Your allergen chart is correct the day you write it - this reads every supplier sheet, works each dish out by arithmetic, and flags the ones that went stale
~8-16 h setup$0-15/mosaves medium
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A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-19
The allergen matrix that stays right: catch the reformulation nobody told you about
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-18
The goods-in check: pay for what actually arrived, not for what the invoice says
Your supplier invoices arrive as data now and the delivery note is still paper - this reads the paper and flags the short shipment before you pay it
~8-14 h setup$0-15/mosaves medium
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-17
The warranty claim register: you honour the guarantee, and then you claim it back
Two clocks on one row - the customer's two-year legal guarantee, and the much shorter window your supplier gives you to recover what the faulty item cost you
~8-14 h setup$0-20/mosaves medium
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-14
The 30-second incident report: the safety record that actually gets filled in
A voice note from where it happened becomes a dated, checked entry in a register you own - because the paper form in the van has never once been filled in, and the list you must be able to produce is built from what people will actually send
~6-12 h setup$0-20/mosaves medium
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-13
The supplier price-drift watcher: the increase that arrived without a letter
Every invoice line compared with what you paid last time, per kilo, litre or piece, so a quiet 6% shows up the week it happens instead of at year-end
~6-12 h setup$0-12/mosaves no direct hours
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-13
The month-end pack that assembles itself: end the four rounds of "can you also send..."
Every statement, bill and payroll report filed the day it lands, and one message on the 3rd naming what is still missing, so the pack your accountant gets is complete the first time
~6-12 h setup$0-12/mosaves roughly an hour a week of hunting for documents, and a close that lands while the numbers can still change a decision
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-13
The job evidence pack: answer next year's complaint with a record, not a memory
Every photo, note and signature from a job lands under one job number on the day it happens and seals into a single dated PDF at close, so the dispute eighteen months later is settled by the file instead of by whoever sounds more certain
~6-14 h setup$5-15/mosaves no direct hours
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-13
The price book that does the quoting: every price from one list, none from memory
Your materials, labour rates and standard jobs live in one table that every quote reads, so a quote takes ten minutes instead of an evening and it is priced at this month's costs rather than the ones you happen to remember
~8-16 h setup$8-15/mosaves ~2.1-3.3h/week
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-13
The quiet customer detector: the regulars who stopped coming, and nobody noticed
The customers who quietly drifted away are the cheapest revenue you have - this finds them from your own booking history, ranks them by what they were worth, and holds back a tenth so you can measure whether contacting them actually worked
~6-12 h setup$5-12/mosaves no direct hours
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-12
The staff rota engine: publish the schedule once, and be able to prove it
Availability collected before the deadline, rest-time and contract-hour breaches caught before you send it, and a dated record of every schedule you published
~6-12 h setup$5-15/mosaves ~1-2h/week
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-11
The trip log that writes itself: stop guessing the business share of your vehicle
Every trip recorded automatically on a box you own, tagged in two minutes a week, exported as a year-end kilometre record
~5-10 h setup$2-15/mosaves ~0.2-0.5h/week
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-10
The e-invoice reader: your supplier invoices arrive as data now, stop retyping them
Exact totals straight from the file, checked against your own records before anyone pays
~6-10 h setup$3-15/mosaves ~0.8-1.3h/week
An afternoon
v1.0 · 2026-08-07
The cancellation fill engine: put someone in the slot that just opened
A waiting list that offers the freed slot by itself, with no ring-around and no double-booking
