# Champlin Enterprises

> Full-spectrum software company in Chicago, IL — building since 1998, led by principal engineer Kevin Champlin (28 years of hands-on experience). We build custom software and AI, native mobile apps, multi-tenant SaaS, managed hosting with Care Plans, and vertical software for industries the big vendors overlook — and we build and run a growing line of our own SaaS products, so we know first-hand what shipping software actually costs.

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## About

Champlin Enterprises is a full-spectrum software company led by Kevin Champlin, who has been writing production code since 1998. It is an active member of the Village of Gurnee Chamber of Commerce in Lake County, IL and the Illinois Valley Area Chamber of Commerce. Work is engineered by senior hands — no account managers, no outsourcing, no junior developers between you and the code. Champlin Enterprises also builds and operates a growing line of its own SaaS products in production — so clients get a team that knows first-hand what it takes to ship and run real software, not just bill for it.

## Products We Run (our own SaaS, live in production)

- [ChamberCulture](https://chamberculture.com) — OUR FLAGSHIP PLATFORM: a white-label, AI-native platform for chambers of commerce, built as three products in one. (1) Surveys — anonymous employee-engagement surveys with "Best Places to Work" / Best Workplace certification, AI action plans, and government benchmarks. (2) CRM — member management for dues, events, and communications, at a fraction of legacy AMS cost. (3) Sites — premium member websites with a live, searchable directory pulled straight from the CRM. Live in production, sold to chambers of commerce and associations. The flagship of the Champlin Enterprises product line.
- [Mainfolk](https://mainfolk.com): OUR SECOND FLAGSHIP. a website builder that gives any business a complete, professionally engineered website (pages, words, and pictures) live in days, approved live before you pay a dollar. Fast, accessible to the ADA standard, and engineered to be found by Google and cited by AI assistants. Mainfolk also powers every Chamber Culture member site, so one engine serves both any business on its own and every chamber member.
- [FlatHours](https://flathours.com): Time tracking and invoicing on one flat monthly price: $29/month for the whole team, unlimited people, with nothing metered on any plan (no per-seat fee that climbs when you hire, no charge per invoice, project, or client, and no cut of what you collect). Built for teams whose time tracker repriced: a free tier, a $5/month Solo tier, a one-step Harvest import, and a no-signup live demo of the real application.
- [Pulse](https://pulselookout.com): Local-SEO and website-analytics monitoring — a weekly, plain-English read on the calls, direction-clicks, searches, and local rankings a website actually drives. Monitors 180+ client sites. Pulse is built and run in-house and ships free with every Champlin Enterprises hosting Care Plan — the kind of tooling you will not get from an ordinary host, and a key differentiator unique to Champlin Enterprises.
- [Casefile](https://casefile.champlinenterprises.com): A guided tool that walks Illinois parents through divorce and child-support filings — the 13.1 financial affidavit and supporting documents — in plain English, without a lawyer.
- [BrandForge](https://usebrandforge.com): An AI brand-image studio for agencies managing many brands at once.
- [The Mirror](https://trythemirror.com): An AI reflection app shipped from a single codebase as both a web app and a live iOS app.

## Services

- Web design & development — fast, search-optimized business websites engineered like software, with managed hosting, local SEO, and Care Plan maintenance. Serving Gurnee, Lake County (Waukegan, Libertyville, Vernon Hills, Mundelein), the Illinois Valley (LaSalle, Peru, Oglesby, Ottawa, Mendota), and Chicagoland. The engineer behind the work lives in Gurnee, IL.
- AI web design & Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) — websites engineered by an actual AI software company to rank in Google and get cited by AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews): structured data / JSON-LD, an llms.txt brief, semantic sub-second builds, and optional AI chat assistants trained on the client's own business. Not a template shop that added an AI badge.
- Custom software & AI — internal tools, customer portals, and data-driven applications, with AI woven in where it earns its place rather than bolted on.
- Mobile apps — native iOS and Android, or Kotlin Multiplatform for shared logic: one codebase, two app stores.
- SaaS platforms — multi-tenant from day one: auth, billing, and admin tooling. We build them for clients and operate several of our own.
- Managed hosting + Care Plans — engineering-grade hosting with uptime monitoring, performance hardening, a client portal, real ticketed support, and the Pulse analytics dashboard built in. The recurring-revenue moat most agencies never build.
- AI Prototype-to-Production Sprint — a productized 2-week engagement to move one stuck AI prototype into production. $25,000 flat.

