dbFLEX platform vs. Custom Development
Join our Partner ProgramHmm… Hosted platform… Would it really be a better choice than ordering a custom developed solution? Before ordering a service you would like to make sure it would completely satisfy your needs. In a table below we tried to compare dbFLEX platform to custom developed solutions.
| dbFLEX platform | Custom developed solutions |
|---|---|
| How fast can I start? | |
| You are in control as an analyst and a creator, having our professional support as your IT consultants. | You are separated from developers by formal methods of development. Piles of docs and details are to be discussed. |
| What about functionality? | |
| Only necessary for the present moment functionality will be provided. | Any workflow change leads to long term system upgrade. |
| You make changes in your easy-to-tune business apps in a real time. | The developer implements customers business processes according to your requirements. |
| What about cost efficiency? | |
| You are in control of all development costs. | The cost is higher and can increase when your requirements change. |
| Is interface consistent with my needs? | |
| Your application’s interface can be fine-tuned to satisfy a particular operator, while being developed by utilizing standard elements. | Interface is developed according to your given specification. |
| What if customers' business process is to be changed? | |
| You are free to follow your continuously changing business process. dbFLEX support team is constantly assisting you while you modify your apps. | You make change requests to the developer and the process lasts for weeks and months. |
| Are problems with a system usage easy-to-solve? | |
| dbFLEX Support team takes care of all problems on a rolling basis, keeping your applications’ top performance on dbFLEX servers. | The developer resolves the problem according to the type of support agreement. |
