Custom Built for How You Do Business
Custom Software vs Packaged Software
There are two approaches to choosing software to run your organization, Custom Software and Packaged Software.
Custom Software is exclusively developed to fit the exact needs of your organization. It's flexible on all levels and is based around how you do business. From the field names to the functionality of how it works, custom software provides the proper infrastructure to support your business on all levels. Custom software is used by organizations of all sizes, including startups that need an advantage over their competitors.
Packaged Software (which can be purchased in a box or served online) is prepackaged and sold to anyone that can afford it without consideration for organizational needs or workflow. Typically used by thousands or millions of users it sometimes can be customized but usually with considerable difficulty and expense. Using this solution you'll find that there are usually features that are either above or below what you actually need to run your business which can affect the learning curve of users and can alter the flow of how you work. Control is maintained by the software provider. If the provider decides not to support the product or take the product offline, the time and money you have invested will be lost along with the possible loss of your data. Cost is usually lower for this solution when compared to custom software and for organizations that are just getting started it is a good choice to test the waters. Most companies that start with this solution consider upgrading to custom software within the first year of usage if the business is profitable or the business has outgrown the solution.
Why Choose Custom Software?
It just makes sense...
- Custom Software is specifically designed around how your organization operates;
- Custom Software can be used with other software to provide a fully integrated infrastructure;
- Custom Software provides performance benefits that are not feasible with packaged software;
- Custom Software is intuitive because screens are designed around your workflow;
- Custom Software is specific to your organization and does not exist in any packaged solution;
- Custom Software is flexible and can change as your business practices change;
- Custom Software is supported directly by the developer around your needs;
- Custom Software gives you a significant advantage over your competition.
Look at any successful organization, you can bet the software that runs the operation is custom software.
