Software Development Brisbane
for the system you need next and the ones you already run.
Custom software development for Brisbane businesses, from the port and the industrial south to the CBD: new systems and web apps built around your work, existing software taken on and supported, apps connected, and data moved when you change systems.
The founder scopes and builds every project, you get one fixed price before work starts, and the code is 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 Custom business software
New software, shaped to the way your team works
An Acacia Ridge concreting business booking crews on a whiteboard and chasing variations by text. A Fortitude Valley consultancy tracking client work across three spreadsheets. Both need one system that follows the steps they already take.
Custom software development for Brisbane businesses starts with your process, not a product we want to sell. We map how the work moves, then design and build the system, or the web app your customers log in to, around it.
- Crew, job and quoting systems
- Web apps and customer portals
- Internal tools that retire the spreadsheets
- Linked to Xero, MYOB and the tools you keep
02 / 04 Support and upgrades
The system you run today, taken on and kept current
An Eagle Farm services company sends crews to the Bowen Basin with a field app built years ago. The developer has gone, the forms sometimes vanish when a site loses signal, and nobody knows how the hours report is worked out.
We take on software like this. First the code, logins and backups go into your name, then we work out what the system really does, fix the faults and add what your team has been asking for. If a rebuild makes more sense, we do it in stages while the old one keeps running.
- Software another developer built, taken over
- Faults fixed and new features added
- Security updates and ongoing support
- Access, Excel and ageing web apps rebuilt
03 / 04 App integrations
Systems that share the work, instead of the office retyping it
A Logan plumbing and gas business with jobs in ServiceM8, the books in Xero, and supplier invoices keyed in by hand every Friday. Jobs get invoiced late and parts get missed off the bill.
We link the software you already pay for, such as Xero, MYOB, ServiceM8, simPRO, Shopify and HubSpot, so a job, order or customer is entered once and reaches every system that needs it. When something does not line up, it waits for a person to check rather than going through wrong.
- Accounting, job, store and CRM systems
- Entered once, used everywhere
- Mismatches held for a person to check
- Set up on your accounts, owned by you
04 / 04 System migrations
Changing systems, without losing a trading day
A Brisbane wholesale distributor had eight months to move off Dynamics NAV 2016 before support ended. We moved eight years of data, rebuilt five customisations and reconnected Shopify and their logistics provider. It went live six days before the cut-off, with no trading days lost. Read the Business Central case study.
The same care applies to a move from MYOB or Reckon to Xero. We bring across customers, suppliers, open invoices and history, then compare the old and new systems line by line, so any difference is explained before you switch.
- MYOB, Reckon and QuickBooks to Xero
- Dynamics NAV to Business Central
- Old and new compared before cutover
- A switch date that suits your trading
How it works
How a Brisbane project runs, call to support
Six steps, whether the software is new or already running. The price is settled before anything is built.
6 steps, from first call to support
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A short first call
Fifteen minutes on what is going wrong and what you want in its place. You get a straight answer on whether we are the right fit.
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Scope and one fixed price
We work through the detail with you by video call, or on site in Brisbane for bigger projects. You receive a written scope and a single fixed price before any build starts.
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Click through it first
The main screens come to you as a clickable design. Your staff try it and say what is missing while changes are still quick to make.
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Built in two-week stages
Every fortnight you see working software running on your own records, so you can redirect it before it is finished.
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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 documents in your business's name.
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Looked after afterwards
Fixes, security updates and new features as you need them. Most businesses keep adding to their software as they grow.
Meet the person
Software built by the person who scopes it
The founder runs every Brisbane project personally, 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.
What Brisbane businesses get from us
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The founder builds it
The person who scopes your project writes the software. There is no account manager in the middle relaying messages.
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The price is fixed first
One fixed price is agreed before work begins. No hourly meter running and no unexpected bills.
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Everything is in your name
Code, data, hosting and designs belong to your business. You can take them to another developer at any time.
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Support from the people who built it
After launch, the same people fix, update and extend your software for as long as you want them to.
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Queensland hours, all year
Queensland has no daylight saving, so Perth is always two hours behind Brisbane and our days overlap for most of yours. The founder flies over for kickoff workshops and key milestones.
Questions Brisbane businesses ask about custom software
Which software company in Brisbane can build custom software for a small business?
HELLO PEOPLE builds custom software for small and medium businesses in Brisbane, including crew and job systems, web apps, customer portals, integrations and data migrations. It is based in Perth, works with Brisbane clients by video call with visits for key stages, gives one fixed price before work starts and hands the code over in the client's name.
Can a Perth software developer work with a Brisbane business?
Yes. HELLO PEOPLE has built software for businesses across Australia from Perth since 2007. Queensland has no daylight saving, so Perth is two hours behind Brisbane all year and working hours overlap for most of the day. The founder flies to Brisbane for kickoff workshops and key milestones.
How much does custom software development cost in Brisbane?
The cost depends on what the software must do, how many people use it and which systems it connects to, so a general figure would be misleading. HELLO PEOPLE begins with a free 15-minute call, scopes the work in writing and then quotes one fixed price for the build, with no hourly billing.
Can someone take over software our previous developer built?
Yes. HELLO PEOPLE takes over business software whose original developer has moved on. It first puts the code, logins and backups under your control, then works out what the system does, fixes and extends it, or rebuilds it in stages if that is the better path.
Who can connect Xero or MYOB to ServiceM8, simPRO or Shopify in Brisbane?
HELLO PEOPLE connects accounting, job management, online store and CRM systems for Brisbane businesses, including Xero, MYOB, ServiceM8, simPRO, Shopify and HubSpot. Each record 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 Brisbane?
HELLO PEOPLE moves Brisbane businesses from MYOB, Reckon, QuickBooks and older systems to Xero, and from Dynamics NAV to Business Central. Customers, suppliers, open invoices and history are brought across, and the old and new systems are compared before cutover so every difference is explained first.
How long does it take to build custom software?
A focused system such as a customer portal or an internal tool usually takes 8 to 12 weeks with HELLO PEOPLE. Larger systems with several kinds of user and links to other software take 16 to 24 weeks, delivered in stages so your team uses parts of it well before the end.
Who owns the code when the software is finished?
Your business does. HELLO PEOPLE hands over the source code, data, designs and hosting accounts in your name, with no licence fees, and you can move to another developer whenever you choose.
Does HELLO PEOPLE have an office in Brisbane?
Not yet. HELLO PEOPLE is based at Level 16, 240 St Georges Terrace, Perth, and works with Brisbane businesses by video call and phone, with visits to Brisbane for workshops and milestones. You can call 0425 531 127 during Brisbane business hours.
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