Software Development Adelaide
for new systems, the ones you run now, and the links between them.
Custom software development for Adelaide businesses: new software and web apps built around your own process, existing systems taken over and supported, your apps connected, and your records moved safely when you change systems.
One fixed price before work starts, the founder on every project, and the code handed over in your name.
- Australian Team, no offshore development
- Onshore Australian data centres
- Fixed Price before work starts
- Since 2007 Building business software
Built here. Your data stays here.
- No offshore development. Everything is written by our own team in Australia. Nothing is subcontracted overseas.
- Your data stays onshore. Hosted in Australia, on infrastructure you own, under Australian law.
- Every state, not just ours. Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and everywhere between.
01 / 04 New business software
Custom software for Adelaide businesses, shaped to the work you already do
A Lonsdale machine shop tracking defence work orders on a whiteboard and inspection records in a shared drive. A Norwood physiotherapy group booking in one app and running its reports from exports. Both need one system that follows their own steps.
Our custom software development for Adelaide businesses starts with how the work moves today. We then build the web app or internal system around it, so staff recognise their own process on day one and keep using it.
- Work order, quoting and job systems
- Web apps and portals for staff or customers
- Internal tools in place of spreadsheets
- Linked to Xero, MYOB and the tools you keep
02 / 04 Support, fix or extend
The system you run on now, kept working and made better
A Mile End wholesaler still runs orders through a FileMaker system written in 2009, and the developer retired years ago. A Kent Town practice has a client portal that breaks every time the browser updates. Neither needs a new system tomorrow. Both need someone who will take responsibility for the one they have.
We get the code, logins and backups under your control, find out what the system really does, then fix it, add what is missing and keep it secure. If replacing it is the better answer, we do it in stages so orders keep going out.
- Software another developer built, taken over
- Fixes, new features and faster screens
- Security updates and a support plan
- FileMaker, Access and Excel tools rebuilt
03 / 04 Link your systems
Cellar door, online store and accounts, talking to each other
A McLaren Vale winery sells at the cellar door through Square, online through Shopify, and keeps its books in Xero. Each night someone keys the day into Xero by hand, and wine club stock never quite agrees with the shed.
We connect the systems you already use, such as Xero, MYOB, Shopify, Square, HubSpot and simPRO, so each sale or job is entered once and reaches every place that needs it. A record that does not add up is held for a person to check rather than passed along.
- Point of sale, store, CRM and job systems
- Each sale entered once, not retyped
- Mismatches held for a person to check
- Set up on your own accounts
04 / 04 Move to a new system
Changing systems, with every balance accounted for
Moving from MYOB or Reckon to Xero, or off a business system that is reaching the end of its support. For an Adelaide industrial parts distributor, we moved 14 years of history across three legal entities from Dynamics AX 2012 R3 to Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management, with a six-week parallel run and no disruption at go-live.
Whatever the size, the method is the same. Customers, suppliers, stock, open invoices and history are moved, then old and new are compared line by line, so any difference is explained before you switch over.
- MYOB, Reckon and QuickBooks to Xero
- Ageing business systems replaced
- Old and new compared before cutover
- Switch date planned around month end
How it works
How an Adelaide project runs, start to finish
Six steps, whether we are building something new or taking on what you have. The price is fixed before anything is built.
6 steps, from first call to support
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A short first call
Fifteen minutes by phone or video. You describe what is slowing the business down, and we say plainly whether we are the right people for it.
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Scope and one fixed price
We work through the detail with you on video calls, and for larger projects the founder flies to Adelaide for the kickoff workshop. You receive a written scope and a fixed price before any building starts.
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Click through it first
You try the main screens before any code is written. Moving a button or a field now takes minutes. After the build it takes much longer.
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Built a piece at a time
Every two weeks you see working software loaded with your own records, so your team can comment while there is still time to change direction.
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Go live and handover
We switch it on, train the people who will use it and hand over the code, accounts and notes, all in your business name.
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Looked after afterwards
Fixes, updates and new features as the business changes. Most clients add to their software year after year.
Meet the person
Built by the person who scopes it
The founder scopes every Adelaide project and writes the software, from the first call through to go live.
