Off-the-shelf tools solve general problems. When your problem is specific — your data, your workflow, your team — the right tool is one built around how you actually work.
This is where the real depth of what Cambrai does lives.
Some problems don't fit an existing tool. You need something that watches a specific data source and tells you when something changes. Or a dashboard that pulls from four different places and gives you one number to look at each morning. Or an internal tool that your team actually uses — because it was built around how they work, not how a product manager at a SaaS company imagined they work.
These are the builds that take the most time to scope — and pay off the most when done right. Off-the-shelf tools solve general problems. Custom builds solve yours.
Watching data sources continuously, filtering signal from noise, and alerting when conditions are met. Built to run without supervision.
A single view of your business — pulling from wherever your data lives and presenting it clearly. Replaces the six spreadsheets and the Monday morning ritual.
Tools that take a brief, query multiple sources, and return structured summaries. Useful for due diligence, competitor monitoring, lead research.
Continuous or scheduled pipelines that collect, clean, transform and store data from APIs, scrapers, or internal sources — ready for reporting or decision-making.
Internal tools built on top of language models — trained on your documents, your processes, your knowledge base. Faster than asking a colleague, more reliable than memory.
Systems that assemble, format, and distribute reports automatically — daily, weekly, or event-triggered. No human in the loop unless the numbers warrant it.
The monitoring systems, alerting pipelines, and automated reporting we build for businesses aren't theoretical — they're the same type of infrastructure we've run in production for communities with hundreds of active users and real money moving through them. The stakes were high enough that cutting corners wasn't an option.
Your business won't need the same scale. But the approach is identical — understand the problem before touching the keyboard, build for reliability not just the demo, and document it properly so it doesn't become a black box.
Custom tools are fixed-price. We scope the problem, agree a number, build it. Simpler tools start from a few hundred pounds; more complex builds with multiple integrations are more — but always quoted upfront.
Many clients move to a monthly retainer after delivery — covering ongoing improvements, new features, and maintenance as the tool evolves with the business.
The first conversation is free. We'll tell you honestly whether what you're describing needs a custom build or whether something simpler would serve you better.