We can help you to Build a Portal
Looking to build a portal? Scorchsoft is a UK portal development company. We design and build customer, supplier and staff portals, SaaS platforms and the mobile apps that sit alongside them.
Building for teams across healthcare, logistics, motorsport and manufacturing
Trusted by 220+ organisations
How we work · VelocitySprints™
Bespoke software, without the usual risks
Software projects usually go wrong in three ways: the bill keeps growing, nobody can see progress, and you're locked in. Velocity Sprints are designed to stop all three.
Learn More- MonSprint starts
- TueDaily update
- WedDaily update
- ThuDaily update
- FriYour call: continue · change · stop
Daily progress through the week. Every Friday is your call: continue, change or stop.
Pay for output, not hours
Each deliverable is scoped and priced in Output Units, a unit of finished work rather than time spent. The bill doesn't grow because a task took longer.
See progress every day
Short sprints with daily updates and working software early, so you judge real screens rather than status reports.
Escape Hatch Friday™
You're never locked into a sprint that stopped making sense on Tuesday. Change direction or stop at the end of any week.
What will it cost? Bespoke builds under £7.5k are rare. Every sprint is priced before it starts and payments are phased with delivery, so you agree the cost of each step before it begins.
Get a free estimateLooking to Build a Portal? We can help!
Scorchsoft is a specialist portal building company, and we have a team of UK developers who work on similar projects day in and day out. With over a decade of building technically complex online portal projects, we are in a unique position to leverage these years of experience to help you develop and release your next portal project.
We have a wide range of portal development capabilities and a track record of integrating with online platforms and APIs, and of building custom integrations with third-party systems, Software as a Service platforms, marketplace mobile apps, and Internet of Things connected web and mobile apps, to name a few.
We make sure that your project is delivered, from design through to build, with a thorough project management process, to ensure quality. All whilst reviewing the best technologies for your project, and considering the ways we can deliver the maximum value for your budget.
We also build broader web applications and SaaS platforms where a portal is part of a larger software product.
Portals and Apps We Have Built
Online portals, SaaS platforms and the mobile apps that sit alongside them, all taken from brief to launch by our in-house team.
Supplier Portal — WSH Supply Chain Procurement Portal
Searchable map of approved suppliers with single sign-on and an onboarding workflow.
Image Approvals SaaS Portal
A web app and SaaS portal for film and TV productions to approve talent photos.
Live Like Loyalty App & Admin Portal
Employee rewards app with a GPS offer map, in-app redemption and admin tools.
PBJUMPS Jump Training App
A science-led strength and conditioning app for iOS and Android.
Achieve Clarity (The Planning Process)
Did you know that recent research shows that conducting discovery can reduce your risk of failure by 75% or increase your chance of success by 59%? (source: Nielsen Norman Group)
Let our team support you with this critical planning process, where we listen to your requirements and apply our expert knowledge to make suggestions to help you to build web and mobile software that achieves your goals.
About Scorchsoft · Our Capabilities · Frequently Asked Questions
See how Scorchsoft approaches your next project
A two-minute introduction to our team, the work we do and how we help you choose the right next step.
Scorchsoft introduction · 2:02
We Are a Portal Development Company Based in Birmingham, UK
We understand that figuring out how to build a portal that delivers your ideas can be daunting, and without an effectively executed plan there is project risk and business risk. You rightly want it built correctly, to the latest standards, in a way that supports future extensions. You also deserve great design, an attentive project-managed process, and an end product that meets your expectations.
It's easy for any agency to claim they can deliver the portal you want, but how can you know for sure that they can deliver on those promises?
Scorchsoft believes that success is the combination of many factors coming together, like a song compiled of different but complementary melodies. Our success factors include the use of the latest development technologies, such as React and React Native, a well-managed and capable UK team, and business processes that ensure quality whilst protecting against errors.
With over sixteen years of experience delivering highly technical portal and app projects, Scorchsoft is uniquely positioned to apply this expertise to the benefit of your business. We will help you to solve challenging problems, and do so in a way that cuts through the tech jargon and gives you clarity, executed following a clear plan and project managed at every step of the way. You can read more about our approach in our frequently asked questions.
If you would like to consider us to build your portal, let us know what you want to achieve and we will let you know our ideas and an indication of cost.
