Custom software development is the development of software for the specific needs of a business process or group of users. Such applications serve the goals of a business by providing features and workflows generally not found in more traditional and widespread off-the-shelf software.

Custom Software Development Cost

In our experience, many custom software projects fall somewhere between the $50,000 and $500,000 mark to design and develop.

It’s a broad range, and probably not that useful because the software can mean anything from a calculator on your phone to a full enterprise billing system that supports millions of users. No two custom-built applications are the same.

Biggest Factors for Software Development Cost:

• Size of project and number of features
• Complexity
• Third-party integrations
• Design complexity
• Technology stack
• Developer’s skillset
• Velocity required
• Development Process

That is not an easy answer, and like many other answers related to software development, it depends. We follow the concept of Evolutionary Architectures.

We picture your project as a set of different Modules, each module can vary in complexity and requirements. Therefore each module can have a proper architecture that best suits it. Despite that, we have to think about architecture as living beings, so they will adapt and change during the project.

Choosing a design for the whole system up front usually is not the best idea. We would recommend you to picture your system as this set of modules and start to choose a design that best addresses each module needs, always favoring simplicity.

Technologies

We are technology neutral and strongly believe that each technology has its own pros and cons. It depends on the skills of the developers rather than the technology itself.

We work on a range of technologies, frameworks, and programming languages for both server side and front-end side.

Backend - Node.js, .Net Core, asp.Net (C#), PHP, Python, Java, Ruby On Rails, Go

Frontend - JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, React, Vue, iOS, Android, Electron, Unity, WPF, React Native, Flutter, Xamarin

Databases - PostgresQL, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Firebase, Firestore, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Couchbase, Cassandra, Hbase, Redis, ElasticSearch, RethinkDB, Cosmos DB, Neptune, Hadoop, Hortonworks, MAPR, Cloudera, etc.

CMS - Liferay, Sitecore, Magento, Shopify, WordPress, Moodle, Umbraco, Canvas, Adapt, Docebo, Litmos, Successfactors, Totara, etc.

Cloud & Integrations - Salesforce, Sharepoint, Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, Mulesoft, Pivotal, Algolia, Apigee, Splunk, Talend, Nexmo, Twilio, Alfresco, Stripe etc.

Testing - Selenium, Saucelabs, Appium, Mocha, Katalon, SoapUI, Gatling, JMeter, Hoverfly

DevOps - Jenkins, CircleCI, TravisCI, Codeship, Gradle

UI/UX

Our developers are creative technologists who also understand design. This unique combination of skills ensures that our designs will fit within the framework of your systems and give your customers a better experience.

Building software with great UX requires changing the Agile process to fit in UX designers needs:

• Understand technical constraints first to save time
• Research and test before, during, and after development
• Have time to design for both microinteractions and the big picture
• Adapt quickly to new information.
• Be quick.

Examples of custom software applications include:

• eCommerce web and mobile apps
• Customer-facing web portals
• Video streaming apps
• Banking and finance applications
• Delivery services apps
• Voice recognition software
• Gaming applications
• Real-time tracking software
• Healthcare apps
• Social media platforms

Any software specifically developed for organizations or clients tailored for a specific target market is custom software. Its features and functionalities vary from requirement and time to time based on the end users' and current market demand.

Essence of Custom Software

A tailor-made, efficient, and scalable solution with user-friendly interactions and software support makes customized software's essence.

Your custom software is a targeted solution to address your exact needs. Unlike off-the-shelf solutions, customized software is not limited to the startup phase of your business model. This comes with as many new software integrations as you want without having to experience any integration issues and hardware costs.

These qualities should be the essence of any customized software solution:

• User-friendly and interactive user experience
• Should be able to migrate with all existing records
• Should be automating tasks, especially where requirements account for repetitive tasks
• Flexible and scalable
• Unique from existing solutions that represent your business as a brand
• Light-weight- not loaded with unnecessary features that only increase the cost
• Designed to offer extensive security than mainstream software

We ensure that our customized software fulfills business-specific needs and reports fewer complications than traditional or existing competitor software. We aim to provide as many convenient features and easy-to-handle functionalities in our custom apps by optimizing them for interface complications.

Also, we design our custom systems considering all business needs, including small-sized startups for whom preventing inconsistent data and securing end-users information matters the most.

Here's why custom software development is best for your business:

• You don't need to spend time and money finding and changing software as your business needs change.
• You can save a lot of money investing in commercial software to integrate with existing systems by developing custom software that blends well with all your systems.
• You can monetize your custom-built software anytime and earn profits.
• With custom software development, you can scale your business processes and customer base as much as you want without worrying about additional licensing or subscription costs.
• You receive instant solutions for your technical problems since you have a dedicated team/individuals for technical support.
• You can personalize customer experience for your end-users as and when required by adding customized features, unlike traditional ready-made software.
• Custom software services enable you to quickly implement innovative ideas in one place without spending months adapting different software.

Benefits of custom software

Whether you leverage custom software services for in-house employees of your organization or end-user perspective, it has numerous benefits under its belt.

Firstly, the in-house custom software helps you achieve greater productivity levels as an organization. Furthermore, it promotes work efficiency among the employees by being more driven and supportive, resulting in less time and more work. It may seem hesitant to invest in custom software application development at first due to its costs, but it becomes a wise investment in the long run.

Our custom software developers build personalized applications that stand out in the competitive market of the custom development software and remain intuitive solutions for end-users.

URU Systems's custom application development services ensure continuous support and maintenance, scalable & robust solutions, seamless integration, and quality product delivery in less time.

Our custom software company boasts technical proficiency in selecting suitable tech stacks helps us optimize the time, effort, and cost. This also promotes synergy between cross-functional teams, brings clarity at all levels, and gives flawless customer experience to our client base and their end users.