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Case study

Alto Vivo

A system that lets small businesses sell, manufacture, collect payments, balance the till and run payroll from their phone.

Type
Our own product · SaaS
Services
Product, design, custom software, web and mobile app
Year
2026
Status
Live in production
altovivo.com home page

The challenge

Many small businesses track who owes them in a notebook, close the till without knowing if it balances, and run payroll with a calculator. Existing systems are usually built for large companies or for a single type of business.

The approach

Instead of one huge system, we designed a modular product. The business answers three questions — what it does, whether it has employees, and whether it sells on credit — and Alto Vivo switches on only the modules it will use. Each module solves one concrete daily task.

What we built

Eight modules you can switch on and off

  • 01Sell

    Cash, mobile wallet, card or credit, with a printed or WhatsApp receipt.

  • 02Products

    Variants, sizes and colors, batches, expiry dates, multiple warehouses and Excel import.

  • 03Production

    Work orders, batches, each worker's output and numbered delivery notes.

  • 04Receivables & payables

    Credit limits, partial payments and balances, with overdue customers first.

  • 05Money

    Tills with daily close, safe, bank accounts and expenses.

  • 06Employees & payroll

    Bonuses, severance, vacation, contributions and loans deducted automatically.

  • 07To-dos

    What's running low, what's due and who to collect from today.

  • 08Team

    Role-based access: everyone sees their part and every action is logged.

Alto Vivo's modules, as shown on altovivo.com (product in Spanish).
Alto Vivo's modules, as shown on altovivo.com (product in Spanish).

Details that matter

Designed for the daily life of a real business

01

Nothing disappears quietly

Voiding a sale or a payment requires a reason, and who did it is logged.

02

Everyone sees their part

Sales staff can't see profits, and the accountant can't ring up sales.

03

Scan with the camera

Barcode scanning right in the browser, no extra hardware.

04

Receipts where they're useful

Printed on 80 mm paper or sent over WhatsApp, with the business details.

05

Timely alerts

Notifications for what's running low, what's due and who owes.

06

The data belongs to the business

Everything can be exported whenever the business needs it.

A day with Alto Vivo

From the first sale to closing the till, step by step.
From the first sale to closing the till, step by step.

Architecture

A foundation built to grow

Web

React and TypeScript with Vite, Tailwind and TanStack Query. Works on phone or desktop.

API

Python with FastAPI, SQLAlchemy and PostgreSQL, with versioned migrations and Redis.

Mobile

A React Native app with Expo for field operations, on the same API.

Quality

Automated server tests and end-to-end browser tests, deployed with Docker.

One system for businesses that sell, manufacture, or both.
One system for businesses that sell, manufacture, or both.

Today

Alto Vivo is live with a 14-day free trial and monthly plans. We keep running and improving it with the same care we put into our clients' projects.

Need something like this for your company?

Let's talk

Tell us what you need and we'll get back to you with next steps and a fixed-price proposal.