Sligo

It depends on the scope, but the starting points are clear. A website from MDEPARTMENT starts at €3,000, and custom software development starts at €15,000 – for example a quoting tool or a customer portal. A compact company site with a few service pages sits towards the lower end, while multilingual content, product catalogues or a link to your ERP system add to the cost. Before anything is built, we hold an initial call about your goals and existing systems; afterwards you receive a fixed price instead of an hourly estimate that keeps growing. Invoices are issued in euro, so there are no exchange-rate surprises. If the budget is tight, we launch a lean first version and add features in later phases, each priced separately.

Usually wherever information still travels by email. For a tool-maker or precision engineer, that might be a quoting tool where customers upload drawings and specifications, a status page that answers ‘where is my order?’ without a phone call, or a log for tool maintenance and inspections. Service and contract firms often benefit from a secure document area where customers always find the current certificates and audit records. Where it saves real time, we add AI features, such as reading incoming purchase orders straight into your system. Since regulated customers audit their suppliers, these tools can log who changed what and when, and export the evidence a quality team requests. For digital-health start-ups we build web apps with user roles, clear data flows and EU hosting.

Yes, and it is optional. A care plan for a website covers security and software updates, regular backups, uptime monitoring and a fixed monthly allowance of time for small edits. For web applications we also keep frameworks and libraries current, watch error logs and agree response times in writing, so a critical fault is dealt with quickly. Every change is recorded with a short release note – useful if your own customers expect traceable documentation. Larger extensions are quoted in advance at a separate fixed price. The source code and all accounts belong to you, so you can switch provider or take development in-house whenever you choose.

Mostly through video calls, a shared project board and regular demos of working builds. MDEPARTMENT has no office in Ireland; we work remotely from Germany, which is only one hour ahead of Irish time, so the working day overlaps almost entirely. The project language is English or German, whichever suits your team. You have one fixed contact person, and every decision is confirmed in writing. When a face-to-face workshop would help – for instance to map a process with production, quality and sales in one room – we come to Sligo on request, with travel costs listed in the offer so nothing is added later.