{"id":9120,"date":"2026-07-16T08:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.press-start.tech\/services\/custom-software-development\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T12:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T12:07:16","slug":"custom-software-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/press-start.tech\/en\/services\/custom-software-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom software development"},"content":{"rendered":"<main id='oxy-main'><div class=\"oxy-shortcode-9120-2 oxy-shortcode\"><div class=\"ps-pg\" data-psp=\"sviluppo-software\"><svg class=\"ps-pg-defs\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><defs><symbol id=\"psp-ai\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><g fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M12 3.5 13.6 8.4 18.5 10 13.6 11.6 12 16.5 10.4 11.6 5.5 10 10.4 8.4Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M18.6 15.6 19.4 17.6 21.4 18.4 19.4 19.2 18.6 21.2 17.8 19.2 15.8 18.4 17.8 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stroke-linecap=\"round\"><path d=\"m6 6 12 12M18 6 6 18\"><\/path><\/g><\/symbol><\/defs><\/svg><header class=\"psp-hero\"><div class=\"psp-hz\"><nav class=\"psp-crumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><a href=\"\/en\/\">Home<\/a><span class=\"psp-sep\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\/<\/span><a href=\"\/en\/services\/\">Services<\/a><span class=\"psp-sep\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\/<\/span><span class=\"psp-cur\">Custom software<\/span><\/nav><h1 class=\"psp-h1\">Custom software development: we build what off-the-shelf systems <span class=\"psp-grad\">won't do<\/span><\/h1><p class=\"psp-sub\">Internal systems, web apps and integrations written around the process you actually run \u2014 not the one your vendor already had in stock. You own the code, the quote is fixed, and you talk to the people writing the software.<\/p><div class=\"psp-ctas\"><a class=\"psp-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/press-start-sb\/30min\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book a 30-minute call<svg class=\"psp-ic is-s\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-arr\"><\/use><\/svg><\/a><a class=\"psp-tlink\" href=\"#psp-cta\">Tell us which process is costing you<\/a><\/div><div class=\"psp-trust\"><span class=\"psp-titem\"><svg class=\"psp-ic is-xs\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-check\"><\/use><\/svg>Fixed-scope quote<\/span><span class=\"psp-titem\"><svg class=\"psp-ic is-xs\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-check\"><\/use><\/svg>You own the source code<\/span><span class=\"psp-titem\"><svg class=\"psp-ic is-xs\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-check\"><\/use><\/svg>ISO 9001 certified<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/header><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"psp-wave\" src=\"https:\/\/press-start.tech\/wp-content\/plugins\/DC\/assets\/img\/ps-wave-band.webp\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><section class=\"psp-sec is-tight\" id=\"when\"><div class=\"psp-shead\"><div><p class=\"psp-label\">The filter<\/p><h2 class=\"psp-h2\">When custom makes sense.<br>And when it doesn't.<\/h2><\/div><p class=\"psp-sub\">Not always. We will tell you so ourselves, even when it means not selling you anything.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"psp-cmp\"><div class=\"psp-cmpc is-si\"><p class=\"psp-cmpT\">It makes sense when\u2026<\/p><div class=\"psp-row\"><span class=\"psp-itile\"><svg class=\"psp-ic\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-copy\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><div><p class=\"psp-vt\">The same data gets typed twice<\/p><p class=\"psp-vp\">It arrives by email, someone copies it into the management system, someone else copies it again into a spreadsheet for the report.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"psp-row\"><span class=\"psp-itile\"><svg class=\"psp-ic\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-gear\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><div><p class=\"psp-vt\">What makes you different doesn't fit the software<\/p><p class=\"psp-vp\">You have a way of working that is the reason clients choose you, and every off-the-shelf system asks you to give it up.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"psp-row\"><span class=\"psp-itile\"><svg class=\"psp-ic\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-plug\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><div><p class=\"psp-vt\">Your systems don't talk to each other<\/p><p class=\"psp-vp\">Online store, ERP, courier, accounting: four systems, four logins, none of them exchanging data.