Software for a segment of one: why custom apps now beat buying brittle software
For thirty years, small businesses bent their operations to fit packaged software. AI flips that. The app can now fit the business.
Custom apps over brittle software
Build vs. Buy
For thirty years small businesses bent their operations around packaged software. AI flips that: the app can now fit the business. These posts explain why custom-built apps beat buying brittle products.
The complexity tax: what packaged software really costs a small business
The subscription is the smallest line item. Training, workarounds, consultants and unused features add up to the real bill.
From packaged software to SaaS to software that does the job
Software has been delivered three ways in forty years. The fourth way is software that is created for you and does the work itself.
Buying vs. building, side by side
| Buying packaged software | A sup3rapp custom app | |
|---|---|---|
| How it fits | Your process bends to the product | The app is built around your process |
| Getting started | Learn the software or hire someone to run it | Describe what you need in plain language |
| When things change | Wait for the vendor's roadmap | Describe the change; the app updates |
| What you pay for | Every feature, used or not | Only the apps you run |
| Hosting & upkeep | Your problem, or another vendor's | Deployed and maintained for you |
| Customer acquisition | Another tool, another bill | Optional promotion modules built in |
Tell us what your business needs.
Describe the job in plain language. sup3rapp builds the app, deploys it and keeps it running. Prefer it run for you? Our done-for-you lane sets it up and operates it.