Clearwater
Custom software for Clearwater businesses.
Black Badger Software Solutions works out of 1221 Turner Street, east of downtown Clearwater. Clearwater businesses have been renting their CRM, project, and operations systems. We build them instead, and you own what we build. The code is yours, the database is yours, and every account sits in your name. Working with a company across town is the easiest version of this job.
Who this is for
Clearwater companies of twenty to a few hundred people, paying for two or three subscriptions plus the spreadsheet layer that reconciles them. Healthcare groups and the practices around them. Law and accounting firms near the courthouse, established companies along Gulf to Bay Boulevard and US 19, and beach-side hospitality operators working a seasonal calendar. Nobody planned that stack. It happened one renewal at a time, and our job is to replace it with one system shaped to how your team already works. The towns around us get the same treatment. Largo, Palm Harbor, Tarpon Springs, Oldsmar, Dunedin, Safety Harbor, Belleair, and Clearwater Beach are all minutes from the office.
Also serving Largo, Palm Harbor, Tarpon Springs, Oldsmar, Dunedin, Safety Harbor, Belleair, Clearwater Beach from the same office and the same team.
Platforms Clearwater companies leave
The platforms Clearwater companies ask us about
ClickUp
Clearwater teams that bought ClickUp's one-app promise got the sprawl with it. We build the narrower system that replaces the workspace, holding only the objects your business runs on, and your company owns it. We set up and supported ClickUp for years, never as a partner, and our focus now is replacing it. For a Clearwater team the first look can happen in person, at 1221 Turner Street or your office.
Replacing ClickUp in Clearwatermonday.com
Clearwater teams whose process got flattened into rows bring us monday.com more than most tools. When the boards have stopped fitting the work, we build the replacement and your company owns it. We were a monday.com partner in the past and ended it. Our focus is replacing monday.com. For a Clearwater team this starts with us watching your real workspace, in person if that helps.
Replacing monday.com in ClearwaterOdoo
Clearwater and Pinellas operations picked Odoo for its range and customized it until it stuck. We move the customized core into a system your company owns and leave Odoo doing the standard work. We are not an Odoo partner, and our focus is replacing Odoo. For a Clearwater operation the audit can start with us walking your floor, and it says plainly when staying put is the right call.
Replacing Odoo in ClearwaterSmartsheet
Clearwater teams liked the familiar grid and can now feel the ceiling. When the work has outgrown cells, we build the system that replaces Smartsheet and your company owns it. We were a Smartsheet partner before we canceled those partnerships to build replacements. Our focus is replacing Smartsheet. For Clearwater teams this can start at your desk or ours on Turner Street.
Replacing Smartsheet in ClearwaterWrike
Clearwater firms and marketing operations running Wrike at the heavy end pay for tiers, add-ons and metered automations and still build the numbers in a spreadsheet. We build the system that replaces Wrike and your company owns it. We held a Wrike partnership once and walked away from it. Our focus is replacing Wrike. For Clearwater teams, discovery can happen across a table.
Replacing Wrike in ClearwaterZoho
Clearwater companies running Zoho hit the same wall, usually at the quoting module. Zoho holds the record, a spreadsheet holds the pricing, and somebody rekeys between the two. We build the CRM that replaces it, shaped to how you sell and owned by your company outright. We were a Zoho partner and ended it. Our focus is replacing Zoho. For a Clearwater business this starts across a table at 1221 Turner Street.
Replacing Zoho in ClearwaterThe work
Our office is on Turner Street, and every system we build for a client anywhere in the country starts from this room. For Clearwater businesses, onsite discovery is the default when it helps. We come to you or you come to us. We can walk the floor with the people who actually do the work, and we're a short drive away when something needs eyes in the room. Build reviews still run over video, because that's faster for everyone.
Questions Clearwater companies ask
Straight answers for Clearwater companies
Do you come onsite in Clearwater?
Yes. Our office is at 1221 Turner Street, and for Clearwater businesses onsite discovery is the default when it helps. We come to you, or you come to us. Once the build starts, most reviews happen over video because that keeps the pace up. We come back for training at handover.
We're a twenty-person company. Are we too small for custom software?
Most of our clients run somewhere between twenty and a few hundred people, which is the range where a subscription stack starts to hurt. A smaller company with one clear operational problem is still a fit. If you're a very small shop with a simple process, an off-the-shelf tool will probably serve you better, and we'll say so on the first call.
Who owns the software when the project is finished?
You do, completely. The code, the database, and every account the system runs on (repository, database, hosting, email) get created in your company's name on day one. Nothing gets handed over at the end, because nothing was ever ours. We're invited in as an admin and you can remove us whenever you want. There's no license and no seat count, and nothing expires if you stop working with us.
Talk through what your Clearwater business is trying to fix
Book a strategy call, or send a short note about what is happening today. If a build is not the right answer, you will hear that first.