Naturally, before ordering a service you want to make sure it would completely satisfy your needs.
In a table below we tried to compare TeamDesk to use of traditional on-premises applications and custom developed solutions.
How fast can I start?
Traditional On-Premises Apps | TeamDesk | Custom Developed Solutions |
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- Fast product implementation.
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- You are in control as an analyst and a creator, having our professional support as your IT consultants.
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- You are separated from developers by formal methods of development. Piles of docs and details are to be discussed.
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- The work starts after purchasing of software and hardware.
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- You start working with TeamDesk right away.
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- You have to wait until the program is ready.
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When results?
Traditional On-Premises Apps | TeamDesk | Custom Developed Solutions |
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- You see at once the service in action.
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- The result is visible in hours and days.
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- You see the results in weeks and months.
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What about functionality?
Traditional On-Premises Apps | TeamDesk | Custom Developed Solutions |
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- Future functionality should be foreseen. You pay beforehand for the service you don't need right now. Your demands may change.
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- Only necessary for the present moment service is provided.
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- Any workflow change leads to long term system upgrade.
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- You adjust your business processes to the "best practice" programmed in a ready-made system.
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- You reflect your business in easy-to-tune TeamDesk service in a real time.
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- The developer implements customers business processes according to your requirements.
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What about cost efficiency?
Traditional On-Premises Apps | TeamDesk | Custom Developed Solutions |
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- The cost of the system is lower than custom development for the system is developed for repeated sale to the average client.
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- You are in control of all development costs.
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- The cost is higher than with traditional applications and can increase when your requirements change.
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Is interface consistent with my needs?
Traditional On-Premises Apps | TeamDesk | Custom Developed Solutions |
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- Interface of the system is tuned according to the average business process and average user. The presence of redundant fields is very possible.
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- Interface of the system can be tuned to satisfy certain operator, but developed with use of standard elements.
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- Interface is developed according to your given specification.
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What if customers' business process is to be changed?
Traditional On-Premises Apps | TeamDesk | Custom Developed Solutions |
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- If given product doesn't satisfy a new needs you must migrate to a new product.
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- You are free to follow continuously changing business process. TeamDesk support team is constantly of a help to modify the application.
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- You make change requests to the developer and the process lasts for weeks and month.
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Are problems with a system use easy-to-solve?
Traditional On-Premises Apps | TeamDesk | Custom Developed Solutions |
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- You must define the problem, report the developer and wait for the problem solution.
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- Support Team takes care of all problems on a rolling basis for we control the work efficiency of the system on TeamDesk servers.
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- The developer resolves the problem according to the type of support.
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So, TeamDesk best serves people who may not have the time, resources or expertise to create applications using traditional software development methods.
