Area 11 · Development and web

Custom software

Commissioning your own software is worthwhile in just two scenarios. Either your particular way of operating is the thing customers choose you for and no packaged product reflects it, or customising a package has grown dearer than a clean build. Otherwise a properly configured Odoo, Business Central or the ERP already on your servers wins on cost, and you will hear that from us before any quote appears. When writing code is the right answer, Apply handles analysis, prototype, fortnightly sprints, roll-out and later enhancements. Our teams work from a distance, using video meetings and secured access, with clients across Austria.

6
development services
100 %
remote delivery, no on-site presence
€110
hourly, VAT on top
8:00-17:00
weekdays, Austrian time (CET/CEST)

What we offer

Six engagement types, matched to your starting position: a blank page and a need; a live product and too few developers; a patchwork of applications that do not exchange data; or a legacy system that should be relocated while it still runs.

Outline your plans

Contract models

The right model depends on how much of your project is already pinned down. Agreeing a fixed sum for work nobody has specified is the most reliable way to end up in a dispute.

Where most clients begin Discovery phase alone The bottleneck is familiar to you, yet there is no document a vendor could quote from
Bear in mind: changes cost extra Fixed fee per stage Requirements are final and signed, and nobody expects them to move
Bear in mind: you need a product owner Hourly billing, €110 plus VAT Specifics emerge from sprint to sprint within a monthly ceiling
Bear in mind: a messy backlog slows everything Dedicated team on quotation The roadmap stretches over months but headcount is lacking

Who may use the code belongs in the agreement. Before work starts, we set out in writing which rights of use you receive in everything produced for you. At the close of every stage we hand over the current repository, the documentation and setup instructions, so a different vendor or your in-house developers could continue at any time. Third-party open source libraries retain their own licences and appear in a separate inventory. Ask a lawyer to review how far the transfer of rights reaches before signing.

Our way of working

A fresh increment lands in a staging environment every fortnight, reachable with personal logins for your staff. Should the result stray from your expectations, it becomes visible within fourteen days instead of on handover day.

01

Introductory call

A brief video meeting to grasp the problem and test whether bespoke code is needed in the first place. If an existing product would do, we say so before we hang up.

02

Discovery and clickable mock-up

Talks with the staff who do the job every day, a written requirements document, a map of interfaces and screens you can click through. Invoiced on its own and owned by you, regardless of what you decide next.

03

Sprint-based build

Fourteen days of work, a demo, your approval. Between sprints the backlog can be reordered freely without amending the contract, provided the total effort stays constant.

04

Launch and further releases

Deployment, user training over video and hands-on support during the opening weeks. Following that, a maintenance agreement with defined reaction times is available.

Frequently asked questions

Quite often a package suffices, and we prefer to flag that early. When your processes fit Odoo, Business Central, a sector-specific solution or a common CRM, setting that up is cheaper than writing software. Bespoke development pays when your methods give you a market advantage, or when tailoring a product has become pricier than a new build. Discovery puts the two sums next to each other.

After discovery. Any number offered before we understand the workflow would be guesswork. Discovery is sold at a fixed fee and yields written requirements, a timetable and an itemised budget. From that point we continue with fixed fees per stage, hourly at €110 plus VAT if priorities keep changing, or with a dedicated team on a separate quotation.

We can. First comes a code review lasting one or two weeks, looking at quality, test coverage, stale dependencies and documentation. The resulting report separates code worth keeping from code worth replacing. In such handovers the real gap tends to be access rather than code: server passwords, repository permissions, domain logins. Secure those beforehand, and get legal advice on which rights to the software you actually hold.

All of it. The repository is transferred after each stage rather than only at the finish line, along with deployment scripts, architecture notes and a register of third-party components. Hosting, app store and external service accounts carry your company’s name from the start, so none of your access hinges on us.

Several Austrian schemes back digitalisation in small and medium-sized firms, KMU.DIGITAL, aws programmes and regional schemes of the federal states among them. Eligibility is decided by the funding body alone, and deadlines frequently fall before work may begin. Apply is not a listed consultancy for these schemes, though we gladly prepare a tidy project outline and cost breakdown to accompany your application.

Explain the problem in plain language

There is no need for technical paperwork. Tell us which task swallows the most time and what ought to change. We will suggest a working model and the scope of an initial discovery phase.

Availability
Monday to Friday, 8:00-17:00 Austrian time (CET/CEST), reply within one working day
Meetings
By video on Microsoft Teams or Google Meet

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