Custom software development services for Australian SMBs in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane: internal systems, staff portals, workflow automation and integrated platforms. Designed around how your business actually runs, not how some off-the-shelf product thinks it should.
Built here. Your data stays here.
When custom is the right answer
Accounting, email and payroll are solved. What is not solved is the specific way you quote, schedule, approve and deliver, which is usually held together by spreadsheets and the person who built them.
What you have now
Built around your process rather than bending your process around a product. Integrated with the systems you are keeping, so it is one more part of the business rather than another island.
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Seven categories of custom business software, one Perth team building all of them. Each category has been delivered for real Australian SMBs and is available as a fixed-price scope.
Inventory tracking, job scheduling, approval workflows, reporting dashboards, asset registers, compliance trackers. The operational backbone your business needs but cannot buy off the shelf.
Built for the way your team actually works. Not a generic system you have to bend your processes around. Custom fields, custom rules, custom views.
Internal business systemsSelf-service portals where customers check progress, submit requests, download documents, and manage their account. Staff portals for timesheets, leave, internal requests and approvals.
Reduces inbound calls and emails because people can find what they need themselves. Reduces admin because submissions flow straight into your backend systems.
Customer portals & self-serviceAutomated data flows between your systems. Triggered notifications when something needs attention. Scheduled reports that land in the right inbox. Approval chains that move without email reminders.
We find the repetitive manual work in your operation and replace it with reliable automation. Not RPA bots that break. Proper logic built into your systems.
Workflow automation softwareYour accounting software, CRM, eCommerce platform, job management tool, POS, payroll, all connected through proper API integrations. Data flows in real time, not through nightly CSV exports.
We work with Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, Salesforce, HubSpot, Shopify, WooCommerce, Square, Deputy, Employment Hero, simPRO, ServiceM8, and dozens more.
View all integrationsThat Access database running half your business. The VB6 application nobody can maintain. The PHP 5 system that still works but cannot be extended. We modernise them without losing your data or your workflows.
Sometimes that means wrapping the old system in a modern API so other tools can connect to it. Sometimes it means a full rebuild on modern technology. We will tell you which approach makes sense.
Legacy software modernisationDocument processing that reads invoices, receipts and forms automatically. Intelligent assistants that answer questions from your business data. Automated categorisation that saves hours of manual sorting.
We build AI into your custom software where it genuinely saves time or money. Not because it is trendy. If a simple rule-based approach works better, we will tell you.
AI solutions for businessPull data from across your business, accounting, CRM, operations, inventory, HR, into one dashboard. Revenue by customer, profit by project, pipeline by stage, cash flow forecast.
Updated automatically. No more waiting for someone to compile the monthly report. Your leadership team sees the numbers as they happen.
Dashboard & reporting softwareNo hourly billing that spirals, no vague estimates. Here's how fixed-price custom software development actually works, from first call to signed scope.
Tell us what problem you are trying to solve. We will give you an honest answer on whether custom software is the right approach, what it would roughly involve, and what alternatives exist.
After an initial free consultation and a proper discovery phase, you get a fixed price for the entire project. No hourly billing that spirals. You know exactly what it costs before we write a line of code.
We do not ask for a large sum upfront and disappear for six months. Projects are phased into working releases every few weeks. You see real features early, give feedback, and pay in milestones.
Why HELLO PEOPLE
Custom software is a big call. Here is how HELLO PEOPLE compares to the three other realistic paths.
| Concern | HELLO PEOPLE | Off-the-shelf SaaS | Offshore developer | In-house build |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fit to your business process | Built to how your team actually works | 80% fit, work around the 20% | Generic build, drifts from spec | You control it, if you have the staff |
| Custom build in 4-12 weeks + phases | Phased delivery, first drop early | Live today, wrong 20% forever | Timeline slips, disputed scope | 6 to 12 months to first production |
| AU BAS/GST/AU business law fit | AU-native, BAS + GST handled | Generic, misses AU quirks | Generic, you code the rules | Depends on the hire |
| Ongoing cost | One-off + optional support plan | Per seat, per month, forever | Hourly + scope creep | Salary + super + overhead |
| When scope changes | We adapt, fixed change scope | Vendor roadmap only | Change order every time | Hire another head |
| Direct access to the builder | Email Kasun, get Kasun | Support ticket queue | Time-zone gap | Internal team |
| Code + business data ownership | You own the code and the data | Vendor owns everything | Often disputed at handover | You own it |
We built an end-to-end job management system for an electrical contractor. Quoting, scheduling, field capture and Xero invoicing, all in one platform.
