The short answer
Published UK pricing puts a staff portal or admin system at £8,000 to £25,000 and a standard bespoke business build at £15,000 to £30,000. The number that decides whether to build is not the price, it is the hours the manual process currently consumes.
What the market charges
| System | Published UK range |
|---|---|
| Simple internal tool | From about £10,000 |
| Staff portal or admin system | £8,000 to £25,000 |
| Admin dashboard and reporting | £8,000 to £20,000 |
| Custom CRM, mid-tier | £8,000 to £25,000 |
| Standard bespoke business build | £15,000 to £30,000 |
| Standard business system | £30,000 to £80,000 |
| Enterprise platform | £500,000+ |
A mid-tier build in those sources typically means multi-user access, role-based permissions, a custom database, reporting, two or three integrations, and GDPR-compliant data handling.
Starter App
Launch fast£3,999£2,999
For small and medium businesses ready to launch their first app.
- iOS & Android app
- User login & accounts
- Push notifications
- Admin dashboard
- 14 day delivery
Advanced App
Built to scale£6,999£5,999
For advanced apps with complex and heavier customer usage.
- All starter app features
- Complex app logic
- AI and blockchain features
- Security audits
- 14 day delivery
The calculation that actually decides it
Not the price. The hours.
| Example | Yours | |
|---|---|---|
| Hours a week on the manual process | 4 | ___ |
| Hours a year | 208 | ___ |
| Fully loaded hourly cost | £25 | ___ |
| Annual cost of doing it by hand | £5,200 | ___ |
| Plus errors, rework, and the cost of not knowing | ? | ___ |
Most businesses have three or four of these and have never added them up.
Do not forget year two
Published maintenance figures run 15 to 25% of build cost annually, and sources recommend adding 20 to 30% to any build quote to get the true year-one cost. That applies whoever builds it.
When not to build
Common questions
How much does an internal business tool cost in the UK?
Published pricing puts a simple internal tool from about £10,000, a staff portal or admin system at £8,000 to £25,000, and a standard bespoke business build at £15,000 to £30,000. Our fixed-price sprint is £2,999 or £5,999.
How do I justify the cost internally?
Count the hours. Hours a week times 52 times the fully loaded hourly cost of whoever does the work. Compare that annual figure to a one-off build you own. The comparison usually decides itself.
Is a custom CRM cheaper than paying per seat?
Over one year, rarely. Over three years with a growing team, frequently, because per-seat pricing scales with headcount while a build does not. Compare over three years, not one month.