We look after your organisation’s Ruby on Rails applications.
All delivered through our simple, flat-rate monthly plans.
We work directly with business owners to provide software and data engineering services that develop, support and maintain the Ruby on Rails apps in their business.
Simple, Flat-Rate Monthly Plans
No long-term contracts.
No quotes or budget overrun.
Change or cancel your plan anytime.
100% Satisfaction Guarantee.
How it works
Subscribe to your plan
Choose your preferred subscription plan below.
Invite us to your Github Organisation
Invite us to your Github organisation and repositories. Set up a new project board where we’ll track issues, upgrades, requests and progress.
You can see the status at any time, and post new issues, questions, and feedback.Initial Application Review
We’ll carry out an initial review of the application and create issues on the project board for tasks that need to be completed. We’ll chat through our findings with you and put together a plan to get your app upgraded and on a solid base for future development.Development and Deployment
We’ll start working on the requests to develop your app, get it up to date, and improve the code. We’ll raise PRs for every thing we do so you can review everything prior to deployment, and have a full audit trail.
No development team or unsure about reviewing code?
Leave it to us and we can manage the full process from code to production deployment, and will work to optimise and automate your deployment process.
All our plans include
No matter which plan you choose, you’ll get independent, friendly and professional service that includes:
Unlimited one-to-one access.
Need a question answered? Not sure which technology to use? Get advice via online chat, email, and phone, all with business-hours response.
Initial application review.
Your plan includes an initial review of the code and architecture of your application, and a full report on its health, recommendations and any potential issues.Continuous Code Improvement.
We’ll work to optimise and improve the code in your app, constantly refining things to adhere to current best practice, and ensuring your app’s code stays healthy.Test Suite and CI/CD Development.
If your test suite is a little flakey - or doesn’t exist - we’ll develop it to ensure that your code is well tested and simplify your CI/CD process.No more time-draining meetings.
Everything handled async through our simple project management system.Simple Project Management.
We use a simple card-based project management tool, to communicate with you and manage your project asynchronously.
“We recently partnered with Plymouth Software to upgrade one of the University's existing Ruby on Rails applications to Rails 8.
With their expertise, they successfully updated the full stack of our application and its dependencies, and migrated the app to a new hosting architecture. ”
— Paul O’Neill
University of Exeter
“Working with Plymouth Software feels like we have a skilled developer and web consultant as part of our own team.
As well as being a safe pair of hands in maintaining our site, they are great sounding board for ideas and improvements.”
— Samantha Starkey
Enterprise Solutions
“What really sets Plymouth Software apart is their communication and support throughout the project. They kept us in the loop at every stage, providing clear and fast responses to our questions, and resolving any issues we found as part of the [Rails application] upgrade.”
— Nathan Burden
Universtity of Exeter
“Plymouth Software has been a great find for us. It is encouraging to see such fantastic talent in Ruby on Rails in the South West.”
— Richard Stobart
Unboxed Consulting
“Plymouth Software delivered not only an excellent product, but really added value to our original proposal for a National Trust for Scotland mobile application.”
— Colan Mehaffey
The National Trust for Scotland
“In just a few hours, Plymouth Software's consultation revolutionised the way we operate our software business, saving us £000's in time and resources.”
— Nick Sanham
Aspex Research & Technology Ltd
“Plymouth Software have provided development consultancy for two high profile projects at Plymouth University.
They fundamentally understand and deliver using Agile, allowing customers to reap the benefits of fast, high-quality software delivery and rapid business benefit.”
— Joe Grant
Plymouth University
“To have someone with Plymouth Software’s expertise and knowledge advising me has enabled me to have confidence that the changes I am making are worthwhile, and will have a very positive impact.
Working with Plymouth Software has had a huge, positive impact on the strategy and implementation of this side of my business.”
— Mark Bowden
MB Hypnotherapy
Service Plan
£5000/mo
+ VAT
Designed for organisations with existing Ruby on Rails apps, delivering ongoing support, upgrades, and maintenance.
We’ll work continuously in the background carrying out the updates, improvements, and optimisations necessary to keep your app running in top condition.
Bug Fixes & Enhancement.
Get issues fixed fast, an enhance the existing features of your app to deliver a better experience to your customers. We’ll work on a single request at a time, and you can change the active request at any time using our project management tools.Upgrades and Maintenance.
We’ll work in the background to continuously deliver security updates, third-party integrations, and upgrades to your Rails app and its dependencies.
Developer Plan
£7500/mo
+ VAT
Designed when your business needs new features developing, or you need support for your development team.
As well as everything from the Service Plan, the Developer Plan includes:
New Feature Development.
Let us take care of building new features and functionality into your app to meet the needs of your business.
Code Reviews and Auditing.
Reviews, auditing and best-practice recommendations for code committed by your team.Assistance for your Development Team.
Senior level technical support for your team in debugging issues, planning features, and applying best-practice to your business’ code.
Established in 2010, Plymouth Software is an independent software consultancy built on professional, friendly service.
As well as expertise in Ruby on Rails, we have experience a crafting business-critical software solutions across multiple technologies.
For over 15 years, we have worked with teams from multiple industries and sectors, ranging from solo start-ups to globally-recognised enterprise organisations.
We pride ourselves on providing clear, independent, and actionable advice, and delivering tailored services to help you make the right technology decisions for your business.
We work with…
Business owners and founders.
We work directly with you, acting as your technology partner to provide expertise and guidance in decisions that affect your business' software and technology architecture.
Small, Agile Development Teams.
We work with you and your team to support and implement best-practice software development processes. From improving the developer experience and impementing continuous delivery to offering one-to-one guidance and technical support for your development team.
CTOs and Technology Directors.
We provide a unbiased, outside perspective to offer valuable guidance and direction to ensure that the technology being implemented aligns with the business goals and strategy.
We help you with…
Software Engineering.
With specialist expertise in Ruby on Rails application design, code maintenance, security, upgrades, and improvements.
Data Engineering.
Consolidate, transform, optimise, and prepare your data for analysis and insights, and to help you make better decisions.
Business Process Automation.
Take advantage of connected modern software to automate and streamline the day-to-day tasks in your business. We will design, build, and support you with tailored automation solutions using ready-made and bespoke tooling.
Cloud Infrastructure.
Take advantage of cloud architecture, and set up strong, long-lasting maintenance processes.
Expertise in AWS means we can design, build, and deploy the right composition of AWS services to power your businesses' needs.
We'll help you leverage AWS to reduce maintenance and operational costs and time, and deliver the critical information and insights to help your business grow.
Developer Experience (DevOps / DevEx.)
We’ll help you optimise processes, providing expertise and guidance in application architecture, best-practice development processes, security and data protection, and more.
Not sure which plan is right for you?
Book a free call to discuss how we can help you and your business.