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Three ways to get software built in Alberta: hire a traditional agency, build it yourself with an AI tool, or work with a lean local team. Here is how they compare on cost, speed, and what happens when things break.
| AIAlberta | Traditional agency | Do it yourself | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typical cost | About half agency price, fixed quote | High — overhead and markup | Cheap up front, expensive when it breaks |
| Who does the work | The people who build it, directly | Account managers between you and the devs | You, plus an AI tool |
| Speed to first result | Days to a couple of weeks | Weeks of onboarding first | Fast to a demo, slow to production |
| Fixes broken AI-built apps | Yes — most requested service | Rarely; prefers rebuilds | This is usually the problem |
| Ongoing support | Optional maintenance from $500/mo | Expensive retainers | None — it's on you |
| Local to Alberta | Yes — Edmonton based | Sometimes | N/A |
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Yes — most projects land at roughly half of agency pricing. We skip the agency overhead of account managers and sales layers, so you pay for the build, not the markup.
If you want to work directly with the people building your software, move fast, and pay about half, a lean team fits. Large enterprises with procurement requirements sometimes need a full agency, but most small and medium Alberta businesses do not.
You can get to a demo quickly, but AI-built apps often break, slow down, or become unsafe to change in production. That is exactly the work AIAlberta takes over and stabilizes.
Send it to us. Taking over stalled AI-built and vibe-coded apps is our most requested service — we audit the code, fix what is broken, and make it production-ready.
Fixed prices, in CAD, before we build.
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