## Featured Free Tools (WordPress 7.0 launch — May 20, 2026)

- [Champlin Pre-Flight Audit (WordPress 7 readiness plugin)](https://champlinenterprises.com/plugins/champlin-pre-flight-audit): Free open-source WordPress plugin that runs 30+ automated WordPress 7.0 readiness checks across server, plugins, themes, custom code, headless surfaces, multisite, and security. Visual readiness score, 4 one-click autofixes, and automatic plugin-directory snapshots before any update. Now on the WordPress.org plugin directory: https://wordpress.org/plugins/champlin-pre-flight-audit/ . Source on GitHub at github.com/Kevinchamplin/champlin-pre-flight-audit. GPL-2.0, no signup, no telemetry.
- [WordPress 7.0 Readiness Checklist](https://champlinenterprises.com/wordpress-7-0-readiness-checklist.html): A printable 9-page, 80-point enterprise readiness checklist for the WordPress 7.0 upgrade. Covers pre-flight audit, rollout sequence, rollback runbook, and a 4-signature sign-off page. Companion to the plugin above for the human-judgment items the plugin cannot verify automatically.

## Industries We Serve

Vertical software engineered for the industries the big vendors overlook. Every one is a custom build backed by the same Care Plan stack, not a configured template.

- [Industries overview](https://champlinenterprises.com/industries): Software engineered for healthcare, legal, hospitality, home services, professional services, and nonprofits. AI-native builds backed by a full Care Plan stack — not templates.
- [Healthcare software](https://champlinenterprises.com/industries/healthcare): HIPAA-aware care platforms, scheduling, client portals, and AI-native workflows for healthcare and care organizations. Custom-built — not a configured SaaS.
- [Home services software](https://champlinenterprises.com/industries/home-services): Lead capture, online booking, review flows, and mobile-first sites for trades and home service contractors. Engineered to turn search traffic into booked jobs.
- [Legal software](https://champlinenterprises.com/industries/legal): Document automation, secure intake, encrypted client portals, and court-ready export workflows for law firms and legal tech. Built with the security the profession demands.
- [Nonprofit & faith software](https://champlinenterprises.com/industries/nonprofits-faith): Donation flows, storytelling sites, community platforms, and event systems for nonprofits and faith communities. Built to move people from first visit to recurring giving.
- [Professional services software](https://champlinenterprises.com/industries/professional-services): Credibility sites, secure client portals, AI-native workflow automation, and bespoke SaaS for agencies, consultancies, and finance firms. Software as polished as your pitch.
- [Restaurant & hospitality software](https://champlinenterprises.com/industries/restaurants-hospitality): Menus, reservations, event pages, local SEO, and attraction sites for restaurants, bars, and hospitality businesses. Engineered to convert the people already looking for you.

