Custom software for professional services firms.

You sell expertise, but too many hours go to proposals, status reports and chasing timesheets. We build the systems that give those hours back.

Start a project Start with a process audit

Common problems

Where the time usually goes.

Proposals start from scratch

AI drafts from your past proposals and pricing, so a partner edits a strong first version.
Nobody can see who is available

One live view of people, projects and capacity replaces the staffing spreadsheet.
Client reports take a day each

Reports assemble from project data, and a manager reviews them before they go out.

What we can build

Examples for your kind of organization.

Every project starts by looking at how your team actually works, so yours may look different.

Proposal builder

Reusable scope, pricing and case examples, assembled into a draft for review.

Staffing and capacity

See who is free, who is overbooked and what's coming.

Project health view

Budget, hours and deadlines in one place, with early warnings.

Client portal

Status, files and approvals without the back-and-forth.

Time and billing checks

Catch missing timesheets and billing errors before invoices go out.

Firm knowledge search

Find past work and answers from your own documents, with links to the source.

Handled with care

What we watch for.

Client work is confidential. We limit access to what each step needs, and check client contracts and your own policies before AI touches client material.

Common places to start.

Common problem

Slow quotes and proposals

A customer asks for a price. Days later, after hunting through old files and asking around, you send it. Sometimes they've already moved on.

Reports built by hand

Every month, someone exports from four systems, pastes it all into a spreadsheet and fixes what looks wrong. By the time it's ready, the numbers are old.

Messy client onboarding

You just won the work. Now come the forms, follow-ups and handoffs. It's your client's first real experience of you, and it often feels like chaos.

FAQ

Common questions.

We already use a project tool. Do we have to replace it?

Usually not. We connect it to your CRM, billing and reporting, and fill in the gaps around it.

Where should a firm start?

Often proposals or status reporting. Both happen often, take senior time and are easy to review.

Partner with Inkwell

Tell us where the time goes.

A few sentences is plenty. We'll tell you honestly whether custom software makes sense.

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