At Clairvynt, we're seeing AI-assisted development change the economics of custom software. For a workflow that an off-the-shelf product fits poorly, a tool built around your business can compete on fit and total cost of ownership.
Built around your work
If your team still exports data and rebuilds reports in spreadsheets, you're paying for the subscription and the work around it. Custom software becomes worth considering when it can remove that recurring work at a lower overall cost.
AI in the workflow
AI can be part of the software itself. A custom tool could read the documents your team uses, prepare a draft and send it to the right person for review. Your workflow determines what it does, which information it can access and where approval is needed.
That's the work we want to help businesses with: custom AI tools built around how their teams work.
Compare the full cost
Compare total cost of ownership. Include the build, integration, hosting, AI usage, security and ongoing support over the same period. Count licence savings only where you can cancel or reduce the subscription. Time saved gives your team capacity; it only saves cash when it removes an expense.
A standard product that fits well can remain the better buy. A custom tool needs someone to maintain it, and the cost of future changes belongs in the calculation.
If a subscription leaves your team doing part of its job by hand, talk to us before the next renewal.