IT consultancy for businesses that want to own their stack
Stop renting your business. Own your infrastructure.
e-Balkan replaces per-seat SaaS subscriptions with private, open-source infrastructure you control — email, cloud, hosting, and automation that belong to you, not to a vendor.
The subscription trap
Per-seat SaaS is a fine way to start and an expensive way to stay. Three patterns show up in almost every audit we run:
Per-seat pricing punishes growth
Every hire adds a licence, and every licence renews forever. Your software bill tracks your headcount, not your usage — and it never curves back down.
Your data lives on someone else’s servers
Your email, files, and records sit under terms that can change without your consent. Exports are limited, formats favour staying, and getting out is your problem to solve.
You can’t leave
Every workflow, integration, and shared file adds one more strand to the tether. The switching cost grows every quarter you stay — which is exactly what the pricing model counts on.
Services
What you could own instead
Custom digital platforms
Websites, portals, and internal tools built on open standards. You own the code, the data, and the roadmap.
See the servicePrivate IT infrastructure
Your own email, file cloud, and hosting — on servers you control, at a cost that doesn’t scale with headcount.
See the serviceWorkflow & AI automation
Automations and AI integrations that run on your infrastructure, not on a third-party’s metered platform.
See the serviceHow it works
From renting to owning, in four steps
Audit
We map what you pay for, what you actually use, and what data sits where.
Blueprint
A written plan: what to replace, what to keep, what it costs once instead of forever.
Build & migrate
We set up your infrastructure and move your data with zero-loss, minimal-downtime migration.
Handover
You get the keys, documentation, and training. We stay available for support — you don’t depend on us to operate.
Work
Real systems, honestly described
Case study
e-Balkan Real Estate
A property-listing platform built as a proof of concept for the ownership model: no per-agent licence fees, and full control of its data and codebase — the kind of system most businesses only ever rent.
The mission is to make the real estate market simple and clear — connecting trusted local experts with verified data. For buyers and investors, the platform helps make informed decisions without hidden costs.
About
Who’s behind e-Balkan
e-Balkan is led by Atif Basani — 15+ years building telecommunications and national-scale internet infrastructure, including strategy work for Kosovo’s research and education network in coordination with GÉANT, Europe’s research network.
Meet AtifQuestions
Short answers to fair questions
Is open-source software reliable enough for business?
The platforms we deploy — Mailcow, Nextcloud, CloudPanel — run email, files, and hosting for organisations from small firms to universities and public institutions. Reliability comes from how infrastructure is set up, monitored, and maintained, and that is exactly what the engagement covers. The licence model changes who controls the software, not how well it runs.
What happens if something breaks after handover?
You get full documentation and an optional support agreement — most clients keep one, and we respond when something needs attention. But nothing in the setup requires us specifically: it is standard, documented open-source infrastructure that any competent administrator can service. That is the point of owning it.
Do we need our own IT staff to run this?
No. Day-to-day use feels like the tools you already know — mail clients, file sync, shared calendars. The administrative work sits with us under a support agreement, or with whoever you choose later; the documentation is written so that choice stays open.
How long does a typical migration take?
Most email-and-files migrations run a few weeks from audit to cutover, depending on how much data and how many accounts move. Your existing tools keep running in parallel the whole time, and we schedule the final switch around your work — not ours.
Find out what you're really paying to rent.
Request a free IT cost audit. Atif personally reviews every request and replies with a written assessment — what you could own instead, and what it would take to get there.
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