Custom Software Development
Software built around how your business actually works.
When off-the-shelf tools force you to change your process — or you are stitching together spreadsheets and manual handovers — a purpose-built system usually pays for itself. We scope the workflow, agree what the first release must do, and build it in short increments you can review as it comes together.
Typical investment
KES 750,000 – 6,000,000+
Per project
Number of distinct user roles, how many existing systems it has to integrate with, and whether data must be migrated off a legacy platform.
The band narrows to a single fixed price in a signed statement of work before any work begins. See bands for every service.
What you get
Deliverables, not adjectives
- 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
- Automated tests over the logic that would hurt most if it broke
- Source code in a repository you own, with setup and deployment documentation
- A handover walkthrough for whoever will maintain or operate the system
Good fit for
Is this the right service?
- Teams running a core process in spreadsheets or WhatsApp threads
- Businesses whose workflow does not fit any off-the-shelf product
- Companies replacing a system nobody can maintain any more
Technologies
The ecosystems we work in
Backend
Frontend
Data
Delivery
How we work
From first call to handover
- 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.
Questions
What buyers ask before signing
How do you price a custom build?
We scope a first release with you and quote that as a fixed price against a written statement of work. Work beyond it is quoted separately rather than absorbed silently, so the number you approve is the number you are invoiced.
Who owns the code?
You do. The repository, the infrastructure accounts and the credentials are yours from day one, and we hand over documentation good enough for another engineer to pick it up.
What if we already have a partly built system?
That is common. We start with a short review of the existing codebase and tell you honestly whether extending it or replacing it is the better use of your budget.
Often combined with
Management Information Systems
One place where management can see what is actually happening.
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Read moreLet's scope your custom software work
Tell us the problem and the constraints. You get a written scope and a fixed price within three working days — or an honest note that this is not something we should take on.