polycode

Web software studio, New Zealand

If it runs in a browser, we can build it.

Web applications, online stores, intranets, and the one-off systems that do not come off a shelf. Planned with the people who will use them, then hosted and looked after by the team that wrote them.

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Since
2011
Clients
Government, community, business
Under one roof
Build, hosting, support

01 Capabilities

What we can build for you.

Most projects are several of these at once. A consultation needs a website, a store needs its integrations, and all of it needs looking after.

  1. 01 Web applications

    Software people log into every day and rely on. Multi-tenant SaaS, client portals, booking and job systems, dashboards.

    • SaaS platforms
    • Client portals
    • Booking systems
    • Dashboards
    • Any device

  2. 02 eCommerce

    Online stores built around how you sell, with payments, stock and accounts that talk to each other.

    • Online stores
    • Subscriptions
    • Trade pricing
    • Payments and Xero

  3. 03 Custom systems

    Software built around one organisation’s process: public consultations, submissions, voting and elections, mapping, event calendars.

    • Consultations
    • Voting and elections
    • Submissions
    • Maps and calendars

  4. 04 Intranets and internal tools

    One place for a team’s documents, processes and forms, with the permissions and audit trail an organisation needs.

    • Staff intranets
    • Approvals and workflow
    • Forms
    • Reporting

  5. 05 Websites

    Fast, accessible sites that work on any device, on a CMS your own people can edit and that will still be supported in five years.

    • Content management
    • Accessibility
    • Any device
    • Search

  6. 06 Integrations and AI

    Connecting the systems you already use, and AI that reads bills, forms and price books into your data.

    • Xero and Stripe
    • Email and SMS
    • Government systems
    • Claude

  7. 07 Hosting and care

    We host what we build, on servers we run, and keep looking after it long after launch.

    • Managed servers
    • Updates
    • Monitoring
    • Support

02 In production

Three platforms we built and run.

Multi-tenant software for early childhood centres, trades and workshops, built and hosted by us. See the work

Early childhood education

Oversite

Always know you’re compliant.

Trades

Stringline

Straight lines. Straight numbers.

Visit Stringline

Automotive workshops

PISTON

Workshop software for New Zealand mechanics.

Visit PISTON

03 How we work

Built with the people who will use it.

We follow design thinking: sketch, prototype and build go round as many times as it takes. Our process

  1. 01 Understand

    We talk to the people who will use it and watch how the work gets done now: the workarounds and the spreadsheets that keep it going.

  2. 02 Define

    We agree the problem in a sentence, what done looks like, and what we are leaving out for now.

  3. 03 Sketch

    Rough ideas on paper and screen, quick to make and cheap to throw away. Some of the best come from your own team.

  4. 04 Prototype

    A clickable version people can try before the real build starts, so the surprises turn up while they are still cheap to fix.

  5. 05 Build

    Short rounds of working software. You see it every week, and the people who will use it test it as we go.

  6. 06 Look after

    Data moved across and people shown around, then we host it, keep it updated, and keep improving it as you learn how it is used.

Got something that needs building?

Tell us what it needs to do. We will tell you whether we are the right people for it.

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