We start from the work
Every tool began as a job someone was already doing by hand, in a spreadsheet, or twice over. The software follows the work that existed, so nobody has to reorganize around it.
Hello from Alderworks
Careful software for people who do careful work.
We are a small, independent software company. We build a handful of tools for quality, maintenance and production teams: the people who have to be able to show that the work was done right. Each tool keeps the record your work needs, and hands it back to you in full.
- Who we build for
- Quality, maintenance and production teams
- How you get it
- One file that runs in the browser you already have: no install, no IT ticket
- Where your data lives
- In your own files and folders, on your own network
How we work
Three habits we bring to everything we build.
Your record stays yours
Data goes in through imports and comes out through exports, reports and files you keep: Excel workbooks, Word documents, CSV and PDF. Nothing is held back to keep a subscription alive, and a tool bought once keeps working on your machine.
We finish things
A narrow tool that handles its awkward cases beats a broad one that only handles the demo. We would rather do one job properly than five approximately.
What we make
A few tools, each for one job done properly.
Six apps for the quality floor that work tomorrow morning: each is one file that runs in the browser you already have, with no install, no IT ticket and nothing leaving your network. One person can buy one and the next shift can use it, or take all six in one file as the Alderworks Quality Suite. For equipment, calibration and maintenance records, Alderworks Equipment Management Software is hosted.
One file, no IT involvementOn sale soon · v1.9.0
Alderworks Quality Suite
- All six apps in one file that runs in Chrome or Edge: no install, no account, no IT ticket.
- One shared folder on your own network drive, one admin, and the team's lists entered once for every app.
- An order starts a run, a run logs a retain, and the handover shows who is off, which retains are due and what equipment is due.
- Every app, one file
- $599 once
- One app
- From $149 once
- Or hosted
- From $29 a month
The apps in the suite, each on its own
Quality and manufacturingOn sale soon · v1.8.0
SpecRun
- Catch an out-of-spec reading the moment it is typed, not at the end of the run.
- Hand over an Excel workbook with a pass or fail on every row, plus Cp and Cpk.
- Set up your own tests, columns and terms once, then just enter readings.
$249 once, one fileSee SpecRun
Production and operationsOn sale soon · v1.9.0
ShiftHandover
- Fill in one form at the end of the shift and get the email, the Word document and the printout.
- The next lead opens your handover and carries on from it.
- Open items follow every shift until someone closes them.
$199 once, one fileSee ShiftHandover
Quality and manufacturingOn sale soon · v1.10.0
RetainLog
- Keep the Excel workbook you already have. Your formatting and formulas survive every save.
- Enter retains from a form built on your own columns.
- See, sign off and print what is due for disposal.
$249 once, one fileSee RetainLog
Quality and manufacturingOn sale soon · v1.12.0
PullPlan
- Sample size and accept and reject numbers, straight from the AQL tables.
- A pull list that says exactly which containers to open.
- An inspection record with lines to sign, from one file that runs on the line.
$149 once, one fileSee PullPlan
Teams and schedulingOn sale soon · v2.2.0
CoverPlan
- The team's approved time off on one shared calendar: anyone adds their own once it is approved the usual way.
- Everyone sees who is off, by shift and location, and the busy days that may need cover.
- An admin keeps only the team list and settings. Every file is an ordinary Excel workbook.
$199 once, one fileSee CoverPlan
Calibration and maintenanceOn sale soon · v1.4.0
EquipLog
- See what is overdue and due in the next 30 days the moment it opens.
- Record who calibrated it, the result and the certificate; a Pass moves the due date on, a Fail takes it out of service.
- The register and every record in one Excel workbook in the shop's shared folder, with no server.
$249 once, one fileSee EquipLog
Start with one
Grow into the whole suite.
Every app you buy counts toward the $599 suite, so you never pay more than $599 for all six, and the hosted suite is there if the team would rather have them online.
- All six, one file
- $599 once
- Hosted, per app
- $29 a month
Hosted, for equipment
Quality and manufacturingComing soon
Alderworks Equipment Management Software
Calibration, maintenance, and asset traceability in one controlled workspace, built for teams who have to prove their equipment was fit for use.
Explore Alderworks Equipment Management SoftwareWhat it does for your team
- Know what is due before an auditor asks: calibration and maintenance schedules, with email reminders.
- Certificates that hold up: reviewed, numbered, and checkable by anyone you send them to.
- A full audit trail behind every record, and your data exportable whenever you want it.
Whichever you choose
Every product comes with the same three things.
- Support from the people who built itA question reaches someone who worked on the thing you are asking about, not a queue.
- Every update includedBuy version 1 and every 1.x update comes from the same link, with nothing to renew. Anything hosted gets its improvements as they ship.
- No lock-in, everYour records leave as easily as they arrived: Excel, Word, CSV, PDF and printouts you keep.
Your feedback
Tell us what would make them better.
Alderworks encourages feedback from everyone who uses our apps, because that is how they improve. If something is slow, confusing or missing, tell us what we need to do. We want every app to be the best it can be for the people who use it, every shift.
- A step that takes longer than it shouldWhere you wait, click twice, or type the same thing again.
- Something you still do by hand around itThe copy into a spreadsheet, the note on paper, the second check.
- A word or a screen that reads wrong on your floorOur terms are not always yours. Tell us what yours are.
Send us feedback
Or write to support@alderworks.dev. It reaches someone who works on the apps, and what we change reaches you in an update.
Work with us
Tell us about the work your team still does by hand.
It is how every one of these tools started.