Software comes in two forms, one is packaged products designed for a function and the other is software designed and customized to suit your specific need. For example, a writing software used in schools and cyber cafes are pre-packaged software, however they require the user’s computer to fulfill a minimum requirement of hardware and software specifications, e.g. RAM size, operating systems etc. and perform task as programmed within their abilities.
What are custom applications?
Custom applications, unlike packaged products are designed with your current hardware specifications and purpose in mind and is thus programmed to cater to that specific task. Traditional software are designed to address the general need of the masses and lack the programming required to personalize it completely for a singular objective and even when such space is available, it is very limited in comparison. Custom applications on the other hand are tailor made to suit a singular objective, for a singular company, brand, user etc.
One can develop custom software on their own, however the amount of knowledge required to effectively and efficiently create a stable application requires an arduous amount of time. Which for most people is not a possibility as time is quite valuable, thus many custom application development services have been founded to aid customers developed their custom application services
Advantages to hiring a company for developing custom applications
- Cost reduction: it might seem foolhardy to think outsourcing work would cost lesser than an in-house team. However the only difference lies in its payout, if one were to calculate the cost of establishing an in house team, hiring, their salary and training, purchasing equipment, and maintaining them. The cost would exceed by a large margin in comparison to the cost of asking an outsource company.
- Time efficient: companies that hire custom application development services to develop applications are spared with more time free in their hands to focus on other arenas of interest.
- Experience work force: an in house team would require training and experience to be competent in their jobs, however this takes a lot of time and often in-house teams are found lacking in projects to build up that experiences. This is not the case with a dedicated company focus on developing applications. As they take in work more frequently, they are also pressed for quality and thus the end product is often of a higher quality.
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