Custom software developers · Lakewood, NJ

Custom software that runs your whole business.

One system for your staff, customers, orders, inventory, billing and reports, with AI built in to take the repetitive work off everyone's desk. Before we write a line of code, we study how your business works, so the software fits it.

  • Built around how you work
  • AI built in, checked by an engineer
  • Fixed price per phase
  • You own the code and data
An illustration: a Google Sheets spreadsheet, a Gmail inbox, an overdue QuickBooks invoice, a double-booked Google Calendar, a shared Dropbox file, Stripe and PayPal payments that don't match, a ringing phone, text messages, a sticky note, a paper order form and a Shopify order all flow into one system, where orders, invoices, payments and the day's schedule sit together, still connected to the tools you use. The customer names and numbers are made up.

One system, every department

Everything your business runs on, in one place you own.

Not a stack of apps that don't talk to each other. One system where a new order updates the stock, the schedule, the invoice and the numbers at the same time. We build the parts you need, in the order you need them.

All services

The screens above are illustrations. The names and numbers in them are made up.

Works with the tools you already use

We connect your system to what you keep, so information moves on its own instead of being typed in twice.

How integrations work
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft 365
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
  • Stripe
  • Square
  • Shopify
  • Gusto
  • Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Dropbox
  • UPS

AI, built in

AI that does the busywork. A person still makes the calls.

The systems we build can include AI that works on your own information: it reads, drafts, answers and flags. Anything that leaves the business or moves money waits for a person to approve it, and you decide what it is allowed to do.

  • Reads what comes in

    Orders, invoices and forms that arrive by email or as a PDF are read and entered for you. Anything unclear is set aside for a person.

  • Drafts the replies

    Answers to routine questions, quotes and follow-ups are drafted from your own records, ready for you to check and send.

  • Answers questions about your business

    Ask in plain English who hasn't paid, which jobs ran over or what sold best last month. The answer comes from your data, with the records behind it.

  • Flags problems early

    A missed reorder, an unpaid invoice or a double-booked crew is flagged the day it happens, not at the end of the month.

AI and automation, in detail

An illustration of the assistant in a system we build. The names and numbers are made up.

Why it matters

Running on spreadsheets and inboxes is quietly losing money.

Nobody sends you a bill for it, so it never shows up as one big number. It shows up as an hour here, a missed reorder there, and a business that can't grow past the person holding it together.

  • Hours spent retyping

    Orders that come in by phone, email and text get typed in again, and again, by whoever has a minute.

  • Follow-ups nobody sent

    The quote that never got chased and the customer who never heard back. Each one is a sale walking away.

  • Invoices late, or never

    Billing waits until somebody has time, so you are paid weeks after the work, and some of it slips through.

  • Decisions on old numbers

    Two spreadsheets that don't agree, and nobody sure which one is right until somebody checks by hand.

250 hours a year. That's what one person spending one hour a day retyping orders costs you: more than six full work weeks, before anyone counts the mistakes.

How we work

We study your business first. Then we build the software around it.

We're software developers who start the way a business analyst would: we follow your work from the first call to the paid invoice, show you where time and money leak, and agree a fixed price for each phase before we build anything.

  1. 01

    We study how you work

    We follow your work from the first call to the paid invoice and note every place it gets retyped, waits on someone, or depends on memory.

    Your part Two conversations

  2. 02

    We show you every leak

    A plain-English list of what we found, what each leak costs you, and what we'd fix first, with a fixed price for each phase. If a tool you already pay for can fix something, we'll say so. Nothing starts until you're happy with it.

    Your part Read it, decide

  3. 03

    We build your system, in phases

    The first working version is built around your business, with your own information in it. You click through it whenever you like, on a private preview.

    Your part Try it, tell us

  4. 04

    We run it and keep improving it

    We set up the hosting in your name, back it up and keep it up to date. When the work changes, the system changes, through the same report button.

    Your part One button, then Accept

Selected work

Systems we built, and still look after

All case studies
An illustration. The names and numbers are made up.
CampOffice Live

The camp office, from the first application to the last bus home

Before
Applications came in on paper and by phone, bunks lived on a whiteboard, and nobody could say who still owed what.
Now
Families apply, sign and pay through one link; the office accepts in a few clicks, sees every balance and form, and reaches every parent with one message.
Customer portal Preparing to launch

One system for customers, office staff and contractors, from request to delivery

Before
Every job was followed by customers, office staff and contractors, each from their own copy of it.
Now
One workflow from request to delivery, and customer and office see the same status.

Clients are not named without their written permission, so each case is described by what the business does.

