Why Bespoke Software Will Give You A Competitive Advantage
If you are a business owner or head of an IT department you may have come across the common problem of whether to go for a bespoke software solution for your business or to go for a packaged ‘one size fits all’ solution. Bespoke solutions will match your business needs exactly and should provide you with a competitive advantage but is the bespoke option always the correct one?
One of the key reasons why a company may go for a package solution comes down to cost. Package software is usually much cheaper than the bespoke alternative since the cost of development is spread across all the users who have purchased it. Therefore if cost is an issue, you may consider the package alternative.
Another good reason why companies may go with the package solution is that if the software has a high number of users, the revenue that is generated will mean that more resources can be poured into improving the software. This means that a packaged solution may have a high number of features compared to a bespoke solution which performs a similar function.
Package solutions suffer from some major drawbacks however. For example, off the shelf solutions are nearly always a compromise between functionality and cost – they don’t do everything you want them to do but they are cheaper. Also sometimes package solutions have too many features and take longer to master than a bespoke solution. In addition if you need software support, dealing with the technical support departments of the large company that has manufactured the software is a time consuming and frustrating process at times.
If your financial resources allow, it is still always the better option to go for a bespoke solution. This is because it is built for your specific business needs, it is flexible and can be modified as the business changes and it will always give you that slight advantage over your competition. For these reasons it would always be advisable to go down the bespoke route if you can.
MSM Software provide bespoke software develpment for large and small companies. Please visit their website for more information.
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