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Internal Application Build

Scoped & quoted after an audit

When the spreadsheet needs to become software — an app people log into, with permissions, history, and an export that matches whatever your accountant, auditor, or regulator already reads. The workbook that runs a critical process, rebuilt as something that won’t break when the wrong cell gets edited.

When a spreadsheet has outgrown itself

There’s a point where the file everyone depends on becomes the risk. Two people have different copies. A formula gets overwritten and nobody notices for a week. There’s no record of who changed what, no way to stop the wrong person editing the wrong field, and the whole thing lives or dies on one person remembering how it works. That’s the moment a spreadsheet should become an application — not to add features, but to make the process durable.

What that means in practice

Logins and permissions — the right people see and change the right things, and nobody else
History — who changed what, when, so a mistake is traceable instead of mysterious
Validation — the rules that were in someone’s head are now enforced by the software
An export that fits — output that matches what your accountant, auditor, or a regulator already expects to receive
Documentation and handoff — so the app isn’t a new single point of failure

How it’s priced: we don’t quote these blind. An application is scoped from an Operations & Data Audit first, so the price reflects the real process rather than a guess — and so you can decide whether it’s worth building before you commit to one.

Not included: anything outside the scope document agreed after the audit — additional user roles, new system integrations, or reporting not named in it. Additions go through a written change order you approve first. Software licences and hosting stay in your name. Ongoing support after handover is a separate line, not part of the build price.

Built on what fits

Depending on the process and where your data lives, that might be the Power Platform, a web application, or a database-backed tool — chosen for what your team can maintain, not what’s fashionable. The goal is software your business owns outright, not a dependency on the person who built it.

After it ships

An application needs more looking after than a report does — credentials rotate, dependencies get deprecated, and the people using it will want changes. You own it either way, and the documentation is there so your team can run it. If you would rather we kept it running, that is a fixed monthly rate quoted alongside the build, with the coverage level and term set in the proposal. It is optional, and declining it does not change what you own.

Get in touch

Tell us about the spreadsheet everyone’s afraid to break. We’ll tell you whether it’s ready to become an app.