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Custom tools that replace the spreadsheet, connect to what you use and are built to be compliant.

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Custom business software built around your process

Most growing businesses run on spreadsheets, sticky notes and three apps that don't talk to each other. We replace the workaround with one tool your whole team will actually use, shaped around the way you already work.

The result: no typing the same details twice, no out-of-date copies, and one place where everyone, from the front desk to the owner, sees the same thing.

Your tools, in one place

What your software looks like when we build it. One tool, built around how you work.

Replaces the spreadsheet

Your workflow in one tool your whole team uses. The sheet, the sticky notes and the second app retire.

  • Screens for each role
  • One login for the whole team
  • Reports that build themselves

Built to be compliant

Encrypted, and built to follow the regulations in your industry. You decide who sees what.

  • Access set by role
  • A record of who changed what, and when
  • Checked against your industry's rules

Connects to your tools

Calendar, billing, records and email in one place. A change in one shows up everywhere.

  • Calendar and booking
  • Payments and invoices
  • Email and accounting

Maintained and supported

Hosted, backed up and monitored by us, with fixes included. It keeps working while your team does.

  • Updates included
  • Fixed by the team that built it
  • Training for new staff

Is custom software right for you?

The honest case for and against building your own tool. Cons included.

Pros

  • Fits how you workBuilt around your process, not the other way round.
  • Nothing you don't needNo features to pay for and ignore.
  • Yours to keepYou own the code and the data.
  • Grows with youNew features added as the business changes.

Cons

  • Takes longer than signing upIt has to be designed and built before you use it.
  • More up frontMore to start with than an off-the-shelf subscription.
  • Needs your time early onWe need you to explain how the work really flows.
  • Overkill for simple needsIf an existing tool fits, use it. We'll say so.

Our take

Worth it when the workaround costs more than the tool.

If your team loses hours to copying data or keeping a spreadsheet in sync, custom software earns its keep. If not, we'll point you to something that already exists.

How software gets built

Custom software, built in stages. So you use real parts early.

  1. We sit with the people who'll use it and map how the work really flows.

    Map
  2. Design

    Screens designed around those steps, and tried by your team.

  3. The first working version, with your data moved over.

    Build
  4. Connect

    Linked to the tools you keep, and tested with real work.

  5. We switch you over and show everyone how it works.

    Launch
  6. Run

    Your team's feedback turned into the next round of changes.

  1. Map

    We sit with the people who'll use it and map how the work really flows.

  2. Design

    Screens designed around those steps, and tried by your team.

  3. Build

    The first working version, with your data moved over.

  4. Connect

    Linked to the tools you keep, and tested with real work.

  5. Launch

    We switch you over and show everyone how it works.

  6. Run

    Your team's feedback turned into the next round of changes.

Custom software, explained

When it makes sense to build your own tool. And what it takes.

When custom software makes sense

Off-the-shelf software is built for the average business. When your work doesn't fit it, the gaps get filled with spreadsheets, copied data and workarounds only one person understands.

Custom software makes sense when those workarounds cost more time than the tool would take to build.

What it replaces

Most projects start with one process that hurts, then grow from there.

  • The spreadsheet that runs the business
  • Typing the same details into three apps
  • Paper forms and long email chains
  • Reports built by hand every month

How it connects to what you already use

Custom doesn't mean starting from nothing. We connect to the tools that already work, like your calendar, payments, email and accounting, and replace only what doesn't.

Everything shares one record, so a change in one place shows up everywhere.

Security, compliance and support

Your data stays yours. Access is set by role, every change is recorded, and the tool is built to be compliant with the regulations in your industry.

After launch we host it, back it up, monitor it and keep it updated, and new features are added as the business grows.

Questions and answers

Still have a question?

Ask us anything. We'll answer it straight, even if the answer is that we're not the right fit.

Ask us

  • If your team spends time copying data between tools or keeping a spreadsheet in sync, it's worth a conversation. We'll tell you straight if an existing tool would do.

  • Usually, yes. We connect to calendars, payment providers, email and accounting tools, and replace only what isn't working.

  • You do. The code and the data are yours.

  • Access is set by role, data is encrypted in transit, and the tool is built to be compliant with the regulations in your industry.

  • Yes. Most projects start with the one process that hurts most, then grow from there.

  • We host, back up, monitor and update it, and add features as you grow.

More from the studio

Each service works on its own. They work better together.

Website

Websites that fill your calendar

Designed, built and launched in weeks, not months, then hosted and run by us.

Brand

A brand people remember

Name, logo, colour and voice, built to hold up on a sign, a screen and an invoice.

SEO

Get found on Google Search and Maps

Local SEO that puts you in front of nearby customers, tracked and reported every month.

Kind words

Hear it from the businesses we've built for. What it's like to work with us, in their own words.

“They took our whole website from idea to launch, online booking included, and never made it feel complicated.”
Elizabeth MarkowskiOwner, Virelle
“Everything was built around how we actually work, with the compliance side looked after from the first day.”
Daniel ZhaoFounder, Pelagion
“One team for the brand, the site and the ads. It finally feels like one business online.”
Mark SullivanDirector, Harbor
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