Software that fits how your business actually works.
Auto Dev Labs designs, builds and runs business technology — web and mobile applications, automated workflows, cloud infrastructure and management systems. Every engagement starts with a written scope and a price, so nothing is a surprise.
3+ years
Hands-on engineering experience per engineer
13 services
From web builds to automation and cloud
3 working days
From your brief to a written, fixed-price proposal
Technologies our engineers work with
Chosen per project against your existing systems — never a fixed stack we push on everyone.
01 — What we do
13 services, one accountable team
Custom Software Development
Software built around how your business actually works.
- A written scope: user roles, workflows, and what is in and out of the first release
- Working software delivered in increments, deployed where you can use it
- Role-based access control and an audit trail on sensitive actions
Web Development
Corporate websites, e-commerce and web applications that hold up under real traffic.
- Design and build of the pages agreed in scope, responsive from mobile up
- A content management setup so your team can edit copy without a developer
- Technical SEO groundwork: titles, metadata, sitemap, structured data, clean URLs
Mobile App Development
Android and iOS applications, built once where a shared codebase makes sense.
- Screen-by-screen design agreed before development starts
- A cross-platform or native build, depending on what the requirements justify
- Backend API and data layer, or integration with a system you already run
Workflow Automation with n8n
Automating the copy-paste work between the tools you already pay for.
- A map of the current process, with the manual steps and the time they cost
- Automated workflows covering the steps agreed as in scope
- A self-hosted n8n instance on your infrastructure, where data residency matters
AI Integration & Data Solutions
Applied AI on your own data, with the limits stated up front.
- A defined use case with a success measure agreed before we build
- Document question-answering over your own content, with cited sources
- Extraction and classification pipelines for invoices, forms and records
Cloud Services & DevOps
Infrastructure that can be rebuilt from code, and deployments that are boring.
- A migration or setup plan with a rollback path, agreed before any cutover
- Infrastructure defined as code, versioned in your repository
- CI/CD pipelines so a release is a reviewed merge, not a manual upload
02 — Who we build for
The sectors these systems are built for
SACCOs & microfinance
Member portals, loan and contribution tracking, M-Pesa reconciliation and the reporting a regulator will ask for.
Logistics & transport
Fleet and consignment tracking, driver applications that work on poor connections, and delivery-proof capture.
Healthcare & clinics
Patient records, appointment and billing systems, and integrations with insurers — built around confidentiality rules.
Education & training
Student information systems, fee tracking, results portals and course delivery platforms for schools and colleges.
Agribusiness
Producer and outgrower registries, collection and weighbridge records, payments to farmers and traceability data.
Retail & e-commerce
Storefronts, stock and multi-branch inventory, local payment and delivery integrations, and back-office automation.
Professional services
Client and matter management, quoting and invoicing, document workflows and the internal tools that replace spreadsheets.
NGOs & public sector
Beneficiary and programme data, field data collection that works offline, and donor or county reporting.
03 — How we work
You always know what happens next
- 01
Discovery call
A free 30-minute conversation about the problem, the constraints and the budget range. If we are not the right fit, we say so on this call.
- 02
Scope & written quote
We define what the first release includes and excludes, then quote it as a fixed price in a statement of work you can take to procurement.
- 03
Design & architecture
Screens and data model agreed before the build. Changing a diagram is cheaper than changing a shipped feature.
- 04
Build in increments
Short cycles with something reviewable at the end of each. You see progress in a working environment, not in a status report.
- 05
Test & launch
Functional, performance and security checks, a staged rollout with a rollback path, and a launch date agreed rather than announced.
- 06
Handover & support
Documentation, training and code in a repository you own — followed by a support retainer if you want us to keep it running.
04 — Ways to work with us
Four ways to buy the work
Fixed-price project
A defined scope, a fixed price and milestone invoicing. Best when the requirements are clear enough to write down.
Websites, defined systems, integrations
Monthly retainer
An agreed pool of hours each month for maintenance, support and continuous improvement, with a written response commitment.
Live systems, ongoing improvement
Dedicated engineers
Engineers embedded in your team at a monthly rate, taking direction from your leads and working in your repository.
Existing product teams needing capacity
Advisory
A fixed-fee review with a written recommendation, or ongoing technical advice without a build attached.
Build-versus-buy and audit decisions
05 — Pricing & plans
What our work actually costs
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From
KES 15,000
per project
See the 6 bandsBuild & scale
Taking an idea or a requirements document through to working, maintainable software.
