Software Development Perth

Our primary preference is to employ open-source software development tools. While not suitable for every scenario, we’ve found that the following stack generally serves our clients best:

Laravel, a contemporary open-source web framework voted as the top framework for 2022, enables us to develop top-notch apps for our clients. Laravel is coded in PHP, the same language that powers Facebook and 78% of the internet!

VueJS is a favorite technology among our front-end developers. It interfaces directly with Laravel to deliver actions smoothly, eliminating constant page refreshing and providing immediate feedback to the user.

As AWS-certified Solutions Architects and DevOps Engineers, our team prefers to deploy your solution into a secure, Enterprise-grade architecture that’s scalable and highly reliable, courtesy of AWS.

Why opt for custom software over a pre-made solution? Custom software offers superior flexibility and is tailored to unique business needs.

Businesses often hit the technical limitations of pre-made software as they expand. Moreover, it offers no competitive advantage, as your competitors are likely using the same or similar platforms.

A custom software solution from Perth Digital Edge is specifically tailored to meet your business requirements. It is backed by a robust and skilled team, and perfect solution is developed using open-source frameworks that adhere to industry standards, ensuring you are not restricted.

Generally, small-scale projects tend to cost between $25,000 and $50,000. Medium-sized projects usually range from $50,000 to $100,000, while large software applications often cost over $100,000.

The scale of projects is determined by their functionality and complexity. Projects that demand multiple platforms and intricate business logic will require a more substantial investment in UX/UI, backend development, and quality assurance.

The development team at PDE can help you build in an iterative manner or establish an initial MVP (Minimum Viable Product) structure. This approach helps streamline the development process and prevents expensive code rewrites.

We follow the principles of agile development, utilizing compact, dedicated teams of designers, developers, and quality testers. This approach ensures the delivery of a well-integrated and cost effective product.

We also adhere to the minimal viable product (MVP) development principle. By staging development cycles iteratively, we prevent expensive code rewrites and ensure that the development aligns with your requirements.

The security of custom-built software is paramount in our software development company’ process. Commonly used software, such as operating systems and their packages, are often the main targets for attackers, leading to frequent security updates. Custom software, being closed source, attracts less attention. We keep your source code confidential, and only you and those you authorize have access to it.

At PDE, we utilize application frameworks like Laravel, which are peer-reviewed, tested, and provide built-in security against common vulnerabilities. These include cross-site scripting, request forgery, SQL injection, permission elevation attacks, and brute force attacks by throttling requests. We also employ web application firewalls when necessary and prioritize the encryption of data both in transit and at rest.

We strongly believe that entrepreneurs and businesses in Western Australia should have access to locally-based, top-tier software development companies and teams.

Regrettably, in recent years, the Perth market has been commoditized and outsourced, leading to a drain in skill and in-depth knowledge, and resulting in subpar solutions for local services.

We’re changing this narrative. When you collaborate with PDE, you’ll have direct contact with the team that crafts the code, and they’re always just a phone call away. It’s as straightforward as that.

As an organization driven by purpose, we take great pride in the work we’ve accomplished for startups and non-profit organizations.

We recognize the importance for these organizations to work closely collaborate with a flexible, trustworthy, and responsive software development team that ensures costs and timelines don’t spiral out of control, thereby impacting their mission.

Regarding licensing costs associated with our work, we are strong proponents of open-source software, and as such, we generally avoid licensed solutions. Therefore, there are no licensing costs to use the web server software that we primarily deploy, the database server software that hosts your database, or the software that we use to construct your application. There are no per-user licensing costs or per-CPU core licensing costs as seen in some other types of software.

In certain projects, based on your unique requirements, you might want to include a package that manages your mailing lists where you still self-host it and don’t outsource it, or a package that manages connecting the leads on your website to your CRM. These packages are typically developed by others, and for us to integrate them, we will quote you based on what other developers are charging for their software, either on a one-off or a subscription basis.

Your software is likely to be hosted on a public cloud provider such as services such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, among others. There are continuous costs involved with storing your data on these platforms, operating your web and database servers, and maintaining your backups. Additional ongoing costs may be associated with SMS or phone call credits, sending a large volume of emails, or hosting and streaming data-intensive content like videos to a multitude of users.

These costs are all contingent on the specific functionalities you want your software to have. We will strive to provide you with the best estimate and offer you a fixed fee based on the size of your anticipated audience. In some cases you may know how may need to scale your application, and we can do that too. Your costs will scale with the amount of users and data you have in your application.

Maintenance is another aspect, and we generally recommend a particular number of hours are spent doing updates and maintaining small 15-minute features or changes to your software each month. We will provide an estimate of the number of hours we anticipate needing each month for maintenance, but these hours will accumulate as credits that expire after 3 months. So, if one month requires minimal maintenance for your application, your unused credits will carry over to the next month. We’ll also provide an estimate of the typical monthly expenditure we observe from our customers for applications of your size, particularly for the development of new features and ideas that were not part of the original scope. Once you start actively using your application, you’ll quickly envision its future potential and the directions it can take. You’ll likely have numerous suggestions for new features to further automate various aspects of your business.