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Managed IT services Your IT team without the office desk: devices, logins and servers kept running from afar All-inclusive IT support One flat monthly price covering PCs, Microsoft 365 and your servers IT helpdesk Staff report an issue via mail, portal or a Teams chat and get screen-share help fast Service desk One front door for all requests, priorities tied to the SLA, a monthly summary for the boss Round-the-clock support Engineers on standby overnight, at weekends and over public holidays Start, Business and Premium plans Monthly care starting at €890 plus VAT
Service plans and SLAs Contractual reaction times of 4 hours, 1 hour or 15 minutes System administration Logins, virtual hosts, shared drives and infected machines, all fixed through an encrypted session IT infrastructure A candid stocktake, quicker machines and desktops streamed from the cloud Network and telephony Firewall and WLAN audited, connections watched, calls handled inside Microsoft Teams Cloud and hostingNew Servers, shop hosting, S3 storage and mailboxes hosted in Austria or elsewhere in the EU Backup and recovery Copies kept off the premises, separated from the company network, restored on a schedule to prove they work
GDPR and data protection Processing register, AVV contracts and safeguards aligned with GDPR and Austria's DSG Security policies and documentation Written house rules you can hand to an auditor or use for NIS2 groundwork Security solution roll-out We pick the product, install it and tune the rule set Infrastructure security Network zones, a cleaned-up rulebase and servers with nothing needlessly exposed Application security Reviewed code and deployments that stay free of new gaps Data loss prevention (DLP) Keeps sensitive files from leaving via mail attachments, flash drives or file shares Database security Tight rights, encrypted tables and an audit trail of every query Web application firewall (WAF) Bad traffic and bots stopped before reaching your site, Shopware store or API Access control and endpoint protection MFA, Intune policies and laptops you control centrally VPN and encryption Safe tunnels for home working and BitLocker on every notebook Vulnerability scans Regular scanning with fixes prioritised by severity Antivirus and EDR Malicious activity spotted, the compromised device quarantined immediately SOC monitoring Every alert reviewed by a human, clear-cut attacks contained automatically at night too System hardening Factory defaults locked down using CIS benchmarks and BSI recommendations Safe use of AI Ground rules for what may be typed into Copilot or ChatGPT
Websites and web applications 14 services spanning one-page sites to B2B portals, with SEO, care plans and post-hack repair E-commerce and integrations Webshop wired up to BMD or RZL, Amazon, eps and Austrian Post Custom software Line-of-business tools, apps and APIs that follow your processes, not the other way round Software testing and QA Defects and slowdowns caught while they are still cheap to fix
Artificial intelligenceNew Practical AI work, from spotting the right opportunity to staff training under the AI Act Data and analytics Tidy master records, a single reporting base and invoices read in automatically IT advisory and audit A second opinion on your IT plans and on how the pieces connect Online marketing Leads followed from the ad click to the signed offer, tracked in a CRM
Software and licensing Official subscriptions for IDEs, monitoring suites and sysadmin tools Training Instructor-led online sessions for teams or individuals
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NIS2 readiness Check whether you fall in scope, then set up risk handling, incident reporting and proof GDPR compliance Paperwork and technical controls in order well before the DSB comes knocking Remote and hybrid work Employees reach files and programs safely wherever they happen to be working Downtime prevention Proven backups, monitoring and an emergency playbook prepared in advance
Retail and e-commerce Shopware or WooCommerce joined up with marketplaces, eps and couriers Manufacturing ERP, servers and plant network monitored so the shop floor keeps running Medical practices and healthcare Ordination software, ELGA and e-card stable, with health data locked down Construction Plans, BIM files and AVA data synced to tablets on site Logistics and transport WMS, carrier links and dispatch that survives an outage
Small businesses A well-run Microsoft 365 and help on hand, no IT hire needed Mid-sized companies Infrastructure and security under a signed service agreement Large enterprises Assigned engineers, fast reaction and reporting to your CIO Multi-site companies Identical IT at every branch, administered from one place
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Service · Websites and web applications

