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    Custom CRM Development

    Custom CRM Development

    When your sales process doesn't fit the boxes an off-the-shelf CRM gives you, we design and build one that does — your objects, your stages, your rules, your reporting.

    6-16 wks
    Typical First Release
    100%
    Your Data, Your Schema
    Web + Mobile
    Responsive by Default
    Open Stack
    No Vendor Lock-In

    Signs You've Outgrown Off-the-Shelf

    Most businesses should buy a CRM, not build one. These are the situations where building genuinely wins.

    The Data Model Doesn't Fit

    Your business sells projects, routes, units or cases — not 'contacts and deals' — so half your fields are workarounds.

    Custom fields on custom fields

    Spreadsheets Around the CRM

    The real work happens in shared sheets because the CRM can't model the step your team actually performs.

    Two sources of truth

    Per-Seat Cost at Scale

    Licence cost rises with every operator, dispatcher or field user who only needs one screen.

    Paying full seats for one view

    Locked-In Workflow

    Your differentiator is the process, but the platform forces you to run it the way everyone else does.

    Process bent to fit software

    What We Build

    A CRM assembled from the pieces your business actually needs — nothing you'll never open.

    Your Data Model, Designed First

    We start from the objects your business really has and the relationships between them, not a generic contact record.

    Entity and relationship modelling
    Custom record types and lifecycle stages
    Validation and required-field rules
    Audit history on every change
    Migration from your current CRM or sheets
    One source of truth
    Reporting you can trust

    Pipelines That Match Your Process

    Multiple pipelines, branching stages, approvals and handoffs modelled exactly as your team runs them.

    Multi-pipeline and multi-team support
    Stage rules, gates and approvals
    Task and reminder generation
    Assignment and ownership rules
    Activity timeline per record
    No workaround fields
    Fewer dropped handoffs

    Role-Based Dashboards & Reporting

    Every role gets the screen it needs — rep, manager, finance, operations — instead of one crowded view.

    Per-role dashboards and saved views
    Pipeline, forecast and activity reporting
    Exports and scheduled digests
    Filters built on your own fields
    Read-only views for wider teams
    Fewer seats wasted
    Faster decisions

    Integrations & APIs

    Your CRM has to talk to the rest of the stack: accounting, email, calendars, telephony, your own product.

    REST/GraphQL API for your systems
    Email and calendar sync
    Accounting and invoicing connections
    Webhooks for downstream tools
    Two-way sync where it's needed
    Less re-keying
    Connected operations

    Permissions, Security & Ownership

    Row-level access so people see their records only, and a codebase and database you own outright.

    Role and record-level permissions
    SSO / email auth options
    Encrypted data at rest and in transit
    Backups and restore process
    Source code and schema handed over
    No vendor lock-in
    Compliance-ready access control

    Field and Mobile Access

    Responsive interfaces for people who update records from a van, a site visit or a showroom floor.

    Mobile-first record screens
    Quick-capture forms
    Photo and document attachments
    Offline-tolerant submissions
    Notifications for assigned work
    Updates at the point of work
    Cleaner data, sooner

    The Stack We Build On

    Connect with the tools you already use.

    React
    Front End
    TypeScript
    Language
    PostgreSQL
    Database
    Supabase
    Backend & Auth
    Node.js
    Services
    REST / GraphQL
    APIs
    n8n
    Workflow Engine
    Stripe
    Payments
    Twilio
    Messaging
    Google Workspace
    Email & Calendar
    Microsoft 365
    Email & Calendar
    OpenAI / Claude
    AI Features

    Our Implementation Process

    A proven, phased approach that delivers measurable results fast.

    1

    Discovery & Fit Check

    We map your process and say plainly whether an existing CRM would serve you better than a build.

    Week 1-2
    • Process map
    • Data model draft
    • Build vs buy recommendation
    • Scope and cost range
    2

    Design & Architecture

    Screens, schema and permissions agreed before a line of production code.

    Week 2-4
    • Clickable prototype
    • Database schema
    • Permission matrix
    • Integration plan
    3

    Build & Migrate

    Iterative delivery, with your existing records moved in and reconciled.

    Week 4-12
    • Working releases you can test
    • Data migration
    • Integrations live
    • QA and UAT
    4

    Launch & Iterate

    Team training, cutover, then ongoing changes as the process evolves.

    Ongoing
    • Go-live support
    • Team training
    • Documentation & handover
    • Support and iteration

    CRM Development or CRM Automation?

    Two different jobs. Pick the one that matches where you are today.

    If you're on HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho or Pipedrive and the problem is manual work rather than the software itself, we automate the CRM you already own.

    If your CRM is fine but it doesn't talk to your other systems, that's an integration project rather than a build.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Find Out Whether You Should Build

    Bring us your process. We'll map it, tell you honestly if an off-the-shelf CRM covers it, and scope a build only if it doesn't.

    Book a Free Strategy Session