Bespoke software is expensive – isn’t it?
• This is, of course, the main reason that some people think that bespoke software has to be discounted. Yes bespoke software can be expensive on the face of it but this is not always the case. When comparing a bespoke solution with an ‘off the shelf’ or customised solution you need to consider all the cost implications before deciding that the bespoke solution is the most expensive Licensing – with an ‘off the shelf’ or customised application you may have purchased an initial license or licenses but will there be any annual licensing costs. With bespoke software there are no license implications Training – you will almost certainly need extensive training with an ‘off the shelf’ or customised application. With a bespoke application it will work the way that you do so you shouldn’t need much training. Data Analysis – how much time will be wasted trying to interrogate a flexible but unfriendly data structure in an ‘off the shelf’ or customised database compared with the well defined dat
