One place to run the operation.
Custom admin dashboards and internal tools that bring your scattered systems into one view, with a single source of truth your team can trust. Built around your workflows, not a generic template.
- Investment
- From R200,000
- Timeline
- 12–20 weeks
- Support
- 12 months included
Too many tools, no full picture
When the work is spread across half a dozen disconnected systems, people spend their day switching between them instead of running the operation.
- Scattered across tools
- Accounting in one system, tracking in Excel, drivers on WhatsApp, approvals in email and customers in a CRM nobody updates.
- No single source of truth
- The same customer exists in four places. Which record is right? Nobody is sure.
- No view of today
- It takes five reports from five systems to understand what is happening right now.
What an internal platform is, and when to choose one
An internal platform is the software your team uses every day to run the operation: one dashboard over the systems you already have, with screens for each role and the workflows you actually follow.
Choose it over workflow automation when the problem is not one handoff but the lack of a single place to work. It is built as an Enterprise package, which includes unlimited drivers on the POD app if you run a fleet.
How businesses use internal platforms
- The team switches between the store admin, an inventory spreadsheet, the shipping platform and a support desk
- AfterOne operations dashboard with everything in a single view
- Maintenance requests lost in email, rent tracked in Excel, tenant details scattered across files
- AfterOne property management platform
- Project status unknown, client billing done by hand, resourcing by guesswork
- AfterA central operations hub for all client work
Illustrative examples of the platform types we build, not client engagements.
Built for how you actually work
Every platform is designed around your workflows.
- Multi-user access
- Role-based permissions, with different views for different teams.
- Live updates
- Changes appear on screen as they happen, without refreshing.
- Your workflows
- Built around your process, not a generic template.
- Built-in reporting
- Track what matters with custom reports, and export anything.
- Security
- Encrypted data, audit logs and role-based access, in line with Tapnet’s POPIA-aligned policies.
- Room to grow
- An architecture planned for more users, more data and more workflows.
From discovery to launch
- 1Discovery and scopingWe map your current tools, processes and goals, and agree a fixed scope.
- 2Interface designScreens designed for each role and the way your team works.
- 3Build and integrationFull-stack development, database design and connections to your existing systems.
- 4TestingThorough testing on your own data before anything goes live.
- 5Deployment and trainingA planned rollout with hands-on training for each team.
- 6SupportBug fixes, updates and improvements, with 12 months’ priority support included.
Investment and timeline
Fixed scope, clear pricing.
- Investment
- DetailFrom R200,000, based on complexity, user count and integrations
- Timeline
- Detail12–20 weeks from kickoff to production launch
- Support
- Detail12 months’ priority support included
- Payment
- DetailSetup can be split into two or three payments
- Contract
- DetailMonth-to-month with 30 days’ notice
Prices exclude VAT. You own the custom work we build for you.
Internal platform questions
How is an internal platform priced?
From R200,000, based on complexity, the number of users and the integrations involved. We scope your requirements on the diagnostic and give you a fixed-price proposal.
Do we have to replace our current systems?
No. The platform usually sits over the systems you already run, such as Sage or Xero, and brings their data into one view.
Who owns what you build?
You do. You own the custom work we build for you.
Who supports it after launch?
The engineers who built it. Twelve months’ priority support is included, during business hours Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00 SAST, with emergency on-call for critical issues.
Related
- Custom platformBespoke operations software for South African businesses: dashboards, portals and internal tools built around your workflows. From R200,000, in 12–20 weeks.
- Enterprise integrationConnect legacy ERP, accounting and operations systems with custom APIs, data pipelines and real-time sync. R200,000 to R750,000+, over 16 to 24 weeks.
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