Build a Business App That Works the Way Your Business Does

It depends on how many processes the app has to run and how many systems it has to talk to. A focused first release, such as a portal that replaces one spreadsheet-driven process, sits at the lower end; a portal plus a mobile app with integrations sits higher. We give you an indicative figure in our first conversation and a fixed cost for the first release once scope is agreed, so there are no surprises. Request a free quote to get a number for your project.

Scoping takes days, not weeks. A first release of a business app or portal typically goes live in a matter of weeks through our Velocity Sprints process, with working software shown to you every few days along the way. Larger systems are released in stages so the parts that pay back fastest go live first.

Usually both, eventually, but you rarely need both on day one. If the people using the system sit at desks, start with a web portal. If they are in vans, on sites or on a shop floor, start with a mobile app. We build both on one database and one set of business rules, so whichever you start with, the other can be added without rebuilding anything.

Yes. Integration is part of almost every business app we build: accounting packages such as Xero and Sage, CRMs such as HubSpot and Salesforce, stock and ERP systems, payment providers and Microsoft 365. Where a system has an API we connect to it directly; where it does not, we build import, export or middleware layers. See our API development and integration capability for detail.

This is one of the most common starting points. The spreadsheet tells us the data, the rules and the reports the business already relies on; we turn that into a multi-user app with permissions, validation and an audit trail, and keep the parts people like. Read about our spreadsheet to app service.

You do. Once the work is paid for, the intellectual property in the bespoke code we write for you belongs to your business, and we hand over the source code and documentation. You are never locked into Scorchsoft to keep your app running.

Yes. We host business apps on UK and EU cloud infrastructure (typically AWS), monitor them, apply security updates and provide ongoing development and support agreements sized to your needs. Many clients keep a small monthly retainer to add features as the business changes; others call on us only when they need to.

Business apps hold customer, staff and financial data, so security is designed in rather than bolted on: role-based permissions, encrypted data in transit and at rest, audit logging and secure authentication. Scorchsoft is Cyber Essentials certified, we work to GDPR throughout, and we can arrange penetration testing before launch where your customers or insurers require it.

Yes. Scorchsoft's developers, designers and project specialists are an in-house team in Birmingham. Delivery is not outsourced offshore, so the people you meet in scoping are the people who build and support your app.