We help you turn your projects and ideas into reality. Whether it is digitalising business processes, online commerce or data capture and analysis: our experienced PHP programmers and web developers bring all their know-how to your project.
Custom software and web development that fits your goals.
Internet-based software applications for your business processes.
Integrating artificial intelligence where it delivers real value.
Digitalising business processes – from analysis to implementation.
Custom PHP programming and solid database development.
Apps for smartphone and tablet – native or web-based.
API and interface integration via REST and webhooks.
Fast load times and strong Core Web Vitals.
Accessible implementation following BFSG and WCAG 2.1.
Updates, back-ups and continuous further development.
Over 26 years of agency experience
To give you a first impression of what we do and how we can support you, here are a few successful projects. You will find more references on our agency homepage. Or, even better: just get in touch and we will discuss in person how we can help you.
As part of the “No Front!” campaign we built the no-front.ch website in late 2021. It publishes current topics around rule-breaking among young people. It is based on the Joomla! CMS, which we extended with custom features and a newsletter system – with a focus on audience-appropriate messaging and mobile use.
www.no-front.ch
FOTRES enables the standardised assessment and documentation of an (potential) offender’s risk, the malleability of a risk disposition and the course of offence-preventing treatment. On behalf of the client we developed the corresponding software as a web application.
www.fotres.ch
Since 2017 we have regularly supported a Swiss security authority with web development. Over this time a range of partly quite complex applications has emerged, supporting the work of police and judicial authorities in communication, data capture and analysis – for example for risk assessment and threat prevention.
In close cooperation with the Department of Justice and Home Affairs we developed a solidarity platform: authorities and administrations registered their needs, while staff with spare capacity offered their support – built at short notice when public administration urgently needed new structures in 2020.
We programmed the digital platform for a tool for individual risk assessment in the prison system. It helps medical and care staff identify inmates at increased risk and prioritise courses of action with confidence.
As an agency partner of a large corporation we handle conceptual consulting and programming of the CMS-based trade-fair shop. The CMS was extended with a custom shop system: extensions and components (PHP, jQuery, MySQL, AJAX) for customer and product management, wish lists and the interface to the ERP system.
For over 26 years, formativ.net has been a reliable partner for web development and the internet. Founded in 2000, we have successfully delivered many hundreds of internet projects for clients in business, administration and politics.
Our agency offices are located in Frankfurt am Main and Karlsruhe. In recent years we have increasingly worked for clients in Switzerland too. We are often on site in Zurich in particular and have come to love the warm, pragmatic manner of our Swiss clients.
Direct contact with the owners, transparent calculation and established technologies. That is what working with us looks like.
You tell us about your plans. We listen, ask questions and assess how we can best support you.
We outline the solution and scope and present a transparent calculation – with no hidden costs.
Programming with established, open-source technologies. You have direct contact with the developers throughout.
Hosting, maintenance, updates and further development – we remain your point of contact, even after launch.
It depends on the scope. We calculate transparently and clearly and give you a defined budget before the project starts – with no hidden costs. A short conversation is enough for an initial estimate.
Smaller websites are ready in a few weeks, custom web applications take longer accordingly. We define a realistic timeframe together during the concept phase.
We rely on established, often open-source technologies: PHP and MySQL, the Joomla! and WordPress CMS, modern web standards as well as APIs and interfaces. This ensures future-proofing and independence.
Yes. On request we run your application end to end: server hosting, domain management, email, regular updates, back-ups and ongoing development.
On request we build with accessibility in mind, following the German Accessibility Act (BFSG) and the WCAG – important for public bodies and, since June 2025, mandatory for many companies.
On request in Switzerland or the EU – GDPR- and revDSG-compliant. An important point especially for public clients, which we consider from the outset.
Yes. We integrate AI into your web solution where it delivers real value – for search, text processing, automating workflows or assistance features. We work out what makes sense together, based on your specific use case.
Both. We work agile where flexibility is needed and with classic project management where a fixed framework matters. What counts is personal communication as equals and your direct contact with the developers.
Since our founding in 2000 we have worked for clients in business, public administration, security authorities and academia – from SMEs to large companies and institutions. We have supported many clients for more than ten years.
Tell us about your project – we will get back to you personally.
formativ.net GmbH
Web development & internet agency
Frankfurt | Karlsruhe | Zürich
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