HELLO PEOPLE designs, builds and looks after AI, software, app and data solutions for Australian businesses, with senior expertise on every project and a scope agreed before work starts. For software, that means starting with how your business runs, not with the code.
Since 2007, HELLO PEOPLE has delivered more than 100 projects from Perth for small and medium businesses across Australia: custom software and apps, system integrations, data migrations, reporting and dashboards, and AI that works inside the systems a business already runs.
I lead every engagement myself. I trained in accounting before moving into IT, hold accounting and IT professional qualifications and an MBA, and bring more than 20 years of experience across sales, service delivery, inventory and compliance. I am also a PhD candidate in AI at Curtin University, researching retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), so the technology is always judged by what it does for the business.
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An old-fashioned service
Small and boutique. The person who scopes your software is the person who builds it, and the same person is there on launch day.
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Quick responses
No ticket queue and no account manager in between. You hear back within one business day, usually sooner.
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A long-term partner
The first release is the start, not the end. When you need the next system, integration or report, you call the same person, who already knows your business.
Why Adelaide businesses choose HELLO PEOPLE
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The founder does the work
The person who scopes your project is the person who builds it. There is no sales team or account manager in between.
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A fixed price, agreed up front
You see the full cost in writing before anything starts. No hourly meter and no surprise invoices.
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Everything is in your name
Code, data, designs and hosting belong to your business. You can take them to another developer at any time.
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Still here after go live
The people who built your software are the ones who support it, update it and add to it.
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Adelaide hours, close overlap
Perth is one and a half hours behind Adelaide, two and a half during daylight saving, so our days overlap for most of yours. The founder flies over for kickoff workshops and key milestones.
Questions Adelaide businesses ask about custom software
Which software development company in Adelaide builds custom software for small and medium businesses?
HELLO PEOPLE builds custom software for Adelaide businesses, including work order and job systems, web apps, customer portals, integrations and data migrations. It is based in Perth, works with Adelaide clients by video call with visits for workshops, gives one fixed price before work starts, and hands the code over in the client's name.
Can a Perth software developer work with an Adelaide business?
Yes. HELLO PEOPLE has built software for businesses around Australia from Perth since 2007, including an Adelaide industrial parts distributor that moved from Dynamics AX to Dynamics 365. Perth is one and a half hours behind Adelaide, two and a half during daylight saving, so working days overlap for most of the day.
How much does custom software development cost in Adelaide?
The cost depends on what the software needs to do, how many people use it and which other systems it connects to, so any general figure would be misleading. HELLO PEOPLE starts with a free 15-minute call, scopes the work in writing and then gives one fixed price for the build, with no hourly billing.
Can someone take over software another developer built for us?
Yes. HELLO PEOPLE often takes over systems whose original developer has retired or moved on, including FileMaker, Access and older web apps. It first puts the code, logins and backups under your control, works out what the system does, then fixes and extends it, or replaces it in stages if that is the better choice.
Who can connect Xero or MYOB to our other systems in Adelaide?
HELLO PEOPLE connects Xero and MYOB to the other systems Adelaide businesses use, such as Shopify, Square, HubSpot, simPRO and ServiceM8. Each sale, job or invoice is entered once and reaches every system that needs it, and anything that does not match is held for a person to check.
Who can move our business from MYOB to Xero in Adelaide?
HELLO PEOPLE moves Adelaide businesses from MYOB, Reckon, QuickBooks and older business systems to Xero and other platforms. Customers, suppliers, stock, open invoices and history are moved, then the old and new systems are compared so any difference is found and explained before cutover.
How long does it take to build custom software or a web app?
A focused web app or internal tool usually takes HELLO PEOPLE 8 to 12 weeks. Larger systems with several kinds of user and links to other software take 16 to 24 weeks, delivered in stages so parts are in use well before the end.
Who owns the code when the software is finished?
You do. HELLO PEOPLE hands over the source code, data, designs and hosting accounts in your business name. There are no licence fees, and you can move to another developer whenever you choose.
Does HELLO PEOPLE have an office in Adelaide?
Not yet. HELLO PEOPLE is based at Level 16, 240 St Georges Terrace, Perth, and works with Adelaide businesses remotely by video call and phone, with visits to Adelaide for kickoff workshops and key milestones. You can call 0425 531 127 during Adelaide business hours.
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