Remote, nationwide · taking on new clients

The person who actually knows
how systems work.

RedCyfer builds and runs the technical backbone for small businesses — web platforms, cloud infrastructure, network security, and an AI receptionist that answers your phone. Every plan is priced in public, month to month. No agency overhead, no hand-waving, no scoping call to find out what it costs.

Engineer
Chris Woodall
Tenure
20+ yrs on the tools
Plans from
$24.95/mo

01 Ready to go

Four plans. No custom quotes.

Flat monthly figures so you can compare on cost, not on a sales call. The same engineer runs every install.

Voice, NetCare and Hosting are month to month — cancel any time, and your config, ports and credentials leave with you in a runbook. Gov runs a 12-month initial term because public budgets renew annually; the content is yours either way.

02 Built to order

Custom work where off-the-shelf fails.

Some problems don't fit a plan. RedCyfer takes those on the same way every time: a fixed-scope sprint first, then a flat monthly retainer to keep it running — no surprise invoices, no time-and-materials mystery. Built to be maintained for years, and you own the code and the data.

Apps
Node · PHP · PostgreSQL on AWS
Network
MikroTik routing, firewalls, BGP, captive portals
Streaming
Livestream ingest, transcode ladders, restream fan-out
Data
Backups, replication, schema migrations, restore drills
How a custom engagement startsMon–Fri
01

Email a one-paragraph description

What the system needs to do, who touches it, and what's broken right now.

02

A reply with a fixed scope and day rate

You see the hours, the deliverables and the price before any work starts.

03

A working demo at the end of every week

Screen-share, working increment, written status. No decks, no status meetings.

04

Roll into a flat monthly retainer

Once it's in production, the same engineer keeps it running for one published number.

Start with a paragraph →

Also built to order: home and property automation on properly segmented networks — lights, locks, cameras and leak protection that keep running when the internet doesn't. Priced on a written, itemised quote.

Free · No obligation

Free accessibility audit. A DOJ Title II reality check.

The DOJ rule requires state and local government websites to meet WCAG 2.1 AA by April 2027–2028 — and that reaches the contractors and small operators serving them. Most have no idea where they stand. The audit surfaces the gaps and tells you what fixing them actually costs.

For municipalities, counties, and special districts anywhere in the country — the scan, the remediation and the training all happen remotely. A low-friction way into compliance without the price tag of a national vendor.

What you get back
  • An automated WCAG 2.1 AA pass against your live site
  • A short list of the highest-impact fixes, in plain English
  • A ballpark cost to remediate — or a referral, no markup
  • One sign-off, in writing, that you ran the audit
Request the free audit →

Send the URL and a contact. The reply comes from me, not a queue.

Remote work · Built and monitored

Reach the office network. Without opening it to the internet.

Staff working from home usually end up on one of three things: remote desktop forwarded straight through the firewall, a consumer router's built-in VPN nobody has updated in years, or one password shared across the whole company. Exposed remote desktop is one of the most common ways ransomware gets in.

A private WireGuard tunnel replaces all three — and because it's configuration rather than cabling, it's built and handed over remotely, anywhere in the country.

What gets built
  • Per-person keys — revoke one when someone leaves
  • Access scoped to what they need, not the whole network
  • Remote desktop and file shares off the public internet
  • Tunnels monitored — we know before you call
See how it works →

Typical build $349 · monitored from $79.95/mo

Why RedCyfer

You work with the engineer doing the work — not an account manager relaying to a junior dev. Twenty-plus years across cloud, carrier networks and production systems go into every build. I favour solutions that last over ones that trend — and I'll tell you honestly when an idea isn't worth building.
Chris Woodall, founder more about how I work →

About RedCyfer

Chris Woodall. Twenty-plus years on the tools.

RedCyfer is a single-engineer technical practice based in Jonesboro, Arkansas, working with clients across the country. Every client works directly with the engineer building and running their stack — no account managers, no agency overhead. Pricing is published flat per month so you can compare on cost rather than on a custom quote.

Cloud

AWS architecture, migrations, cost triage.

Carrier

BGP, peering, dedicated circuits, voice trunking.

Production

PostgreSQL, PHP/Node apps, schema migrations at scale.

Reachability

Always-on answering and 24/7 NOC for managed clients.

Email Chris → chris@redcyfer.com

Common questions

Is RedCyfer really a one-person shop?

Yes. I do the engineering, and you talk to me directly. On larger builds I bring in specialists I've worked with for years — under my contract, managed by me, so you still have one number to call and one person accountable.

How does flat monthly pricing work for custom work?

Custom builds start as a fixed-scope sprint: you see the hours, the deliverables and the price before any work begins. Once the system is in production it rolls into a flat monthly retainer covering hosting, monitoring and ongoing changes — one number, no time-and-materials surprises.

Why offer a free accessibility audit?

Because most small-town sites fail WCAG 2.1 AA today and nobody has told them. The audit is the honest first step whether you hire me or not — if the fixes are small enough for your own webmaster, I'll say so.

Where is my data hosted?

In AWS, in infrastructure I run and monitor from my own NOC. You own your code and your data, and you get the credentials — nothing is locked to a platform you can't leave.

Can I switch providers later?

Yes, and I'll help. Month-to-month plans cancel any time and you leave with a runbook: configuration, DNS, ports, credentials, and where everything lives. Municipal clients own their content outright.

Get in touch

Have a project or a problem worth solving?

Tell me what's going on. You'll hear back from the person who'll actually do the work — usually within a business day.