Bespoke Software Examples

Bespoke software examples from different industries (shown below) demonstrate that complex projects are best approached with a custom solution in mind. It’s nearly impossible to do this with off-the-shelf or SaaS software.

Here are the custom digital solutions that we developed for our clients:

1. Stepathlon – sports industry
2. Subsea7 – energy industry
3. Sandoz – web application for the pharma industry
4. Smart Pension – fintech industry
5. Jenz – internal social media network
6. Education industry: End-to-end bespoke software example
7. The Times Travel Custom Web Platform
8. Sela – events management industry
9. IT industry – AI-powered estimation tool

1. Stepathlon – Sports Industry

Stepathlon is a virtual fitness platform that offers inclusive challenges for participants of all ages, genders, locations, and physical abilities.

The new platform, designed and developed by Q, saw a 3x increase in user engagement compared to the old one. Stepathlon is not just a custom turnkey digital solution, but a customisable app in itself.

This was made possible by bringing in the Q team to all phases of the project:

1. Discovery
2. Design
3. Development

During the discovery, we helped distill clear user requirements, development milestones and a high-level solution design.

On the design side, Stepathlon needed a white-label app for corporations and sports clubs. The focus was on research, wireframing, and prototyping. This resulted in a scalable design system.

The developers’ main challenge was integration with Terra, a third-party system that provides data on users’ physical activities. These activities had to match their selected goals, which in turn triggered rewards when milestones were achieved. The rewards were then processed through another third-party system, LiveLike, which updated the leaderboards and reflected user rankings in real-time.

2. Subsea7 – Energy Industry

Subsea7 is a global leader in engineering, construction, and project management services for the offshore energy sector. The company provides integrated solutions for the installation and maintenance of subsea infrastructure.

Q agency has helped Subsea7’s digital transformation by creating a bespoke software solution composed of:

• Onshore application for entering the ship log data that runs on vessels.
• Central onshore application collecting said data, collating and monitoring it.
• Project management application.
• Equipment transportation system for streamlining logistics.
• System for project budget estimation.

A dedicated team of 28 experts from Q created it: Back-end and front-end developers, UX/UI designers and quality assurance engineers.

3. Sandoz – Web Application for the Pharma Industry

SANDOZ is a market leader in generic pharmaceuticals and a pioneer in biosimilars.

Q helped Sandoz to upgrade their Stockout Monitor project, which helps pharmacists have the right information about drug shortages and find their alternatives.

The requirements were:

• Connecting with numerous external services.
• Loading a substantial amount of data.
• Requiring continuous synchronisation.
• Ensuring real-time data accuracy.
• Ensuring real-time data reliability.
• Managing diverse APIs.

The end result was a bespoke web application with seamless performance, thanks to meticulous planning and a robust architecture.

4. Smart Pension – Fintech Industry

Smart Pension, one of the fastest-growing fintech companies in the United Kingdom, offers their clients a digital-first pension and investments platform.

We have helped Smart Pension by offering managed digital transformation services via a dedicated team consisting of:

• Back-end software engineers
• Quality assurance engineers
• Product Owners

The partnership between Smart Pension and Q lasts more than 6 years and the team employed by Q is a cornerstone of it.

After going through the discovery and development phases, the end result was:

• Implementation of 7 different calculators
• Improvements on 2 existing integrations
• Introduction of a bespoke payment retry mechanism
• Testing calculators on big amounts of data.

5. Jenz – Internal Social Media Network

Jenz is a mobile application invented, designed, developed and verified by Q agency, from the ground up.

Jenz is a:

• Internal social network
• Company’s live newsletter
• Intranet

It is an ideal solution for today’s remote work model. Everything was tailor-made:

• Product vision
• Strategic product discovery
• Brand strategy and identity
• UX/UI design
• User flow
• Mobile app development
• Data science
• Quality assurance automation

The end result?
It became a product of its own, implemented in corporations across fintech, telco, logistics, automotive, food, IT and energy industries.

6. Education Industry: End-to-end Bespoke Software Example

For our client, a government entity, we have built an enhanced training management platform from scratch. Everything was tailor-made.

It was important to understand many different separate modules and integrate them into a single solution. Our team created unified design components which simplify user navigation. This also increased the speed of development and simplified maintenance.

This is a prime example of a bespoke software project where all of our experts, with their unique skills, were involved from start to finish. Our dedicated team consisted of:

• 1 solution architect
• 3 back-end developers (PHP)
• 2 front-end developers (React)
• 2 designers
• 1 QA specialist
• 1 business analyst
• 1 project manager

We helped our client build an enhanced training management platform covering the whole business journey, from licensing of training organisations, obtaining approvals for training programs, to trainees searching for the desired training and monitoring their education and certification progress.

The solution is well documented, which is enabling our client’s teams to maintain and extend it, according to their business needs.

7. The Times Travel Custom Web Platform

Everyone’s heard about The Times. They are one of the oldest newspapers in Great Britain.

NewsUK, the largest British publishing house, partnered with Q to create an end-to-end platform that merges travel experiences with expert insights: The Times Travel.

It took us 6 months to implement UX and UI design, develop custom WordPress themes, implement search engine optimisation recommendations and guidelines and build the overall web infrastructure.

The result?
15% revenue growth.

8. Sela – Events Management Industry

Sela is a leading events management company operating worldwide, based in Saudi Arabia. Via Riyadh is one of its properties, quickly becoming a top luxury destination.

Sela’s team, in collaboration with Q, worked on developing a brand new website and mobile application for Via Riyadh.

The Q team was responsible for:

• UX/UI design
• Partial copywriting
• Front-end, back-end and mobile development
• Integration with MappedIn indoor mapping solution

The solution was delivered in record time, considering the deadline, content creation and management, 3rd party dependencies, iOS and Android approvals, and finally, creating a solution that can be easily upgraded/enhanced in the future.

9. IT industry – AI-Powered Estimation Tool

Our in-house bespoke AI solution automates key estimation processes, reducing time and enhancing accuracy. It meets high standards for reliability and efficiency.

It was developed through an in-depth discovery process, starting with a comprehensive presales process audit to identify key pain points in backlog creation, effort estimation, and development planning.

Development tools:

• Flutter Web
• Supabase

Integrations:

• HubSpot
• Teamwork

Results achieved:

• Streamlined presales process using AI, end-to-end RFP process automation
• Intelligent user story creation and estimates
• Automated SOW and proposal generation

Would a Bespoke Software Solution Benefit You?

Yes, if you want to have a long-term digital solution that:

• Actually helps your team get things done.
• Gets things done the way you want it to.
• Includes only features that are actually useful (without any stuff that gets in the way of doing things smoothly and efficiently).
• Doesn’t break when updates arrive (because we take care of any and all software upgrades and maintenance).
• Is secure and stable, because it’s custom-made.
• Is scalable – it follows the evolution of your business.
• Hasn’t got any hidden costs.
• Is easier to learn, because we will create the necessary documentation.

To discuss your software development needs, contact us today: