API & Systems Integration

Your systems should talk to each other

Connect the platforms you already run, so data moves between them automatically instead of somebody re-typing it into a second system every morning.

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What we connect

API integration for businesses running four systems that ignore each other

The cost of systems that do not talk

Most businesses run on more than one platform. The CRM does not talk to the accounting system, the website does not talk to the stock system, and somebody in the middle is copying figures between them every morning.

That person is the integration. It works until they are on leave, or until they mistype a figure and nobody notices for a fortnight. It also means no single system holds the truth, so every report needs a caveat.

API integration replaces that. Data moves between systems automatically, on a trigger or a schedule, with the transformation rules written down rather than living in somebody’s head. We commonly connect CRM systems, payment gateways, stock platforms and accounting software such as Xero or Sage.

Every integration we build includes error alerting, because the failure mode that matters is not the one that stops working loudly. It is the one that quietly stops syncing and is discovered three weeks later at month end.

If somebody is copying data between two systems by hand, that is a bug with a salary attached.
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See what is included

API integration connecting business systems

2 to 6 weeks

Typical delivery for an API integration

100%

Fixed price — scoped before development starts

100%

Integrations built with error alerting included

12+ years

Development experience

1

Integration mapping

Every data point, trigger and transformation documented before anything is quoted.

2

API assessment

We review each system's API — authentication, rate limits, and how good the documentation actually is.

3

Integration development

The connection itself, the data transformation logic, and the error handling around it.

4

Testing

End-to-end testing with real data, including the edge cases that break integrations in month three.

5

Monitoring setup

Error alerting and logging, so a failure reaches you rather than waiting to be discovered.

6

Documentation & handover

Full technical documentation, so the integration can be maintained or extended by anybody.

Discuss your integration

How much does an API integration cost?

It depends on how many systems are involved and how well documented their APIs are. We give you a fixed price for a defined scope after assessing them.

A straightforward connection between two well-documented platforms is a different job from one involving four systems, data transformation and a platform whose API was clearly an afterthought. Anyone quoting before looking is guessing.

Tell us which systems you need connected and we will assess them and price it.

What systems do you typically integrate?

Payment gateways such as PayFast and Stripe. CRM systems including HubSpot, Salesforce and custom platforms. Accounting software such as Xero and Sage. Email platforms, calendars, stock systems and delivery providers.

If it has an API, we can usually work with it. If we have not worked with a particular platform before, we will read its documentation and tell you what the integration involves before quoting — not after.

What if one of our systems does not have an API?

There are usually options, and which one is right depends on the system. File-based integration using scheduled CSV or Excel exchange. A middleware layer sitting between the two. Occasionally, controlled scraping where nothing else exists.

Each has trade-offs and we will explain them rather than presenting one as the only way. A system with no API is a constraint, not a dead end.

How do we know if the integration breaks?

Every integration we build includes error logging and alerting, so a failure reaches you immediately rather than being discovered at month end.

This matters more than it sounds. The dangerous failure is not the one that stops working loudly — it is the one that quietly stops syncing while every report continues to look plausible.

Can you integrate a system you built with one you did not?

Who maintains the integration afterwards?

You can, and the documentation is written so that is realistic. Integrations break for reasons outside anybody’s control — a platform changes its API, deprecates a version, or alters a rate limit.

Our support and maintenance service covers monitoring and fixing those when they happen. You are not obliged to take it, but an unmonitored integration is one that fails silently.

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Tell us which systems you need connected. We will assess their APIs and come back with a fixed price.

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