A working application for the price on the card. Then you decide which pieces you want.
This is how we build software for clients now. You start with what you have, we pour the foundation for a fixed price, and you use it and change it before you pay. Everything after that is a menu, and you work directly with the two people who built it.
The whole process in 4 min: from the file you drop to the pieces you pick. Watch on YouTube
Designed the rulebook method and the toolchain it runs on, twenty years in the making. Architect of EffortlessAPI's client systems, including the regulatory gaming software a state agency and a tribal gaming commission run today.
Modeling, architecture, training
Came to EffortlessAPI as a client in 2015, when PlumaFit's rules were first written down this way, and has run the client side of delivery since: priorities, quotes, status and the relationship.
Engagements, delivery, product ownershipDrop what you have on the card that fits. The price is on the card.
A spreadsheet, an Airtable base, a Notion page, or a rulebook you already have. Depending on the features you want, drop it on a card, and we build a working version of your application on your project's App tab, with a video walkthrough of it. You use it, you change it in plain words, and if you want it, you pay the price on the card. Then the repository is yours.
Your entire business, modelled and open to inspection.
- Your Platform Rules + Inferences
- With Facts + Calculated Fields
- What you track, and how it all connects
- Plain-language documentation
A developer handoff: the model as real infrastructure.
Everything in Rulebook, plus- Postgres or SQL Server Backend DB
- DB enforced rules, not app code
- Secure sign-in for your people
- Roles that match how your organization works
Working software your organization can actually run a department on.
Everything in Backend, plus- Starter Mobile App
- Screens built for the actual jobs people do
- Automated tests tied to that definition
- Tests proving the build matches the rules
Everything a serious organization expects before adopting a system of record.
Everything in Internal App, plus- Starter Admin Portal
- Documentation for running it day to day
- Manage your team and who belongs where
- Menus and screens organized around the work
The price on the card is fixed before we start and does not depend on the size of your project. Nothing is paid until you have used the application. Changes from the App tab run on the token credit every account comes with. Beyond the last card, call us.
Built on that foundation, by whoever you choose.
Everything from the first step is in your repository: the rulebook, the database, the API, the screens, and the rules in plain language. What happens next is up to you.
The repository, the rulebook and the plain-language rules go with you. Any team that reads code can pick it up where we left it, and we hand over on a call if they want one.
Your people work in a repository they already understand. The rulebook keeps every change checked against the rules, whoever or whatever writes the code.
By then we know your rules and your application. You tell us what is still missing, we put the price in writing before we start, and we build on the foundation already poured. No restart, no second discovery.
Pick the pieces you want. Each one is quoted before it starts.
Everything a system people depend on needs around the code. Take any of them, or none, and add one later when you need it.
To your cloud or on-premises. Set up, documented and handed over.
We host it, or we help you host it. Backups, monitoring and recovery either way.
Dependencies, security patches, and the generated code kept current with the tools.
Your records moved from the old system into the new one, and checked against the rules.
A support agreement with response times you agree to, for the people who run it day to day.
A period after go-live in which defects are fixed, not re-quoted. It is part of every fixed bid.
A change after the bid is priced before it starts, in writing, the way the bid was.
A security review of the build, and the documentation your IT department or auditors ask for.
Commercial terms that fit how you will run it, decided with you.
One agreement for the relationship, one statement of work per fixed bid. Everything we model or build is yours to keep.
Go faster with a training session. The fee converts to credit.
Getting started on your own is free. Training is the fastest way to get it right: we walk your team through the methodology, hands-on with real tooling.
Not sure yet? Spend an hour with us. We'll look at your project, tell you honestly whether Effortless is a fit, and help you get going.
Hands-on walkthrough of the methodology and toolchain on a real project. By the end, you know exactly how to apply it on your next engagement.
Fully converted into store credit2 sessions$1,500Hands-On WorkshopBuild a real system slice from scratch - schema design, modeling surface setup, first effortless build, consuming views in app code.
$1,000 converts to store credit5 sessions$5,000Team OnboardingA complete adoption engagement for your team. Covers the full Bootstrap + Effortless Loop cycle and ends with a working, production-ready system slice your team owns.
$2,500 converts to store creditFor bigger teams and multiple projects, Deep Enablement is scoped up front as a fixed package. See training details.
Help on your project, priced up front.
Every engagement is quoted before it starts, and everything we model or build is yours to keep.
Design reviews of your rulebook, modeling questions answered properly, and a second opinion before a big change. Unused hours stay on your account.
With EJWe turn your spreadsheets, Airtable base or legacy database, plus what your team knows, into a rulebook you own, with the plain-English rules to check it against.
With EJ and NikoWe read your current system (Airtable, Excel, Access, a legacy database) and tell you in writing what moves, what changes and what it will take.
With EJModeling sessions in the room with the people who know the rules. The fastest way to get a department's process out of one person's head.
With EJ, with Niko when it helpsA product owner for your Effortless project: priorities kept in order, a weekly status, and quotes for new work before it starts.
With NikoA seed or a tool that does not exist yet, built for your project. Yours alone, or published for everyone, your choice.
With EJ and NikoRegulated gaming already runs on this.
A US state agency and a tribal gaming commission both run regulatory software built this way — the kind that gets audited. So does a live cattle auction platform, a car wash chain and a nursery group.
“EffortlessAPI upgraded our entire gaming device management system.”
“EffortlessAPI has made our entire regulatory gaming compliance operation more efficient, improving efficiency by over 250%.”
“No way we could have rebuilt CattleUSA without your expertise.”
