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A software studio in Lyons, built for Boulder County businesses

Booking, client portals, dashboards and apps at a published fixed price, from a workshop at the foot of the Front Range.

Benchford is a software studio based in Lyons, on the St. Vrain. Tyler Rice scopes and builds the work himself and answers client messages. Boulder County has 18,566 private establishments (BLS, 2025). We build for the owner-run ones that have outgrown a website and a stack of rented tools.

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Foothills rising above a Boulder County town under a wide blue sky

What Boulder County looks like from the workshop

Boulder County had 18,566 private establishments and 160,157 employees in 2025. Professional and technical services is the largest group at 5,847, then health care and social assistance at 1,930, construction at 772 and restaurants at 729 (BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025 annual average, read 2026-10-16). In Colorado, 89.8% of small employer firms have 1 to 19 employees (SBA 2025 profile, read 2026-10-15).

Our own town buys small and says how. The Town's 2024 purchasing revision (Resolution 2024-34, agenda packet read 2026-10-16) has a department head approving up to $5,000 and the Town Administrator approving $5,001 to $10,000. From $10,001 to $25,000 it asks for three documented quotes. Lyons has 2,155 residents, so its web content falls under the April 26, 2028 federal accessibility date (ada.gov, read 2026-10-16).

The name is the idea. A bench is where things are built by hand and measured twice. A ford is the shallow crossing that gets you over the river without a bridge project.

Who we build for in Boulder County

Pick your kind of business, or read about the nearby cities.

The price is the same in Lyons as everywhere else

Fixed and published. Half at signing, half when your checklist passes. Plus applicable tax.

Complete Build

$9,850 one-time
Recommended
  • Written ship date in the contract
  • Launch guarantee and a 12-month warranty
  • Code and data in accounts in your name
  • Care plans from $149 a month, cancel in one step

A customer-facing surface, the staff view behind it and one integration, shown as itemised lines.

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Lyons and Boulder County questions

Short answers, with sources and dates.

Who builds custom software in Lyons, Colorado?

Benchford does. Benchford is a software studio based in Lyons, Colorado. Tyler Rice scopes and builds the work himself and answers client messages. Our prices are printed on the pricing page: Focused $4,950, Complete $9,850 and Build + Extend $22,500, plus applicable tax.

How many businesses are in Boulder County?

Boulder County had 18,566 private establishments in 2025, with 160,157 employees (BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025 annual average, read 2026-10-16). Professional and technical services is the largest group at 5,847. An establishment is not a buyer. Many are too small to need a build, and when a tool at $16 to $50 a month already does the job, we say so.

Do you come on site?

No. We work by phone and video: a free thirty-minute call, a written scope, a written status every week and video check-ins before launch. Because the work is remote, the price and the ship date do not change with distance.

Can the Town of Lyons or a nearby district buy from you?

Yes, and the rules are short. The Town's 2024 purchasing revision (Resolution 2024-34, agenda packet read 2026-10-16) lets a department head approve up to $5,000 and the Town Administrator approve up to $10,000, and it asks for three documented quotes from $10,001 to $25,000. Confirm the current limits with the Town. A Focused build at $4,950 and a Complete build at $9,850 fall in the lower bands. A Complete build plus 12 months of Essentials care is $11,638, so we count the build plus 12 months of care and ask the buyer's office before we quote. We never split a purchase to stay under a line. Special districts follow their own board's policy.

Who owns the code and the data?

You do. The custom code and your data live in accounts in your name, with a written runbook so another developer could take over. Platform components we license stay ours and are named in the statement of work.

What does it cost?

A Focused build is $4,950, a Complete build is $9,850 and Build + Extend is $22,500. Care plans for hosting, monitoring and upkeep are $149, $299 or $499 a month. Every price is plus applicable tax and is on the pricing page.

Lyons or Boulder County? Start with a call

Thirty minutes by phone or video, free. The price is the same in every city, plus applicable tax.

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