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"psp-row\"><span class=\"psp-itile\"><svg class=\"psp-ic\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-life\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><div><p class=\"psp-vt\">The software you have is frozen<\/p><p class=\"psp-vp\">It works, but whoever wrote it is gone and nobody dares touch it. That is a case of its own: it is called <a href=\"\/en\/solutions\/software-rescue\/\">software rescue<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"psp-cmpc is-no\"><p class=\"psp-cmpT\">It doesn&#039;t when\u2026<\/p><div class=\"psp-row\"><span class=\"psp-itile is-dark\"><svg class=\"psp-ic\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-x\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><div><p class=\"psp-vt\">You just need invoicing and stock<\/p><p class=\"psp-vp\">An off-the-shelf product costs less and you can have it tomorrow. In that case custom is the wrong investment, and we say so in the first meeting \u2014 not after three weeks of analysis.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"psp-row\"><span class=\"psp-itile is-dark\"><svg class=\"psp-ic\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-x\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><div><p class=\"psp-vt\">The process is still moving<\/p><p class=\"psp-vp\">If the way you work changes every month, carving it into software is premature. Light tools are better until it settles.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"psp-sec is-tight\" id=\"method\"><div class=\"psp-dark\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"psp-dwave\" src=\"https:\/\/press-start.tech\/wp-content\/plugins\/DC\/assets\/img\/ps-wave-band.webp\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><p class=\"psp-label\">The method<\/p><h2 class=\"psp-h2\">How we actually work.<\/h2><p class=\"psp-sub\">Four stages. None of them starts until the previous one is closed and signed off by you.<\/p><div class=\"psp-steps\"><div class=\"psp-step\"><span class=\"psp-stepn\">01<\/span><p class=\"psp-stepT\">Analysis<\/p><p class=\"psp-stepP\">We spend time with the people doing the work, not only with the person commissioning it. We look at the real files, the paper forms, the spreadsheets holding the company together. The output is a document listing functions, priorities and what stays out of version one.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"psp-step\"><span class=\"psp-stepn\">02<\/span><p class=\"psp-stepT\">Fixed quote<\/p><p class=\"psp-stepP\">Price and scope in writing before a line of code. Not time and materials, not \"we'll see\". If you ask for something new mid-project we quote it separately and you decide.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"psp-step\"><span class=\"psp-stepn\">03<\/span><p class=\"psp-stepT\">Development<\/p><p class=\"psp-stepP\">We write in <b>PHP\/Laravel<\/b>, a mature framework with a very large community: tomorrow any competent developer can pick it up. Integrations through <b>APIs<\/b>. We release in parts, so you see something working early and can correct course while there is still time.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"psp-step\"><span class=\"psp-stepn\">04<\/span><p class=\"psp-stepT\">Release and support<\/p><p class=\"psp-stepP\">Migration of your existing data, training, documentation. Then support: ongoing or on demand \u2014 your call, it is not required to keep the software running.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"psp-note\"><b>The analysis document is yours even if you stop there.<\/b> If you decide to have someone else build it, you still hold a usable specification.<\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"psp-sec is-tight\"><div class=\"psp-gcard\"><div><p class=\"psp-label\" style=\"color:#7c10e8\">The difference<\/p><h2 class=\"psp-h2\">What you are<br>left holding.<\/h2><p class=\"psp-sub\" style=\"margin-top:16px\">We have not tied your hands: that is the condition that forces us to stay useful. These are also the right questions to ask the other quotes you are weighing up.<\/p><div class=\"psp-ctas is-flush\"><a class=\"psp-btn\" href=\"#psp-cta\">Put us to the test<svg class=\"psp-ic is-s\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-arr\"><\/use><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"psp-ownl\"><div class=\"psp-own\"><span class=\"psp-itile is-check\"><svg class=\"psp-ic\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-check\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><div><p class=\"psp-vt\">The source code, owned by you<\/p><p class=\"psp-vp\">Not licensed, not on loan. Yours, with the repository and the credentials.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"psp-own\"><span class=\"psp-itile is-check\"><svg class=\"psp-ic\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-check\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><div><p class=\"psp-vt\">No retainer holding the software hostage<\/p><p class=\"psp-vp\">If you stop paying us for support, the software keeps running.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"psp-own\"><span class=\"psp-itile is-check\"><svg class=\"psp-ic\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-check\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><div><p class=\"psp-vt\">The technical documentation<\/p><p class=\"psp-vp\">Another vendor can take over without starting from scratch.