Product, operations and booking software for Powai’s technology and service businesses.
Powai has IT and product companies on Saki Vihar Road, start-ups around IIT Bombay, and the hotels, restaurants and coworking floors that serve them. Operations are often held in spreadsheets. GullySystem provides first versions, internal tools and booking software for them from Bengaluru, with the code kept in the client’s own accounts.
Powai was planned as a self-contained township and still works like one. Offices sit on Saki Vihar Road and inside Hiranandani Gardens, and the people who work in them also live, eat and shop within a few kilometres.
Its businesses fall into two groups. Product and service companies need software built for their customers, while restaurants, gyms and coworking floors need software to run their own operations.
Where the businesses are in Powai, and what they run on.
How Powai businesses pick and use software.
Founders in Powai often have technical contacts and clear views. They ask which stack will be used, who owns the code and what happens if they hire their own developer later.
A small first version is the usual start, with code and data held in the client’s own accounts. The aim is the one workflow that tests the idea, before any wider platform, and a team can extend it afterwards.
Service businesses around the offices need a booking or membership system quickly, and they often need data moved out of the app they use today. That migration is scoped at the start.
Where Powai businesses lose time and money.
The first version keeps growing
Every review adds a feature and the launch date moves, so scope grows faster than users arrive. The launch keeps slipping. Cutting the first release down to one workflow puts it in front of users sooner, and the rest is added from what they do.
Operations depend on a sheet one person understands
Orders, refunds and reconciliations are handled in a spreadsheet with hidden columns and no history. Nobody else can maintain it. Moving it into a small internal tool with roles and a change log removes that dependence and keeps a record of every edit.
Coworking bills are built at month end
Desks, meeting-room hours and printing are noted in a book and totalled later, so the invoice is rebuilt each month. Totals depend on the book. GullySystem’s coworking product records desks, meeting rooms and printing as they happen and raises the invoice from those entries.
Restaurant bookings come from several platforms
Each platform has its own dashboard, and the host keeps a paper list beside them. Double seating is a risk. One table view holding every booking prevents double seating on a busy night and shows the host the whole floor.
What we would build for Powai businesses.
Usually in this order, starting with whatever the audit ranks first.
MVP Product Development
A first working version of a new product, small enough to launch and learn from.
Learn moreSaaS Product Development
Turning a system that works for one business into a product other businesses can subscribe to.
Learn moreWeb and Mobile Application Development
Web and mobile apps for customers, field staff and dealers, built to work on ordinary phones.
Learn moreBusiness Process Automation
Approvals, reminders, follow-ups and reports that run on their own instead of on someone remembering.
Learn moreCloud Engineering and Managed Infrastructure
Hosting, backups and monitoring handled, so the system is up when the shop opens.
Learn moreReady products that fit Powai businesses.
Each one is adapted to how your business works before it goes live, and anything your trade needs that it lacks is added then. You are not paying to build the basics again.
Coworking Space Management Software
Seat and cabin plans, meeting-room bookings, visitor access, a member app and monthly tax invoices connected on one member record.
Learn morePaying Guest Management System
Bed-level occupancy, rent and food billing, deposits and tenant documents for PG owners, set up around your blocks and sharing rates.
Learn moreHow the work runs from Bengaluru for Powai.
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The audit, by call
A screen-share and a look at the sheets, accounting reports and WhatsApp groups your team uses. No travel needed.
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A written proposal
Scope, what we build first and the cost, agreed in writing before anything starts.
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Build in short rounds
Working screens shared every few weeks. Your team tests them from your own office.
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Go-live, in person when it helps
For data migration and training we can come to Powai. Travel is agreed in advance.
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Support online
Fixes, changes and hosting handled remotely by the same team that built it.
The work we have published.
We don’t claim Powai clients we don’t have. These are systems our team built; the way we work is the same wherever you are.
PetSeva: matching owners to the right vet, at any hour
A two-sided veterinary platform where vets are searchable by specialisation and bookable outside clinic hours. It now carries more than 2,000 veterinary doctors.
Read the case study Paying guest accommodationSAM Atithi Pavathi: bed-level occupancy as the source of truth
PG management software where allocation, rates and invoices are derived from bed-level occupancy and not maintained in parallel spreadsheets.
Read the case study School transport servicesSAM Tours: school transport on a single ledger
Registration, fee collection, routing and finance write to the same records, closing the gap between journeys run and fees collected.
Read the case study Microfinance and Self Help GroupsVikasa RDO: making SHG loan recovery auditable
Loan proposals, recoveries and commissions sit on one record, with a person attached to every state change, so a business handling a bank’s money can show where each rupee went.
Read the case studyQuestions Powai owners ask before they call.
Who owns the code if GullySystem builds our product?
Yes, the code is yours. The repository, the cloud accounts and the data are in your name from the first commit, and documentation is handed over at every release. If you hire developers later, they can take over without needing our permission.
Can you take over software someone else built for us?
Yes, this is a large part of the work. We review the code and list what is broken or missing, in writing, before anything is changed. In some cases the right answer is to keep the existing system and fix a few things in it.
What happens after I share my requirements?
An engineer reads what you send and replies within one business day. We then look at the software, spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups your business runs on today and write down what works, what slows your team down and what is missing. A demo login, a screen-share or a few screenshots are enough. You get a short written summary ordered by priority, with no obligation to hire us afterwards.
How much will the software cost?
We don’t publish a price, because it depends on what the system has to do. That first review settles the scope, and the cost goes into a written proposal before any work starts.
Industries we build for in Powai.
Elsewhere in Mumbai.
Tell us what your Powai business runs on today.
Send a short note on the spreadsheets, software or WhatsApp groups your team depends on. We reply the same working day.
What happens after you share your requirements
- A senior engineer reads your answers. Nobody phones first.
- Within one business day you get a written note: what we understood, what we would start with, and the questions we still have.
- If it fits, a proposal follows with the order of work, what we need from you and what you receive at each step.
- No call is booked and nothing is paid until you have read the note. Your details stay with us.
Start with your requirements
Seven short steps that tell us what you need. A senior engineer reads them before anyone gets in touch.
Share your requirements