~3-5 h setup$0-12/mosaves ~1–1.5h/week
A project
v1.0 · 2026-08-07
The job margin tracker: find out which jobs actually made you money
One job code on everything, and a screen that puts your worst-priced work at the top
~10-20 h setup$8-15/mosaves ~0.5-0.75h/week
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-07
The power peak watcher: the 15 minutes that set your electricity bill
One quarter-hour a month prices a line you never read - this warns you while you can still stop it
~5-10 h setup$0-3/mosaves no direct hours
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-06
The cash flow forecast engine: see the crunch coming before it hits your account
Your bank balance, projected forward from what you actually owe and what people actually owe you
~10-16 h setup$0-15/mosaves ~1-2h/week
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-06
The cold-chain alarm: know your freezer failed at 2am, not at 8am
Sensors that wake you when the temperature drifts, and write your food-safety log while they are at it
~5-9 h setup$0-3/mosaves no direct hours
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-06
The daily route planner: stop crossing town twice before lunch
The same class of solver the per-driver products run, on your own box, with real arrival windows for customers
~6-12 h setup$5-15/mosaves 2.5-4h/week
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-06
The supplier bank-detail gate: stop the invoice that quietly changed its IBAN
One list of the accounts you have actually paid, checked before every payment run
~6-12 h setup$0-12/mosaves no direct hours
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-05
The data request tracker: answer every GDPR access request before the clock runs out
A public form starts the one-month countdown the moment someone asks what data you hold on them
~6-10 h setup$8-15/mosaves no direct hours
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-04
The offboarding checklist engine: close every login before it can be used against you
A departure automatically starts a tracked checklist — and a second check the next day that it actually got followed
~6-10 h setup$5-12/mosaves no direct hours
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-08-03
The staff time & attendance tracker: working-hour records before the law makes them mandatory
Clock-ins, working-time limits and time-off requests on your own server — ready for Belgium's 1 January 2027 recording law, useful for any hourly team today
~4-8 h setup$5-12/mosaves ~0.5-1.5h/week
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-07-31
The low-stock alarm: know what to reorder before the shelf tells you
A weekly digest of exactly what's running low — not a $50-150/month inventory SaaS with a login for every till
~6-10 h setup$5-12/mosaves ~1-2h/week
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-07-30
The self-hosted help desk: real ticketing, without the per-agent bill
Every channel in one ticket queue, on a box you own — the bill doesn't grow when your team does
~6-10 h setup$6-15/mosaves no direct hours
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-07-29
The missed-call save: text back before the customer calls your competitor
An automatic reply within a minute of every unanswered call — not a $200-500/month answering service
~4-8 h setup$6-20/mosaves ~0.3–0.7h/week
An afternoon
v1.0 · 2026-07-28
The expiry tracker: licenses, policies and warranties that remind themselves
One box that watches every renewal date and pings you weeks before it lapses — not a $49-499/month SaaS
~3-6 h setup$0-6/mosaves ~0.1h/week
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-07-27
The bank reconciliation matcher: payments and invoices, matched without typing a row
A workflow that reads your bank statement and closes the invoices it already paid
~8-14 h setup$0-15/mosaves ~1.3–2.6h/week
An afternoon
v1.0 · 2026-07-24
The billable-hours tracker: catch every hour and bill it, without the per-seat SaaS
Log time in two clicks, turn it into an EN 16931 invoice you own — no per-user Toggl or Harvest fee
~2-4 h setup$0-8/mosaves ~0.5–1h/week
An afternoon
v1.0 · 2026-07-24
The lead pipeline that doesn't leak: a CRM you own, without the per-seat bill
Every enquiry tracked from first contact to won or lost — on a box you own, no per-user fee
~3-5 h setup$5-12/mosaves ~0.3–0.7h/week
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-07-24
The quote follow-up engine: win the jobs you lost to silence