Read the full case studyWe had three spreadsheets, two databases and an Access system running the whole operation. HELLO PEOPLE replaced it all with one platform that actually talks to Xero. The team stopped fighting the tools and started using them.
Less admin, better visibility, connected systems, real code ownership. Here's what custom business software development delivers for an Australian SMB, once it's built and running.
Off-the-shelf tools force you into their way of working. Custom software does the opposite. It is built around your processes, your terminology, your edge cases.
That means your team uses it from day one without fighting a system that was designed for a different business.
Most internal admin work is just moving information from one system to another. Copying orders into accounting. Re-entering customer details. Chasing approvals by email.
Custom software removes the human data-bridge. Information enters once and flows where it needs to go.
Xero, MYOB, Salesforce, HubSpot, ServiceM8, Shopify, Square, whatever your business already uses. Custom software connects to all of them through proper API integrations.
No more exporting CSVs and importing them somewhere else. No more two versions of the same data.
Start with the features you need right now. As the business grows, more users, more locations, more complexity, the software grows with you. No rip-and-replace later.
Built on modern cloud infrastructure that handles ten users or ten thousand without re-architecture.
You own everything we build. The source code. The designs. The database. The infrastructure configuration. No lock-in, no licensing fees, no dependency on us to keep things running.
If you ever want to take it to another developer, you can. But most clients stick around because we already know the system.
Every custom business software project is different, but the delivery structure stays the same. You always know what week you're in, what's being demoed next, and what still has to happen before go-live.
We start with a proper chat about what you need. You get a requirements doc, user stories, and a clear project plan.
We design the system and sketch out wireframes so you can see how everything fits together before we write any code.
We build in weekly chunks, showing you working features as we go. Real features every week, not a big reveal at the end.
We test thoroughly. Performance, security, usability, integrations. All of it before launch.
Cloud deployment on AWS or Azure. Data migration, team training, monitoring from day one. Rollback plan in place.
Bug fixes, security updates, new features. Most clients keep us on a monthly plan because we already know the system.
It depends on scope. A small internal tool starts around 6 to 8 weeks of work; a full custom CRM or operations platform can run 20 to 30 weeks. Every custom software development project is fixed-price scoped after a free 15-minute call, so you know the number before you sign. No hourly billing.
A typical MVP built with our custom software development services runs 10 to 20 weeks from kickoff to production. Bigger platforms with multiple integrations and AI features take 16 to 30 weeks and are delivered in phases so you see working software early.
Yes. Integrations are part of every custom business software development project we run. We connect to Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, Salesforce, HubSpot, Shopify, WooCommerce, Square, Deputy, Employment Hero, simPRO and ServiceM8 via their APIs.
Yes, 100 percent. When the project is paid for, you own source code, designs, documentation and data. No licensing fees, no vendor lock-in, no monthly per-user charges. If you ever want to take it to another developer, you can.
Yes. We deploy to AWS or Azure and can manage infrastructure as part of an optional support plan. You own the cloud accounts and resources outright. If you already have a cloud setup, we deploy inside it.
Thirty days of post-launch support is included with every custom software development project. After that, most clients pick a monthly support plan covering bug fixes, security patches, new features and monitoring. Optional, not mandatory.
Often, yes. We assess whether the existing system can be wrapped, extended or upgraded before recommending a full rebuild. When the business logic still works but the tech is outdated, we modernise incrementally with API layers, new front-ends and database migrations.
HELLO PEOPLE is a Perth-based custom software development company. We deliver custom software development services for Australian SMBs across Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. Every project runs through the founder, Kasun, from the scoping call to go-live.
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