$ stagg-solutions ~ $ cd custom vertical · for-business / 04
VSSaaS sprawl BUILDonce · own forever STACKNode · React · Postgres

for-business / 04 / custom

Your workflow, built into software.

CRM dashboards, order management, multi-tenant platforms, and internal tools. Replace your SaaS stack with one custom platform that matches exactly how your team works.

100%
Code ownership · day one
Full
Source · self-hostable any time
No
Vendor lock · ever
Fixed
Quote · no scope creep

// problem
The SaaS stack adds up.

You started with one SaaS tool. Then Zapier to connect it to another. Then a third for the thing the first two don't do. Now you're paying multiple subscriptions, half your team's data lives in tools you can't query, and any custom workflow takes a week of "let me look up if their API supports that."

The economics flip somewhere around the third or fourth SaaS tool. At that point, a custom platform that does exactly what you need — and only what you need — costs less than your current sprawl and moves faster.

$ ls platforms/

What we build.

// patterns
P01

Multi-tenant platforms

One codebase, multiple isolated tenants (per-customer DB or schema), shared admin, per-tenant integrations. We run this pattern in production for our auto-shop CRM family — same code powers three shops with isolated data.

P02

Order & workflow management

Order pipelines, approval workflows, audit trails, role-based permissions, SLA tracking, custom-status state machines. Replace Trello + Asana + ad-hoc Slack channels with one tool.

P03

SaaS platforms (white-label)

If your business idea is a SaaS, we build the full stack: auth, billing (Stripe), user management, customer-facing dashboards, admin tools.

P04

Internal admin SPAs

Your team's daily-driver dashboard. The thing you check first every morning. Custom-built around your data shape, not a Retool/Airtable workaround.

P05

Compliance dashboards

Compliance evidence, audit trails, document workflows. We've built this for cleared CMMC work — the same patterns translate to any documentation-heavy compliance regime.

P06

Integration hubs

The "we just need our X to talk to our Y" problem that's been a pain for three quarters. Replace duct-tape Zapier flows with a real integration layer you own.

$ diff stagg saas-stack

Custom build vs SaaS sprawl.

// the model
Dimension
Stagg custom build
SaaS stack (5+ tools)
Pricing shape
Fixed build + flat hosting
Per-seat, per-tool, indefinitely
Cost trajectory
Front-loaded, then flat
Compounds with every new tool / seat
Customization
Anything · we own the code
Limited to their API
Data ownership
100% yours · self-host any time
Locked behind their exports
Integration glue
Built into one platform
Zapier / Make / manual

$ cat cases/custom.md

A platform we built ourselves.

// real engagement

case · cmmc compliance dashboard · in production

The compliance dashboard powering this CMMC engagement.

We built a CMMC L1+L2 compliance dashboard for our own cleared engagements. Hand-authored PDF documentation, audit-evidence pipelines, multi-tenant architecture.

The same patterns — multi-tenant data isolation, document workflows, role-based access — translate directly to any compliance regime that demands evidence and audit trails.

Useinternal tool, dogfooded Patternmulti-tenant + audit trail StackPython · Flask · Postgres · WeasyPrint

$ stagg --quote custom

Tell us about your workflow.

Free consultation. We map your current SaaS stack, identify what's worth replacing, and scope a custom build with a fixed quote.

// direct comms

response24 hrs
formatfree consultation