Capabilities
What we deliver.
SaaS Platforms
Multi-tenant applications with subscription billing, user management, and scalable infrastructure from day one.
MVP Development
Get to market in 4-8 weeks. Validate your idea with real users before investing in full-scale development.
Legacy Modernization
Migrate from outdated systems to modern architecture. Preserve business logic while gaining speed and maintainability.
API Development
RESTful and GraphQL APIs, third-party integrations, webhooks, and microservices architecture.
System Integration
Connect disparate systems into unified workflows. ERP, CRM, payment, shipping — all talking to each other.
Technical Architecture
Database design, infrastructure planning, security architecture, and scalability engineering before a line of code is written.
When Off-the-Shelf Software Costs More Than Custom
The common assumption is that custom software is expensive and off-the-shelf is cheap. In reality, most businesses spend more on SaaS subscriptions, workarounds, and lost productivity than a custom solution would cost. Add up your monthly Salesforce, Monday.com, Zapier, and niche tool subscriptions — many businesses are spending $5K-$15K per month on tools that still don't fit their workflow.
Custom software costs more upfront but eliminates ongoing subscription fees forever. You own the code. There's no per-seat licensing that scales against you as you grow. No forced upgrades that break your workflows. No feature requests that disappear into a backlog. The total cost of ownership over 3-5 years is almost always lower for custom — and you get exactly what you need instead of 30% of features you use and 70% you don't.
The real cost of bad software isn't the subscription — it's the productivity loss. Every workaround, every manual data transfer, every time someone says "the system doesn't do that" and fires up a spreadsheet — that's revenue leaking out of your business. Custom software seals those leaks permanently.
MVP Development: Validate Before You Invest
Not every software idea deserves a $200K enterprise build. That's why we offer MVP development — a focused 4-8 week sprint to build the core functionality, put it in front of real users, and validate demand before scaling investment. Most failed startups didn't have bad ideas. They just spent 12 months building the wrong features before talking to customers.
Our MVP process strips away everything non-essential. What's the one thing your software must do brilliantly to prove the concept? We build that, deploy it, and measure. Real user data within weeks — not months of development in a vacuum. If the concept validates, we scale it. If it doesn't, you spent $15K-$30K learning what would have cost $200K the traditional way.
MVPs we've built have gone on to raise funding, acquire paying customers within their first month, and scale to profitable SaaS businesses. The key is building for learning speed — every feature included must answer a specific question about market fit, pricing, or user behavior.
Legacy Modernization Without the Risk
The scariest sentence in business technology is "we can't touch that system — it'll break everything." Legacy systems that nobody understands, written in languages nobody on your team speaks, running on infrastructure that hasn't been patched in years. They work (mostly), so nobody wants to risk changing them. Meanwhile, they're a ticking time bomb.
Our legacy modernization approach eliminates the risk of big-bang rewrites. We wrap existing systems with modern APIs, migrate functionality incrementally (one module at a time), and run old and new in parallel until the new system is proven. Your business never goes offline. Your data is never at risk. The old system runs until the new one is fully validated.
We've modernized systems built in COBOL, Visual Basic, classic ASP, PHP 4, and custom Access databases. The technology stack doesn't matter — the methodology does. Incremental migration, comprehensive testing, zero-downtime cutover, and full documentation so your team can maintain the new system independently.
Our Process
How we build your software.
Discovery & Scoping
Deep dive into your requirements, user workflows, and technical constraints. You get a detailed spec, architecture diagram, and realistic timeline — before a line of code is written.
Architecture & Design
Database schema, API design, infrastructure planning, and UI/UX wireframes. Everything approved by you before development begins.
Sprint Development
2-week sprints with working software delivered every cycle. You see progress, test features, and provide feedback continuously — no big reveals after 6 months.
Integration & Testing
Connect to your existing systems. Comprehensive automated testing: unit, integration, and end-to-end. Security audit included.
Deployment & Launch
Staged rollout to production. Performance tuning, monitoring setup, and documentation. Your team is trained on the system before go-live.
Support & Evolution
Post-launch support, bug fixes, and feature additions. Your software evolves as your business grows — no starting over.
Comparison
Custom Software vs. Off-the-Shelf SaaS
| Feature | Delpuma | Traditional Agencies |
|---|---|---|
| Fits your workflow | 100% custom to your processes | You adapt to their workflow |
| Per-seat pricing | None — unlimited users forever | $50-$300/user/month (scales against you) |
| Feature requests | Built within days/weeks | Submitted to a backlog you don't control |
| Data ownership | Your database, your servers, your data | Their servers, their terms, their export limits |
| Integration depth | Custom APIs for anything | Limited to available integrations |
| Vendor risk | Zero — you own the code | Company gets acquired/shuts down = you're stuck |
| 5-year total cost | $50K-$150K one-time + optional support | $180K-$500K+ in subscriptions |
| Competitive advantage | Unique software = unique capability | Same tool your competitors use |
FAQ
Common questions.
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MVPs start at $15K-30K. Full SaaS platforms range from $50K-200K depending on complexity. We provide detailed estimates after a discovery session — no surprises.