Custom software & automations · built & owned

Stop renting software that breaks.
Own software that works.

Custom software and the automations that run the busywork behind it, built around how your business actually runs, that you own outright. apps, automations, and AI agents shipped in weeks for a fixed price, by the person writing the code, not a project manager.

Book a free build call See what is possible 30 minutes. No pitch. No pressure.

40+ apps shipped  ·  React · Supabase · Vercel  ·  You own 100% of the code

Built on the same stack that runs at scale

Sound familiar?

You needed software. You got a money pit.

You are not imagining it. Here is what business owners say after they try to get software built the usual way.

It told me with full confidence the bug was fixed. Then I ran the build and it all fell apart.

// after an AI app builder

It took months past the estimate, went over budget, and they charged extra for every change.

// after a dev shop

We pay for six tools that each do 70% of what we need, and we bend our whole process around them.

// after off-the-shelf SaaS

The three dead ends

Why the usual options keep failing you.

Each one looks cheaper or faster at the start. Each one costs you more by the end.

AI & no-code builders

Lovable · Bubble · Replit

  • Smooth until you add real users and a real backend, then it collapses.
  • Gets stuck in a loop: fixes one thing, breaks another, re-introduces old bugs.
  • Every prompt and every fix burns credits. You pay to fix its own mistakes.
  • You do not own it. It lives on their platform, on their terms.

Real cost: weeks lost, then you start over.

Dev shops & agencies

The $20k to $150k quote

  • Four to six months, and that is the optimistic estimate.
  • An account manager sits between you and anyone who can actually code.
  • They never quite understand your business, so you get the wrong thing slowly.
  • Every change is a new line item on the invoice.

Real cost: $20k+ and half a year, managed by you.

SaaS & no-code automations

The tools that almost fit

  • It does 70% of what you need, so you duct-tape five more tools around it.
  • Zapier and Make meter every task, and the bill climbs as you grow.
  • The flows break silently, and you are back to doing it by hand.
  • You own nothing. Cancel and your data and workflows vanish.

Real cost: rent forever, glued together, fit never.

The costs nobody puts on the invoice

Off-the-shelf software is never as cheap as it looks.

The sticker price is the smallest part. Here is what quietly drains time, focus, and money every single month.

The training tax

Every new hire has to relearn a tool that only half-fits, and every update moves the buttons around. You pay for that in hours, over and over, forever.

Data you do not own

Your customers, your history, your whole workflow lives in someone else's database. Try to leave and you get a messy export, if you get one at all.

The copy-paste tax

Tools that do not talk to each other mean a real person moving the same data between them by hand, all day, quietly burning payroll.

The 70% headache

Software that almost fits means a permanent workaround for the part that does not. Your team bends around the tool instead of the tool fitting the work.

Lock-in by design

The longer you stay, the more it costs to leave. That is not an accident, it is the business model. You are a hostage with a monthly invoice.

The bill only climbs

Prices creep, seats add up, add-ons stack. A subscription never goes down, and you are renting the whole time with nothing to show for it.

The honest math

Why hiring the others costs you more.

Put the real numbers next to each other. The cheap option is rarely the cheap option.

AI / no-code Dev shop SaaS & Zapier The Ownership Build
What it really costsCredits + your nights + a rebuild$20k to $150k$200 to $2k / mo, foreverOne fixed price, agreed up front
Time to working softwareDays, then weeks of fighting it4 to 6 monthsInstant, but never quite rightWorking MVP in ~1 week
Who you actually talk toA chatbotAn account managerA support queueThe person writing the code
Do you own it?No, it is on their platformSometimes, buried in a contractNo, you rent itYes. Code, database, accounts
What happens at scaleIt falls apartChange orders pile upYou add three more toolsIt was built for it
The busywork in betweenStill on youOut of scopeMetered per task, breaks silentlyAutomated, and yours to keep

The honest math, your numbers

How much time and money is the busywork costing you?

Plug in your own numbers. This is a rough estimate on purpose. Your exact build cost comes from the free call.

People on your team doing this repetitive work2
Hours a week each spends on it8 hrs
What an hour of that time costs you$35
Monthly software you would replace$300
Rough one-time build cost$12,000

Assumes automation realistically takes over about 70% of repetitive work.

582hrs/yr

handed back to your team, about 11 hours every week

$23,984recovered per year
$71,952over 3 years
6 moto pay the build back
$59,952net saved over 3 years

Instead of renting that bill forever, you own the software and automations once and keep the asset.

Get your exact number

What becomes possible

Picture what your business could actually run on.

Most owners carry a running list of “I wish the software just did this.” Almost all of it is buildable. Here is the kind of thing people have me turn into software they own.

Replace the tools you rent with one you own

One app that does what your stack of subscriptions does now, shaped to how you actually work, with the monthly bills gone for good.

Turn a manual process into one button

The intake, the quote, the weekly report you rebuild by hand. Mapped once, then it runs itself while you do the work that matters.

Kill the copy-paste between your tools

Leads route, follow-ups send, data syncs, invoices chase themselves. The busywork nobody should be doing by hand, handled.

Put your whole operation on one screen

A dashboard or internal tool where the business lives, so no one hunts across ten tabs and five logins to answer one question.

