Highstorm Studio · Austin, TX

Make the work run without running your team ragged.

Highstorm designs practical systems and automation for small teams: fast to deploy, built around the tools you already use, and reviewed before anything goes live.

Map the bottleneck→

Systems · Automation · Reporting · Websites

What we do

Start with the bottleneck, not a software wishlist.

Systems and automation

A clearer, more reliable way to run the work your team is doing by hand today.

From $1,500

  • Intake and routing$1,500–$3,000
  • CRM and workflow setup$1,500–$2,500
  • Knowledge base and internal search$2,000–$3,500

Process design

An audit of your current workflow, followed by a practical plan and a sandboxed build.

From $1,500

  • Process audit and system planScoped to the work
  • Grant Application and Review Platform$3,000–$6,000
  • Grant Intelligence System$2,500–$4,000
  • Intake and Routing$1,500–$3,000
  • Knowledge Base$2,000–$3,500

Reporting and decision support

Useful reporting from the systems and data you already have.

From $1,000

  • Dashboard Setup$2,000
  • Dashboard Monthly$750/mo
  • Impact Measurement Framework$2,000–$3,500
  • Data Cleaning$1,000–$2,500

Websites and client-facing tools

When a website, portal, or public-facing intake is part of the operational solution.

From $2,500

  • Website and CMS build$2,500 flat
  • Client or member portalScoped to the work
  • Public intake and routing$1,500–$3,000

How Highstorm works

Change the process, not every tool around it.

Low-risk by design

We start with the workflow you already have, identify the real bottleneck, and make a plan you can review. When a sandbox or staging environment is available, that is where the first build happens. Nothing reaches a live system without your final approval.

Audit before buildUse the tools you haveTest away from productionApprove before live changesDocument the handoff

Who this is for

Real bottlenecks. Clear approvals. No unnecessary platform swap.

  • Small teams where important work still lives across email, spreadsheets, and individual memory

  • Operators who need a process fixed without replacing every tool they already use

  • Founders and leaders who want a practical build, not a long consulting engagement

  • Teams that need a clear system before they hire another person to manage the chaos

  • Organizations that want changes tested off to the side before anything affects live work

How it works

Three steps. No surprises in between.

01

Short written intake

Tell us what is breaking, what tools are involved, and what a better result looks like.

02

Audit, plan, and sandboxed build

You receive a practical plan before work begins. Changes are tested separately where the tools allow it.

03

Approve before live

Nothing changes in production without your approval. You own the accounts, documentation, and handoff.

Start with the bottleneck

Tell us what is not working.

A short written intake is enough to start. Highstorm will review the process, map a practical next step, and only suggest a call if it would actually help.