Custom software for your wholesale business — free prototype in 5 business days
You run a wholesale business with 5 to 50 employees — a classic ERP system is oversized and costs tens of thousands, a standard inventory tool doesn't fit your specific workflows. Krafteq builds your own business software in 5 business days as a prototype, in 4–8 weeks as a productive first version. Fixed price €4,000–8,000 (warehouse, B2B order processes, multi-site/tenant logic), server operation €250/year per software (1st year included, incl. security patches, Krafteq support, maintenance), code is yours.
Over 60,000 wholesale businesses in Germany — most with 5–50 employees, caught between Excel chaos and oversized ERP.
AudienceRecognize yourself?
We build for German wholesale businesses with 5–50 employees — owners and managers stuck between Excel chaos and oversized ERP. These five situations are the most common:
Excel + email + three software tools
Orders by email, inventory in Excel, invoices in a third system, customer data in a fourth. Double entry consumes hours — and errors happen exactly where data crosses systems.
ERP would be oversized
Sage 100, SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics — all technically capable but excessive for your business with €30,000–80,000 setup and €5,000–15,000 yearly. You need 20% of features but pay 100%.
Standard inventory tools don't fit your workflows
You have specific workflows — a niche, a particular customer structure, your own logistics. Standard software like Lexware or Sage forces you into their schema. Customizations get expensive or are impossible.
Your customers want a B2B portal
Business customers expect in 2026 to place orders online, see inventory, retrieve invoice history, view maintenance contracts. A customer portal costs 5 figures with standard providers — at krafteq it's part of the standard package.
You want code ownership
You pay thousands of euros per year and own nothing. With krafteq, the code belongs to you from sprint 1. If we disappear tomorrow, your software runs on any other host.
How it worksThree steps to your own software
No sales process, no open consulting bill. You see working software in 5 business days and know in advance what the finished first version will cost.
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Request
Describe your business and the workflows you want to digitize. The form takes 5 minutes — industry, employee count, desired functions, optional free text. We respond within 24 hours with a concrete plan.
Free and non-binding. No sales pressure, no newsletter spam.
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Prototype in 5 business days
Krafteq builds a working prototype of your most important 1–2 workflows — e.g. order entry + delivery note, or customer portal with order function. Online on Krafteq Cloud, with realistic sample data. We walk through it together and discuss the next version.
You see your own wholesale software in action — before you pay a cent.
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Your own first version in 4 to 8 weeks
If you want to proceed, you receive a binding fixed-price quote between €4,000 and €8,000 for your first version — depending on scope (warehouse complexity, number of supplier interfaces, multi-site/tenant logic). We develop in 1–2 week sprints with demos. Source code in the customer repository from sprint 1. Krafteq Cloud server operation €250 yearly per software, 1st year included — self-hosting equally possible.
Fixed price instead of hourly billing. Code belongs to you. Server operation, security patches, Krafteq support and maintenance included.
FunctionsWhat we typically build for wholesale businesses
A wholesale software at krafteq consists of finished building blocks adapted to your business. These seven functions appear in practically every project:
Order processing & invoicing
Capture orders, generate delivery notes, invoices with XRechnung/ZUGFeRD export, dunning. Order status in real time, linked to inventory and shipping.
Inventory & warehouse management
Inventory per location, goods receipt, reservations, minimum stock alerts, automatic order suggestions, stocktaking module. Optional multi-warehouse setup.
B2B customer portal
Your business customers order online, see inventory, retrieve invoices, manage their delivery addresses. With customer prices and individual conditions per account.
Customer & contact management
Customer files with order history, terms, payment behavior, contacts. Filter by region, industry, revenue. CRM-light without oversized Salesforce.
Suppliers & procurement
Supplier master data, orders, goods receipt control, complaints. Automatic linking to minimum stock and order status.
DATEV, GAEB and DATANORM interfaces
DATEV for accounting as standard. GAEB for construction tenders, DATANORM for plumbing/electrical wholesalers.
Reports & dashboard
Day-end closing, revenue by customer, top products, inventory turnover, open items. Configurable dashboard for management and teams.
What you getFour building blocks — in every Krafteq package
Every Krafteq project delivers not only your custom software but the complete operation around it. Standardized, secure, scalable — enterprise quality at wholesale price.
Your own business software
Tailored to your business and real workflows. Source code from sprint 1 in the customer repository, fixed price €4,000–8,000 for wholesale scope, fully documented.
Krafteq Cloud — server operation €250 yearly per software
Server operation in Germany (EU fallback available), 1st year included. Includes: security patches, Krafteq support, maintenance, daily backups, monitoring, GDPR-compliant operation, TLS, custom domain.
Customer & document portal
A central web interface for your relationship with krafteq: project status, contracts and DPA, tickets, releases, invoices, backup status.
IAM & security from day 1
Central logins, multi-factor authentication, roles, full audit trail, tenant separation — based on Keycloak (open source, EU-hosted). Optional single sign-on.
Comparisonkrafteq vs. SAP Business One, Sage 100, Lexware & Co.
Classic ERP systems are technically capable — but oversized and expensive for small wholesalers. Standard inventory tools are cheaper but rigid and with add-on tariffs. A custom solution sits strategically between them.
| krafteq custom software | SAP Business One / Sage 100 / Dynamics | Lexware / Sage inventory | |
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| Model | Fixed price + server operation | License + setup + maintenance | Subscription |
| 5-year total cost (10–30 employees, with customizations) | €5,000–9,000 | €40,000–120,000 | €8,000–20,000 |
| Code ownership | Yes — from sprint 1 in customer repository | No | No |
| Adaptation to your workflows | 100% tailored | Customizations via consultants, paid extra | Standard configuration, limited customization |
| Setup duration | 4–8 weeks | 3–6 months | 1–2 weeks |
| B2B customer portal | Included in fixed price | Add-on, several thousand euros | Not standard |
| EU data residency | Guaranteed (Germany) | Variable | Variable |
| Vendor lock-in | None — standard containers, portable | Very high | High |
TrustBuilt with the rigor of a German engineering partner
Krafteq is a German GmbH based in Leverkusen. We've served enterprise clients in industry and manufacturing for years — and bring those engineering standards to the wholesale stack.
Krafteq GmbH, Leverkusen
German company in the Rhineland. Personal contact instead of call center. On-site meetings possible, fully remote equally so.
ISO 27001 in progress
Information security management system in gap analysis phase, target date Q1 2027. Already today: code review on every change, secrets management with HashiCorp Vault, SBOM generation.
EU hosting & GDPR by design
Krafteq Cloud runs on servers in Germany (EU fallback available) — no US CLOUD Act risk. Data processing agreement (DPA) standardized, encryption in transit and at rest.
Built by senior engineers
Every specialist brings at least 10 years of experience. We build a maximum of 3–5 prototypes per week — quality beats volume.
FAQFrequently asked questions
You're a trades business? Krafteq has a dedicated line for trades.
Plumbing, electrical, painting, carpentry, roofing — and all other trades. Job management, maintenance contracts, mobile site documentation, e-invoicing, DATEV. Leaner scope, different price point: €1,000–2,000 fixed price.
To the trades pagePrefer to talk first?
Book a 30–60 minute initial call. You describe your situation, we give an honest assessment — even if the answer is: a classic ERP fits you better. No sales pitch, no obligation.
- Free
- Non-binding
- 30–60 minutes