# Custom business software from a specification

> Skip the tech stack, deployment setup, and prompt-by-prompt rework.

Describe your business requirements and get working software. Metatable turns a specification of how your business works into a PostgreSQL database, Rust backend, Flutter frontend, deployment path, and exportable code.

## Proof points

- 4,000+ registered users
- 5,000+ projects created
- 95% database generation success

## Build your own business software without becoming technical

Describe how your business should work. Metatable handles the application structure, database, backend, deployment path, and guardrails so you can build useful software without choosing frameworks or managing infrastructure.

| Tool type | What you still need to do | Where it gets hard |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code / Cursor (AI dev environments) | Know the codebase, stack, terminal, Git, testing, and deployment. | You are still the developer. |
| Lovable / Bolt (prompt-to-app builders) | Prompt, inspect, fix, reconnect, and keep regenerations consistent. | Changes start breaking earlier work. |
| Metatable (spec-driven generation) | Describe the business requirements and review the spec. | Metatable handles the app structure, database, backend, frontend, and deployment path. |

## The problem with vibe coding

Vibe coding gets messy fast. The first demo looks good. Then every change starts breaking something else.

- **Change one thing, break another.** Most AI tools chase your latest prompt. Fix a form, break the dashboard. Add a role, lose a workflow.
- **No source of truth.** Prompt-based apps drift fast. Files stop matching, logic gets duplicated, and nobody knows which prompt created which part of the app.
- **No dependency model.** Business software has connected rules, records, screens, and workflows. Without a spec, every change becomes rework.

**The Metatable difference:** lock the spec first, then regenerate consistently. When requirements change, you update the spec, not a thousand prompts. Metatable regenerates the database, backend, and frontend from the same source of truth.

## Why Metatable

1. **Start with a spec, not a guess** — your requirements become a structured spec before code is generated.
2. **Get the full system, not just screens** — Metatable generates the app, database, backend, frontend, APIs, and deployment path together.
3. **Avoid stack and cloud decisions** — you do not need to choose frameworks, wire infrastructure, or manage deployment setup.
4. **Change requirements without prompt chaos** — update the spec as the business changes, then regenerate from the same source of truth.

## Use cases

Good fit for software your business runs every week.

- **CRM and sales tracking** — leads, customers, follow-ups, tasks, and reports wired to your sales process, not a generic template.
- **Inventory management** — stock, suppliers, low-stock alerts, and purchase orders that fire on the thresholds you set.
- **Distributor reporting** — unify API, spreadsheet, and partner data in one dashboard your team can actually use.
- **Appointments and records** — scheduling, customer records, reminders, invoices, and permissions in one owned app.
- **Client and customer portals** — login, requests, status tracking, and shared records for the people outside your team.

## How it works

1. **Describe it** — chat in plain English about your workflow, records, rules, and edge cases.
2. **Review the spec** — approve the PRD before code. Development starts only after the expected behavior is clear.
3. **Generate the app** — database, backend, frontend, and tests are generated and validated.
4. **Run it or move it** — run on scalable Azure infrastructure or export the source code anytime.

## What's under the hood

Every generated app is built around a real database and backend, not only a frontend mockup.

- 95% database generation success — specs that compile to a working schema.
- 72% backend deploy success — October 2025 funnel, 13 of 18 builds.
- The generated stack: PostgreSQL (database), Rust (backend), Flutter (frontend), Azure (infrastructure).

## Pricing

Start free. Pay when it becomes useful.

- **Free — $0/mo:** owner only. Start shaping a project and reviewing specs.
- **Standard — $25/mo:** 1 owner and up to 2 editors for real business projects.
- **Pro — $79/mo:** up to 10 total users for teams and agencies.

All plans keep code ownership and export central to the product experience.

## Start here

Have a workflow that should be software? Test it in Metatable before spending thousands on a custom build.

- Build my app free: https://app.metatable.ai/signup
- Book a 15-min demo: https://cal.com/metatable/ai-dev-tool-demo