One place where your team and clients log in securely.
A business portal brings your processes, your data and your employees together behind a single login. Your team sees what it needs, your clients see only their own details, and nothing has to travel back and forth by email.
Who I build them for
A portal is the step that follows when scattered spreadsheets and email threads no longer keep up with how you work. You usually know exactly which process breaks down; what is missing is one system that holds it from start to finish.
- You send data and files around by email and lose the overview.
- Clients ask for a status you have to look up by hand.
- Your current package or ERP does not quite fit how your business works.
- You run several systems that do not share the same data.
- You want to decide exactly who can see what, down to the row.
From process to working portal
A portal lives or dies by who can see what. That is where I start, and from there I build in short steps towards something you can use right away.
We map out your process
Who does what, which data belongs to whom, and where it breaks down today. That sets the roles and permissions, before a single line of code.
I build the core with login
Secure authentication, roles and the most important screens first. So within weeks you are working in a real portal instead of a design.
We connect what you already have
Payments, accounting, Microsoft 365 or an existing system with an API. The portal pulls data from where it already lives, so you never maintain it twice.
It grows with your business
A new role, a new process, a new integration. I stay available to extend the portal instead of replacing it two years from now.
What that looks like in practice
My own ERP is the best example. Layoutr sells to customers all over the world: part of it I invoice myself, part runs through Stripe managed payments. None of the packages I looked at could keep those two apart cleanly, so I built the system myself. What the portal now does for me:
- A direct Stripe integration, so transactions come in automatically.
- Invoices are pulled in automatically instead of retyped by hand.
- Every transaction is matched to the right debtor.
- At the end of the month the invoice goes to the merchant of record automatically.
Frequently asked questions
- What exactly is a business portal?
- A secure environment where people log in and only see and do what fits their role. That can be a client portal, an internal system for your team, or a complete ERP where you manage orders, invoices and customers.
- Why not just buy an existing package?
- If an off-the-shelf package fits, you should absolutely buy it: faster and cheaper. For my own ERP it did not fit, because no package could cleanly separate self-invoiced sales from sales through Stripe. Then building it yourself is the better call, and it grows with the business afterwards.
- Can it connect to what I already use?
- Yes. Payments such as Stripe, your accounting, Microsoft 365 or an existing system with an API. The portal pulls data from where it already lives, so you do not maintain it twice.
- What about security and access?
- Login with roles and permissions per user, encrypted connections and hosting on Microsoft Azure. We define who can see what up front, and that can be adjusted later without touching the rest.
- How long does it take and what does it cost?
- A first working version with login is often ready within a few weeks; a complete portal grows step by step from there. I work per project and map out the cost clearly up front.
Want a business portal built?
Let's walk through your process.
Tell me how it works today and where it breaks down. I will think along about roles, integrations and what you need first.