Spare Octopus · What we build

What we can build for you

Software with AI inside, built into the tools your team already uses. If your team repeats it, we can build it.

Sales and CRM

  • Auto follow-ups
  • Quotes in 1 minute
See all 7 examples

So no enquiry goes cold and the CRM keeps itself up to date.

  • Every enquiry from your website, email, IndiaMART or WhatsApp turned into a CRM lead with an owner
  • Polite follow-ups on the same email or WhatsApp thread that stop when the customer replies
  • Call and meeting notes that update the CRM for you, after a person approves
  • Quotations drafted from your price list in a minute, ready to check and send
  • The customer’s history and open deals shown right inside Gmail
  • A daily list for each salesperson: who to call today and why
  • Renewal and reorder reminders before the customer has to ask

Customer support

  • Drafted replies
  • Auto order updates
See all 6 examples

Faster answers without adding people to the team.

  • Support emails and WhatsApp messages sorted, tagged and sent to the right person
  • Suggested replies drafted from your past answers and policies
  • Order and delivery status answered automatically on WhatsApp
  • Complaints turned into tickets with a deadline and an owner
  • Escalation alerts when a customer waits too long or sounds unhappy
  • Feedback requests after delivery, with replies collected in one sheet

Finance and accounting

  • Payment reminders
  • Bank matching
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Less chasing, fewer typos, and books that match.

  • Payment reminders on WhatsApp and email, based on what’s due in Tally or your sheet
  • Purchase bills read from PDFs and photos, checked and prepared for entry in Tally
  • Invoices created from orders and sent to customers automatically
  • Bank statements matched against your entries, with mismatches flagged
  • GST paperwork prep: sales and purchase data pulled together and checked before it goes to your CA
  • Expense claims collected with receipts and routed for approval
  • A daily cash and receivables summary on your phone

Operations and orders

  • Auto order entry
  • Low-stock alerts
See all 7 examples

Orders that move without someone pushing them along.

  • Orders from email, WhatsApp or your website entered into one system automatically
  • Low-stock alerts and draft purchase orders to your suppliers
  • Dispatch updates sent to customers with tracking details
  • Production or job-work status tracked in one shared view
  • Supplier follow-ups for pending deliveries and documents
  • Stock counts from different warehouses or shops combined into one sheet
  • Checklists and approvals for daily operations, with reminders

HR, hiring and admin

  • CVs shortlisted
  • Interviews scheduled
See all 6 examples

The paperwork side of running a team, handled.

  • CVs from email and job portals screened and shortlisted against your criteria
  • Interview scheduling and reminders for candidates and your team
  • Offer letters and joining documents filled in from a template
  • Onboarding checklists that make sure nothing is missed in week one
  • Leave and attendance requests collected on WhatsApp or a simple form
  • An HR helper that answers staff questions about policies and holidays

Reporting and dashboards

  • Daily summaries
  • One live dashboard
See all 6 examples

The numbers you need, without someone building them every Monday.

  • Daily sales, collections and orders summary sent to WhatsApp or email
  • One dashboard that pulls from Tally, your CRM and your sheets
  • Weekly reports written in plain language, not just tables
  • Alerts when a number moves: a big order, a missed target, an overdue payment
  • Salesperson and branch performance views
  • Ask a question in plain English and get the answer from your own data

Documents and data entry

  • PDFs into data
  • KYC papers checked
See all 6 examples

Stop retyping what’s already written down somewhere.

  • Invoices, bills and purchase orders read from PDFs and entered for you
  • Forms, KYC documents and application papers checked for missing details
  • Scanned and handwritten documents turned into searchable data
  • Contracts and agreements summarised, with key dates pulled out
  • Data copied between systems automatically instead of by hand
  • Documents filed into the right Google Drive folder with clear names

Marketing and leads

  • Lead capture
  • Drafted outreach
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More of the right leads, and none of them dropped.

  • Leads from ads, forms and marketplaces captured in one place and sent to sales instantly
  • Lead lists researched and enriched with company details
  • Personalised outreach emails drafted for your team to review
  • WhatsApp broadcasts to opted-in customers, with replies routed to sales
  • Product descriptions, posts and catalogue copy drafted in your tone
  • Simple tracking of which campaigns bring paying customers

AI assistants and chatbots

  • WhatsApp assistant
  • Hindi replies
See all 6 examples

Trained on your business, and they hand over to a person when needed.

  • A WhatsApp assistant that answers product, price and order questions
  • A website chat that qualifies visitors and books calls
  • An internal assistant that knows your SOPs, price lists and policies
  • An email assistant that drafts replies for your team to approve
  • Assistants that reply in English, Hindi and other languages your customers use
  • Appointment and demo booking straight from the chat

Portals and internal tools

  • Dealer portals
  • Approval flows
See all 6 examples

Simple screens your people and partners actually log into.

  • Dealer, distributor and partner portals to place orders and track status
  • Customer portals for invoices, documents and service requests
  • Admin panels that replace a tangle of spreadsheets
  • Approval flows for discounts, purchases and expenses
  • Field-team apps for visits, photos and order booking
  • Small tools built around one job, like a quote calculator or a job tracker

Integrations

  • Tally to CRM
  • Sheets in sync
See all 6 examples

Your tools finally talking to each other.

  • Tally connected to your CRM, sheets or online store
  • Excel and Google Sheets kept in sync with your other systems
  • WhatsApp Business connected to your CRM and order system
  • Shopify, Zoho, HubSpot and other tools linked so data flows without copy-paste
  • Call, meeting and chat tools feeding notes into the right records
  • Older software connected through exports, emails or its API

Not on the list?

  • Tell us the job
  • Free pilot first

Built for businesses outside tech

  • Manufacturersorders, dispatch, job work
  • Traders and distributorsdealers, stock, collections
  • Agenciesclients, proposals, reporting
  • Clinicsappointments, reminders, records
  • Schools and coachingadmissions, fees, parents
  • Retail and D2Corders, support, catalogues

Inside the tools you already use

  • WhatsApp
  • Gmail
  • Outlook
  • Excel
  • Google Sheets
  • Google Drive
  • Zoho
  • HubSpot
  • Salesforce
  • Pipedrive
  • Shopify
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Google Meet
  • Zoom
  • Notion
  • Jira
  • Tally
  • + your tools

Using something else, or older software? We can usually connect it through exports, email or its API.

How it starts

  1. 1Free consultation

    A 30-minute call with an engineer. Tell us what eats your team’s time.

  2. 2Free pilot

    We build a small working version on one real workflow, so you see it run first.

  3. 3We build it in

    It goes into your tools, your team is trained, and you own everything.

Common questions

Do we have to change the tools we use?

No. We build inside the tools your team already uses, like Gmail, WhatsApp, your CRM, Tally, Excel or Google Sheets. Your team keeps working the way it does today.

We’re not a tech company. Is this for us?

Yes. Most of what we build is for businesses outside tech: manufacturers, traders, agencies, clinics, schools and shops. You explain the work in plain words; we handle the technical side.

How do we start?

Book a free consultation. We pick one workflow that eats your team’s time and build a small working pilot for free, so you can see it running before you decide anything.

Who owns what you build?

You do. Accounts, data and the setup are yours, and we hand everything over with training.

Pick the first thing to take off your plate

A 30-minute call with an engineer, then a free pilot on one of your own workflows.