This post is a quick overview of an Abto Software blog article.

While requiring considerable time-to-market and investment, personalized applications provide important, business-specific functionality, flexibility, scalability, and performance.

More and more organizations are choosing custom development over ready-to-use, commercial applications. But with the time-to-market and investment bespoke development might require, it’s important to consider the advantages and disadvantages before choosing a strategy.

The cost of custom software development

Project scope

The scope usually includes the most important requisites: project objectives, deliverables, activities, and more. The broader the scope, the bigger the required upfront investment.

The factors to consider:

• Project size
• Project requirements
• Complex functionality
• System integration
• Team composition and expertise
• Ongoing support and maintenance

Software complexity

The complexity usually depends on several critical characteristics: user interface, client expectations, and more. The harder the coding, the greater the expenses.

The factors to evaluate:

• More effort – complex projects will require more time and cost to implement advanced functionality
• Detailed planning – complex projects also require extensive planning, architecture design, and analysis
• Specialized expertise
• Bug fixing