Custom business applications
Customer portals, internal tools and web applications built around your records, permissions and approval rules.
Product design · Web applications · Mobile workflows
Custom software. Complete ownership.
Built around how your business actually works.
Custom web applications, internal business software, CRM and ERP integrations. We connect your systems, automate the repetitive work and put AI where it has a useful job to do.
One engineering team, from discovery to delivery and support.
- Custom Development
- Business Systems
- AI & Automation
- Integrations
- Ongoing Engineering
Our capabilities
Good software starts with the work it needs to do.
A system should fit the operation, not force the operation to fit it. We handle the interface, business rules, data and integrations as one engineering problem.
CRM and operational systems
Connect the enquiry, the customer and the work. Build pipelines, scheduling, inventory and reporting your team can use together.
CRM · Field service · ERP integration
AI inside your workflow
Search company documents, extract information and assist staff with defined tools, source citations and human approval.
Document processing · Retrieval · AI assistants
Integration and automation
Join existing systems through APIs, webhooks and controlled jobs. Make retries, reconciliation and failures part of the design.
Business APIs · Payments · Workflow orchestration
Modernization and ongoing engineering
Replace fragile workflows in stages, migrate data with checks and hand over maintainable software with documentation.
Legacy systems · QA · Deployment · Support
Industry knowledge
Different industries. Different requirements.
A repair order, a warehouse allocation and a course enrollment need different models. We start with the vocabulary and constraints of your business.
Construction and Contractors
Estimating, project tracking, change orders, daily reports and document control for contractors who lose money in the gap between the estimate and the actual.
Automotive
Sales floor, CRM, service lane and DMS integration software for dealerships and independent shops. No financing, no lending.
Fitness and Sports
Membership billing, class booking, coaching apps and performance analysis for gyms, coaches and sports performance businesses.
Retail and Ecommerce
Storefronts, one stock position across channels, order pipelines that reach fulfilment without manual steps, and reporting built on a movement ledger.
Professional Services
Pipeline, project delivery, time and utilisation, client portals and document control for firms whose product is people time.
Manufacturing and Wholesale
Production scheduling, stock control, trade ordering portals and ERP integration for light manufacturers and wholesale distributors.
Selected work
The challenge. The engineering. The delivered result.
Read the implementation story, from operational requirements to the systems that make the product work.
retail and ecommerce
Apparel Ecommerce & Fulfillment Platform
Ecommerce platform
Connect the dark athletic storefront to catalog administration without treating the customer interface as the entire product.
Stripe · Printful · Railway
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home services
Configurable CRM for Service Businesses
Configurable CRM platform
Support six different service contexts within one configurable CRM product.
Representative stack: React · Node.js · PostgreSQL
View Case Studyprofessional services and agencies
B2B Lead Intake & CRM Automation
Integration and automation platform
Move website quote requests into the CRM through a validated API ingestion path.
CRM API · n8n · Resend
View Case StudyEngineering choices
The stack follows the requirements.
Choose tools for the interface, data model and operating environment. Keep the boundaries clear so the software can be maintained after handover.
Backend & data
AI & automation
Commerce & platforms
How we work
A clear path from problem to product.
Fixed scope before the build. Working software to review. A complete handover to your team.
- 01
Discovery
Understand the operation, the people and the problem. Sign a mutual NDA before confidential details are shared.
- 02
Architecture
Map records, interfaces and integration boundaries. Agree a written scope before development starts.
- 03
Build
Design and implement the product with a dedicated project manager, team lead, engineers and QA.
- 04
Integration
Connect your systems and test complete workflows, including failed requests and recovery.
- 05
Launch
Validate with your team. Deliver source code, full IP ownership, documentation and the deployment guide.
- 06
Iteration
Plan subsequent improvements deliberately. Tailored post-delivery support is available through a ticketing process.
FAQ
Before we start
Who owns the finished software?
You receive 100% of the delivered IP, the complete source code and documentation. Sawhorse retains no ownership of the delivered code or IP.
Can you work with our existing systems?
Yes. Discovery identifies the APIs, data access, vendor permissions and migration requirements before we agree the integration scope.
How do we work together?
Project Delivery, Embedded Team and Extended Team models are available. Every engagement has a dedicated project manager and a team lead with years of industry experience. Post-delivery Support Plans are tailored during discovery or a technical call.
Let’s talk about the system you need.
Tell us where the current process breaks down. We can map the workflow, examine the integration requirements and define a practical scope for the build.
- A mutual NDA is signed before project details are shared.
- Scope is fixed in writing before any build starts.
- You own the source code, the IP and the documentation at delivery.
- Support plans are available and tailored on a discovery or technical call.