Software you own. Built to last.
We figure out the right fix for your business problem, then we build it. Custom software, AI automation, a redesigned workflow, or whatever the work actually needs. Whatever we build, you own outright.
Forty combined years of software delivery across construction, government, industrial, plant hire, and events. We ship production systems, not proof-of-concepts.
AI-native delivery — weeks, not quarters.
Production systems shipped into
Software, automation, or whatever fits the problem.
Most consultancies sell hours. Most software houses sell licenses. Most AI agencies sell pilots that go nowhere. We sell outcomes that the client owns outright.
Stop renting your business operations.
Custom software that replaces the SaaS tool you are tired of paying for. You hold the source code, the data, and the keys. The renewal cycle ends.
- Full source repository handed over on day one of production.
- Host with us, your IT team, or anywhere else you choose.
- Documented operations, runbooks, and architecture.
Get hours back from work nobody should do by hand.
AI automation for the repetitive parts of your operation. We build it, we hand it over, you own it. Not rented from an AI vendor on a monthly tab.
- Workflow-specific AI, deployed against your data and your rules.
- Owned models, owned prompts, owned automation logic.
- Change it whenever you want. No vendor approval required.
Sometimes the right fix is not new software.
Before we write code, we audit the workflow. If the right answer is a process redesign or a single integration, we tell you, and we charge less.
- Workflow audit before any build is quoted.
- Honest recommendation, even when it is not "build the software".
- Clear scope: what stays manual, what gets automated, what gets cut.
Make the systems you already pay for actually talk.
Integration work between your CRM, finance, and operations tools, so the same data is not keyed in three times. The integrations stay yours.
- End the copy-paste tax between disconnected tools.
- One source of truth, kept in sync by code you own.
- No middleware vendor in the middle of your data.
Train your team to use AI well — and pick the right tools.
We run practical, role-specific AI training for your people, then give you a straight answer on which tools are worth adopting. Vendor-neutral: we recommend what fits, not what pays us.
- Hands-on training tailored to how your team actually works.
- A clear map of which AI tools to adopt, and which to skip.
- No vendor kickbacks. The recommendation is yours to keep.
What you actually receive.
On the day we hand over, you get the artifact you paid for. Source, infrastructure, documentation, and signed transfer of ownership. No escrow. No license tier. No claw-back.
<span class="c"># Delivered to the client on handover day</span> <span class="k">handover</span>/ ├── <span class="k">src</span>/ <span class="c"># Full application source</span> │ ├── api/ │ ├── web/ │ └── workers/ ├── <span class="k">infrastructure</span>/ <span class="c"># IaC, deploy anywhere</span> │ ├── terraform/ │ └── ci/ ├── <span class="k">docs</span>/ │ ├── <span class="s">architecture.md</span> │ ├── <span class="s">operations.md</span> │ └── runbooks/ ├── <span class="k">data-migration</span>/ │ ├── from-saas-export/ │ └── scripts/ └── <span class="k">HANDOVER.md</span> <span class="o">⟵ signed transfer</span> <span class="c"># Renewal cycle:</span> <span class="o">none</span> <span class="c"># Per-user fees:</span> <span class="o">none</span> <span class="c"># Vendor lock-in:</span> <span class="o">none</span> <span class="c"># Owned outright:</span> <span class="o">true</span>
Four steps. No mystery.
From the discovery call to the day you own the system. Nothing in between is opaque, and nothing in between is open-ended.
Discovery call.
We learn your problem. What does the workflow look like, what does it cost, what is breaking. 45 minutes. No slide deck.
We propose the right fix.
Sometimes custom software. Sometimes AI automation. Sometimes a redesigned workflow. You see a working MVP before you commit.
Full build, fixed price.
You engage us for the production system at a fixed price with a defined scope. No hourly meter. No mid-project surprises.
You own it.
Host with us if it is easier. Take it anywhere if it is not. The handover includes the source, the documentation, and the keys.
Real systems for real clients.
A cross-section of what we've shipped. Client names withheld by contract; full case studies under NDA.
Award-winning software
AI built for a safety-critical operation — it separates the signal from the noise so the people responsible act only on what genuinely matters. Recognised with an industry award.
Core-system modernization
Rebuilt a business-critical core in increments, with no downtime.
Operational dashboards
Turned live equipment data into a real-time operational picture for the teams on the ground.
Sensor telemetry at scale
Anomaly detection and predictive maintenance across a large sensor network.
Replaced an enterprise event platform
Cut annual SaaS spend and integrated fully with the existing CRM.
Custom workflow automation
Automated a process that previously consumed two full-time staff.
Concrete results. Not slide decks.
The shapes of problem we get hired to solve, and the line of the P&L they move.
Founder-led. Forty years of shipped work.
Anvil is led by its founders. Not a new agency hoping for traction. Senior operators who have shipped real systems for real clients.
Anvil is led by its founders, who bring forty combined years of software engineering, product management, solutions architecture, and business analysis.
We have independently and together run software businesses delivering production systems across construction, plant hire, government, industrial, and event sectors. The systems we built are still running, years later.
This is not our first venture. No account managers, no project coordinators, no graduate developers learning on your dime. You talk directly to the founders writing the code.
Our workflow is AI-native from spec to ship — fewer engineers, tighter loops, and software delivered in weeks, not quarters, without cutting corners on architecture or review.
We work across the UK and Latin America, with senior engineers spanning European and Latin American time zones.
The stack, unsentimentally.
Tied to the value. Not to the hours.
We sell outcomes, not hours. The two models below cover everything we do, and there is nothing else.
Priced as a fraction of what you already spend.
When the work replaces a tool you already pay for, we price the build as a percentage of your current annual SaaS spend. The build pays for itself, and then your renewal stops, permanently.
Fixed weekly rate. Fixed scope. Fixed end date.
For work with no SaaS equivalent, we quote a fixed weekly rate against a defined scope. You know what you are paying, what you are getting, and when it ends.
Training and advisory are scoped per engagement.
"We stopped renting our event platform. We own it now. The renewal email never comes."
Tell us what is breaking.
A short message is enough. We'll diagnose the problem and tell you whether software is the right answer. If it is, we'll quote the work. If it isn't, we'll say so.
"Anvil replaced our event platform in eleven weeks. Two years later we own it outright and pay zero per-user fees."
Multi-event organizer