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Web application development services

Web Application Development for Portals, Dashboards, and Web Products

Browser-based software that people sign in to: customer and partner portals, dashboards, booking and ordering tools, and web products. We design the experience, build the front end and back end, and keep it running after launch.

How it's priced

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At a glance

Best for
Portals, dashboards, and web products
Design
Screens and flows designed as part of the project
Progress
Working software every 1 to 2 weeks
Hosting
Deployed to accounts in your name

When a website isn't enough

You need a web application when people have to sign in and get something done.

  • Customers need to log in, see their information, and act on it without calling you.
  • Partners or suppliers exchange orders, documents, or status updates by email.
  • Your data sits in a database or spreadsheet that people can't use without help.
  • An existing web app has become hard to change, and every new feature breaks something else.
  • People use it on phones as much as on laptops, and it has to work well on both.

What we build

Browser-based software for your customers, partners, and staff

Customer and partner portals

Secure areas where customers check orders, documents, invoices, or status, without emailing you.

Dashboards and data tools

Views and reports that turn your data into decisions, for your customers or your staff.

Booking and ordering tools

Scheduling, requests, and orders, connected to the systems behind them.

Public web products

Browser-based products people find, sign up for, and use, from member areas to marketplaces.

Back ends and APIs

The server side behind your app, connected to payments, email, and the other services you rely on.

Works on any screen

Layouts designed for phones, tablets, and desktops, so nobody needs a separate app to get things done.

Deliverables

What you get

  • A written plan and estimate, when a discovery or technical review is needed
  • Designs for the main screens and user flows
  • A responsive web application: front end, back end, and database
  • Deployment to hosting accounts in your name
  • Documentation, a handover session, and 30 days of free defect fixes after launch

On every project

  • Working software to see and try every 1 to 2 weeks
  • Code review and automated tests on every change
  • Accounts in your name, and work that's yours as each invoice is paid

Process

How a web application project runs

See how we work
  1. 01

    Discovery or review, if needed

    For a new product we define who it's for and the core flows; for an existing app we review the code first. Either one ends in a written plan and estimate. A clear scope can go straight to a proposal.

  2. 02

    Design and build

    We design the key screens, then build in short cycles you can try every one to two weeks.

  3. 03

    Launch

    We launch into hosting accounts in your name and walk your team through the documentation.

  4. 04

    Grow

    After 30 days of free defect fixes, we can keep adding features and supporting the app month to month.

Scoping and pricing

How web applications are priced

Clear requirements suit a fixed price paid by milestone. A product that will change with user feedback suits a fixed budget per phase.

We take on focused first releases as well as larger platforms.

How we scope and price projects

What moves the cost

  • How many types of users and permission levels the app needs
  • Integrations with other services and systems
  • How much data the app handles, and how fast it must respond
  • How custom the design needs to be
  • Security and compliance requirements

Who it's for

Who we build web applications for

FAQ

Questions about Web Application Development

What's the difference between a website and a web application?

A website mostly presents information. A web application lets people do things: sign in, manage data, pay, and work together. If users need accounts, or the site has to store and change data, you need a web application.

Is this different from SaaS development?

Yes. A web application can serve one company's customers or staff. A SaaS product is sold by subscription to many customer organizations, so it also needs plans, billing, and separate data for each customer. See SaaS Development.

Which technologies do you use?

We pick the stack per project and favor widely used, well-supported tools, such as React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, and PostgreSQL, so any capable developer can work on your code later.

How long does a web app take to build?

It depends on scope, integrations, and approvals. Focused first releases often go live within about two months; larger products are released in phases so real users can try them early.

Do you design the app too?

Yes. We design the screens and flows as part of the project, and the designs are yours as each invoice is paid.

Can you work on a web app someone else built?

Yes. We start with a fixed-fee technical review of the code, so you know what you have before anything changes.

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Tell us about the app you need

Who will use it, what they need to do, and which systems it should connect to. A few sentences are enough to start.

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