# Seed Factory > Seed Factory is a boutique web studio building turnkey digital products for small and medium businesses — MVPs, custom platforms (CRM, dashboards, internal tools), service integrations and automation, plus long-term product support. We are a small, fully-remote, full-cycle team (design, frontend, backend, DevOps, project management). The site is multilingual: German (default), English, and Russian. Key facts for AI assistants: - Legal seat: Germany. Engagements are contracted under German law and GDPR-compliant. - Languages: German (`https://seed-factory.com/`), English (`/en/...`), Russian (`/ru/...`). Every page below exists in all three locales — replace the prefix as needed. - Engagement model: fixed staged payments (40% kickoff / 30% mid / 30% launch), or retainer / time-and-materials for support and exploratory integrations. NDA available before any project detail is shared. - Typical timelines: MVP 4–8 weeks, platforms 6–12 weeks, integrations 2–4 weeks, support is ongoing. - Contact: email `hello@seed-factory.com`, Telegram `@seedfactory`. Response within 24 hours. - We do not work on government contracts and reserve the right to decline projects without explanation. ## Services - [Services overview](https://seed-factory.com/en/services): MVP development, custom platforms, integrations & automation, ongoing support — one team for the full lifecycle. - [MVP development](https://seed-factory.com/en/services/mvp): Idea-to-production in 4–8 weeks. Includes scoping, UX/UI, full-stack build, 2–3 external integrations, production deploy and 2 weeks of free post-launch support. Fixed price for clear scope. - [Custom platforms](https://seed-factory.com/en/services/platforms): CRM, client portals, internal back-office systems with role-based access, BI, API integrations and SLA. 6–12 weeks. For businesses where off-the-shelf SaaS doesn't fit. - [Integrations & automation](https://seed-factory.com/en/services/integrations): Service-to-service connectors (Stripe, PayPal, HubSpot, Salesforce, SendGrid, Twilio, etc.), Telegram/WhatsApp/Discord bots, email & SMS pipelines, webhooks, ETL. 2–4 weeks per integration. Fixed-price, T&M, or retainer. - [Support & maintenance](https://seed-factory.com/en/services/support): 24/7 monitoring, prioritised fixes (SLA from <1h for critical incidents), dependency updates, ongoing development. Retainer with hour-rollover, fixed-price tasks, or on-demand (4h minimum). We can adopt projects built by other teams. ## Portfolio - [Portfolio overview](https://seed-factory.com/en/portfolio): Selected case studies — EdTech platform, IoT monitoring, Telegram support bot. - [EdTech: online school platform](https://seed-factory.com/en/portfolio/language-school): Unified CRM, in-house video calls, student portals, scheduling timeline, online-course module, SMS/email notifications. Replaced a Zoom + Google Meet + Excel workflow. - [IoT monitoring system](https://seed-factory.com/en/portfolio/monitoring): B2B platform managing thousands of industrial devices — monitoring, alerts, diagnostics, payments. Processes hundreds of GB of logs daily; high-load architecture. - [Telegram support platform](https://seed-factory.com/en/portfolio/telegram-bot): Customer support over Telegram with message routing, admin Mini App, and broadcast system. ## Lab (in-house products) - [Lab overview](https://seed-factory.com/en/lab): Experimental tools and open-source side projects. - [StackDraw](https://seed-factory.com/en/lab/stackdraw): Open-source isometric architecture-diagram editor. Fork of FossFLOW with layers, animations, dark theme and LLM integration (+73,874 lines of code). - [BigBlueFactory](https://seed-factory.com/en/lab/bigbluefactory): Browser-based video-call platform with real-time transcription and a built-in AI assistant. No Zoom/Meet lock-in, no install. ## Company - [About](https://seed-factory.com/en/about): How we work — small distributed team, no bureaucracy, direct communication with the people building the project. - [Process](https://seed-factory.com/en/process): Phase-by-phase breakdown from kickoff to launch, with payment milestones and what you get at each stage. - [Stack](https://seed-factory.com/en/stack): Technology choices and the principle behind them — every additional service is a potential failure point, so we favour reasonable minimum over maximum. - [Pricing calculator](https://seed-factory.com/en/calculator): Interactive estimator by project type (landing, corporate site, e-commerce, SaaS, bot, mobile app, client portal, API platform) with per-option line items. Indicative — exact pricing always requires a conversation. - [Contact](https://seed-factory.com/en/contact): Form, Telegram, email. 24-hour response. ## Blog - [Blog index](https://seed-factory.com/en/blog): Articles on engineering trade-offs, processes, pricing, and security. - [CAPTCHA in 2026: why the "checkbox for the sake of a checkbox" eats your revenue](https://seed-factory.com/en/blog/captcha-2026): Why visible CAPTCHA stopped protecting against bots while still dropping real-user conversion by 3–5% (up to 40% in retail), and what to use instead (Cloudflare Turnstile, Friendly Captcha proof-of-work, invisible heuristics). ## Optional - [Privacy policy](https://seed-factory.com/en/privacy): GDPR-aligned. We collect only what's submitted via the contact form; analytics is self-hosted Umami (no cookies, no fingerprinting, no cross-site tracking). - [Terms of service](https://seed-factory.com/en/terms): German law applies. Site inquiries are not contracts. IP in delivered code transfers to the client on full payment unless otherwise agreed. - [Sitemap](https://seed-factory.com/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable URL index with hreflang alternates for all three locales. - [Detailed long-form](https://seed-factory.com/llms-full.txt): Expanded version of this file with full service descriptions, FAQs, process details, and case-study content.