Shopify and other platforms

Asking which shop system is best gets you nowhere in the abstract. The answer more or less falls out once four numbers are known: how many products, how many orders a month, which countries you ship to and which software runs your accounts. Take a pumpkin seed oil producer in southern Styria with thirty products who wants to be live before Christmas, and an electrical wholesaler in Upper Austria with 15,000 items, tiered pricing and a link to Mesonic WinLine. The oil producer gets to market quickly and cheaply with Shopify. The wholesaler needs Shopware or another solution where the business controls server, data model and code. We work through those questions with you before anyone recommends a platform.

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Four platforms
Shopify, Shopware, WooCommerce and JTL compared
Total cost
over three years, apps and extensions included
Headless
only when a separate front end is genuinely needed
Independent
recommendation based on your figures

Everything this covers

The service covers both the decision and the build. You can also commission the comparison alone and build the shop yourself or with another agency.

Settle the details with an engineer

Requirements, not a wish list

We record what the shop must do on day one and what can wait: variants, vouchers, subscriptions, customer groups, trade prices, several languages, delivery to Germany and Switzerland.

Three-year cost comparison

Base fees, transaction charges, paid apps, hosting, maintenance effort and licences such as the Shopware editions in a single table, calculated with your order volumes rather than a demo store.

Checking the integrations

Is there a maintained connector for your accounting package (BMD, RZL, Business Central) and your shipping tool, or does one need building? That question often matters more than the design.

Set-up on the chosen platform

Theme adjustments, product data, VAT rates of 20 % and 10 %, eps, cards, Klarna or PayPal, shipping with Austrian Post, DPD or GLS and the legal texts required for distance selling.

Headless only for good reason

A custom front end on top of Shopify or Shopware pays off with very high traffic or unusual content. For most smaller firms it costs more to run, and we say so plainly.

You own the accounts and data

Shop account, payment provider, domain and app subscriptions are in your company name. Products and orders can be exported as files at any time.

Our working method

The comparison itself usually takes two to three weeks. The build depends on the size of the range and the number of integrations.

01

Gather the figures

On a video call we go through your range, order numbers, target markets, payment methods and current software. Where figures are missing, we estimate ranges together.

02

Comparison and recommendation

You receive a side-by-side view of two or three suitable platforms showing cost, effort and risk, plus a clear recommendation with the reasoning behind it.

03

Prototype with real data

On the chosen platform we create a few of your trickiest products, for instance those with many variants or tiered prices, and run a complete order through.

04

Build and launch

Shop build, import of the full range, test orders with real payments, staff training over video and go-live on a quiet weekday.

Subscription add-ons rarely appear in the first budget. With Shopify, most capabilities missing from the core are bought in as separately billed apps: reviews, product filters, invoices that meet Austrian requirements, subscriptions. A mid-sized shop easily ends up with eight to twelve of them, and the monthly bill lands well above the base plan. Shopware and WooCommerce have extension costs too, often as annual licences. We price all of this against your real feature list.

Frequently asked questions

Not necessarily, but it needs its own server or suitable hosting and regular updates. With a small range and no complex pricing, Shopify or WooCommerce is usually simpler. Shopware comes into its own with large catalogues, trade features and several sales channels.

Yes, with some effort. Products, customers and orders can be exported, passwords usually cannot. Design, apps and special features have to be rebuilt. That is why it pays to plan for around three years of growth when making the first choice.

JTL is widespread in German-speaking markets, especially among retailers who also sell on marketplaces such as Amazon or Kaufland.at and need stock management. If that describes you, we include JTL in the comparison.

eps can be added to Shopify through suitable payment providers. Which methods are available in your set-up and what they cost is part of the comparison, as it has a noticeable effect on total cost.

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Which platform suits your shop?

Give us a rough product count, monthly orders and the name of your accounting software. We will come back with any questions still open for the comparison.

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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