The custom build service from Rad Consultants

Stop renting software that almost fits. Get the app built for you.

Describe what you need. RadWorks scopes it, builds it, hosts it, and keeps improving it. A fully custom web application for $1,500 a month, live in month one, tested on every release.

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Month one your app is live and you are using it
27 hrs median from a request filed to the change live, on real client apps
Every release gated by browser tests and hand-checked answer keys before you hear done
Your app, Requests
Request filed
"Flag rush orders on the intake form"
Filed from inside your app at 9:14am. In the queue, status visible the whole way.
works-but-should-differ Intake planning
Plan written
Scoped against your real code
Touches3 files, intake only
Laneauto-ship
Gatessmoke suite + answer key
Anything touching sign-in, money, or your customers waits for a human.
Shipped and verified
Live at 12:32pm the next day
Browser suitegreen
Answer key15 of 15 right
If redauto-revert, instantly
You confirm
Done means you said so
Only the person who filed it can mark it done. Not right? One click reopens it and the fix goes back in the queue, no re-filing, no arguing.
A monthly record shows everything that shipped, when, and its score.
One flat subscription over everything a custom tool used to cost
Off-the-shelf compromises built to fit you $30-60k agency builds $1,500 a month Six months to v1 live in month one Change orders unlimited requests Ticket black holes visible queue Hope it still works tested every release Version 1 forever improves every month Hosting headaches run for you
How it runs

From your words to a working tool, on rails.

The same delivery engine runs every RadWorks app. Click through the life of one request.

01 Describe
02 Blueprint
03 Build
04 Prove
05 Improve

Say it in your own words.

No spec documents, no requirements meetings. A short guided interview asks the questions a good consultant would ask, researches your business while you answer, and never asks anything twice.

15 minfrom "here is what we do" to a scoped picture of your tool
Build interview · question 4 of 6researching
Who touches an order after it comes in?
Front desk logs it Dispatch assigns it Owner reviews weekly
Already answered from your website: what you sell, who buys it, your service area.

See exactly what month one builds.

Your answers become a blueprint: what the app does, who signs in, what version one includes, and what deliberately waits. You approve it before you pay a dollar.

0surprises: the blueprint is the contract for month one
Blueprint · order trackerready to approve
Week 1
Intake + loginv1
Dispatch boardv1
Invoicing syncmonth two
Customer portallater

The engine builds. A person holds the gates.

Every change is planned against your real code, built on a branch, and run against real data before it ships. Anything touching sign-in, money, or your customers waits for human review. The rest ships itself.

27 hrsmedian from request filed to change live, on real client apps
Your request
"Rush orders keep getting buried with the normal ones. Can intake flag them?"
The engine's plan

Nothing ships on "looks right".

Two gates on every release. A browser suite drives your live app the way your people use it. An answer key of real cases with hand-checked correct answers proves the logic is still right, not just rendering. Red means instant auto-revert.

2-4 minthe longest a bad change can be live before it reverts itself
Filed 2
Rush-order flag
queued
Weekly report tweak
queued
Building 1
Driver checklist
on branch
Verified 2
Photo uploads
15/15 right
Status colors
suite green
Confirmed 3
Login by email link
by you

Month two is where it gets unfair.

An agency hands you version one and leaves. RadWorks is just getting started: every idea, annoyance, and "could it also" goes in the queue and comes out shipped, tested, and confirmed by you. The tool compounds.

Unlimitedimprovement requests, one active build at a time
What shipped · this month6 changes
Rush-order flag on intake. Live Aug 12, confirmed by you Aug 13.
Driver checklist on mobile. Live Aug 18, answer key 14 of 14.
Weekly summary email. Live Aug 21, first one landed Monday.
Month one
from first conversation to a live app
27 hrs
median request-to-live on real client apps
2 gates
browser suite plus answer key, every release
$1,500
flat, monthly. No hourly bills, ever
The shift

Agency build vs RadWorks

A one-time build starts aging the day it ships. A subscription build never stops improving.

$30-60k up frontthen hourly for every change
→
$1,500 a monthchanges included
Six months to version oneobsolete on delivery
→
Live in month onebetter every month after
Email the dev, hopeno status, no record
→
File it in the appwatch it move to shipped
The path

Five steps to a tool that fits.

You talk. The machine builds. A person holds the gates that matter.