From
KES 90,000
per project
See the 8 bandsEnterprise & operations
Hosting, deploying, monitoring and keeping software running after launch — plus technical direction and engineering capacity that plugs into your own team.
From
KES 8,000
per hour
See the 6 bands06 — About Auto Dev Labs
A new company, built by engineers who are not new to this.
We are a Nairobi-based software engineering company with a dedicated team of experienced engineers — each with 3+ years of hands-on delivery across web, mobile, cloud and automation work, most of it taken on individually and as contractors before this.
Every engagement runs on the same terms: a written scope, a fixed price agreed before any code is written, working software you can review as it is built, and a documented handover into accounts you own.
Registered in Kenya
Operating from Nairobi, remote-first, invoicing in KES or USD.
Direct to engineers
You talk to the people writing the code, not to an account manager.
You own everything
Repositories, cloud accounts and credentials stay in your name from day one.
Data protection built in
Encryption, role-based access and retention windows implemented, not just asserted.
07 — What we put in writing
Guarantees you can hold us to
A fixed price, signed first
The statement of work lists deliverables, exclusions, milestones and the price. We do not start building against a verbal brief.
Your accounts, your repository
We work inside your own source-control and cloud accounts. Nothing has to be migrated away from us at the end, because it was never ours.
IP yours on payment
All intellectual property in the work transfers to you outright. No licence-back, no per-seat fee, no dependency on a component only we can maintain.
NDAs signed individually
We will sign yours or ours, both as a company and by each engineer personally. Access is granted per person and revoked when they leave the project.
Working software every week
A weekly demo of something you can open and click, on a URL you can reach. Progress you can verify rather than a percentage in a report.
Handover as a deliverable
Documentation, credentials and a training session are line items in the scope, not favours at the end. You can hire someone else to take over.
We decline work we should not take
If a project needs deeper specialist experience than we can field, or does not need custom software at all, you hear that on the first call.
You can leave cleanly
Give notice and we invoice only delivered milestones, then hand over the code and credentials as they stand. Being easy to leave keeps us honest.
08 — Questions
What people ask before they call
How do we know our project is in safe hands?
Because the terms are written to put that control on your side rather than ours. The price is fixed and signed before any code is written, the repository and cloud accounts are in your name from day one, and you see working software every week rather than a status report. If we stop being useful, you keep everything built so far and can hand it to any other team.
How much will my project cost?
Every service we offer has a published band in Kenyan shillings, so you can tell before you call whether we are in your range. Your own number comes after a 30-minute call and a written scope — usually within three working days — and it is a fixed price, not an hourly estimate that drifts. If your budget cannot cover what you are describing, we say so on the first call instead of quoting anyway.
How long does a project take?
A corporate website is typically three to four weeks. A first usable release of a management system or a mobile application is usually six to twelve weeks depending on how many integrations it needs. Automation work is often live within two weeks. Every scope we send carries dated milestones rather than a single delivery date.
Who owns the code, the designs and the accounts?
You do, from the first commit. We work inside your own source-control and cloud accounts wherever possible, so there is nothing to migrate at handover and no leverage held over you. On payment, all intellectual property in the work is yours outright.
Can you work with the systems we already run?
That is usually the job. Most of our work connects to something already in place — an accounting package, a payment provider, a spreadsheet that has become load-bearing, an existing database. We scope the integration explicitly rather than assuming access, and we tell you early if a vendor's API cannot do what the plan needs.
Do you offer support after launch?
Yes, as an optional monthly retainer covering patching, monitoring, backups and small improvements, with a written response commitment. Support hours and escalation paths are defined in the agreement, so the cover you are paying for is unambiguous. If your operation needs round-the-clock cover, we will scope it deliberately rather than attach a blanket SLA to the contract.
Do we have to meet in Nairobi?
No. We are based in Nairobi and are happy to meet in person, but most projects run remotely with a scheduled weekly call. We have worked this way for years as contractors, and it is why clients outside Nairobi are no harder for us to serve than clients down the road.
What happens if we need to stop the project?
You give notice, we invoice only for milestones already delivered, and we hand over the code, credentials and documentation as they stand. Our Refund and Cancellation Policy sets out the detail. Being able to leave cleanly is a feature, not a loophole.
Ready to modernize your business technology?
Book a free 30-minute consultation with the engineers who would do the work. We'll assess your requirements and share a fixed-price proposal within three working days.