Custom software or off-the-shelf? A practical way to decide
Building your own software can be a competitive advantage or an expensive mistake. Five questions help you tell which one you are looking at...
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When off-the-shelf software forces your business into someone else’s process, a web application built around your own can save hours every week. We design and build them, from internal tools to subscription products.
The riskiest thing in software is building the wrong thing well. We start with a short discovery phase to map the people, steps and data involved, then produce a clickable prototype you can put in front of real users before any serious money is spent.
The first release focuses on the smallest version that is genuinely useful. After that, we add features in two-week rounds based on what people actually use.
We use well-documented, mainstream technology so any competent developer could pick up the code later. That protects you, and it keeps us honest. The code, the hosting and the data are yours from the first day.
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Send a few lines about your project. You will hear back from the person who would build it within one working day, with honest next steps and, where we can, a ballpark price.