Software development · For trade businesses

Software development for trades.

Bespoke trade software — not Tradify, not ServiceM8, exactly what your trade needs.

£2,000 – £15,000 typicalSource-code-yoursFixed-price quote in 48hr
Software development · For trade businessesEST. 2026
[01] Why trade businesses pick custom

Software development. Built for trades.

Generic trade SaaS handles the 70% of operations every trade shares. The remaining 30% — your specific compliance, your specific workflow, your specific reporting — is what most trade businesses end up patching together with spreadsheets, WhatsApp groups, and a separate paid tool per workflow gap.

Custom software development for trades means building the exact platform that fits your specific business. We have shipped quote engines, AI suites, charity platforms, and multi-tenant SaaS — same craft applies to a custom trade platform that replaces 4–6 SaaS subscriptions and is yours forever.

For a multi-trade business or growing single-trade firm, expect £4,000–£15,000 builds, £30/month hosting, no per-seat fees.

[02] What we'd build

Software development that earns its keep.

Internal tools, dashboards, integrations, automations, customer portals — the software you wish existed, built for the way you actually run. Modern stack, fixed-price quotes, source code yours from day one.

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Internal tools & dashboards

Operations dashboards, ops portals, reporting tools that replace 4–6 SaaS subscriptions.

02

Integrations & automations

Stripe, Xero, HubSpot, Google Workspace, your existing systems — wired together so data only gets entered once.

03

Customer-facing platforms

Booking systems, account portals, calculators, request flows — branded to your business.

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Refactoring legacy stacks

You inherited a platform that nearly works. We rebuild it in a modern stack so it scales for the next 5 years.

[03] Proof

Already shipped for a trade business.

Landscaping · Trades

AI quote suite for Taylor Landscaping

A bespoke instant-quote engine, an embedded AI chatbot trained on Taylor's services, and a Vapi-powered AI receptionist that answers the phone day or night, qualifies the lead, and books the call back.

£600 all-in, three systems24/7 AI cover on phone & chat< 1 wk brief to live
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[04] Typical trades budget

£2,000 – £15,000 typical

Fixed-price quotes within 48 hours of the brief. The number you agree is the number you pay — no surprise invoices, no "out of scope" wars. Optional support retainer afterwards at a fraction of agency rates.

[05] Questions

Software dev for trades FAQ.

Tradify/ServiceM8 are great until you outgrow them. The signs: you pay for 3+ separate tools to cover gaps, your team is bending the SaaS to fit a real workflow, you have specific compliance/reporting that the SaaS cannot model. At that point, custom usually pays back in 12–18 months.

Yes — we ship MVP in 4–6 weeks with the highest-leverage workflow first, then add modules monthly. Pay-as-you-build, source code yours throughout.

Yes — because it is built around your real process, not a generic template. We design with your team in the room before any code is written.

Most builds ship in 3–8 weeks. You see something working in your hands inside the first week, every time. No 12-week discovery phases.

Yes. GitHub access on day one, source code yours forever. Walk away whenever you want — there is no lock-in.

Yes — most builds integrate with the SaaS you already pay for. Stripe, Xero, HubSpot, Google Workspace, Sheets, Airtable, custom APIs — whatever you need.

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