From Idea to Scalable Product

Custom software and platform development, built to scale

We design and build scalable digital products for startups and growing companies - from idea to production.

Product development services

We provide full-cycle product development:

Product discovery & validation
Technical architecture
Custom development
Scaling and long-term support

We work as an external Product, Design & Tech team.

Product Discovery

Custom Dev

Architecture

Scaling

Complex Engineering

We build:

High-load systems

Custom platforms and dashboards

Multi-service architectures

Secure and scalable solutions

AI for Product Growth

We use AI to:

Automate workflowsImprove user experienceEnhance analyticsScale products without growing teams

Why DForce

A partner that thinks in products and systems - not just tickets.

Strong product thinking

We pressure-test requirements and shape the roadmap - not just take orders.

Senior-level engineering

Architecture and code from senior engineers, built to scale from day one.

Clear communication

Transparent updates and honest timelines - no black boxes, no surprises.

Long-term partnership mindset

We invest in your product's success long after the first release.

What counts as custom software, and when do you need it?

Custom software is a system built around how your business actually works, instead of a subscription product that decides that for you. An online store with pricing rules a platform cannot express, a marketplace with several sellers and payouts, an internal platform your team lives in all day: these are the shapes that stop fitting a ready tool.

The honest test is cost, not ambition. A ready platform is right until the mismatch starts costing hours every week: people re-entering the same data in two systems, exporting to a spreadsheet to get the report they need, or keeping a private file of what the tool cannot track. When that is happening, custom pays for itself; before that, it usually does not.

We build and own the whole system: architecture, data model, the integrations with what you already pay for, the admin panel your team uses, and the deployment. You own the code.

How a platform gets built

Stage	What happens	What you get	Typical time
1. Discovery call	The process, the people in it, the systems it already touches, and where it breaks.	A scope, an architecture sketch, and a price against them.	1 call, same week
2. Architecture	Data model, roles, integrations, and the decisions that are expensive to change later.	A written plan a senior engineer signs off on.	Days
3. Build in slices	The system goes up one working piece at a time, on real data as early as possible.	Something you can open and use at the end of each slice.	Scoped after the call
4. Integrations	Payments, delivery, CRM, accounting, warehouse: whatever the system has to talk to.	Connections tested against the live services, not mocks.	Inside the build
5. Launch and after	Deployment, handover, and either a support partnership or a clean exit.	A running system, the code, and the access in your name.	Optional, monthly

Ways to work with us on a platform

Model	Best for	How you pay
Fixed scope, fixed price	A store or a defined platform where the boundary is clear.	A fixed sum against the agreed scope, split across milestones.
Monthly product partnership	A live system that keeps changing with the business.	Core $1,500, Growth $3,000 or Product Ops $5,000 per month.
Discovery first	A big idea that is not scoped yet and should not be quoted blind.	A paid discovery, then a fixed price for what it defines.

Where the team is, and how we work with you

DForce is a team of 16 based in Kyiv, Ukraine, working since 2020. We have delivered more than 106 projects, 23 of them published as case studies, and five verified clients rate us 5.0 out of 5 on Clutch. Kyiv is one hour ahead of Berlin and Paris, two ahead of London, and seven ahead of New York, so a European working day overlaps almost entirely and a US East Coast morning overlaps from lunchtime here. We work in English and Ukrainian, with clients in Ukraine and worldwide.

Work that proves it

All projects

Meest Shopping

Support for logistics and e-commerce platform for delivering goods abroad to Ukraine.

Meest Canada / USA

Support for logistics and delivery operations in North America.

Zapyt

An AI lead radar: finds people in Threads, Telegram and X asking for a business like yours and drafts the reply in your voice for one-tap approval.

Frequently asked

How much does an online store cost to build?

A store on a ready platform with standard features starts at $1,500. A store with its own logic, a large catalogue and integrations with your warehouse and payment systems, at $3,000. A marketplace with multiple sellers, at $6,000. That is four times less than the Ukrainian agency average for the same scope.

What platform do you build online stores on?

It depends on the job. For a fast launch with standard features, a ready platform. When there is non-standard logic, a large catalogue, or integrations with a warehouse or accounting system, we build custom so you do not hit the platform's ceiling a year later.

Can you take over an existing store?

Yes, and it is often cheaper than rewriting. We start with a technical audit of the code, speed and architecture, then say plainly whether fixing or rebuilding costs you less.

What drives the price of an online store?

Four things: the size and structure of the catalogue, how many external systems it has to talk to (payments, delivery, warehouse, accounting), whether the checkout logic is standard, and whether you need a single-seller store or a marketplace with many sellers.

What it costs (2026)

Online store: from $1,500 on a ready platform, from $3,000 with custom logic
Marketplace: from $6,000
Ongoing support partnership (Core / Growth / Product Ops): $1,500 / $3,000 / $5,000 per month

Starting points; the exact figure is named after a short discovery call.

Let's build it