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Gravesend, Kent. Since 2011.

Custom Software Developers in Kent

This is home. We've been in Gravesend since 2011, building software for businesses across Kent, from Dartford and Maidstone to Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells. Ring us and you get one of us.

You'll be talking to one of us, not a salesperson.

The Kent businesses we hear from

A wholesaler in Maidstone who's outgrown a spreadsheet-and-email process. A services firm around Tunbridge Wells that needs something its off-the-shelf tools can't do. A distributor on the North Kent corridor who wants the warehouse, orders and accounts to talk to each other at last.

Different businesses, same problem. The software has run out of road, and somebody needs to build something that fits.

Who we've worked with near home

Without the names, here are a few of the Kent businesses we've done work for.

  • A port terminal and warehousing operator in Northfleet

    Just along the river from us. We redesigned and modernised its warehouse management system.

  • An engineering events and media company at Kings Hill

    We built the website for its trade event and the back-office system behind it.

  • A B2B engineering publisher in Rochester

    A media business running several trade titles. We've built five websites for it.

  • A family jeweller in Maidstone

    Five years of trying to get a website that actually sold. We built one that does.

Working with Dev Partners to redesign and modernise our WMS system: the whole process has been thoroughly professional from the outset and a delight to work with.
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Local, when it helps.

Most of a project happens remotely, because that's where the code is. Being in Kent means we can be in your office when it counts: the first proper look at how things run, the workshop where we agree what's being built, and the day it goes live.

Everything's written in-house, with no offshore team and no account managers.

What we build for Kent businesses

  • Order and warehouse systems

    Stock, picking, despatch and delivery tracking, built for how your warehouse really runs.

  • Custom CRM

    Built around how you manage accounts, pipeline or cases, not how a vendor assumes you do.

  • Workflow tools

    Job management, scheduling, quoting and sign-off, so the process stops living in one person's head.

  • Integrations

    The packages you already run, joined up so nobody retypes anything. If it has an API, we can connect it.

  • Old systems, moved on

    Ageing databases, Access, COBOL and early PHP brought up to date without stopping the business.

  • Reporting

    Figures that are always current, instead of someone spending half a day in spreadsheets.

How we like to work

We keep the technology straightforward, because software you can maintain beats software that's clever. It's yours to own, and it should be written so another competent developer could pick it up.

We build in two-week steps with a fixed price for each, and AI helps us get through far more in each one. How we use it.

Local to one of these towns? See custom software in Maidstone, or everywhere we work.

Questions from Kent businesses

  • Can we meet you?

    Of course. We're at 27-28 Windmill Street in Gravesend, or we'll come to you.

  • We've already got a system. Do we have to replace it?

    Usually not. We'd read what you've got first and tell you honestly what's worth keeping.

  • Do you only work in Kent?

    No, our clients are all over the UK. But we like being close to home.

  • What happens after it goes live?

    We look after it: fixes, improvements, security updates and hosting, from the people who know your code.

  • How do we start?

    Tell us what's going on. It goes straight to Rob and Jase, and the first chat is free.

What to bring to the first chat

Nothing fancy. We don't need a specification, and please don't pay anyone to write one first. Tell us how the work gets done today, who does it, and what goes wrong. If you've got a spreadsheet everything depends on, bring that. It'll tell us more than any document.

We'll ask a lot of awkward questions, because most of the job happens before the code. Quite often the answer is smaller than you expected, and we'll say so.

If the right move is to buy something off the shelf or leave well alone, that's what we'll tell you. We'd rather have a happy neighbour than a bad project.

Why it helps that we're local

Kent is a small place, and we'd have to look you in the eye at the next networking breakfast. We've been in the same town since 2011, and some of our clients have been with us for ten years or more. You'll know where to find us.

Photos of Rob and Jason, who run Dev Partners

Hello, you get us

Rob on the left, Jase on the right. No sales team and no account managers. One of us is on every job, from the first chat to long after it goes live, and the people writing your code sit in the same small team.

Meet everyone

Tell us what you've got

It goes straight to Rob and Jase. You'll hear back from one of us, usually the same day, and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right people.

Just want it checked? Code audit, £250 + VAT