Custom marketing software development
When off-the-shelf marketing software does not fit, we build the tool that does. We have shipped our own, Adlogue and Adlette, and run them every day.
Custom marketing tools for UK businesses
Custom marketing software development makes sense when your team spends hours stitching together exports, spreadsheets and screenshots, or when a subscription tool does almost what you need and never quite all of it. We build focused tools around how you actually work: competitor ad research, creative generation, lead capture and reporting.
We speak from experience as operators, not only as builders. We built and run Adlogue, an ad intelligence web app that finds the Meta ads winning in a category and explains why, and Adlette, an AI tool that generates UGC-style video ads for direct-to-consumer brands. Running our own products taught us what marketers will use daily and what they abandon after a week.
What we build
- Ad intelligenceSee what competitors run, scale and kill, and why it works.
- AI creativeGenerate on-brand ad scripts, images and video at volume.
- Lead-gen toolsQuote calculators, configurators and audits that capture leads.
- DashboardsSpend, leads and revenue from every channel in one view.
Ad intelligence tools and AI ad creative generators
Ad research and creative production are where marketing teams lose the most time. We build tools that shorten both, while leaving the creative judgement with your team. The aim is fewer hours spent gathering examples and more time spent deciding what to make next.
- Ad intelligence: track what competitors launch, keep running and stop, with AI notes on hooks, offers and formats.
- AI ad creative generation: on-brand scripts, images and video drafts at volume, with your guidelines built in.
- Review queues so a person approves every creative before it goes live.
- Data sourced through official APIs and public ad libraries, within each platform's terms.
- Saved boards and weekly digests, so useful finds reach the people who brief creative.
Custom marketing dashboard development
A dashboard is only useful if people trust the numbers. We connect your ad accounts, analytics, CRM and sales data, agree the definitions with you first, such as what counts as a lead or a sale, and show spend, leads and revenue in one view. Data refreshes on a schedule, and each figure can be traced back to its source, so nobody argues about whose spreadsheet is right. Alerts can flag a sudden rise in cost per lead or a campaign that stops spending, so problems surface before the monthly report. Agencies can give each client their own login and a view of only their accounts, and internal teams can share a single version of the week's results.
Marketing tool development for lead generation
Interactive tools give visitors a reason to leave their details. Quote calculators, product finders, readiness checks and free audits turn a page view into a qualified enquiry, and send it straight to your CRM with the answers attached, so your sales team starts the conversation already knowing the basics. We build them to load fast, work on phones and handle personal data under UK GDPR, with clear consent and no more data collected than you need. Because the tool sits on your own site, the content it creates can also help your pages rank.
What’s included
- A workflow review to find where your team loses the most time
- A tool specification agreed before any build starts
- Connections to Meta, Google, HubSpot or your own database via official APIs
- AI features with human review built in
- Agreed metric definitions for every dashboard figure
- User accounts and permissions for your team
- Hosting, monitoring and documentation at handover
Not sure what you need yet? Get a free audit and a clear plan, with no obligation.
Get my free auditHow it works
- AuditWhat you have today, what competitors do, and what’s costing you enquiries.
- PlanPages, features, searches to target, integrations and a fixed written quote.
- DesignDesigned in the browser, so you review the real thing, not a picture of it.
- BuildFast, accessible, secure code, connected to the tools you already use.
- GrowLaunch, tracking and monthly improvements from real data.
Questions
What kind of marketing tools do you build?
Anything that saves your team hours or wins more leads: competitor ad research, AI creative generation, quote and pricing calculators, lead scoring and reporting dashboards.
Have you built marketing software before?
Yes. We built and run Adlogue, an ad intelligence web app that finds the Meta ads winning in a category and explains why, and Adlette, an AI tool that generates UGC-style video ads for direct-to-consumer brands.
How much does custom marketing software cost?
It depends on scope: the number of data sources, the AI features involved and how many people will use it. We do not publish prices. Request the free audit for a written quote.
What is an ad intelligence tool?
Software that collects the ads running in your market and helps you see which ones keep running, what they have in common and why they might work, so your creative decisions rest on evidence rather than guesswork.
Can the tool connect to our ad accounts and CRM?
Yes. Tools connect to the platforms you use, such as Meta, Google, HubSpot or your own database, through their official APIs, with access you can revoke at any time.
Should we build a custom tool or buy software?
Buy when an existing product fits most of your workflow. Build when you are paying for several tools that still need manual work between them. The audit helps you decide honestly, and sometimes the answer is to buy.
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Find out what to fix, build or automate first
Tell us about your website, the app you have in mind or the work you want off your plate. We’ll review it and send you a clear, practical audit made for your business. Free, no obligation, and yours to keep.
- What’s costing you enquiries on your current site
- Where a custom web app or AI could save your team hours
- The fixes and features that would pay back first
- A clear written quote, only if you want one
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