Available for new projects · 2026

We build softwarethe worldactually uses.

ZTDEV Studios is a South African software studio. Web platforms, mobile apps, custom software and AI, designed and built in-house for products already serving more than 1.8 million people.

1.8M+users served50+companies4.9★avg. rating

Trusted by teams across South Africa & beyond

McDonald'sSwarovskiTelkom MobileCoca-Cola, World Without WasteEconomic Freedom FightersMTPEnvision StrategiesM Global PropertiesHerdguardSunbake
1,8M+Users on systems we shipped
50+Companies we’ve partnered with
4,9/5Average client rating
100%Designed & built in-house
The whole point

We build the kind people actually use.

Most software
is forgettable.
How we work

A process built on no surprises.

Five clear stages, a fixed price and weekly progress you can actually see. You always know where things stand.

01

Discovery

We pressure-test the idea before a line of code.

A focused workshop to map the problem, the users and the riskiest assumptions. You leave with a clear scope, a fixed price and a plan, no surprises later.

02

Design

Flows, prototypes and a system you can feel.

We move quickly from sketches to a clickable prototype, validate it with real users, and lock a design system that keeps everything consistent through build.

03

Build

Shipped in tight, reviewable increments.

You see working software every week, not at the end. Clean code, automated tests, and a staging link you can poke at any time. One team, one point of contact.

04

Launch

Deployment, hosting and a confident go-live.

We handle infrastructure, domains, analytics and the launch checklist. Performance and security are verified before we flip the switch, not after.

05

Grow

Support, monitoring and the next iteration.

Software is never “done”. We monitor, fix, and keep improving, with quarterly reviews that tie the roadmap back to your business goals.

Kind words

We treat every client like family.

50+ partnerships, and most of our work comes back to us. Here’s what it’s like to build with ZTDEV.

ZTDEV didn’t just build what we asked for, they questioned it, improved it, and delivered something better. Two weeks ahead of schedule.
Delivered 2 weeks early
SSarahFounder · Cape Town
Our enquiries went up 150% after launch. The site finally feels like the calibre of work we actually do.
+150% qualified leads
MMichaelDirector · Johannesburg
They automated a process that used to eat our whole Monday. We’re saving more than 20 hours a week now.
20+ hours saved weekly
TThaboOperations Lead · Pretoria
One team, one point of contact, no finger-pointing. They owned it end to end and the infrastructure costs dropped 40%.
−40% infrastructure cost
DDavidCTO · Durban
It felt less like hiring an agency and more like gaining a technical co-founder who happens to ship fast.
3x faster delivery
AAmandaFounder · Gqeberha
What it costs

One fixed price. No hourly surprises.

We do not publish a price list, because a real number depends on what you are actually building. Tell us the shape of it and you get a fixed scope, a fixed price and a date, usually within a day.

01

A short discovery call

Twenty minutes on what you are building, who it is for and what has to be true on launch day.

02

A fixed scope and price

Written down, itemised, with what is in and what is explicitly out. No hourly billing.

03

A date we hold to

Agreed up front, with progress you can see every week rather than a silence and a reveal.