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"psp-own\"><span class=\"psp-itile is-check\"><svg class=\"psp-ic\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-check\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><div><p class=\"psp-vt\">The right to walk away<\/p><p class=\"psp-vp\">Written into the contract, not promised verbally.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"psp-sec is-tight\"><div class=\"psp-shead\"><div><p class=\"psp-label\">Beyond the browser<\/p><h2 class=\"psp-h2\">When a project<br>leaves the web.<\/h2><\/div><p class=\"psp-sub\">These are not our flagship services and we will not push them to pad out a quote. They are here when the project needs them.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"psp-grid3\"><div class=\"psp-box is-tile\"><span class=\"psp-itile\"><svg class=\"psp-ic\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-phone2\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><p class=\"psp-boxT\">Mobile apps<\/p><p class=\"psp-boxP\">When the work happens on the move and a browser is not enough.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"psp-box is-tile\"><span class=\"psp-itile\"><svg class=\"psp-ic\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-wifi\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><p class=\"psp-boxT\">IoT<\/p><p class=\"psp-boxP\">Data read straight from machines and sensors \u2014 we did it on a monitoring system: <a href=\"\/en\/projects\/mymanager\/\">the MyManager project<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"psp-box is-tile\"><span class=\"psp-itile\"><svg class=\"psp-ic\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-cart\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><p class=\"psp-boxT\">E-commerce<\/p><p class=\"psp-boxP\">Mostly when it has to connect to the ERP and to logistics \u2014 the part where standard projects get stuck.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"psp-sec is-tight\"><div class=\"psp-shead\"><div><p class=\"psp-label\">Straight talk<\/p><h2 class=\"psp-h2\">The objections you hear<br>in every meeting.<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"psp-grid3\"><div class=\"psp-box\"><p class=\"psp-quote\">It costs too much next to an off-the-shelf product.<\/p><p class=\"psp-boxP\">At the start, yes, almost always. The honest comparison runs over three years: per-user fees, add-on modules, customisations billed separately, and the hours of manual work the standard product does not remove. During analysis we put both scenarios side by side, with your numbers.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"psp-box\"><p class=\"psp-quote\">What if you disappear?<\/p><p class=\"psp-boxP\">That is exactly why we use a widely adopted framework, leave the code with you and write the documentation. Your software must not depend on our existence. Recovering projects abandoned by other vendors is one of our two specialisations: we know what that damage looks like.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"psp-box\"><p class=\"psp-quote\">You won't understand my industry.<\/p><p class=\"psp-boxP\">We do not start by claiming we do. We start by watching how you work today. You bring the domain knowledge, we bring the way to turn it into software.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"psp-sec is-tight\" id=\"psp-faq\"><div class=\"psp-shead is-flush\"><div><p class=\"psp-label\">FAQ<\/p><h2 class=\"psp-h2\">Before you ask.<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"psp-faq\" data-psp-faq><div class=\"psp-fi\"><button class=\"psp-fq\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"psp-faq-565cc3-0\">How much does custom software cost?<span class=\"psp-pl\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&minus;<\/span><\/button><p class=\"psp-fa\" id=\"psp-faq-565cc3-0\">We do not quote off the top of our head before seeing the project. What we can tell you straight away is what the price is made of: days of analysis, days of development, integrations with external systems \u2014 the item that varies most \u2014 and migrating the data you already have. In the first meeting we can tell quickly whether the project sits in the order of magnitude you have in mind. If it does not, we say so there and then.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"psp-fi\"><button class=\"psp-fq\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"psp-faq-565cc3-1\">How long does it take?<span class=\"psp-pl\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><p class=\"psp-fa\" id=\"psp-faq-565cc3-1\" hidden>We release in parts, so a usable first version arrives well before the end of the project. What stretches the timeline is almost never the features, it is the integrations: a system that lives on its own ships quickly, the same system talking to three external ones does not. Dates go into the quote and they are binding.