Software integrations and API development

Most small businesses run on several cloud services that don’t talk to each other, so someone ends up re-typing the same information into each one.

We connect them with reliable integrations, so orders, customers, invoices and stock flow between systems automatically and stay in step.

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Common integrations

We regularly connect:

Websites and forms to CRMs and email marketing tools
E-commerce platforms to accounting and stock systems
Payment providers to invoicing and bookkeeping
Booking systems to calendars and reminders
Legacy databases to modern web apps

Reliable, not fragile

Integrations fail quietly if they aren’t built carefully. Ours retry when a service is temporarily unavailable, avoid creating duplicates, log every step and alert you if something needs attention, so problems are fixed before customers notice.

Custom APIs

When you need your own API, for a partner, a mobile app or a bespoke web app, we design and document it properly, with authentication, rate limiting and versioning.

Integrations are also the backbone of most AI automation projects.

FAQs

Integrations & APIs: common questions

What if one of our tools has no API?

Many do, even if it isn’t obvious. Where there is truly no API, we look at reliable alternatives such as scheduled exports, and tell you honestly about the trade-offs.

Isn’t a no-code automation tool cheaper?

Sometimes, and for simple flows we may recommend one. For business-critical or high-volume integrations, custom code is usually more reliable, easier to monitor and cheaper to run over time.

Who looks after the integration after launch?

We can, as part of a care plan, including monitoring and updating it when a connected service changes its API.

Got an idea, or a process that’s eating your week?

Tell us about it. We’ll come back with honest advice on what’s worth doing, even if the answer is “not much”.

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