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Custom software & portals

Your workflows.Your software.

We design and develop client portals, internal tools and web apps. Built around the people, tasks and workflows in your business.
Strategy. Design. Development.
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What we build

Your business has its own way of working. Your software should fit.

Fitter app and production portal.

For a maker of made-to-measure products · built

Fitters measure at the customer’s home, close the contract in the app and order straight into the production portal.

Laser measuring · signature on the tablet, with no signal too · production portal with measurement check and cutting

Client portal.

Deutsches Finanzwerk · built

The client sees which documents are missing — and why. What is asked for follows from their case.

Forty-two document types · requested per case · rework with the adviser’s note

Enquiry system.

Deutsches Finanzwerk · built

A partner broker’s own website reports an enquiry into the system. No inbox for somebody to work through.

A separate key per partner · duplicate enquiries are recognised · signed replies back to the partner’s system

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Client portal for Deutsches Finanzwerk

We built Deutsches Finanzwerk a client portal with its own administration. The adviser asks for what a case needs, and the client submits it in the portal.

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Enquiry system for Deutsches Finanzwerk

We built an enquiry system: the partner brokers’ websites send every enquiry to the server by webhook, the contact is created and the advisers are notified.

04Inside our work

FENYX / ANALYTICS

Complex data.A clear view.

A custom analytics dashboard for search visibility, website usage and enquiries. Conceived and designed by Patrick as one coherent application.

Concept · Information architecture · Dashboard design

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FENYX / ANALYTICS MAX

FENYX / ANALYTICS MAX

Cockpit

Key metrics

First Party · HubSpot

Business impact at a glance

Total leads

24from 1,200 sessions · 2.0%

In HubSpot

186 without a CRM link

Qualified

—Qualification unavailable

Keyword.com · Excerpt

Keyword overview

Keyword / locationRankVolume
BüromöbelankaufBerlin · Desktop2720
BüroauflösungHamburg · Desktop5390
BüroplanungBerlin · Desktop8170
Büromöbel mietenMünchen · Desktop12140

Volume: monthly searches · — = unavailable

First Party

Channels → leads

Organic Search
8leads
Paid Search
10leads
Direct
4leads
Other
2leads

24 leads in total

Reduced dashboard excerpt
More custom software workDeutsches Finanzwerk

Frontend & backend: customer portal, document exchange and connected workflows.

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05The right approach

Not everything needsto be built from scratch.

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Use what exists.

If an existing tool handles the task well, we build on it.

02

Connect systems.

If good tools lack a connection, we assess and build the right interfaces.

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Build to fit.

If no standard solution fits, we develop the interface and business logic for your task.

What works well,stays.

Company sign-in, inventory systems or file storage: we check the actual systems to find out what can usefully connect.

06Clear from the start

Built well.Agreed clearly.

Software you can work with. And a handover you can build on.

Project handover · scope as agreed
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Try it early.

A usable first version. Tested against your tasks, roles and exceptions.

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Handover planned.

We explicitly agree project code, usage rights, data exports and documentation.

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Here for what’s next.

Operations, support and further development — as needed and clearly agreed.

07Working with Cognatio

We build it.With you.

You work directly with Patrick and Luc. The people who plan, design and develop your software.

Patrick Hofbauer
Patrick HofbauerDesign · Frontend · Mobile
Luc Thiery
Luc ThieryBackend · Automation · AI

An example from your working day is enough.

Show us what is cumbersome today, or tell us about your idea. Together, we establish what a useful first version would do.

That gives us a concrete scope. We agree the approach and price before implementation begins.

One more question?

How do you keep the budget under control?

We start with a defined discovery deliverable, then approve only prioritised phases, each with clear acceptance criteria.

Does everything need to be rebuilt?

No. Established standard products and existing services are integrated where that is more economical and secure.

Do you also build mobile apps?

Yes. For suitable business applications, we use React Native to share a codebase across iOS and Android. Discovery determines whether React Native, native extensions, or another approach best fits the interface, device capabilities, and operating requirements.

Can another team take over later?

Yes. Customer-specific code, decisions, and operational knowledge remain documented and handover-ready.