We chart it. We build it. We stand behind it.
Oceanid pairs modern engineering with old-fashioned craftsmanship: a free project scope assessment, simple, honest, affordable pricing, and a local team you can actually sit down with.
We'll plan it out, together
We think a consulting partner should be easy to evaluate up front — so here's exactly what you get, plainly stated.
Many routes in, one team behind all of them.
Every engagement starts at the same place — your systems, as they exist today — and branches toward whichever of these it needs to become.
From sketch to something you can put in front of users.
We build the smallest, smartest version of your idea that actually proves it out — fast enough to test, solid enough to grow if it works.
The manual steps your team is tired of doing by hand.
Spreadsheets, copy-paste routines, and manual approvals get wired up to run themselves, with a person still in the loop where it matters.
Old systems, modernized without the rewrite roulette.
We move what your business depends on to current infrastructure carefully — preserving what works, replacing what doesn't, and keeping your data intact.
Make your tools talk to each other.
When your CRM, your accounting software, and your internal tools all live on separate islands, we build the bridges between them.
Local. Accountable. Personal.
We work closely with partners.
You're not handed off to an account manager after the sales call. The people who scope the work are the people who build it.
Rooted in the NH Seacoast and Greater Boston.
We're based here, and most of our clients are too — small businesses, professional practices, local nonprofits, and community organizations that need real engineering help but don't have an in-house team. We're reachable, we answer for our work, and we'd rather fix a problem in person than in a ticket queue.
Old-fashioned expertise, current tools.
Decades of engineering judgment, applied with whatever modern stack actually earns its place in your project.
The principals.
Oceanid is a small, hands-on shop based on the NH Seacoast. When you call, you get one of us — not a rotating account team.
Ben Swainbank
Founder, climate solutions expert, and engineering leader. Ben has run software and consulting organizations working in environmental, climate, non-profit, insurance, medical, finance, and education. He leads scoping and technical strategy for Oceanid's software engagements.
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Bob Mancarella
Founder, systems architect, and CTO across multiple software companies. Bob has led everything from blank-page system design to large-scale legacy migrations, with decades of hands-on product and platform engineering experience. He brings that same range to every Oceanid project.
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Tell us what you're building, fixing, or trying to get rid of. We'll come back with a free, no-obligation scope assessment — a plain-English read on the work, the risks, and what it'll take.
RESPONSE TIME — TYPICALLY WITHIN 1 BUSINESS DAY