The problem
The infrastructure is over-sized relative to actual need and drives unjustified cost and environmental impact, or a process is being digitalised without any prior diagnosis.
Concrete deliverables
A critical needs analysis before any technical choice, digital eco-design (lighter pages, efficient hosting choices), and support for a considered digitalisation of processes — without over-engineering.
- Digital sobriety diagnosis of the existing setup
- Eco-design recommendations (front-end, hosting, data)
- Digitalisation plan for priority processes
- Impact estimate (load, cost, footprint)
Who it’s for
- Organisations looking to cut infrastructure costs
- Digitalisation projects with no in-house IT strategy
- Organisations concerned about their digital environmental footprint
Frequently asked questions
- Does digital sobriety mean giving up features?
- No: it means choosing the features that are genuinely useful and sizing the infrastructure accordingly. The result is often a faster, easier-to-maintain site — not a stripped-down one.
- How does this connect with technical SEO?
- The two reinforce each other: a lean site is almost always faster, and speed is a direct ranking and user-experience factor.
The starting question isn’t “which technology to use” but “what does this project actually need”. Sobriety follows from that question — it isn’t a constraint imposed from outside.