Ploverloom is a custom software developer in Ottawa. We build tools for small businesses in the city, in the surrounding Eastern Ontario region, and across the rest of Canada. If you're nearby we're glad to meet in person for the first conversation; if you're not, it goes the same way by email and video call.
Ottawa businesses and their software
The capital has its own kind of small business. Contractors serving government clients need invoicing, time tracking and reporting that fit government rules, and the trades serving the building boom need scheduling and dispatch beyond what the generic programs offer.
Independent restaurants and shops in Westboro, the Glebe and Hintonburg run on details the standard point-of-sale can't handle, and Eastern Ontario farms and cideries have very little software built for them.
The kinds of tools we build
- Custom business software: scheduling, dispatch, jobs, quotes, invoices and customer records in one tool. More about business software.
- Office tools and dashboards that put the day's numbers on one screen. More about office tools.
- Business websites you can update yourself, with nothing to pay us monthly. More about websites.
- Connections between the programs you already use, so nobody retypes between them. More about connections.
Pages for specific kinds of business
If yours is one of these, there's a page about what we'd build for it: trades and contractors, property managers, field services, healthcare practices, restaurants and retail, and auto repair and body shops. If yours isn't on the list, we still want to hear from you.
Common questions
Do you only work with Ottawa businesses?
No. We're based here and we work with businesses anywhere in Canada by email and video call.
Do you work with government contractors?
Yes. Custom invoicing, time tracking by contract, security-clearance tracking and project reporting are all things we can build. We don't do the government bidding process for you, but we can build the tools that make it easier to live with.
How do we start, and what does it cost?
With a short, free call. The price is fixed in writing after that call. Payment, ownership and where your records live are on the work with us page.
Getting started
Request a call, or fill in the estimate form. We reply within one business day.