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The Custom App You Assumed You Couldn't Afford
Member rosters. Staff intranets. Client portals. Dashboards. The software big companies pay six figures for - built around how your business actually works, for a scoped flat fee and a flat monthly. No per-user licensing, ever.
TechFort builds custom, login-gated web apps - intranets, rosters, portals, and dashboards - using AI-assisted development. A typical app costs $1,500 to $5,000 to build depending on scope, plus $99 to $249 a month to host, secure, and maintain it. There is no per-user licensing, and your data belongs to you.
Why this used to be out of reach
Custom software had a simple problem: it took professional developers months to build, so nobody quoted it for less than five figures. Small businesses got two options - bend your operation around off-the-shelf software, or keep running the business on spreadsheets and memory.
AI-assisted development broke that math. The build that took a team a quarter now takes weeks. We've used it to build a members-only roster and leadership portal for a networking chapter, private strategy boards, and a live call screening console that runs on a nationally syndicated radio show every Saturday. None of those builds would have penciled out three years ago. All of them run today, quietly, for a flat monthly.
What we mean by "business app"
Built Around Your Operation
If your team runs on a shared spreadsheet, a binder, or somebody's memory, that's usually the app waiting to be built.
Member & Team Rosters
Profiles, roles, contact info, dues status - the living directory your organization keeps trying to run in a spreadsheet.
Staff Intranets
SOPs, policies, announcements, and onboarding docs in one login-gated place, so "where's that form?" stops being a daily question.
Client Portals
Give customers a private page for project status, documents, and requests - and stop playing email attachment tennis.
Dashboards & Trackers
Equipment sign-out, job boards, schedules, KPI dashboards - purpose-built screens for the way your operation actually runs.
The part that saves you money forever
Flat Monthly. No Per-User Fees.
Off-the-shelf software charges $15 to $50 per user, per month, forever - your tenth hire is a pricing event. Our apps are yours: one flat monthly covers hosting, security, backups, and upkeep for your whole team. Add people because the business is growing, not because the invoice allows it.
Straight answers
Common Questions
What does a custom business app cost?
A typical build runs $1,500 to $5,000 depending on scope, plus $99 to $249 a month to host, secure, and maintain. You get a fixed quote before anything starts, and the quote is the price. For context: this class of software used to start at $20,000 and go up from there.
How is there no per-user fee?
Because per-user pricing is a software industry habit, not a cost. Adding your eleventh employee doesn't cost us anything, so it doesn't cost you anything. Flat monthly, whole team.
How long does a build take?
Most apps go live in two to six weeks. AI-assisted development does the heavy lifting; an experienced human designs it, tests it, and stands behind it.
Is it secure? Where does our data live?
Every app is login-gated - your people sign in with their email, and nobody else gets in. It runs on Cloudflare's network with encryption throughout. And the data is yours: export it anytime, take it with you if you ever leave.
Can it connect to the tools we already use?
Often, yes - Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, QuickBooks, and plenty of others have doors we can build to. Integrations get scoped honestly: we tell you what's solid, what's fragile, and what's not worth the money.
What if we grow or want changes later?
Small tweaks ride along in the monthly. New features get a quote first, same as always. The app grows when your business does - that's the point of owning custom software instead of renting someone else's.
What's the spreadsheet your team can't live without?
Describe it - or the binder, or the whiteboard, or the thing everyone just remembers. We'll tell you what it would take to turn it into real software, with a real number attached.
Call or text us
509-418-0682Call or text anytime - you get a real local tech, not a phone tree, not a ticket queue, not a call center three time zones away.
What happens next
- You tell us what's going on (15 minutes, tops).
- We take a free, no-strings look at your setup.
- You get a flat monthly price - and a plain-English plan.