Custom Solution |
Packaged Solution |
| Built specifically to meet your company's standards and business requirements. |
Built as generic solution with functions not specific to a company's needs. |
| Your company could have ownership of this custom built product at minimal cost. Thus giving full control of future enhancements and/or integration with other systems to accommodate future growth and needs. |
Your company will never have ownership of the packaged product, unless it buys the company that produced the product or buys full copyright and ownership of the product, which usually comes with a very hefty price. What you get with implementing a packaged solution is the license to use the product within its limitations. |
| Can provide solid functionality at a relatively low cost. |
May provide a broad number of functionalities. Thus you may be spending for features that don't meet your needs. |
| Cost of Implementation is low and quick. |
Cost of Implementation is usually higher. |
| Future upgrades are again specific to your business needs. |
Future upgrades may not benefit your organization. |
| Future upgrades require minimal Implementation cost and/or business rule adjustments depending on the new requirements. |
Each upgrade may require change in hardware or platform and business rule adjustments. |
| Custom solution will be built with our "Empowered Client" approach and in partnership with your company's team, thus there will be total technical knowledge transfer with product Implementation. Therefore, providing rapid self-sufficiency. |
There will be knowledge transfer in term of how to use the product but your company's team will not have the option to change and modify programs to suit their requirements. |
| Flexible and open for future changes and enhancements. |
Restrictive and closed to any changes and enhancements. You may need to wait for and hope your requirements are met in the next upgrade. |
