About
An independent software company from Cornwall
Whealbit builds software and keeps running it. We started out designing websites, and grew into a company that owns and operates its own products.
Our story
We began the way most studios do, building websites for local businesses. The more we built, the more we noticed the same problems repeating: spreadsheets holding teams together, commission eating into margins, software that nobody actually owned. So we started building products of our own. Today WagePilot keeps shifts and wage bills under control for teams that do not sit at a desk, and StayBinder gives holiday-let guests everything they need from a single QR code. We design them, host them, support them and improve them every week. We still take on client work, and we hold it to the same standard. The difference is that we know what it takes to run software long after launch, because we do it ourselves every day. Wheal is the Cornish word for a mine. The county was built on digging carefully for what was valuable and worth the effort. We took the name because that is still the idea: find the value, then do the work to bring it up.
Whealbit · Software studio, Penzance
- SaaS platforms, live and operated in-house
- 5
- Building and running software
- Since 2019
- Google PageSpeed on every build
- 99–100
- Data residency on every platform
- UK & EU
What we make
We own and operate a portfolio of SaaS platforms, in daily use by businesses across the UK. Each one started as a problem worth solving properly.
How we work
We run what we build
Owning live products means we feel every bug and every slow page before our customers do. That pressure makes everything we ship better.
No surprises, ever
You know the price before we start: one monthly figure for websites, or a fixed quote for bespoke software. It does not move.
Fast is the baseline
Every site is coded by hand, and we treat page speed as a requirement from the first day of a build.
Local and accountable
We live and work in Cornwall. When you get in touch, you speak to the people who built your software.
Websites for charities, on the house
We design and build websites for registered UK charities, free, and host them free for as long as they need. If you run a good cause, the work is on us.
Talk to our team about your project
Whether it is a website, a custom platform or a problem you have not solved yet, start with a conversation. We reply within one working day, and we will tell you if we are the right fit.