Tailor-made software solutions for startups and SMEs
Tailor-made software pays off where standard solutions only fit with compromises — for startups with their own business model as well as for mid-sized companies with grown workflows. The result is solutions that map your processes, not the other way round.
What is custom software development?
Custom software development means building an application precisely for a company's workflows instead of bending the workflows to fit a standard product. Typical examples are business applications, customer portals, interfaces between existing systems, and platforms. It pays off where a workflow sets the company apart from its competitors or no standard product maps it without detours.
When custom software development makes sense
Custom software is the right choice when:
- standard software does not sensibly map your processes
- existing systems need substantial adaptation or extension
- several systems are to be integrated or automated
- scalability, performance or security are decisive
- digital products or platforms are being built
- technology is meant to create competitive advantages
Software development services
Concept & architecture
- Business and technical requirements analysis
- System and software architecture
- Technology and platform selection
Custom software solutions
- Web applications and platforms
- Custom CRM and CMS systems
- Business applications and internal tools
- API and interface development
Integration & automation
- Connecting existing systems
- Automation of business processes
- Data and system integrations
Further development & maintenance
- Continuous further development
- Performance optimization
- Stable operations and support
Our development approach
- Understand: business processes, goals and requirements
- Design: clean architecture and clear technical decisions
- Implement: iterative, testable and traceable
- Validate: quality assurance, reviews and tests
- Operate & scale: stable operations and targeted further development
Typical fields of use
- CRM and customer management systems
- CMS and content platforms
- Digital customer portals
- Internal company systems
- Data and integration platforms
One example: for GDC Elektro GmbH, an electrical contractor in Mainburg, Escalt developed a dedicated CRM application for its photovoltaics business.
Digitalbonus Bayern: up to 50% subsidy
The Digitalbonus Bayern programme funds digitalization projects of small commercial enterprises — fewer than 50 employees, no more than 10 million euros in annual turnover or balance sheet total, a place of business in Bavaria — with up to 50% of the eligible costs: up to 7,500 euros with Digitalbonus Standard and up to 30,000 euros with Digitalbonus Plus. Projects with less than 4,000 euros of eligible costs are excluded. In the initial consultation, Escalt checks whether your project qualifies and helps you prepare the application. The company must submit the application itself via its ELSTER business account — that is a requirement of the programme. Important: the project must not have started yet; a binding order already counts as a start.
Frequently asked questions about software development
Standard software or custom development — what decides it?
Whether a standard product exists that maps your processes without contorting them. If it does, it is almost always the cheaper route, and Escalt will say so. Custom development pays off where the process itself is the competitive advantage, or where several systems have to be brought together.
Who owns the results, and do we get the source code?
After full payment you receive a right of use for the work results created for you, unlimited in time and territory — including the right to develop them further yourselves or through third parties. Handover of the source code is a separate matter: it applies where it has been agreed in text form, and therefore belongs in the contract rather than at the end of the project. See the Terms (AGB, German), section 7.
How long does a custom application take?
That depends on the scope. Custom developments usually take two to four months, simple integrations of existing tools a few weeks. A dependable estimate for your project follows the initial consultation and a rough requirements review — before that, any more precise figure would be a claim.
Can we start with a small part?
That is in fact the recommended route. A clearly bounded first section that is actually used in production says more about the requirements than a complete concept on paper — and it limits the damage if an assumption turns out to be wrong.
What happens after launch?
Escalt remains your contact for further development, adjustments and day-to-day operation. Whether that is a fixed arrangement or on demand is agreed between us — being tied to a maintenance contract is not a precondition for the implementation.
Often combined
At Escalt, software never comes into being in isolation — architecture, project steering and operations belong to it.
Autonomous agents for data analysis, inquiries and reporting
A clear view of where AI truly pays off — and where it does not
Training that makes AI tools stick in everyday work
Development teams in the EU, managed from Germany
What should your software actually do?
In an initial consultation we translate your requirements into a concrete concept.
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Escalt GmbH · Scheyerer Str. 10, 85293 Reichertshausen (Pfaffenhofen district) — around 45 km north of Munich