Services

How we help

From a first idea to the systems your business runs on, we work alongside you to build, improve, and support the software that moves you forward.

What we do

Build

Bring new ideas to life, and automate the work that’s costing you too much.

Whether you’re shaping a new product or replacing a slow, manual process, we help you think it through first, then build software that fits the way your business works and connects to the tools you already use.

  • Idea shaping, prototypes, and first versions
  • Workflow automation for costly manual processes
  • Custom web applications and customer portals
  • Integrations between your systems and outside services
  • AI-powered features, like document drafting, smart search, and assistants
  • Production-ready rebuilds of AI-generated prototypes

Evaluate

See what’s working, and what could work better.

We take a close look at your software, systems, and workflows to find what’s holding you back and where the biggest improvements are. You come away with clear findings and practical recommendations, with options you can weigh at your own pace.

  • Software health checks
  • Architecture reviews
  • Workflow and process assessments
  • Code and security audits
  • AI opportunity assessments: where AI could genuinely help

Improve

Modernize what you already have.

Your existing systems hold years of knowledge about how your business runs. We define success with you up front, modernize what matters most, and measure the results together, using AI where it makes a real difference.

  • Modernizing aging applications and frameworks, including PHP and Laravel, Node.js and TypeScript, and JavaScript front ends
  • Speed and performance improvements
  • Adding AI to the systems you already use
  • Cloud moves and infrastructure updates (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
  • Preparing systems to handle more customers and more data

Test

Release changes with confidence.

We help you catch problems before they reach the people who rely on you. Together, we build testing and release practices that fit your business and make each release smoother.

  • Automated testing, from individual features to full user journeys
  • Quality assurance and acceptance testing
  • Release pipelines that check each change before it goes live
  • Plain-language test scenarios that business and technical teams can both follow
  • Quality checks that keep AI outputs accurate and consistent

Secure & comply

Meet the standards your industry and your clients expect.

We identify gaps against the standards that apply to you, prioritize them by risk, and work with you to remediate them.

  • Compliance gap assessments for healthcare (HIPAA), payments (PCI), and more
  • Security reviews and risk assessments
  • Risk-based remediation plans
  • Fixes for access control, secure logins, single sign-on, and code vulnerabilities
  • Support for client security questionnaires and audits

Lead & support

A senior partner for the long run.

We guide your technical direction, strengthen how your team delivers, and keep your systems running smoothly as you grow.

  • Part-time technical leadership (fractional CTO or engineering lead)
  • Delivery improvements: planning, prioritizing, and shipping predictably
  • Helping development teams adopt AI tools effectively
  • Ongoing support and maintenance plans
  • Prepaid hours for flexible, as-needed help

Where to start

Pricing to match your business and what you need. Most clients begin with one of these:

Launch

Idea-to-blueprint session

Shape your idea into a clear plan: what to build first, how it should work, and a rough sense of what it will take.

What you get

  • A working session to shape the idea and who it’s for
  • A phased plan: a first version to test with real users, then what to build next as it grows
  • Simple sketches of the key screens
  • A rough sense of time and cost for each phase, with options to weigh

Grow

Workflow and process assessment

A close look at how work moves through your business and the systems behind it: what’s working, what’s at risk, and where to improve first.

What you get

  • A review of your key workflows, systems, and how your team uses them day to day
  • Findings on bottlenecks and manual work, plus security, compliance, and audit risks
  • A written report in plain language, with each finding ranked by risk and business impact
  • A phased improvement plan, with a rough sense of time and cost for each phase

Scale

Architecture review

An in-depth look at how ready your systems are for bigger customers, more volume, and stricter standards.

What you get

  • A review of your architecture, infrastructure, and how your team delivers changes
  • An assessment of readiness for growth: performance, scalability, reliability, security, and compliance
  • A written report, with each finding ranked by risk and business impact
  • A phased roadmap, with a rough sense of time and cost for each phase

Fixed price, prepaid hours, or monthly, whatever fits the work.

Common questions

Can you modernize an older PHP application?

Yes. We upgrade and modernize aging PHP apps, including CakePHP, CodeIgniter, Yii, Zend, and older Laravel versions. Most projects start with a software health check to see what’s at risk and what to upgrade first. Then we modernize in phases, with the aim of keeping your app running along the way.

Can you update an older front end or user interface?

Yes. We modernize dated front ends, including jQuery, AngularJS, and older Vue and React versions, along with designs that don’t work well on phones. We can refresh the interface in phases, often without rebuilding what runs behind it. Along the way, we make it easier to use and more accessible.

Our PHP or Node.js version is reaching end of life. What should we do?

Each PHP and Node.js version receives security updates for a limited time. Once support ends, new security issues stop being fixed, which can cause problems with audits, insurance, and hosting. A software health check is a good first step. It shows what needs to change to reach a supported version, and in what order.

Our front-end framework is no longer supported. What should we do?

Front-end frameworks and libraries also stop receiving updates over time. Older code can become harder to secure, harder to hire for, and slower to change. A software health check shows what can be updated in place, what’s better replaced, and in what order.

What technologies do you work with?

Our team works across PHP (including Laravel, CakePHP, CodeIgniter, and Symfony), Node.js and TypeScript, and JavaScript front ends like React, Vue, and Angular. We also work with MySQL and PostgreSQL databases and with AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. We choose tools to fit your business, not the other way around.

We built a prototype with AI tools. Can you make it production-ready?

Yes. We review what the AI tools produced, keep what works, and rebuild what won’t hold up, often around security, testing, data handling, and hosting. We can work in phases, and the goal is an app that’s ready for real users.

How can AI help a small or mid-size business?

We start with your workflows, not the technology. Good candidates include drafting documents, searching your own records, sorting incoming requests, and cutting manual data entry. An AI opportunity assessment shows where AI could genuinely help, and where it likely won’t.

Do you offer fractional CTO services?

Yes. We provide part-time technical leadership as a fractional CTO or engineering lead. We guide your technical direction, help your team plan and prioritize, and support steady, predictable delivery.

Where is your team based?

Aphion is based in Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota. Our senior team is US-based, and we’ve worked remotely with clients across the country since 2002.

How do we get started?

Book a free 30-minute call and tell us what you’re trying to do. We’ll suggest a first step, often an idea-to-blueprint session, a workflow and process assessment, or an architecture review.

Wherever you are, let’s talk about what’s next.

Whether it’s a new idea, a growing pain, or your next big step, let’s talk it through. In 30 minutes, we’ll work out the best path forward together.

Book a free 30-minute call

or reach us at brandon@aphion.com · 507-313-2517