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All the software your business needs, from people you can actually talk to.

Bookings, customers, quotes, invoices, bookkeeping, team chat and law practice management, all connected, and set up around how you already work. And now, with Ask Claude built into Altius HQ, you can simply ask your business a question and get a straight answer.

  • Your data, your website
  • No per-user fees
  • Based in Chandler, Arizona
Altius HQOne place to run your business
CustomersQuotesInvoicesFinanceSchedulerWorkspaceClient PortalLegal
Ask Claude
Which invoices are more than 30 days overdue?
Three, totaling $4,180. The largest is Smith Plumbing at $2,200, now 41 days late. Want the list with phone numbers?
Who we help

Built for real small businesses, maybe yours

Our clients don't have IT departments. They need software that does the job, makes sense the first time they see it, and has a real person behind it when they have a question.

Beauty salons

Clients book their own appointments online, any time, without a phone call.

SchedulerHQ

Promotions companies

Quote the job, order from suppliers, invoice the client and see the profit on every event.

HQ

Professional speakers

Keep track of event organizers, send quotes, take bookings and keep the calendar straight.

HQScheduler

Podcasters

Book guests, share a file library with your team and manage your sponsors.

SchedulerWorkspaceHQ

Law firms

Matters, time tracking, trust accounting and billing, built for how small firms really practice.

Legal

Trades and service companies

Schedule the jobs, quote on site, invoice when you're done and keep on top of what you're owed.

HQScheduler

Consultants and coaches

Clients book sessions, see their own documents in a private portal, and pay your invoices.

SchedulerHQPortal

Your business here

Don't see your type of business? Ask us. Chances are we've solved something very like it.

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Our software

Pick what you need today. Add more as you grow.

Every Altius product works on its own, and they work even better together.

For any small business

Altius HQ

One place for your customers, quotes, invoices, purchase orders, bookkeeping and team, with Ask Claude built in.

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For law firms

Altius Legal

Practice management for small firms: matters, time tracking, trust accounting and billing.

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For anyone taking appointments

Altius Scheduler

Online booking that keeps in step with your Google Calendar.

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For teams and communities

Altius Workspace

Free on WordPress.org

Chatrooms, messages, files and events, all on your own website.

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Built into Altius HQ

Ask Claude about your business

Ask Claude, the AI from Anthropic, is woven through Altius HQ. Because every module shares one set of records, Claude sees the whole picture: customers, quotes, invoices, the books and the calendar. Ask in plain English and get an answer in seconds, instead of digging through reports.

Ask Claude comes with every Altius HQ plan, and its AI usage is billed at cost.

Who haven't we called lately?
Four customers have had no call, meeting or email in over 60 days. Doe Consulting matters most: two open quotes worth $6,700, and no contact since August 12. Want me to draft a check-in email?
How did we do last month?
Income was $18,240, up 12% on the month before. Expenses were $11,960, so profit was $6,280. Your largest cost was subcontractors.
What's Jane Doe's mobile number?
Jane Doe, Office Manager at Doe Consulting: 480-555-0101.

Prefer YouTube? Watch it there.

Knows your whole business

One question can draw on customers, sales, invoices, bookkeeping and appointments at once.

Looks, never touches

Claude can read your records to answer you, but it can't change, send or delete anything.

Private stays private

Information you've marked Restricted, like bank or ID numbers, is never sent to Claude.

Respects your roles

Each person can only ask about what their role already lets them see.

Start small, grow big

You don't have to change everything at once

Most of our clients start by fixing one headache, then add more as the business grows. Everything you add connects to what you already have.

Fix the first headache

SchedulerWorkspace

Get organized

CustomersQuotesInvoicesAsk Claude

Run the whole business

FinancePurchase OrdersClient Portal
A day with Altius

Stop juggling software. Here's what that feels like.

  1. Coffee and the Today screen

    Today's appointments, tasks, late payments and how the month is going, all on one screen.

  2. A new customer books online

    The booking lands on your calendar, and the customer is added to your records automatically.

  3. A quote goes out in minutes

    Built from your own products and prices, and sent as a professional PDF.

  4. Last week's invoice gets paid

    Record the payment once, and the invoice, the bank and the books are all up to date.

  5. You ask Claude how the week went

    "Which quotes are still waiting, and who should I follow up with?" A clear answer in seconds, with no report to build.

  6. The team catches up

    Files, questions and photos from the day, shared in Workspace.

Why Altius

Software that feels like it's on your side

Your data stays yours

It lives in your own website's database, on ordinary hosting. Nothing is mined, sold or rented back to you.

No per-user fees

Hire another person and your software bill stays the same.

Everything connects

Enter a customer once and every part of the system knows them. No double entry.

AI that knows your business

Ask Claude answers questions from your own records, safely, without ever changing them.

Built on proven foundations

WordPress and SuiteCRM underneath, two of the most widely used open-source platforms in the world.

Friendly to use

Clean, simple screens that make sense the first time you see them.

Real people, no sales team

You talk directly to the people who build the software.

How it fits together

Friendly on the surface, serious underneath

Your team works in clean, friendly Altius products on WordPress. Underneath, SuiteCRM keeps every customer, contact, conversation and sale, and the Altius Bridge keeps everything in sync. Ask Claude reads through the Bridge, so its answers are always current, but it can never change your data.

How Altius HQ works: nine modules (Dashboard, CRM Hub, Quotes, Invoices, Purchase Orders, Finance, Scheduler, Client Portal and Mobile) each connect two ways through the Altius SuiteCRM Bridge to SuiteCRM, which syncs with Google Calendar. Ask Claude reads through the Bridge only, and restricted data is never shared with it.
Tap or click to open the full-size image. How the Bridge works →
Hello from Altius Central

A small team that loves small businesses

Altius Central is a software company in Chandler, Arizona, with decades of experience in contact management. We also wrote the Approachable book series, plain-English guides to the tools that help small businesses compete. We don't have salespeople. Most of our clients come to us by referral, and you'll always talk to the people who build the software.

40+years in technology and contact management
4products that work alone or together
1place to run your whole business
0per-user fees

Ready to stop juggling software?

Tell us how you run things today, and we'll walk you through what Altius could do for you. No pressure, no sales pitch.

christine@altiuscentral.com 480-522-4892 575 W Chandler Blvd, Suite 127, Chandler AZ