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"psp-fi\"><button class=\"psp-fq\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"psp-faq-565cc3-2\">Do I really own the code?<span class=\"psp-pl\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><p class=\"psp-fa\" id=\"psp-faq-565cc3-2\" hidden>Yes, and it is written into the contract. On release you get the repository, the credentials and the documentation. You can have it maintained by whoever you like.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"psp-fi\"><button class=\"psp-fq\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"psp-faq-565cc3-3\">Do I have to sign a support contract?<span class=\"psp-pl\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><p class=\"psp-fa\" id=\"psp-faq-565cc3-3\" hidden>No. Support is a separate service you choose to activate. The software works without it.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"psp-fi\"><button class=\"psp-fq\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"psp-faq-565cc3-4\">Do you work with clients outside Italy?<span class=\"psp-pl\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><p class=\"psp-fa\" id=\"psp-faq-565cc3-4\" hidden>Yes, remotely. Our offices are in Prato and Florence, and clients nearby we meet in person. Everything else runs remotely, and English is not a problem.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"psp-fi\"><button class=\"psp-fq\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"psp-faq-565cc3-5\">Do you use AI to write code?<span class=\"psp-pl\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><p class=\"psp-fa\" id=\"psp-faq-565cc3-5\" hidden>Yes, as a tool, with human review on everything we ship. That is different from having AI generate an entire product and hoping it holds: <a href=\"\/en\/solutions\/ai-generated-software-maintenance\/\">that case is something we fix afterwards<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"psp-sec is-tight\" id=\"psp-cta\"><div class=\"psp-ctg\"><div class=\"psp-band\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"psp-dwave\" src=\"https:\/\/press-start.tech\/wp-content\/plugins\/DC\/assets\/img\/ps-wave-band.webp\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><h2 class=\"psp-bandT\">Tell us which process costs you the most hours.<\/h2><p class=\"psp-bandP\">In a 30-minute call we will tell you whether you need custom software, whether an integration between what you already have is enough, or whether you need nothing at all. No automated quote by email.<\/p><div class=\"psp-ctas\"><a class=\"psp-btn is-gr\" href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/press-start-sb\/30min\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book the call<svg class=\"psp-ic is-s\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-arr\"><\/use><\/svg><\/a><a class=\"psp-tlink\" href=\"\/en\/contact\/\">or get in touch<\/a><\/div><\/div><aside class=\"psp-calcard\"><span class=\"psp-ctile\"><svg class=\"psp-ic\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-cal\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><h3 class=\"psp-calT\">You talk to a lead developer.<\/h3><p class=\"psp-calP\">No sales filter: whoever answers the call is the person who will write the software, or the one coordinating it.<\/p><a class=\"psp-btn is-wt\" href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/press-start-sb\/30min\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pick a slot<svg class=\"psp-ic is-s\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#psp-arr\"><\/use><\/svg><\/a><div class=\"psp-calmeta\"><span>30 minutes<\/span><span>\u00b7<\/span><span>Video call<\/span><span>\u00b7<\/span><span>Free<\/span><\/div><\/aside><\/div><\/section><section class=\"psp-cert\"><div class=\"psp-citem\"><span class=\"psp-isob is-img\"><img src=\"https:\/\/press-start.tech\/wp-content\/plugins\/DC\/assets\/img\/iso9001.webp\" alt=\"ISO 9001:2015 certified\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><div><p class=\"psp-certT\">ISO 9001:2015 certified<\/p><p class=\"psp-certP\">Written requirements, tracked changes, a defined path for every issue.<\/p><\/div><\/div><i class=\"psp-cvr\"><\/i><div class=\"psp-citem\"><span class=\"psp-isob is-img\"><img src=\"https:\/\/press-start.tech\/wp-content\/plugins\/DC\/assets\/img\/ps-mark.png\" alt=\"Benefit Corporation\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><div><p class=\"psp-certT\">Benefit Corporation<\/p><p class=\"psp-certP\">Goals written into the bylaws, an impact report every year.<\/p><\/div><\/div><i class=\"psp-cvr\"><\/i><div class=\"psp-citem\"><span class=\"psp-isob is-sq\"><span>Me<\/span><span>PA<\/span><\/span><div><p class=\"psp-certT\">Listed on MePA<\/p><p class=\"psp-certP\">The Italian public sector e-procurement marketplace.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"How much does custom software cost?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"We do not quote off the top of our head before seeing the project. 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