BUSINESS SOFTWARE, ON YOUR SIDE.
Your business isn’t off the shelf.
Your software shouldn’t be either.
Tailored software. Fully managed. A predictable subscription. A better way to run the work that matters.
Built, run and kept useful. By Stone Code.
A different arrangement. Illustrated.
01 / THE DIFFERENCE
The extra spreadsheet. The duplicate entry. The feature you’re still waiting for. Familiar?
You pay for the software.
Then pay again in workarounds.
Off-the-shelf platforms can be a good fit. But when your team spends more time navigating their limits than doing the work, it’s worth looking at another arrangement.
We build software around an agreed set of business needs, then take responsibility for running and improving it. You get a working service, without having to assemble a software team.
02 / YOUR STARTING POINT
Two ways in.
One better way to work.
Spending £50k–£200k a year on a platform that still doesn’t fit? Explore a tailored alternative within a managed subscription.
That clever spreadsheet has become a business-critical system. Give the process a purpose-built app, without a heavyweight software project.
03 / MAKE IT CONCRETE
What could that look like?
A couple of illustrative examples.
A service business tracks customer requests in a platform, schedules work in a spreadsheet and chases updates by email.
A tailored application could connect job intake, scheduling and status updates, with the reporting the team actually needs.
A team manages equipment requests in a shared spreadsheet. Approvals happen by email, and someone manually keeps the records in sync.
A focused app could give staff a request form, managers an approval queue and the team a shared view of what happens next.
04 / THE WHOLE SERVICE
You subscribe to working software.
We take care of the moving parts.
Requirements and scope agreed around the processes, people and integrations that matter.
One supplier responsible for the application and its ongoing operation, with clear support arrangements.
An agreed price and service. Clear terms for renewal and any work outside the included scope.
Agreed improvement capacity, prioritised with you as your business needs evolve.
Modern development methods make the model possible.
Accountability makes it useful.
05 / HOW IT WORKS
A useful conversation.
A clear decision before a build.
Show us what you use, what it costs and where work gets stuck. We’ll look at the problems worth solving.
Set out the requirements, subscription, responsibilities and transition approach. Establish whether the case stacks up.
Develop the agreed application, manage the move and provide the ongoing service and agreed improvements.
THE FAIR QUESTIONS
We’re still a vendor.
We’re proposing a better relationship.
Lessvendor retains the software IP and provides the application as a managed subscription. Your business owns its data. Data export and exit provisions are set out in the agreement before you commit.
No. We agree the initial scope and the ongoing improvements included in your subscription. Significant new requirements are assessed and priced separately, or included through an agreed change to the service.
We assess that with you. The comparison needs to include the software, transition, integrations, support and ongoing changes. We’ll establish whether the proposed service makes commercial sense rather than assume a saving.
We assess the data, integrations and business dependencies before agreeing a transition. The approach depends on the system and the risk involved; a phased move may be more appropriate than replacing everything at once.
We use modern development methods, including AI-assisted tools, to deliver software efficiently. Stone Code remains responsible for engineering decisions and the managed service. You buy a working application, with agreed requirements and support.
Lessvendor is the managed software brand from Stone Code. The idea is simple: make software tailored to a business viable as an ongoing service, with clear scope and someone accountable for keeping it useful.
LET’S TALK SOFTWARE
A platform that doesn’t fit? A spreadsheet that’s doing too much? Tell us where you’re starting.
moreis@lessvendor.comMore fit. Less friction.