measured at handover before client-added scripts or media.
Cookie consent
NZ Privacy Act 2020 compliant cookie banner. Required by law if you use analytics.
Full IP transfer
You own the code, designs, and content outright once final payment is received.
What we don't do
WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, or any monolithic CMS platform. We build with modern frameworks — you get a faster site, full code ownership, and no plugin bloat.
Our CMS options (Decap, Sanity) are headless — they manage content only, your code handles everything else. No PHP updates, no plugin vulnerabilities, no database bloat. And if a project would genuinely be better served by Shopify, Cal.com, or Zapier, we'll tell you — and help you set it up.
Not sure which tier is right?
Tell us about your project and we'll recommend the right fit.
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