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Custom software development in Flanders

Crux Digits builds the software a standard package leaves out: the link between your ERP and your CRM, the portal your customers use, the step Peppol did not remove. Fixed prices, delivered from the Utrecht region, and you own every line of code.

By Tom Joseph · Last updated: 17 September 2026

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In short

Custom software pays when the process is what sets you apart and no package fits it without workarounds. For most Flemish organisations the value is in connecting what already runs, such as Odoo, Teamleader, Exact Online, WinBooks or Octopus, and in automating what Peppol did not: since 1 January 2026 Belgian B2B invoices arrive as structured data, but matching, exceptions and approval are still manual in most companies. Crux Digits works in three fixed steps: an audit at €2,500, a Production-ready MVP at €20,000 and production from €50,000, excl. VAT, with all source code handed over.

From workaround to software

What a custom build replaces

Five steps from the manual workaround to software you own.

  1. Hands typing on a laptop at a deskToday

    The manual workaround

    Data typed from one system into another, every day, by someone whose time is worth more.

  2. Hands on a laptop keyboard with code on the screenIntegration

    Systems that talk to each other

    Odoo, Teamleader, Exact Online or WinBooks connected through their APIs.

  3. A bookkeeper working with a laptop and a calculatorAfter Peppol

    Invoices matched, not typed

    Structured Peppol invoices matched to orders and receipts; only exceptions reach a person.

  4. A laptop showing a dashboard with chartsPortal

    Customers serve themselves

    Orders, status and documents in a web portal with the right roles and an audit trail.

  5. A team handing over documents around a desk with laptopsHandover

    Your code, documented

    Production handed over with documentation, access and all source code. No licence fee.

What we build

Software around the systems you already run

What runs todayWhat custom software addsWhat you measure
Odoo or Exact Online as ERPOrder intake from email and PDF, stock and pricing rules the standard modules do not coverMinutes per order, order errors
Teamleader or another CRMQuotes from standard components, follow-up and project handover to planningQuote turnaround, quote-to-order rate
WinBooks, Octopus or Exact for accountingPeppol invoices matched to orders and receipts, exceptions routed for approvalShare of invoices booked without touching
CODA bank statementsPayments reconciled against open items, differences flaggedHours of reconciliation per month
Spreadsheets and emailA web application with the right roles, audit trail and AI where it saves real timeTime per task, errors, handovers
Build or buy

When not to build

If a package does 90% of the job and the rest is a habit rather than a competitive edge, buy the package and change the habit. Custom software is right when the workaround costs more each year than the build, when the process is how you win work, or when the data has to stay under your control. The audit answers that question on your own figures, and it is allowed to conclude that you should not build.

Integration diagrams on a screen beside a warehouse office window
Built into the ERP, WMS and accounting package you already run.
How it runs

Fixed price, your code, delivered from Utrecht

Audit, €2,500: the process mapped, systems and data checked, a scope with a fixed price. Production-ready MVP, €20,000: the core working in your systems, tested with your team. Production, from €50,000: integrated, secured, monitored and handed over with documentation and all source code. Prices excl. VAT; for Belgian businesses the VAT is normally reverse-charged. Discovery and go-live on site in Flanders, the build remotely. Where AI is part of the software, the EU AI Act risk checker shows the duties that come with it. For the AI side see AI consultancy in Flanders; for our full software service see custom software development.

Scope

What is included, and what is not

So you can price the gap before a call rather than after one.

In scope

  • Integration with the systems Flemish firms run. Odoo, Teamleader, Exact Online or WinBooks through their own APIs, and CODA statements where the bookkeeping needs them.
  • Structured e-invoicing that works after the mandate. Peppol invoices arrive as data since 1 January 2026, so the remaining work is matching, exceptions and approval.
  • Something working every week. A visible increment you can click, built remotely with discovery and go-live on site.
  • The code, models and prompts. In your repository, under your licence, with the documentation. You can hand the whole thing to another supplier and have them continue.

Not in scope

  • A Peppol access point. You buy that from an access point provider. We connect your software to it and handle what happens to the invoice afterwards.
  • Infrastructure, service desk and systems management. We are an AI partner, not an ICT partner. Your existing supplier or internal team keeps the estate, the workplace and the helpdesk, and we build inside their standards.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can you connect to Odoo, Teamleader or Exact Online?

Yes, through their APIs. The audit checks which data and actions the API of your version exposes, so the scope and fixed price are based on what the integration can actually do.

Does Peppol make invoice automation unnecessary?

No. Since 1 January 2026 Belgian B2B invoices arrive as structured Peppol data, which removes the reading step. Matching invoices to orders and receipts, handling exceptions and approval remain work that software can take over.

Who owns the software?

You do. At handover you receive all source code, documentation and access, with no licence fee to Crux Digits for continued use.

Is custom software subsidised in Flanders?

Not through the kmo-portefeuille, whose advice pillar was abolished on 1 February 2026 and which never covered development work. VLAIO has innovation support for development projects with real innovation content, assessed per application.

How long does a first version take?

The audit takes one to two weeks. A Production-ready MVP usually takes four to six weeks after that, depending on the number of integrations.

What does custom software cost?

An audit at €2,500, a Production-ready MVP at €20,000 and production from €50,000, excl. VAT. The price is fixed per step, so the risk of overrun sits with us.

Tell us which workaround costs you most

Book a free consultation. We tell you whether it is worth building, or which package will do.

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