Accelerated software design & build, done properly. A partner for your growth as the technology moves.
Whatwe do
Newcastle. Shipping software since 2003, now AI-accelerated.
Real problems, solved. Named clients you can check. In it for the long run.
23 years removing the friction between technology and the people who use it. Senior-led, AI-accelerated, built to last.
30 minutes, free, no obligation. We reply within one working day.
How wework
The path
The whole path, start to finish, so you can see exactly how an engagement runs before you commit.
- 01
A free 30-minute call
We work out together whether this is worth pursuing. If it's not, we'll say so.
- 02
A free briefing, 1 to 2 hours
Two senior people in the room. You leave with our read on feasibility, size and shape, and the discovery fee in writing.
- 03
A paid discovery, a few days to a week
It ends with a clickable prototype and a full product requirements document, yours to keep outright. If you build with us, the discovery fee comes off the build, so you never pay twice.
- 04
The build
A price agreed in writing before it starts. No day rates, no meter running.
- 05
Then we stay
A 12-month agreement as standard: we host it, keep it running, and keep improving it. As technology moves on we keep looking for what would make your product better, and we tell you when we find it.
First call to the start of discovery is designed to run inside a fortnight.
How webuild now
Senior-led, AI-accelerated
The delivery model changed. The judgement didn't.
We spent 23 years learning what production-ready means. AI changed how fast we get there. We don't just build with it, we run on it: our own sales and delivery tooling is software we built ourselves, the same AI-accelerated way. We've also shipped AI into production for a client, an audit-and-review agent that's live today. A senior lead and a designer run every build, with AI doing the heavy lifting under their judgement.
Progress you can see
Working software, early
You watch the product take shape in a live environment as it's built, not a deck of mockups and a big reveal at the end.
Senior only
No juniors learning on your budget
AI does the volume work. The people directing it have shipped production software for years. That's the whole team you get.
Fixed price
A price in writing before we start
No day rates, no meter running. If we finish faster, that's our margin. If we underestimate, that's our problem, not a change request.
The Komodoguarantee
The aftercare promise
If something we shipped breaks, it's our problem. Under contract.
Anyone can get you a working demo fast now. The hard part is month six, month twelve, month thirty. Every Komodo build ships with a 12-month maintenance and hosting agreement as standard, priced alongside the build, before anything is signed.
The full terms are on How we work.
AftercareOwnership
You own it outright
Code, data and keys transfer to you when the build is paid in full. No licences back to us.
Portability
No proprietary lock-in
Everything we build runs on standard, widely-used technology, with no proprietary framework and nothing that only we can maintain. Hand it to any competent team and they can run it and build on it.
Renewal
Month 13 is your call
Renew, take it in-house, or hand it to someone else. We earn the renewal, it's never assumed.
The first thirteen months, start to finish
Weeks 1+
The build
You're always in control
Renew, take it in-house, or walk away with everything.
WhyKomodo
The honest comparison
Same speed as the new studios. Guarantees none of them make.
DIY AI tools really are fast and cheap. The question is what happens after the demo.
| Komodo | Typical agency | DIY AI tools | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working software rapidly | AI-accelerated | Months, sprint by sprint | As a demo |
| Production-ready and secure | Tested and secured before launch | Usually | The famous last step |
| Price known before you start | Fixed, in writing | Day rates, meter running | Cheap until it breaks |
| Who fixes it when it breaks | We do: 12 months, under contract | A new statement of work | You do |
| Who owns the result | You: code, data, keys | Varies; read the contract | Depends on the platform |
Thework
Selected work
23 years of shipped work. Four projects below; the rest are on Our work.
£3M
Raised by a client on an MVP we built
16+ yrs
Behind the platform leading UK property auctions
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Loss of service in 7 years on a national justice platform
Clientssay
We needed a new, fresh look that said who we are as a business. They delivered exactly that.
Komodo have been invaluable partners in evolving our websites, delivering meaningful improvements quickly and iteratively. A responsive, skilled team who get things done.
Komodo Digital approached our challenge with a design-led approach, carefully maintaining our existing brand while working within the limitations of redesigning only part of the website. They also provided valuable UX insights and practical recommendations to help our customers use their online accounts more easily and effectively.
The website components and wireframes designed by Komodo have already improved our website's accessibility and mobile performance, and given us a clear foundation for guiding and governing CMS users across the university with their web work, even before full rollout is complete.
Who wework with
Our clients
Established businesses that run on software.
You depend on digital products but don't have the development capacity, or the AI capability, in-house. Your competitors are suddenly shipping online services in weeks, and the board is asking why you aren't.
You don't need to know what the answer is before you call. What you need is a supplier still accountable for it in year two: an AI-accelerated build up front, then a senior-led team and a 12-month agreement behind it.
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