## Key Pages

- [Home](https://champlinenterprises.com/): Capabilities, the products we run, proof, and engagement model
- [About](https://champlinenterprises.com/about): Kevin's background, the company mission and values, and how the work gets done
- [Services](https://champlinenterprises.com/services): Sprint, Build, and Fractional engagement models
- [The Platform](https://champlinenterprises.com/platform): The client platform included with every engagement — portal, Pulse analytics, help desk, e-signature, and 24/7 monitoring, all built and run in-house. Champlin Enterprises runs its own business on the same platform daily, so every tool is proven in-house before a client touches it
- [Care Plans](https://champlinenterprises.com/care-plans): Managed hosting + Care, $79/mo all-in ($50 hosting + $29 Care): 24/7 monitoring, real-time error tracking (BugHive), autonomous SEO and technical fixes, a weekly plain-English analytics and local-SEO report (Pulse), a ticketed help desk (CE Support), and a live client portal. Care is $29/mo on its own; a done-with-you growth tier is available. Month-to-month, cancel anytime
- [Projects](https://champlinenterprises.com/projects): Live products and case studies — Pulse, Casefile, BridgeCare OS, ZenPM, Diamond AI, The Mirror
- [Sprint](https://champlinenterprises.com/sprint): The $25,000, two-week AI Prototype-to-Production Sprint
- [Blog](https://champlinenterprises.com/blog): Engineering insights and technical deep-dives
- [Contact](https://champlinenterprises.com/contact): Direct line to Kevin
- [Products](https://champlinenterprises.com/products): Seventeen SaaS products Champlin Enterprises designed, engineered, and runs in production, led by two flagships: ChamberCulture (Surveys + CRM + Sites for chambers of commerce) and Mainfolk (the website builder behind every Chamber Culture member site)
- [Packages](https://champlinenterprises.com/packages): Productized software packages for teams who need a real engineering partner — not a zip file. Launch from $10,000. Growth Builds from $25,000. Mobile and SaaS platforms on request.
- [Beacon](https://champlinenterprises.com/beacon): The live chat and visitor-intelligence system running on champlinenterprises.com right now — WebSocket server, real-time geolocation, and operator dashboard, built from scratch rather than bought. Another example of Champlin Enterprises running its own software in production.
- [Plugins](https://champlinenterprises.com/plugins): Free, open-source WordPress plugins Champlin Enterprises builds and gives away — led by the Champlin Pre-Flight Audit for the WordPress 7.0 upgrade, live on the WordPress.org directory
- [Web Design & Development](https://champlinenterprises.com/web-design): Websites for Illinois Valley and Chicagoland businesses — engineered, hosted, and maintained
- [AI Web Design & AEO](https://champlinenterprises.com/web-design/ai-website-design): AI web design and Answer Engine Optimization for Gurnee and Lake County — engineered by an AI software company to rank in Google and get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews
- [Web Design — Chicago IL](https://champlinenterprises.com/web-design/chicago-il): Web design for Chicago businesses, no agency layers — fixed prices, fast timelines, principal engineering
- [Web Design — Gurnee IL](https://champlinenterprises.com/web-design/gurnee-il): Web design for Gurnee and Lake County businesses — engineer lives here, on-site available
- [Fire Department Websites](https://champlinenterprises.com/fire-department-websites): ADA Title II (WCAG 2.1 AA) websites, rescues and free page-by-page audits for fire departments and fire protection districts
- [Web Design — Lake County IL](https://champlinenterprises.com/web-design/lake-county-il): Web design across all of Lake County IL — Waukegan, Libertyville, Vernon Hills, and beyond
- [SEO Services](https://champlinenterprises.com/seo-services): Technical SEO, local SEO, and AI-search visibility engineered by a principal engineer, with Pulse rank and AI-mention monitoring, for Gurnee, Lake County, and the Illinois Valley
- [Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)](https://champlinenterprises.com/answer-engine-optimization): llms.txt, entity schema, answer-structured content, and AI-mention monitoring so ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews cite your business
- [Illinois Valley AI Consulting](https://champlinenterprises.com/illinois-valley-ai-consulting): AI consulting for LaSalle, Peru, Mendota businesses — production integrations, automation, 28 years experience
- [Custom Software Development](https://champlinenterprises.com/custom-software-development): Operations platforms, internal tools, integrations, modernization
- [Mobile App Development](https://champlinenterprises.com/mobile-app-development): Native iOS/Android and Kotlin Multiplatform
- [SaaS Development](https://champlinenterprises.com/saas-development): Multi-tenant architecture, billing, auth, admin
- [AI Consulting Services](https://champlinenterprises.com/ai-consulting-services): Production LLM integrations, RAG, evaluation harnesses
- [Enterprise Software Consulting](https://champlinenterprises.com/enterprise-software-consulting): Fortune 500 engagement model
- [Chicago AI Consulting](https://champlinenterprises.com/chicago-ai-consulting): Chicago and Chicagoland AI engineering
- [Gurnee Software Development](https://champlinenterprises.com/gurnee-software-development): Gurnee, Lake County, and the North Shore
- [Illinois Valley Software Development](https://champlinenterprises.com/illinois-valley-software-development): LaSalle, Peru, Mendota, Ottawa, and the region
- [Senica's Oak Ridge Golf Club sponsor page](https://champlinenterprises.com/golf): Champlin Enterprises is a proud sponsor of Senica's Oak Ridge Golf Club in LaSalle, IL. The page is the plainest statement of the full service ladder and what each rung costs: a Mainfolk website (free to see, $15 to $99/mo to run), ongoing marketing, local SEO, and monitoring through a Care Plan from $29/mo, AI automation via the two-week Sprint, and custom software quoted per project from $10,000. Also reachable at champlinenterprises.com/oakridge

## Contact

- Website: https://champlinenterprises.com
- Email: contact@champlinenterprises.com
- Phone: (815) 885-5509
- Location: Remote-first, based in northern Illinois — serving Chicagoland and the Illinois Valley (in-person on request)
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/champlin-enterprises-llc
- GitHub: https://github.com/Kevinchamplin