Portugal

Custom ERP, AI Agent & SaaS Development in Lisbon

Custom ERP and billing, AI agents, web applications and SaaS for hospitality and professional services businesses in Lisbon. Built by Flip Retail in Jaipur, India, and delivered remotely, with working software every two weeks.

Jaipur time is
5 h 30 min ahead4 h 30 min during daylight saving
Population
≈ 2.9 millionApproximate, city or metro area
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Indirect tax
VAT 23%
E-invoicing
VoluntaryAT-certified invoicing software, ATCUD + QR code, SAF-T
Data protection
GDPR

National tax, e-invoicing and data rules, with sources: Portugal guide. General information, not legal or tax advice. Last reviewed October 2026.

01 — Local economy

Business in Lisbon

Since the mid-2010s, shared-service and technology centres for groups such as BNP Paribas, Mercedes-Benz and Cisco have joined a large start-up scene in Lisbon. The capital also holds the head offices of EDP, Galp, Caixa Geral de Depósitos and Millennium bcp, while tourism, the port and government employ many more people.

Also known as Lisboa.

Where software helps: Portuguese law requires certified invoicing software, SAF-T exports and QR-coded invoices with ATCUD codes, so Lisbon start-ups and service centres billing EU clients need systems built for local rules and cross-border VAT.

Business districts & industrial areas

  • Parque das Nações
  • Hub Criativo do Beato
  • Taguspark
  • Port of Lisbon

Languages of business

Portuguese and English

02 — Industries

ERP and AI for hospitality, professional services and technology businesses in Lisbon

What we would build first for the industries Lisbon is known for.

Tourism & hospitality

ERP
Kitchen and outlet inventory with recipe costing, multi-property purchasing, and reconciliation of bookings, channel commissions and payments.
AI agent
A guest-messaging agent that answers enquiries, handles booking changes and suggests upgrades in the guest's language, around the clock.
Software for tourism & hospitality

Professional services

ERP
Time, billing and engagement management, with utilisation dashboards and document workflows, for firms that sell expertise by the hour or by the project.
AI agent
A knowledge agent that searches the firm's past work, templates and policies using retrieval-augmented generation and drafts first versions for a professional to review.
Software for professional services

Technology & startups

ERP
Lean internal systems for growing tech firms, such as subscription billing, project time tracking and revenue dashboards, without enterprise licence costs.
AI agent
LLM features inside your own product: retrieval-augmented search over your docs, support copilots, and agents that act through your APIs, with evaluation and guardrails.
Software for technology & startups

04 — Working together

Working with Jaipur from Lisbon

Jaipur is 5 h 30 min ahead of Lisbon on standard time, and 4 h 30 min ahead during daylight saving time there. A 09:00 start there is 14:30 in Jaipur. Standard 09:00–18:00 office days overlap by 3 h 30 min to 4 h 30 min, which is enough for live calls, demos and same-day answers.

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05 — FAQ

Custom software in Lisbon: common questions

Do you build custom ERP and AI software for businesses in Lisbon?

Yes, remotely. Flip Retail is a software studio in Jaipur, India, with no office in Lisbon; discovery happens on video calls and you get working software every two weeks.

How do time zones work between Lisbon and Jaipur?

Jaipur is 5 h 30 min ahead of Lisbon on standard time, and 4 h 30 min ahead during daylight saving time there. A 09:00 start there is 14:30 in Jaipur. Standard 09:00–18:00 office days overlap by 3 h 30 min to 4 h 30 min, which is enough for live calls, demos and same-day answers.

Can your AI agents talk to customers in Portuguese and English?

Yes. Current language models handle Portuguese and English well, including mixed-language messages. We still test an agent in each language your customers use before it goes live, and route anything it is unsure about to your team.

What would a first project look like for a hospitality business?

Usually one module that fixes the most expensive problem first. For tourism & hospitality that is often recipe costing & kitchen inventory and multi-outlet procurement. It goes live early, and the rest of the system follows in two-week increments while your team is already using it.

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