About us
A senior engineering team on Florida's Gulf Coast
PanamaGulf builds and runs scalable software and websites for B2B companies and enterprise teams across the US. We're small by design, so every client works directly with the people doing the work.
Our story
Why we started PanamaGulf
Most businesses buying a website or custom software face the same choice. They can hire a large agency and pay for account managers and overhead, or take a chance on a freelancer and hope they're still around after launch.
We started PanamaGulf to offer a better option: a small, senior team with the standards of a large one. That means written scopes, fixed quotes, weekly demos, real testing and documentation, and code that belongs to you from the first commit.
We're based in Panama City, on Florida's Gulf Coast, and work with companies across Northwest Florida, the rest of the state and the US.
How we're different
What working with us is actually like
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Senior people do the work
The people on your first call design and build your project. We don't hand it to a junior team or quietly outsource it.
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Prices you can plan around
You get a fixed, written quote before any work starts. If we get an estimate wrong on fixed-scope work, we absorb the cost.
- 03
No lock-in
Your code lives in your repository and your hosting in your cloud account. You can take it elsewhere at any time, with full documentation.
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Honest advice, even when it costs us
If an off-the-shelf tool will do the job, we'll tell you. We'd rather earn your trust than sell you a build you don't need.
Leadership
Louie Heaton
Founder and principal engineer
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What we value
Three things we won't compromise on
Clarity
Plain English, written scopes and no jargon used to hide a problem.
Craft
Software that's fast, accessible, secure and easy to maintain.
Ownership
We treat your project like our own business, because our reputation rides on it.
Where we are
Based in Panama City, working across the US
Most of our work happens over video calls and shared tools, so distance is rarely an issue. For clients in Northwest Florida, we're happy to meet in person.
Have a project in mind?
Book a free 30-minute call. We'll talk through what you need, tell you what we'd do and follow up with a written estimate. Prefer email? We reply within one business day.