After launch

Press one button before you go home. By morning, a fix is usually waiting.

Every system we build has a Report a problem button inside it. You describe what went wrong in your own words, with a screenshot if it helps. AI reads your report against your actual code and prepares a likely fix overnight. An engineer who knows your system reviews it before you ever see it. Nothing goes live until you have tried it and pressed Accept.

  1. You report itOne button, inside your own system. No ticket form and no computer words.You
  2. It's read against your codeAI traces the report through your system and its history, not a guess from the symptom, and drafts a change.AI
  3. An engineer reviews itSomebody who knows your system checks the diagnosis and the change, and rewrites or discards it if it isn't right.Engineer
  4. You preview itThe change runs on a private preview with your own information, so you see exactly what it does.You
  5. You accept, and it's liveAccepting is your decision and it is recorded as yours. Every change is written down.You
A business's own ordering app with the support panel open on the right, listing each problem the staff reported and where its fix has got to.
A real screen: the support panel inside a client's own app. The data is made up.
A reported problem in the client portal: the conversation with the team on the left, and on the right the second preview of the fix, ready to try, approve or send back.
The fix, ready to try, in the client's portal. Real screens; the business and data are made up.

How support and fixes work

Pricing

A fixed price for each phase, agreed before any work starts.

Build · per phase

$5,000 to $25,000+

Fixed scope and fixed price, agreed before anything starts. Where a phase lands depends on how much of the business it covers, and one that covers a whole operation goes above the range. You pay for one piece at a time, with no open-ended meter running.

Smaller jobs are welcome too. If what you need is one process, one report, or one thing that keeps going wrong, that's a real job and it costs less than the range above. Plenty of our work starts there.

Running and changing it · monthly

Priced per system

Keeping it running, backups, support, fixes and regular improvements, priced on the system and how much it changes. Month to month: stop any time and you keep everything.

Included

  • Hosting set up in your name and looked after, backups, security updates
  • Support from the people who built it
  • Changes as the business changes
  • Small additions as you go

Not in the monthly

  • A whole new part of the system
  • Outside fees like your hosting account, card processing and texting, paid directly by you
  • Hardware and licenses you already pay for

The team

You work with the developers who build it.

When you report something it goes straight to the people who built your system. No account manager, nothing sent overseas, and nobody between you and the person who wrote your code.

Shimon Founder & Lead Developer, Lakewood, NJ (848) 285-5243

More about us

We're a good fit if

  • Your business runs on orders, schedules, stock, invoices and people, and some of it is still a spreadsheet
  • You want one system that fits the way you work, rather than changing how you work to fit a tool
  • You want to own the software and your data outright
  • You want the same people to build it, run it and keep changing it

We're not the right fit if

  • A ready-made tool already does the job; for email, accounting and payroll it usually does, and we'll say so
  • You need a 24/7 call center rather than software
  • You want a large team billing hours on a long retainer rather than a fixed price for each phase

Questions

What owners ask before the first call.

Something else on your mind? Ask it in the form below, or call (848) 285-5243.

What does it cost?

Each phase has a fixed price, agreed before any work starts. Most phases land in the $5,000 to $25,000+ range, depending on how much of the business they cover. Smaller jobs are welcome too: one process, one report, or one thing that keeps going wrong. Keeping the system running and improving it is a monthly price based on the system.

Do we have to replace everything at once?

No. We start with the piece that costs you the most today, and build the rest in phases, in the order you need them. Each phase is useful on its own.

Will it work with the tools we already use?

Usually, yes. We connect your system to what you keep, like QuickBooks, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Stripe or Shopify, so nothing is typed twice. If a tool you already pay for can do the job, we will tell you.

Who owns the software and the data?

You do, outright, from day one. The hosting and the other accounts are set up in your name. Another developer could pick it up and keep it running.

Will the AI send things on its own?

Only if you decide it may. Anything that leaves the business or moves money waits for a person to approve, and every action it takes is recorded so you can see what it did and why.

What happens when something breaks?

Press Report a problem inside your system and describe it in your own words. A likely fix is usually prepared overnight, an engineer who knows your system checks it, and nothing goes live until you have tried it and pressed Accept.

How do we start?

A first conversation, which costs nothing. We look at how the work runs today, show you where time and money leak, and tell you what we would build first and what it would cost.

Start a conversation

Tell us how your business runs. We'll show you what we'd build.

We'll look at how you work, show you where time and money leak, pick the first piece worth building, and show you what it would look like. A first conversation costs nothing. A real person replies within one business day.

(848) 285-5243 hello@flexvivid.com

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