Honest Fox

Honest Fox is a Melbourne software development company that designs, builds and runs digital products on AWS. We're an AWS Select Tier Services Partner, so AWS certifies our engineers and reviews the work we deliver.

Most organisations end up choosing between a design studio that can't do serious engineering and a cloud partner that doesn't think about the people using the product. We do both, in one team.

What we do

• Cloud-native platforms: products designed for AWS from the first sprint, not moved there later.
• Re-platforming and modernisation: ageing systems moved to AWS without disrupting the people who rely on them.
• AI and voice agents: grounded in your own data, with the governance to put them in front of customers. We're an ElevenLabs partner for voice.
• Experience: CX and research, product roadmaps, product design, UX research and testing.
• Technology: solution architecture, front- and back-end development, app development, QA and business analysis.

How we work

Every engagement runs in three stages. Hunt is discovery: finding the real problem and the business case. Leap is design, build and release. Track is measuring and improving after launch. Governance runs through all three: delivery control, risk and compliance, quality and value. When data residency matters, we build in the Sydney and Melbourne AWS regions.

Who we work with

CTOs, heads of digital and product leaders at mid-market and enterprise organisations, universities, healthcare providers, arts organisations and not-for-profits across Australia. Clients include Australia Post, Asahi, the University of Melbourne, Altius, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Lifestyle Communities. Our work on Ngarrngga with the University of Melbourne won Gold at the 2024 Australian Good Design Awards.

We also publish Kit, a free, open-source AI agent starter kit for AWS built on Bedrock AgentCore, Strands and Claude.

We tell you how it is: what it will take, what it will cost and what to leave out, before you commit