“Distil Stack understood the operational demands of managing restaurant employees and developed a solution focused on the details that matter—attendance, shift allocation, working hours, and salary administration. Their approach connected technology with practical workforce management.”
Custom engineering
API & system integration services
Your systems should talk to each other. We make the introduction.
Custom engineering
Connected systems. Less manual work.
Your CRM says one thing. Your accounting says another. Someone on your team copies orders from Shopify into the ERP by hand, every morning. That is the job an integration does away with.
01The work
What we connect
We build the pipes between the systems you already run, so data moves on its own and your team stops being the API.
System pairs we integrate most:
| The pair | What flows |
|---|---|
| CRM ↔ ERP | Contacts, deals, orders, invoices, in both directions |
| Shopify / WooCommerce ↔ accounting | Orders, payouts, tax data, inventory levels |
| Payment gateways (Stripe, PayPal) | Checkout, subscriptions, refunds, reconciliation |
| Legacy systems (SOAP, old databases) → modern APIs | Wrapped as clean REST endpoints, no rebuild required |
| HR / payroll ↔ finance | Employee records, payroll journals |
| Custom internal tools ↔ everything else | Whatever your team built in-house |
Don't see your pair on the list. If both systems store data, we can almost certainly connect them.
02The work
How we deliver it
Same four stages as everything we ship.
Discover.
We map your systems, the data in each, and where it needs to flow. You get a diagram, not a guess.
Validate.
One data flow working end to end on your real systems, before you commit to the full build.
Build.
The integration itself, with logging, retries, and alerts from day one. Not bolted on after.
Scale.
More systems, more flows, same pattern. And you own everything when we're done.
03The work
Built to survive bad days
Integrations fail. APIs go down, formats change, someone renames a field on a Friday. We build for that: automatic retries, a queue for records that refuse to sync, and alerts that reach a person before the problem reaches your customers. For data conflicts, we agree the rule before we build. Which system wins, and when a human decides.
04The work
What it costs
$3,000 – $8,000 for a single point-to-point integration; $8,000 – $25,000 for a multi-system program. A single point-to-point integration and a five-system web are different jobs with different prices. We'd rather show actual numbers than hide behind "it depends."
05The work
One clarification
This page covers the plumbing: getting data flowing between your systems. Workflow logic that runs on top of connected systems is a separate job. See business process automation. Adding AI into your software is another. See AI integration services.
How much does API integration cost?
$3,000 – $8,000 for a single pair of systems; $8,000 – $25,000 for a multi-system web with custom mapping and monitoring. A single point-to-point integration costs far less than a multi-system web with custom mapping and monitoring. The pricing guide breaks down what moves the number.
How long does it take?
A single integration against a documented API typically ships in 2–4 weeks; multi-system programs run 6–12 weeks. A legacy system with no API takes longer than one with clean docs. We confirm the timeline during discovery, after we've seen both systems' documentation.
What if one of our systems has no API?
Most systems have something: an API, webhooks, scheduled exports, or a database we can read. When there's truly nothing, we build around it with scheduled file imports or a small connector service. No API is a constraint, not a dead end.
Do you replace our systems or work with them?
We work with them. Replacing working software is expensive and disruptive, and it's rarely necessary. We connect what you have, and we only suggest a replacement when a system genuinely can't do the job.
Who maintains the integration after launch?
You own the code, the documentation, and the handover pack. We stay available for fixes and changes after launch. Every integration ships with logging and alerts, so failures get noticed before your team does.
Can you take over an integration someone else built?
Yes. We start by reading the existing code and mapping what it actually does, which is usually different from what the documentation says. Then we tell you whether it's cheaper to fix or to rebuild.
How do you handle sync failures and data conflicts?
Every integration gets automatic retries, a dead-letter queue for records that won't sync, and alerts when something breaks. For conflicts, the rule is agreed before we build: which system wins, and when a human decides. Silent failures are the thing we're most careful about.
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