Replace fragmented vendor stacks with one modular, API-first platform. Start with one workflow. Expand department by department. Your data stays yours.
Four screens. Two audiences. One platform. This is what cities get when they deploy Civic Kernel —
for their staff and for their residents.
Every department. Every metric. One screen. IT directors see permits, 311 requests, payments, and citizen records in real time — no switching between systems.
A resident submits a building permit in 5 steps, under 10 minutes. No paper forms, no office visits. Average approval time drops from 18 days to 4.2 days.
Residents report issues in seconds. Location auto-detected, photos attached, status updates via SMS. The City Passport shows all their interactions in one place — permits, requests, and payments.
City staff review, approve, and route permits from one queue. Click any row — instantly see the citizen's full record: all their permits, open 311 requests, and outstanding payments.
We're onboarding design partner cities in the Southeast. Schedule a 30-minute demo.
U.S. municipalities running fragmented digital stacks
93% of cities still rely on disconnected systems
Annual municipal IT spend locked into legacy contracts
Average 7-10 year contract lock-ins
Modular citizen-facing platforms at scale today
Cities deserve modern infrastructure
The average city runs 15–40 disconnected vendors. Replacing any one of them takes 18–36 months. The same resident has a permit in system A, a 311 request in system B, and fees in system C. The city never sees the full picture.
Vendors have no incentive to unify. Every new contract adds another data silo and more integration overhead.
Proprietary architecture makes switching operationally risky. Incumbents exploit this to expand scope and raise prices.
Replacing a core system requires 18–36 months of procurement cycles — so cities extend contracts instead of replacing them.
The city can never see the full picture of a single resident across permits, payments, and service requests.
Cities modernize one workflow at a time — without replacing everything at once. No forced migration. No data lock-in.
Start with Permits, 311/CRM, or CMS — whichever has an active RFP or renewal coming up.
Each module connects to the shared core — one citizen record, unified identity, shared workflows. ARR grows with each addition.
Gradually displace legacy vendors. The city’s institutional memory lives in Civic Kernel — not in a proprietary database.
Legacy platforms were built for a different era. CIvic Kernel is built native — modular, open, and city-controlled from day one.
CIVICPLUS / GRANICUS
Proprietary / Locked
CIVIC KERNEL
100% Client Owned
CIVICPLUS / GRANICUS
Closed Ecosystem
CIVIC KERNEL
API-First (Headless)
CIVICPLUS / GRANICUS
6–18 Months
CIVIC KERNEL
4–8 Weeks (Modular)
CIVICPLUS / GRANICUS
Fragmented Logins
CIVIC KERNEL
Single City Passport
20+ years delivering software. Real government contracts won. Architecture shipped at scale. Capital accelerates execution — it doesn't initiate it.
20+ years building and shipping software — including government clients. P&L, hiring, compliance experience. Civic Kernel is built on infrastructure Above Bits already runs.
Active government contractor in South Carolina. RPE LLC provides direct access to municipal stakeholders, procurement pathways, and SDVOSB-aligned opportunities.
10+ years designing platforms from scratch. System architecture, task decomposition, end-to-end delivery of complex client projects. Leads module architecture for Civic Kernel.
Execution team already in place — Engineers, QA, and designers operating within Above Bits’ existing infrastructure. No cold-start hiring needed. Capital goes to platform, not team setup.
Currently onboarding partners in South Carolina and North Carolina,
with
multiple cities in active discussions.
Schedule a demo to learn more.
Or email us directly: alex@abovebits.com