Hand the repetitive thinking to an AI agent

Drafting, sorting, qualifying, first-pass support. Wired into your data, owned by you, with no per-seat AI tax.

Give your customers a real front door

A portal to log into, a booking flow, a member app, a PWA on their phone. The polished experience you have been faking with email and spreadsheets.

That is a fraction of it. If you can describe the bottleneck, it can almost certainly be built. And these are not hypotheticals, I have shipped 40+ apps like these. Browse the live demos, then the free call is where we figure out what to build first.

See my work Tell me what to build

The offer

The Ownership Build.

One custom application plus the automations that run the work around it, built around your workflow, that you own forever. Here is exactly how it runs.

PHASE 01

Blueprint

We map what it actually needs to do: the screens, the data, the one number it should move, and the manual steps worth automating. You walk out with a fixed price and a fixed scope before a line of code is written.

Week 1
PHASE 02

Build

I build it in the open: the app, the automated workflows, and the AI agents that do the busywork. You get a working MVP in about a week, then steer it as it takes shape. No black box, no ticket queue, no surprise invoices. Real stack, real database, real auth.

Weeks 2 to 4
PHASE 03

Handover

The code, the database, and every account transfer into your name. You own it outright. Then 30 days of fixes are on me, plus a plain-English guide so your team can run it.

Launch + 30 days

What you get

Everything in the build.

The guarantee

30 days to love it, or your money back.

If 30 days after launch it is not saving you money, the bugs are not sorted, or it is more headache than help, just say so and you get a full refund. And you still keep everything: the code, the database, and every account stay yours, no strings.

On top of that, you never pay the final milestone until the first working version is something you would actually use. I take the risk so you do not have to. That is how confident I am that this beats the alternative you have already tried.

Honest fit

Who this is for.

I would rather tell you now than waste your call. This is built for some people and not others.

This is for you if

  • You run a real business and software is in the way of growth.
  • You tried a no-code tool or a SaaS stack and it could not hold up.
  • You want to own what you pay for, not rent it.
  • You value speed and a straight answer over a thick proposal.

This is not for you if

  • You just want the cheapest possible option. This is not it.
  • You want to micromanage a junior developer by the hour.
  • You are pre-idea, with no real business behind the build.
  • You need a 40-page enterprise RFP process to move.

The builder

Neil Busque

A digital marketer who ships full-stack software. Rare combination: most marketers cannot build, most builders cannot market. I do both, so the software is built to move a number, not just to look busy.

40+
Apps shipped
~1 wk
To a working MVP
100%
You own it

I have built this exact thing dozens of times.

CRMs, client portals, booking systems, internal dashboards, link shorteners, PWAs, AI agents, and the automated workflows that tie them all together. Real production software running real businesses, built on React, TypeScript, Supabase, Vercel, and n8n.

You are not my first build, and you will not be hostage to a platform or a project manager. You will talk to me, watch it take shape, and own every piece of it at the end.

Book a free build call

Before you ask

The questions that come up first.

How much does it cost?+

It depends on what you need, which is the point of the free call. Most builds land well under the $20k to $150k an agency quotes, at a single fixed price agreed before any work starts. You will leave the call with a real ballpark, whether or not you hire me.

How long does it take?+

You get a working MVP in about a week. A full build is usually three to five weeks, depending on scope. Not the four to six months a dev shop quotes, because there is no agency layer slowing things down.

Do I really own it?+

Yes, completely. The code, the repository, the database, and every account are created in your name and handed to you. There is no platform you rent and no lock-in. If you and I never spoke again, your software would keep running.

I am not technical. Can I still do this?+

That is most of the people I build for. You bring the business and the problem. I handle every technical decision and explain things in plain English. The handover includes a one-page guide so your team can run it without a developer on staff.

What about maintenance after launch?+

Thirty days of fixes are included. After that, because you own the code on a standard stack, any competent developer can maintain it, or I can on a simple month-to-month basis. You are never trapped.

I already tried Lovable / Bubble and it broke. Now what?+

Common starting point. Sometimes I can rescue and rebuild what you started, sometimes a clean build is faster. Either way you end up with real production code you own, instead of a prototype that falls apart when real users show up. Bring it to the call.

Do you build automations too, or just apps?+

Both, and usually together. I build the app and the automated workflows around it: lead routing, follow-up, data syncing, reporting, and AI agents that handle the repetitive work. If all you need is automation, that is a smaller build on its own. The difference from Zapier or Make is that you own the workflows outright, with no per-task fees that grow as you do.

Will my automations stop working if I stop paying a subscription?+

No. The automations run on infrastructure in your name, not rented from me. There is no metered per-task bill and nothing that switches off if we stop talking. You own the workflows the same way you own the code.

What is the catch on the free call?+

None. It is 30 minutes, no pitch and no pressure. You describe the problem, I tell you the smartest way to solve it and a ballpark cost. If I am not the right fit, I say so and point you somewhere better.

Book a free build call

Tell me what you are trying to build.

Thirty minutes. No pitch, no pressure, no selling. You describe the problem, you leave with a clear plan and a ballpark, whether or not you ever hire me.

  • A straight answer on whether custom software or automation is even the right call.
  • A fixed-price ballpark, not a vague proposal weeks later.
  • If it is not a fit, I tell you, and point you somewhere better.

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