Custom Web Application Development
Portals, booking systems, learning platforms and internal tools, built around how your business actually works.
- In service
- Berlitz, 2017 – now
- First version
- Usually 2–4 months
- Quote
- Fixed price for the first phase
- Contract
- UK company, you own the code
Off-the-shelf software makes you change how you work to fit it. A custom web application does the opposite: it takes the process your team already runs on spreadsheets, email and phone calls, and turns it into one system everyone uses.
We have built learning platforms, booking and tour management systems, logistics platforms and content libraries, and several are still running and growing years after launch. You work directly with the engineers who build yours.
What we build
Customer portals
Accounts, payments, documents and self-service, so customers stop emailing for things they could do themselves.
Booking and scheduling
Availability, bookings, reminders and payments, connected to the calendars and systems you already use.
Learning platforms
Courses, enrolment, payments and progress tracking for training providers and schools.
Internal tools and dashboards
One source of truth in place of the spreadsheets, with live reporting for managers.
Integrations and APIs
Payments, accounting, telephony, email and SMS, connected so data is entered once.
Rebuilds and takeovers
Legacy systems moved to a modern stack without stopping the business that depends on them.
How we work
- 1
Discovery
We map the process, the people who use it and what success looks like, then agree the scope and a fixed price for the first phase.
- 2
Design
Screens you can click through and test with your team before any code is written.
- 3
Build
Short cycles with working software to review, so you can steer while it takes shape.
- 4
Launch and support
We deploy, train your team, and stay on to fix, improve and extend it.
Related work
Berlitz CRM & LMS Case Study
Sign-ups, payments and course progress from six customer channels in one CRM and learning platform.
2017 – now
Falcon Club – Tourism Management System
Tours, bookings and SMS reminders connected to the website, instead of calls made by hand.
2018 – now
Urdu Labs Web App
Fonts, keyboards and research tools in one growing Urdu library, live since July 2022.
2022 – now
Technologies we use
- React
- Next.js
- Node.js
- NestJS
- .NET Core
- Strapi
Questions
How much does a custom web application cost?
It depends on what it has to do. After a discovery call we give you a fixed quote for a defined scope, so you know the cost before work starts. A larger build can be phased, so the first version is in use and earning its keep sooner.
Will we own the code?
Yes. The code, the data and the documentation are yours. We can host and support the application, or hand it over to your own team.
Can you take over an application someone else built?
Yes. We start with a review of the code and hosting, tell you plainly what is sound and what is risky, and then support, improve or rebuild it.
Talk to us about custom web apps
Tell us what you need to build. We reply within one working day with a clear next step.
- Reply
- Within one working day
- First phase
- A written scope and a fixed price