The budgeting gap
Personal budgeting apps excel at cash flow management but can't answer: "What does it actually cost me to deliver my services?"
- No operational cost modeling
- No service profitability analysis
- No capacity utilization insights
Time-driven activity-based costing for service businesses — starting with nail salons.
KlevaCore exists for service-based entrepreneurs — salon owners, technicians, booking-driven shops — who need to know what each service actually costs to deliver, not what their general ledger says they spent.
We bring TDABC — time-driven activity-based costing — out of the enterprise consulting world and into a tool you can actually use. The three-pillar framework (Control · Understand · Optimize) is how that intelligence is delivered, but the costing engine is the heart.
Every service-based entrepreneur should know what each service actually costs to deliver — and price accordingly.
Personal budgeting apps excel at cash flow management but can't answer: "What does it actually cost me to deliver my services?"
Enterprise systems have powerful costing features but are often:
We combine financial discipline with the analytical power of operational costing:
Traditional reports show what you spent. KlevaCore shows what your unused tech-hours are costing you — and what they could be earning.
The problem with category-level budgeting isn't accuracy — it's that "spent $800 over plan" doesn't tell you what to do. TDABC turns the same data into an operational signal.
"Salary expense: $5,000 actual vs $4,200 budget = -$800 variance."
"Your team has $800 of unused capacity this month — 16% underutilization that could be converted to revenue or cost savings."
A structured approach builds financial intelligence on a solid foundation, progressing from basic control to strategic optimization.
Before you can optimize, you must control. The budgeting engine provides the financial discipline foundation that makes everything else possible.
Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing reveals what services actually cost to deliver, including hidden inefficiencies and unused capacity.
Strategic business intelligence transforms financial data into actionable insights for growth and profitability optimization.
Designed by people who've experienced the frustration of outgrowing simple budgeting tools without being ready for enterprise complexity.
Designed specifically for service businesses, not adapted from manufacturing or retail models.
Every insight is connected to a specific action you can take to improve the business.
Start simple and grow sophisticated as the business evolves.
A virtual business coach, not just another software vendor.
30 days of full Pro on signup. No credit card. Permanent Free plan if you don't keep Pro.
Currently in beta. Built for service businesses, starting with nail salons.