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Custom management systems for small business

Custom management software for inventory, jobs, clients, staff and compliance, built around how your operation already runs.

$350 to $1,000
setup
2 to 4 weeks
to go live
$35 to $60
a month
Vendor Manager overview: documents to review, expired or expiring certificates, and work orders awaiting approval
Vendor Manager, a management system we built and run, with demo data. Yours would be shaped around your own records.

A typical management system build

Setup is typically $350 to $1,000, then $35 to $60 a month flat, no matter how many staff log in.

What the price covers

  • Built around your workflow
  • Roles and permissions
  • Records that hold up
  • Dashboards from real numbers
  • Works with your tools
  • Portals where they pay off
SYSTALOG.aiFlat quote
Example
Prepared forYour business (example)
ProjectManagement system build

Modeled on a hardware store that ran stock in three spreadsheets and one person's memory. Your scope gets its own flat quote.

What this example quote includes
ScopeStatus
Inventory tracking with barcode lookupIncluded
Low-stock alerts and reorder listsIncluded
Staff accounts with rolesIncluded
Job and supplier historyIncluded
Owner dashboard and reportsIncluded
Build, one time
$650
Monthly
$45/mo
Live in
3 weeks

Price fixed in writing. Anything you add later gets its own flat quote first.

An example scope, not a past client.

Your spreadsheets are already a management system

Most small operations already run on a management system: four spreadsheets, a group text, a whiteboard, and one person who knows where everything is. It works until that person is on vacation, the spreadsheet forks into three versions, or an auditor asks for records nobody can find. A custom system replaces that stack with one place where work gets logged, found, and reported.

Most owners try generic software first. It often covers most of the job, and the missing part is the part specific to your business. A custom build has one flat monthly fee, so adding staff does not change the price. If a ready-made tool fits, our team software starts at $10 a seat and is the cheaper start.

This is also the work we know best. We build and run our own management products: K9Codex for working-dog training teams, plus ready-made workspaces such as Vendor Manager, Talent Manager and Equipment Maintenance. Your build gets the same architecture and the same audit-friendly record history.

  • Built around your workflowYou describe how a job moves through the shop. The system enforces exactly that, not a vendor's idea of it.
  • Roles and permissionsStaff see what they need. You see everything. Sensitive records stay restricted without buying an enterprise tier.
  • Records that hold upTimestamps, history, and change tracking, so an audit or a dispute is answered with an export, not a search through old files.
  • Dashboards from real numbersOne screen that says what happened this week, built from your actual data instead of a sample report.
  • Works with your toolsStripe, QuickBooks, email, text messaging, and maps, connected where your workflow already relies on them.
  • Portals where they pay offClients or vendors get their own login for status, documents, and approvals, and stop emailing you for updates.

Custom system, generic SaaS, or keep the spreadsheets?

The honest comparison. If a $30-a-month subscription already fits your workflow, use it, and we will say so when you ask.

Custom system, generic SaaS, or keep the spreadsheets?
QuestionSYSTALOG customGeneric SaaSSpreadsheets
Fits your workflowBuilt around itMostly, you adaptOnly with constant manual upkeep
Cost as the team growsSame flat monthly feeUsually rises per userFree, but errors cost time
Audit and historyBuilt inOften higher tiers onlyNo reliable change history
The part specific to youWe build itFeature request queueAnother spreadsheet
Who owns the dataYou, exportable anytimeVendor export formatsYou, scattered across files

Custom management software, answered straight

What does a custom management system cost?

Typical builds here run $350 to $1,000 in setup and $35 to $60 a month after, flat, however many staff use it. A five-person team paying $30 per user per month for generic software spends $1,800 a year, so a focused custom build often costs less within the first year.

What can it manage?

Inventory, jobs, work orders, clients, scheduling, staff, certifications, equipment, documents, compliance records, and the reporting on top of all of it. If your business tracks it by hand today, it can be a screen with history and permissions instead.

We already use spreadsheets everywhere. Can you migrate them?

Yes, that is the most common starting point. We import your existing sheets, keep the columns your team actually uses, drop the ones nobody uses, and add the history and access control spreadsheets cannot do.

Have you built systems like this before?

We build and run our own: K9Codex for working-dog training records, plus ready-made workspaces for vendor documents, hiring, equipment, recurring jobs and staff training. They are live products you can look at on this site, and your build uses the same foundations.

What happens when we need a new feature next year?

Small changes are covered by the monthly fee. Ask, and they get made. Bigger additions get their own flat quote before any work starts, exactly like the original build.

Tell us what you are tracking by hand.

Describe the spreadsheets, the whiteboard, and the part that breaks when someone is out sick. You get a flat quote and a system designed around the way you already work.

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Studio prices are examples; every custom project gets a flat quote first. K9Codex supports recordkeeping and does not replace an audit. GemFit.ai is not a medical device.