What custom web application development costs, and why
The drivers behind a budget (roles, workflows, integrations, data migration), project shapes, after-launch costs and how to compare proposals.
Related service: Web applications and portals
Insights
Guides for the decisions that come before the build
Written to help you decide, whether or not you work with Comtau. Each piece lives with the practice that wrote it; this page is the single index.
01 Cost and scoping guides
Guides to what things cost and why
What drives custom CRM development cost
Entities, workflows, integrations, migration and permissions, with scope tiers, running costs and how to compare quotes.
Related service: CRM and integrations
02 Decision library
Frameworks for technology decisions
A working library for technology decisions
Decision guides, frameworks, comparisons and illustrative artefacts on technology leadership, architecture, technical debt, due diligence and AI systems.
Related service: Fractional CTO and technical leadership
03 Case studies
Work shown with its decisions
Building software with AI coding agents without handing them control
An internal build shown with its decisions and evidence: bounded units of work, independent review and human approval.
Related service: Fractional CTO and technical leadership
04 Reading paths
Start from your situation
Technical leadership for the stage you are at
A router for founders and startups: what technical leadership looks like from pre-seed to growth and which service fits.
Related service: Fractional CTO and technical leadership
Architecture review, technical debt and AI architecture
A router that starts from two questions and leads to the right architecture, debt or AI-readiness assessment.
Related service: Fractional CTO and technical leadership
05 By service
Looking for a specific service instead?
- AI applications
- Web applications and portals
- Business systems
- CRM and integrations
- Mobile applications
- MVP development
- Corporate websites
- Fractional CTO and technical leadership
Not every service family has published guides yet. This index lists only pages that exist.
Next step
Not sure which service fits? Describe the situation.
Start with what is happening, not with a service name. We will point you to the right specialist team, or tell you plainly if Comtau is not the right fit.
Useful to have, not required
- The situation. What is happening and why now.
- The systems. Roughly what exists today.
- The decision. What has to be decided, and by when.