Custom Software Development in Guelph and Ontario
Software built around how your business actually works, not a template you have to work around. Describe it in plain English, see a working prototype free, and go live in weeks. Then we host, secure, and support it in Canada, so you are never left running software on your own.
Why businesses build with us
Retire the spreadsheets
Customer lists, job tracking, quotes, inventory, and approvals that live in spreadsheets and inboxes become one system. Bringing your existing data across is part of every build.
Weeks, not months
We build on our own platform with Blue, our AI builder, so a tailored build typically goes live in two to six weeks instead of a multi-month project.
Built, then run for you
Most software projects end at delivery and leave you to operate it. We host, monitor, back up, secure, and support what we build, and keep changing it as your business changes.
Secure and Canadian
Hosted in Canada, with role-based access and audit trails, designed to align with PIPEDA and PHIPA. Your data is not used to train public AI models.
What we build
- Customer and job management (CRM) fitted to your workflow
- Quoting, estimating, and approvals
- Scheduling and dispatch for field crews
- Inspection, intake, and compliance forms with reports
- Inventory, equipment, and dealer management
- AI and automation built into the work, not bolted on
- Integrations with Microsoft 365 and the systems you already use
Many builds start as a CRM fitted to one industry. See custom CRM systems, including ones for home inspectors, trailer and equipment dealers, and field service crews.
How it works
Describe it
Tell us how your business works in plain English, the way you would explain it to a new hire. No technical spec needed.
See a free prototype
Blue, our AI builder, sketches a working version with you in minutes, so you see the system before spending anything.
We build it
Your terminology, fields, documents, and data, with your spreadsheets brought across. Builds typically go live in two to six weeks.
We run it
Hosting in Canada, monitoring, security, backups, and support for a flat per-user licence. Small refinements are part of the service.
What custom software costs
| Item | ClayGen | Traditional development shop |
|---|---|---|
| First prototype | Free | Not usually offered |
| Build | From $2,500 CAD, or $0 down | Typically $25,000 and up |
| Time to go live | Typically 2 to 6 weeks | Often several months |
| Running it | $49 CAD per user per month (5-user minimum), hosted in Canada, supported | Hosting, security, and changes are usually on you |
The $0 down option rolls your build into your first year at roughly $50 more per user per month for the first 12 months. Every quote is confirmed in writing before anything starts. For the full breakdown, read what custom software costs a small business.
A Guelph team that also runs your IT
ClayGen is based in Guelph and works with businesses across Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, Hamilton, and Ontario. Because we also provide managed IT, cybersecurity, and Managed AI, the software we build fits your Microsoft 365, your devices, and your security from day one, and one team answers for all of it.
Curious how the build works? See BluePrint, the way we design and build every system with you.
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See your software before you pay for it
Describe what your business needs and Blue sketches a working prototype with you in minutes. Free, no credit card.
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