Bespoke -

One type of bespoke software is known as sage, this is tailor made for accountants allowing them to more efficiently and more easily keep track of figures unlike the standard excel software which is off the shelf. The difference is that one is tailored to the business so if they want certain functions or pre built options then they can be put in for them when with excel it is mass produced so is more general. Sage comes in various packages with various add ons. For the essentials package which is known as sage 50 it is around £15 per month on subscription so of course this is very expensive compared to Microsoft office which is around £70 for not only excel but lots of other software included. While it is more expensive for businesses that want something specific to them it is much better in the long run.

Secondly would be ATMs, cash points checkout services a supermarkets all have bespoke software as it needs to connect to a database with all of there products and prices for them. It needs to have a list of all codes per product so they can be scanned and have the ability to add up a total. This makes them very specific to there job and it is similar with ATMs as they need to be specific to the bank linking to a database with peoples bank details and how much they have. This means it has to be made per bank and of course have high security. This compared with software such as windows OS or MacOsx which is off the shelf software is very different. This is because this type of software is not tailor made nor specific but sold to the masses so is generic as to cover the needs of the many. This is not good for businesses as it means that they may struggle to complete tasks as there is nothing specific in helping them to do so.,