Scorchsoft develops online portals, applications, web apps and mobile app projects. With over sixteen years' experience working with hundreds of small, medium and large enterprises across a diverse range of sectors, we'd love to discover how we can apply our expertise to your portal. See our capabilities or our work.
Tell Us What Your Portal Needs to Do
Describe who will log in, what they need to do and the systems it has to talk to. We will come back with an indicative cost and a sensible first release, with no obligation.
In our clients' words
On time, on budget, and sold before it was finished
“It was delivered on time - early in fact - and on budget. Highly recommend.”
Rebecca PalserDragonfly Intelligence“We were able to sell the product for use by our first customer before the product was finished.”
Since launching, they’ve secured a major television network as a client.
Aimee SpinksMD, ImageApprovals.com “They have been accurate with timelines and budget, delivering a solid product.”
A web portal for monitoring patients remotely while they use a novel at-home medical device.
Daniel GreenSensTrain
Where to start
Where are you starting from?
- Find & prioritise
“We need to improve, but don’t know what to build”
We find the friction in how your team works, pick the first improvement worth making and put it into controlled use over 90 days.
- Build & change
“We know what we need built”
Apps, web portals, integrations and automation, delivered in Velocity Sprints.
- Operate & improve
“Our software needs rescuing or support”
Rescue a stalled build, then keep live software healthy and improving after launch.
- Plan & validate
“We have an idea and need to know if it’s worth it”
Validate, scope or prototype it before you commit a full budget, then launch a first version fast.
Not ready to talk yet?
Get a free score and report first
Answer a few questions about your business or idea and get a scored report by email with what to do next, whether or not you ever work with us.
- AI Readiness ScoreCheck five foundations for useful AI and automation: 12 readiness questions and four context questions.
- Startup Readiness ScoreTake the 3-minute readiness assessment and discover your startup score across 5 critical pillars.
Sample report · example values
- Repetitive admin
- Data quality
- Customer service load
Top opportunity: automate quote preparation.
- An overall score and a breakdown by area
- Your highest-value opportunities, ranked
- A recommended next step, emailed to you
Frequently Asked Questions About Building a Portal
The questions we hear most from businesses commissioning a customer, supplier or staff portal.
A portal is a secure, login-protected web application where customers, suppliers, partners or staff sign in to see their own data and get things done: raise orders, upload documents, track jobs, approve requests. A website presents the same content to everyone; a portal shows each user what they are entitled to see. Read more about our online portal development capability.
It depends on how many user types the portal serves, how many processes it runs and which systems it has to talk to. A single-purpose portal that replaces one manual process sits at the lower end; a multi-role platform with integrations and reporting sits higher. We give you an indicative figure in our first conversation and a fixed cost once scope is agreed. Request a free quote to get a number for yours.
Scoping takes days. A first release typically goes live in a matter of weeks through our Velocity Sprints process, with working screens shown to you every few days. Larger portals are released in stages so the highest-value area goes live first.
Yes. Most portals we build integrate with accounting packages such as Xero and Sage, CRMs such as HubSpot and Salesforce, stock or 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 API development and integration.
Yes. We build portals on a database and set of business rules that a mobile app can share, so an app for staff in the field or customers on the move can be added later without rebuilding the portal. Many clients start with the portal and add the app in a second phase.
Security is designed in rather than bolted on: role-based permissions, encrypted data in transit and at rest, audit logging and secure authentication including single sign-on where you need it. Scorchsoft is Cyber Essentials certified, we work to GDPR throughout, and we can arrange penetration testing before launch.
You do. Once the work is paid for, the intellectual property in the bespoke code belongs to your business, and we hand over the source code and documentation. You are never locked into Scorchsoft to keep it running.
Yes. We host on UK and EU cloud infrastructure (typically AWS), monitor the portal, apply security updates and provide ongoing development and support agreements sized to your needs, from a small monthly retainer to a dedicated team.
Next step
Tell us what you want to build
An idea or a problem is enough; no specification needed. We'll come back with our thoughts, a realistic plan and a rough cost estimate.
We aim to reply within one working day → a free 15-minute call → a plan and a ballpark.
Andrew Ward
Founder & Managing Director, Scorchsoft