We build custom software for businesses that have outgrown spreadsheets and won't find what they need in off-the-shelf SaaS. The trade business with a paper schedule. The practice juggling three booking systems. The retailer whose inventory lives in a notebook. The fix isn't another subscription — it's a focused tool that does exactly what you need and nothing else.
Based in Chattanooga, serving the Tennessee Valley and remote. Most projects scope in a week, build in 2–6 weeks, and pay back inside a quarter. You own the code.
Custom software shouldn't be a $50,000 mystery project. We scope it like a contractor scopes a build-out: a written list of what gets built, a fixed price, a clear timeline. Here's what's typically in an engagement.
Most businesses we talk to have already tried an off-the-shelf tool, hit its limits, and bolted on a spreadsheet to fill the gap. It works for a while, then it doesn't, and there's no clean way out. Custom software solves it by being shaped to your process — not the vendor's idea of your process.
Custom software gets a reputation for being expensive because projects are scoped loosely and grow forever. We do the opposite — written scope, fixed price, a narrow first version. Most projects ship for $4,000–$15,000 because we say no to the 80% of features that double the budget.
You see the full scope and price before we touch a keyboard. No time-and-materials surprises. If we miss something in scope, that's on us.
Code in a repository you have access to from day one, documentation a future developer can follow. We assume you might bring in someone else in two years and build so that's painless.
About one in three discovery calls ends with us recommending an off-the-shelf tool instead. If Jobber or Square or Calendly covers 90% and the last 10% isn't worth $8,000, we'll say so. We'd rather lose the project than build the wrong thing.
Five steps. Scoping is the most important — projects that fail, fail because the scope was unclear. We invest the first week so the rest goes smoothly.
We talk through the process you're fixing and what 'done' looks like. You'll leave knowing whether custom software is the right answer, whether an off-the-shelf tool would do, or whether you just need a sharper spreadsheet.
Bullet-by-bullet scope of what gets built, what doesn't, and what it costs. Signed digitally. We revise anything vague before work starts.
Every Friday you see working software, not a slide deck. Adjust as we go. Most projects land in three to five demos because the scope was tight.
We deploy, train your team in person or over video, and hand over a written quick-start guide.
Bug fixes and small adjustments are included for 30 days. After that you can self-manage or move to a monthly retainer for ongoing improvements.
Custom software is a force multiplier. The right tool typically returns 5–10 hours a week — for many owners the difference between hiring an admin and not.
Most projects return 5–10 hours a week to the owner or office manager. The build cost usually pays back in saved labor within a quarter.
Manual processes have a mistake rate. Software with validation, audit logs, and proper data shapes has dramatically fewer.
When booking, quoting, or job-status runs on a real system instead of a phone tree and a paper schedule, customers notice. Drop-off goes down.
Off-the-shelf tools hit a wall at a certain size. Custom software grows with you — we extend the tool instead of migrating platforms.
Repository you have access to, open-source stack, documentation for a future developer. No lock-in.
Most clients cut two or three SaaS subscriptions after launch because the new tool absorbed what they were doing.
Most first versions land between $4,000 and $15,000. Smaller focused tools run $2,500–$4,000; larger multi-user systems with payments or complex workflows run $15,000–$30,000+. Everything is written-scope, fixed-bid.
We’re based in Chattanooga and work with small businesses across the region — Hixson, East Ridge, Red Bank, Soddy-Daisy, Signal Mountain, Ooltewah, Collegedale, Cleveland TN, and Dalton GA — plus remote clients anywhere.
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