HelmUnit

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HelmUnit is your fractional AI & automation department. A senior builder documents your processes, automates them, and keeps improving them — with hours and euros saved reported every month, so the investment justifies itself. Scale from ¼ to full capacity. Cancel anytime. You own everything.

Built and run from the EU · Your data never leaves the EU · 15+ years of delivery
Capacity, month by month
¼
½
2
1
¼
analyze → scale up → push → scale down

Problems we solve for small and mid-sized businesses

the impossible hire

A full-time automation engineer costs €80K–€200K/year. Most SMBs need a quarter of that capacity.

the vanishing freelancer

A freelancer works until they disappear — and everything they knew goes with them. No documentation, no backup, no continuity.

the consultant's deck

Consultants hand you a strategy deck. Someone still has to build it — then maintain and improve it.

the process in one head

One employee knows how orders really flow. If they leave or get sick, the process stops with them.

the AI noise

Everyone says AI. Nobody can tell you what it means for your invoices, orders, and paperwork.

the software that almost fits

Your tools cover 80% of the job. The remaining 20% is someone re-typing data between systems, every day.

One loop, run continuously

document → automate → improve → monitor

1

Document

Your builder works with your team, maps how work really flows, and writes it down properly. Most companies have never had this — it pays off even before any automation.

2

Automate

We build it: integrations, AI document & email processing, workflow automation. AI where it earns its place, plain automation where it's simpler.

3

Improve

We measure hours and money saved. Refine what works, kill what doesn't.

4

Monitor

Everything stays watched, maintained, and reported. Nothing rots silently.

See it in action across five industries — case studies →

What you get

We map your most repetitive work — and find where your team loses hours every week.
We build and connect the automations — your systems talk to each other, no manual re-typing.
We document everything as we build — nothing lives in one person's head.
A builder who becomes an expert in your business — the same person, month after month, learning your flows deeper with every process.
A named secondary contact — that knowledge never has a single point of failure.
A monthly ROI report — what we built, what it fixed, hours and euros saved.
Data stays in the EU — GDPR by design, EU AI Act–ready documentation included.
A more valuable business — processes documented and running in code, not in heads. That's what buyers and banks like to see.

Real processes, real numbers

From the team's delivery track record at azurevibes.dev.

Construction
1 day → 45 min

Quote production time. AI processing of project documents + SharePoint integration.

Field services
12 hrs/week

Paperwork eliminated. Back-office + portal + mobile app for field data.

Order processing
9 of 10

Order emails quoted and invoiced automatically — humans only review.

See it in action across five industries — case studies →

Hire in fractions

¼ builder
€2 500/mo
≈5 days/month

Analysis at the start, maintenance at the end. For smaller firms, often enough for the whole journey.

½ builder
€4 500/mo
≈10 days/month

Steady building. The typical pace for a small firm's backlog — or continuous improvement at a mid-sized one.

Full builder
€8 500/mo per builder
every working day

The full department. For mid-sized firms clearing a real backlog — scale down when it's done.

Finished building for now? Switch to maintenance-only — monitoring, fixes, small improvements — priced individually based on what we've built for you.

Small firm¼ · analysis½ · building¼ · improvementmaintenance-only
Mid-sized firm½ · analysis1–2 · building push½ · improvement¼ · improvement & monitoring
Guarantees — in the contract, not the pitch

Four things we put in writing

You own everything.

Code, data, documentation — yours from day one.

Cancel anytime.

No exit fee, documented handover included.

Talk to the builder.

No account managers. You work directly with the person building your systems.

We measure it.

Monthly report: what we built, what it fixed, hours saved, money saved.

For you if

  • 20–200 employees
  • Repetitive document, order, or paperwork volume
  • No CTO on staff
  • Construction, logistics, field services, or any order-heavy back office
  • You want results, not decks

Not for you if

  • Under 10 employees with no repetitive volume
  • You want a one-off, fixed-price project — see our offering at azurevibes.dev
  • Your data can never touch an external environment
  • Nobody internal can spend an hour a week with us

Questions we always get

Start with a 30-minute call

No pitch deck, no obligation. Tell us your most repetitive process — we'll tell you honestly whether it's worth automating and which fraction to start with.

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