Charging for use of application.
Hi guys,
I am after some advice. I built an application for my own use in the Audio Visual industry. Essentially it is a installation management tool (quasi Project Management) and also keeps track of every piece of installed kit along with important data such as serial numbers, MAC addresses and much much more. This is all managed via a laptop primarily but I also have a mobile version (non Ninox) that engineers use to input data.
For the past three years I have used this app in my role as integration manager. The application belongs to me as I built it in my own time during Covid when I could not work. On the other side of Covid I was employed partly because I built the app. The company I work for has now agreed to pay for the use of the app as they are going to 'officially' adopt it to manage installs as I have been doing up to now. I will retain ownership and they have asked me what it would cost for them to make use of it with me being the primary user and in most cases the only developer. The mobile app is not my creation though.
This is the big question!
How much would be a reasonable price to charge for its use. The company uses another program for other aspects of the work we do which costs in the region of £500.00 per month but it is way more sophisticated than mine and is backed by a large company. Then again Microsoft Office is £80.00 per month and something like PhotoShop can be bought for as little as £10.00 per month (if not free for mobile).
This is my dilemma. I want to be a fair (I know in business why should I care but I do) price to charge?
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What are the options?
An annual/monthly site wide license?
An annual/monthly per user license?
What are you going to do with the data at the end of the project?
You have to pay for:
- the ninox license(s)
- the web developer, sunk cost
- website hosting fees
- domain name registration
- your hours you put into developing the DB, sunk cost
- ?
Are you paid when you work on developing the DB?
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Hi Alan
This is such a hard thing to decide. I am always being told (via my subscription to a daily email from Jonathan Stark) that it has nothing to do with your cost but is related to the cost of the problem your software is solving.
I am midway through the development of my own vertical application and, like you, I have no idea how much I should charge for it!
BTW Have you tried Gitnox, which would allow you to deploy your vertical, taking care of payment models, software updates, etc. I've not tried it and would be interested to hear from someone who has.
Regards John
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