I build bespoke applications for small businesses and organisations, usually in about a month. You own the code. No subscriptions, no lock-in, no rental.
Most small businesses are paying for five SaaS tools that do 20% of what they need and 80% of what they don't. The pub paying £200 a month for rota software that still can't handle splits. The charity running five disconnected tools because none of them quite fit. The consultancy building workarounds in spreadsheets because the thing they actually do isn't in anyone's product catalogue.
Custom software used to be out of reach for all of them. A team, six months, tens of thousands of pounds. That has changed. What used to need a team now needs one developer and a few weeks. Which means building something just for you is suddenly economic, where it wasn't before.
An application is just an interface between information you have, information you need, and what happens in between. If you can describe it, it can probably be built for you.
Not about features. About the actual problem you're trying to solve. Usually an hour or two.
I tell you what's a month of work and what isn't. If your idea is bigger than one build, I'll say so before you've spent anything.
Usually three to four weeks. You see progress as it happens, not at the end.
Code, design, the lot. Hosted wherever you want, maintained by whoever you want. Including me, if you want. Not obligatorily.
This isn't for everyone. If you need something enterprise scale, heavily regulated from day one, or with a large team of users before launch, you probably want an agency.
If you're not sure what you want built, I can help you figure it out. But I charge for that conversation.
And this isn't cheap. It's good value compared to what it replaces, but it isn't cheap.
Most builds land between £6k and £15k. Fixed price. Agreed before anything starts.
Tell me what you're trying to do. I'll tell you honestly whether I can help.