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Running the business on spreadsheets
Critical processes depend on shared spreadsheets that break, duplicate and leak.
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Portals, platforms and business systems built around your processes, not the other way round.
Off-the-shelf software forces you to work its way, and spreadsheets only go so far. When your process is your advantage, a custom web application can automate it, connect your systems and give customers and staff exactly what they need, securely and in a browser.
- Between working demos
- 2 wks
- Between working demos
- Of code and IP owned by you
- 100%
- Of code and IP owned by you
- Environments: staging and production
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- Environments: staging and production
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Task completed
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Sound familiar?
The problems we hear most often before someone asks us about custom web applications.
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Paying for software you work around
Expensive tools that do 70% of what you need, with workarounds for the rest.
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Systems that don't connect
Staff move data between tools by hand, slowing work and creating errors.
What's included
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Discovery
Your processes, users and data mapped in detail.
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UX design
Interfaces designed for each type of user, tested before build.
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Development
Secure, maintainable code with tests and documentation.
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Integrations
Connections to your CRM, accounting, payments and other systems.
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Roles and permissions
Each user sees and does only what they should.
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Hosting and support
Reliable hosting, monitoring, backups and ongoing support.
How we do it
You follow every step live in Mission Control, your project dashboard: tasks, files, approvals and a launch forecast.
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Discover
Workshops and process mapping to define what to build.
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Design
User flows and screens agreed and tested.
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Build
Iterative development with regular demos and feedback.
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Launch and support
Data migration, training, launch and ongoing improvements.
2 wks
Between working demos
100%
Of code and IP owned by you
2
Environments: staging and production
Built for
Who this is for.
Businesses outgrowing spreadsheets
Companies with unique processes
Firms offering a portal to customers
Teams replacing legacy systems
Tools we useNext.jsNode.jsExpressPostgreSQLPrismaStripeAWSSupabase
Helpful extras
Try it yourself, or see what's built in.
Questions
Custom web applications, answered.
Something else on your mind? Ask the Zelvorm Concierge in the corner, or talk to the team.
If an existing tool fits your process well, use it. Custom makes sense when your process is a competitive advantage, when tools force costly workarounds, or when you need systems connected. Our article compares the two.
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- 03API design & integrationsClean, documented APIs and reliable integrations that keep data flowing between every system.
- 04Payments & subscriptionsStripe checkout, plans, trials, invoices and failed-payment recovery, built properly from day one.
- 05Cloud architecture & DevOpsAutomated deployments, infrastructure as code and monitoring that keep your software fast and safe.
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