Custom Software
Custom software.Clear scope.Fixed price.
We build software your business owns. The scope, deliverables, and price are agreed before development begins.
What We Build
Software Built Around Your Business
From focused tools to connected applications, we build software around the people, information, and processes involved in your work.
Internal Tools and Dashboards
Give your team a central place to manage requests, track work, and review important information.
Examples: approval tools, job trackers, reporting dashboards, and alternatives to manual spreadsheets.
Connections Between Your Tools
Move information between systems and reduce copying, re-entry, and manual reporting.
Examples: website-to-CRM connections, record updates between applications, and reporting feeds.
Workflow Automation
Automate recurring steps using agreed rules, with approvals and exception handling where needed.
Examples: request routing, reminders, document generation, and record updates.
Customer and Employee Portals
Give customers or employees a dedicated place to submit information, access documents, and follow progress.
Examples: customer request portals, employee resource hubs, and project status tools.
These are possible starting points. During scoping, we confirm the features, system access, data movement, and update timing your project requires.
Ownership
Software Your Business Owns
You own the custom code developed for your project. Your agreement defines the deliverables and handover, including any third-party services or licensed components.
- Working softwareBuilt to the agreed scope and ready for your team to use.
- Custom source codeThe code developed for your project, handed over as defined in your agreement.
- Choice of supportMaintain it with Build Lean, your own team, or another provider.
What You Receive
- Software built to the agreed scope
- The custom source code developed for your project
- Agreed setup and access arrangements
- The documentation and training included in your quote
How You Maintain It
You can arrange maintenance and future development with Build Lean, your own team, or another provider. Additional features, integrations, training, or ongoing support can be scoped and priced separately.
Operating Requirements
Hosting, AI usage, and other third-party services are separate from the development fee. We identify expected costs and billing arrangements before the project begins.
AI in Your Workflow
Put AI to Work Inside Your Software
AI can help your software interpret information, support decisions, and carry out useful tasks. We design its role around your business needs and combine it with clear rules and review points.
- Work With Business InformationExtract details from documents, search approved company information, summarize records, and prepare content for the next step.
- Support DecisionsCompare information, identify patterns, flag issues, and recommend next steps using your business data and criteria.
- Take Action Across Your ToolsRoute requests, prepare updates, trigger follow-ups, and move work between connected applications, with approvals where required.
Clear Rules and Review PointsTogether, we agree on which tasks use AI, which follow fixed rules, and where a person reviews or approves the result. The information available to the software and the actions it can take are defined as part of the project.
How Your Project Works
From First Conversation to Working Software
We agree on the scope, deliverables, fixed price, and expected timeline before development begins.
The same four steps on every project
- 01
Strategy
Define the project.
We review your users, workflows, and existing tools. Together, we define the requirements, success measures, access permissions, and expected operating costs.
Scope and price agreed - 02
Implementation
Build and test.
We develop the agreed features, connect the relevant systems, and test the software against practical tasks. Your feedback helps us check that it supports how your team works.
- 03
Adoption
Prepare your team.
We provide the training and guidance included in your project. Your team learns how to use the software and where review, approval, or exception handling is needed.
- 04
Monitoring
Review performance after launch.
We check performance, outputs, and user feedback during the agreed monitoring period. Your proposal defines the review period, included support, and how issues will be addressed.
Pricing and Next Steps
Let’s Discuss Your Project
Start with a free call about what you want to improve or build. Once we’ve defined the requirements, we’ll propose a scope, timeline, and fixed development price.