Field service management
#1Scheduling, routes, job reports, mobility: the field and the office finally in sync.
Custom software development.
You looked for an off-the-shelf solution. Tried market tools, stacked spreadsheets, hacked connectors together. And your critical process still runs on tools that were never designed for it. That’s where Krafter comes in: business applications that adapt to your operational reality, not the other way around.
Your business. Your software.
The problem
Generic tools cost less. Until the day they cost a lot more.
A €50 per month market tool seems reasonable. But when your teams spend two hours a day working around its limits, re-entering data into yet another spreadsheet, or handling cases the software never anticipated, the real cost explodes. Not to mention the frustration that sets in, the turnover that rises, and the errors that multiply.
Custom software isn’t a luxury reserved for large companies. It’s a rational answer to a simple fact: when your business has specifics nobody else has, no market tool will ever cover them perfectly. And piling up patches always ends up costing more than a tool designed for the right problem from the start.
Who it’s for
You probably need custom software if...
Your tools don’t talk to each other
#1CSV export on one side, manual import on the other, copy-paste between three applications: your data flows badly and your teams lose time at every step.
Let’s talkYour business runs on spreadsheets
#2Shared workbooks acting as an ERP, formulas nobody dares to touch, versions multiplying. It has held so far. It won’t hold much longer.
Let’s talkYour current tool is slowing your growth
#3Your in-house software was built years ago, technical debt piles up, changes take weeks. Time to start again on solid foundations.
Let’s talkYour processes are too specific
#4Atypical margin calculations, multi-level validation workflows, business logic unique to your industry: no generic software covers that natively.
Let’s talkWhat we build
Tools your teams actually use, every day.
Every project starts with understanding the problem, not choosing the technology. We dissect your processes, identify the friction points, and separate what standard tools handle from what deserves custom development. These applications are not showcases: they have to be reliable, fast, and easy to pick up.
Production tracking
#2The state of your workshop or job sites in real time, no re-entry.
Dynamic quoting
#3Your calculation rules, your margins, your variants: accurate quotes in minutes.
Client portals
#4A space where your clients track their files, orders or service calls without calling your teams.
Business back offices
#5The central tool that replaces spreadsheets and moves information between departments.
How we work
No 80-page spec document.
Clear scoping, short iterations, software that runs. The same method that keeps our own products alive.
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Scoping
1 to 2 weeksThe problem clarified, the scope of the first version defined, the use cases prioritized.
No 80-page document: a clear scope everyone understands, including your teams.
Design and prototyping
Functional mockups, technical choices, data architecture.
What gets built is validated together, screen by screen, flow by flow, before the first line of code.
Iterative development
deliveries every 1 to 2 weeksEvery iteration ships something your teams can test and use.
Feedback feeds the next iteration. No tunnel effect, no bad surprise at final delivery.
Going live and follow-up
The software is deployed, monitored, documented. We don’t vanish after launch.
The first weeks in production are when the real adjustments happen: we are there to handle them.
Budget
How much does custom business software cost?
A simple internal tool (a few screens, one workflow, no external integration) starts around €8,000 to €15,000 excl. VAT. A complete business application, with advanced workflows and multiple integrations, runs from €20,000 to €60,000 excl. VAT. Precise pricing comes after a first scoping conversation: the scope sets the budget, not the other way around.
- Simple internal tool
- €8,000 to €15,000 excl. VAT.
- Complete application
- €20,000 to €60,000 excl. VAT depending on scope.
- First deliverable
- Within 6 to 12 weeks depending on complexity.
- Pace
- Testable deliveries every 1 to 2 weeks.
- Code ownership
- The business layer is fully yours.
- Stack
- Python, Vue.js, Flutter, Symfony, PostgreSQL, Docker.
Why Krafter
The difference between a contractor and a technical partner shows after delivery.
Plenty of contractors can build software. Few know what software in production demands over time: absorbing an unexpected load spike, fixing a critical bug on a Friday night, evolving an architecture without breaking everything.
We know, because we live it every day on our own software. Melimelo, Trottr, Kascade and Smashr are in production with real users, real constraints, and real incidents to handle. That operational experience makes us sharper in design, more rigorous in development, and faster to react when something doesn’t go as planned.
Working with Krafter isn’t handing a project to a black box. It’s bringing on a senior technical team that understands your problem, builds the solution, and stays committed to its success over time.
FAQ
A business process to equip, an existing tool to take over? Every project starts with a conversation, answer within 24 hours.
Discuss your projectBefore starting a custom build.
It depends on scope. A simple internal tool (a few screens, one workflow, no external integration) starts around €8,000 to €15,000 excl. VAT. A complete business application with multiple integrations runs from €20,000 to €60,000 excl. VAT. A precise quote comes after a first scoping conversation.
A first working version ships within 6 to 12 weeks depending on complexity. The iterative approach gives you testable deliverables from the very first weeks of development.
Our builds sit on FastEdgy, an open source foundation created by Krafter and shared across all our projects. The entire business layer built for your project is fully yours: you can take it in-house or hand it to another provider at any time.
Python, Vue.js for the web, Flutter for mobile, Symfony, PostgreSQL, Docker. The choice depends on the project: we don’t force a single stack, we recommend what best fits your context, its complexity and its lifespan.
That’s exactly what we recommend. A tight initial scope, a first version built and deployed, then iterations driven by real usage feedback. More effective and less risky than a monolithic build.
Yes. If your tool was built by another provider and needs to evolve, stabilize or be rebuilt, we step in. It starts with a technical audit to assess the state of the code and propose a realistic action plan.
Let’s build a product people → actually use
A 30-minute call with a founder. Answer within 24/48h. Pitch deck optional.