01
Describe
A 15-minute guided interview turns what you know into what we build. No spec writing, no jargon.
02
Approve
Your blueprint shows exactly what month one delivers and what waits. You approve before you pay.
03
Build
The delivery engine builds version one in milestones. Chris reviews it before you ever see it.
04
Launch
You sign in by email link. No passwords, no installs, works on every device your team has.
05
Improve
File requests from inside the app. They ship tested, you confirm every one, and the record is always visible.
What you get

Everything a custom tool needs. One subscription.

The parts an agency quotes separately are just how RadWorks works.

Built From Your Words
The interview and blueprint turn plain descriptions into working software. If you can explain your business, you can have a tool shaped exactly to it.
No spec documents, ever
The Queue Lives In Your App
Broken, should-work-differently, or brand new: file it where you noticed it. Status moves in front of you from filed to planned to live.
No ticket black holes
Tested On Every Release
A browser suite drives your live app, and an answer key of hand-checked real cases proves the logic is still right. A red result reverts itself in minutes.
Nothing ships on "looks right"
You Confirm Every Delivery
A change is not done because we say so. Only the person who filed it can confirm it, and one click reopens anything that is not right.
Done means you said so
Hosted, Secured, Backed Up
Your app runs on managed infrastructure with TLS, monitoring, memory-capped services, and backups. You never think about servers.
Zero IT burden on your team
A Monthly Record Of What Shipped
Every change, the day it went live, its test score, and who confirmed it. You always know what $1,500 bought this month.
Receipts, not vibes
Why it works

Three things no dev shop will promise.

RadWorks is a delivery engine with a person on the gates, not a team billing hours.

⚡
An Engine, Not An Agency
The same machinery already runs real client apps every day: it plans against your actual code, builds on branches, tests against real data, and ships while you sleep. That is why $1,500 buys what used to cost $30k.
🛡
Safe By Construction
Anything touching sign-in, money, or your customers is structurally held for human review. The engine cannot talk to your customers, spend your money, or ship untested. Ever.
🔑
Your Data Is Always Yours
Rad builds, hosts, and runs the platform. Your data belongs to you, full stop, and leaves with you if you ever go. No hostages.
Who it fits

Built for operators, not IT departments.

If your business runs on spreadsheets, group texts, and a tool that almost fits, RadWorks is for you.

Ops-Heavy SMB
Shops, trades, manufacturers
Orders, jobs, crews, and customers tracked across five tools that do not talk. One app, shaped to how you actually run the floor.
  • Intake to dispatch to done in one screen
  • Your vocabulary, your workflow, your rules
  • Changes when your process changes
Service Organizations
Schools, franchises, agencies
You have real operational complexity and no software budget for a custom build. Now the custom build costs less than the tools that do not fit.
  • Live in month one, not next fiscal year
  • Every stakeholder signs in with an email link
  • Requests filed by the people who hit the problem
Growing Teams
Companies outgrowing spreadsheets
The spreadsheet worked at 5 people. At 15 it is the bottleneck. Replace it with a tool that grows with you instead of another subscription that almost fits.
  • Start with the one workflow that hurts most
  • Add the next one every month
  • Never pay a change-order invoice again
"Every RadWorks app runs on the same delivery engine that already ships real changes to real businesses every week: planned against your code, tested against your data, reverted in minutes if anything reads wrong, and confirmed by you before it counts."
1 engine
proven on live client apps before RadWorks ever launched
2 gates
a browser suite and an answer key on every single release
1 person
Chris reviews every blueprint and every first release himself
Pricing

One price. The whole service.

No setup fee, no hourly bills, no change orders. Month to month, cancel any time.

RadWorks
$1,500 / month

Your custom web application: built in month one, improved every month after.

  • ✓A fully custom web app, live in month one
  • ✓Unlimited improvement requests, one active build at a time
  • ✓Every release gated by tests and answer keys
  • ✓Hosting, security, monitoring, and backups included
  • ✓Your data is always yours
  • ✓Month one pays for itself or you owe nothing
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How you get started

01
Tell us what you need
A short guided interview or a call. Fifteen minutes in your own words is enough to scope version one.
02
Approve your blueprint
See exactly what month one delivers, what waits, and why, before you pay anything.
03
Subscribe and go live
The build starts when you subscribe. You sign in to your finished app before the month is out.

Ready for a tool that actually fits?

Tell us what you need. The blueprint is free, and you will know inside a week exactly what month one builds.

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