Every quote chases itself — in your words, with your approval — until it's a yes, a no, or expired
~6-12 h setup$5-12/mosaves ~0.5–1.1h/week
An afternoon
v1.0 · 2026-07-24
The client file portal you own: send big files and collect theirs, no WeTransfer clock
Share large files and let clients upload theirs — on a box you own, with links that expire when you say and no per-seat fee
~2-4 h setup$0-6/mosaves ~0.3–0.7h/week
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-07-24
The public-tender watcher: stop hearing about the contract after it closed
One morning email with the public contracts you could actually bid on
~6-12 h setup$5-25/mosaves ~7–14h/week
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-07-23
The social media scheduler you own: batch a month of posts, drop the monthly bill
Schedule every channel from one screen on a box you own — no per-channel monthly fee
~6-10 h setup$5-12/mosaves ~1.4–2.8h/week
An afternoon
v1.0 · 2026-07-22
The service-due reminder engine: repeat work that books itself
A customer list that remembers every due date and invites the customer back — before a competitor does
~3-5 h setup$0-12/mosaves ~0.3–0.7h/week
Quick win
v1.0 · 2026-07-21
The downtime alarm: know your site is broken before your customer does
One free watchman pings your phone the minute your website, booking page or backup fails
~1-2 h setup$0-6/mosaves no direct hours
An afternoon
v1.0 · 2026-07-20
The contract signing station: get documents signed without the per-envelope bill
Clients sign on their phone the same day — on a box you own, with no per-user fee
~2-4 h setup$0-6/mosaves ~0.2–0.4h/week
An afternoon
v1.0 · 2026-07-17
Catch subscription creep before it hits your card
One box lists every subscription, its real price, and its renewal date — and warns you before a trial converts or a price jumps
~2-4 h setup$0-6/mosaves ~0.3–0.6h/week
An afternoon
v1.0 · 2026-07-14
The 3-2-1 backup strategy: your business data survives the worst day
Encrypted, deduplicated backups to your own drives and cloud — no per-machine subscription
~2-4 h setup$0-5/mosaves no direct hours
An afternoon
v1.0 · 2026-07-13
The privacy-first analytics box: replace Google Analytics without the consent banner
Your visitor numbers on your own server — no cookies, no Google, no monthly bill
~2-4 h setup$0-12/mosaves no direct hours
An afternoon
v1.0 · 2026-07-12
The shared password vault: team credentials on your own box, not someone else's cloud
Stop paying per user — one container, every Bitwarden client, zero monthly fee
~2-4 h setup$4-6/mosaves ~0.3–0.5h/week
An afternoon
v1.0 · 2026-07-10
The customer newsletter engine: own your mailing list without the per-subscriber bill
Email your customers every month for pocket change — and the list stays yours
~3-5 h setup$0-12/mosaves ~0.2–0.5h/week
An afternoon
v1.0 · 2026-07-10
The private meeting-notes machine: record, transcribe, summarise — on your own laptop
Minutes write themselves, and the recording never leaves your machine
~2-4 h setup$0/mosaves ~3.5–7h/week
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-07-10
The no-show reminder engine: self-hosted booking after the Cal.com shake-up
A booking page that sends its own reminders — and that you own
~6-10 h setup$5-12/mosaves ~0.2–0.5h/week
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-07-10
The self-hosted money dashboard: your full financial picture, on your own box
Bank, broker and pension on one private screen — no passwords shared
~6-12 h setup$0-12/mosaves ~0.2–0.4h/week
An afternoon
v1.0 · 2026-07-10
The review request engine: more Google reviews without the reputation-suite bill
Ask every customer at the right moment, get a draft reply for every review — on a box you own
~2-4 h setup$0-12/mosaves ~1–2h/week
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-07-06
The late-invoice chaser: escalating payment reminders without a €500/month SaaS
Polite, automatic follow-ups that get you paid on time
~6-10 h setup$5-12/mosaves ~0.7–1.3h/week
An afternoon
Agent
v1.0 · 2026-07-06
The SOP answer machine: stop being your team's search engine
A private assistant that knows your manuals and shows its sources
~3-6 h setup$0-8/mosaves ~8.8–18h/week
A weekend
v1.0 · 2026-07-05
Receipt & invoice intake without the shoebox
Every receipt filed, tagged and ready for your accountant
~5-8 h setup$4-8/mosaves ~7–12h/week
A weekend
Agent
v1.0 · 2026-07-05
The shared-inbox triage agent: classify, route, draft — never auto-send
Your info@ inbox sorts itself; a human always presses send
~6-10 h setup$0-12/mosaves ~5.2–10h/week