Customer & partner portals
Self-service for customers, partners and suppliers instead of email threads and PDF forms — connected to your ERP, CRM or core system.
Software engineering · Basel, Switzerland
Software engineering from Basel for mid-sized companies: portals, internal tools and integrations that fit the systems you already run.
Led from Basel by an engineer who has built software since 2008 — at Deutsche Börse, SAP and Unblu. Fixed scope and price. You own the code from day one.
Describe your project in writing — you get an engineer-level written assessment within two business days. No sales call required.
Led by a software engineer (since 2008) with roles at
- Deutsche BörseGerman stock exchange, 2014–2018
- SAPSenior Software Engineer, 2019–2022
- UnbluSenior Software Engineer, 2022–2024
- InfosysSoftware Engineer, 2008–2012
Founder’s employers — not Monolith clients.
What we build
Four kinds of software, one standard of engineering
We deliberately do a few things. Each has its own page with approach, deliverables, indicative ranges and the questions buyers usually ask.
Internal tools & workflow automation
Replace the spreadsheet, Access database or email loop that your operations secretly depend on with a tool built for the job.
System integration & APIs
Make your ERP, CRM, shop, banking or insurance platforms exchange data reliably — with monitoring, retries and an audit trail, not nightly CSV hope.
Legacy modernisation
Move off the application nobody dares to touch — incrementally, with the business running, instead of a big-bang rewrite that never ships.
Who it is for
Built for companies that depend on software they cannot buy off the shelf
Our clients are typically 50–2,000 people, run on an ERP or CRM plus a tangle of spreadsheets and tools, and have a small IT team — or none. Common triggers:
- Customers or partners are asking for a portal or self-service.
- A core process runs on Excel, Access or email and it is starting to hurt.
- A new ERP, CRM or shop needs to be connected to everything else.
- A business-critical application runs on a platform nobody dares to touch.
- The in-house developer left, or the agency quote was three times the budget.
Probably not a fit
- Projects under CHF 10,000, or unpaid pitches and spec work.
- Marketing websites, WordPress themes, mobile games.
- Body-leasing without technical ownership.
How an engagement starts
Decide with a written assessment, not a sales call
- 01
Written assessment
You describe the project in our structured form. Within two business days you receive a written reply: fit, approach options, risks and an indicative range.
Free · 2 business days - 02
Discovery sprint
A fixed-fee, 2–3 week sprint produces scope, target architecture, integration map and a fixed price for the build. You own the documents.
Fixed fee · credited against the build - 03
Fixed-scope build
Milestones with acceptance criteria, milestone payments, a defect warranty, and a handover your team can actually take over. Afterwards: a retainer or in-house — your choice.
Fixed price · you own the code
Why Monolith
What is different — and what we will not claim
Senior engineering on every project
The founder — a software engineer since 2008, at Infosys, Deutsche Börse, SAP and Unblu — leads architecture and review on each engagement. No hand-off to a junior team after the sale.
Enterprise discipline, mid-market scale
Code review, automated tests, CI/CD, monitoring and documentation are standard, not extras — applied to projects too small for the big consultancies’ pyramids.
Swiss contract, honest team model
A Swiss counterpart, German and English, CET working hours; an engineering team in India for capacity and cost headroom. We say so on the first page, not in the third meeting.
You own everything
Repositories, cloud accounts, documentation and infrastructure-as-code are yours from day one. Mainstream stacks so any competent team can take over.
What we do not claim
No logos, testimonials or case studies appear here until a client has given written permission. Our enterprise work is under NDA; our founder’s employment history is public and verifiable.
Insights
All insightsGuides for people planning a software project
What custom software costs in Switzerland (2026): ranges, drivers and how to read a quote
What Swiss development effort costs, the five drivers that move a quote, the costs outside the build price, and the questions that expose hidden costs.
· 9 min read
Build vs buy for business software: a decision checklist for mid-sized companies
When standard software wins, when custom pays off, and the hybrid most companies need — with a scoring checklist for your next steering meeting.
· 8 min read
How to brief a software agency: the one-page project brief that gets you comparable quotes
A template with the nine sections that let agencies quote accurately — and the three things buyers leave out that cause overruns later.
· 7 min read
FAQ
Common questions
How much does a project cost?
We are set up for projects between CHF 25,000 and 250,000. Integrations start lower, modernisations run higher. Each service page shows an indicative range; the discovery sprint turns that into a fixed price. See the pricing page for engagement models.
Where is the work actually done?
Architecture, client communication, reviews and delivery responsibility sit with the founder in Basel. Implementation capacity comes from our engineering team in India, working CET-overlapping hours. Production data stays in your Swiss/EU environment; development uses masked data.
Do you have references?
We have delivered software for large companies in Germany and the USA, under NDA, and the founder’s employment history is public. We do not publish client names or testimonials without written permission. If a reference conversation is important to you, ask in the enquiry and we will say honestly what we can arrange.
Can we start small?
Yes. The written assessment is free, the discovery sprint is a fixed fee you can walk away from with the documents, and builds are phased with exit points.
Have a system that needs building, connecting or replacing?
Describe it in a few sentences. You get a written, engineer-level reply within two business days — no sales call required.