APPs vs Platforms
How to tell a Platform from a Web App
Usually a large Web APP is a specialized solution for a company or an organization with very specific and rigid requirements.
On the other hand, a Platform is a system that attempts to cater for a group of professionals with common requirements, e.g. Doctors, Lawers, Fitness Professionals. It creates a complete customizable Web APP per user domain, with the specific user logo, data, reports, client interface, affiliate net etc.
Sharing the initial development costs among many users, minimizes the per-user charges and via monthly subscriptions it allows for continuous upgrades, excellent services and support.
Platfoms and the Monthly Subscription Model
For each professional field, the respective SaaS is a complete solution for most users. The only requirement is access to the Internet. SaaS renders obsolete the previous systems that are related to expensive hardware (Network Servers), utility bills, system updates, backups, database servers, system protection and getting hit by hackers.
You simply need an internet connection and a small monthly subscription and you are ready to work, supported by great services and features that allows you to distinguish yourself from the competition. Also the platform is packed with easy-to-use tools that you can access anytime and from anyplace using any computer/table/phone.
The system can fully support the freelancers at the beginning of their careers and its modular structure can be reconfigured to continuously support them during their progress into very large business centers, with many service points and employees.
Local Platform Overview
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If you have such know-how of a professional field and you think that a sufficient number of users may subscribe on the platform, do not hesitate to contact us.
We may be able to develop and support the platform for you or to become partners sharing costs and profits. A typical local platform has an IRR of 15% approx. Depends on the number of the subscribers a platform may yield a much higher profit. In principle we expect that a mature platform may return annually as much as its initial investment.
Global Platforms
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An international platform requires 1) a tested local platform, 2) the compatibility of local solution with the international standards and 3) an international distribution network.
The international market is usually much more competitive than the local market. Legal problems and suffocated international markets may kill such platforms.
On the other hand, a successful international platform may return a lot more subscribers then a local platform and it can be very very profitable.
Customized APPs
The combination of the modular structure of the platform and the agile design of the system allows for supporting customized solutions for companies and organizations.
A large part of our experience on Platforms is integrated into the core of your customized application, greatly reducing the developing time while improving the quality and the robustness of the final product.
Additionally, many ready and tested modules will migrate into the customized application. In this way most of our experience in complete systems is transferred into your own customized application and we can focus our efforts in developing your own specific operations.
Instead of starting from scratch every time, we have developed the tools, experience and methods to rapidly produce customized APPs faster, cheaper, partially tested, more secure and scalable.
