AI-enabled custom software development built around your workflow
Netbase provides custom software development for companies whose workflow no off-the-shelf product fits, from discovery through architecture, build, testing and handover, with AI where it removes manual steps and the IP left with you. Since 2012 Netbase has worked with 500+ businesses across 80 countries; according to the published USticker case study, design-tool users converted 40% more often.
Packaged software is built for the average company. Your margin often lives in the part that is not average: the quoting rule, the approval chain, the production step or the customer experience that competitors cannot copy. Custom software development is how that part becomes a system instead of a spreadsheet. The service sits in our Product Engineering family.
Included
Discovery of the workflow, users, data and constraints
Architecture and technology selection with written reasons
User experience and interface design
Frontend, backend and integration development
Testing at every milestone
Deployment, documentation, training and handover
Not included
Configuration-only work on a packaged suite
Staffing a single role with no delivery ownership
Marketing, content or traffic acquisition
Hardware and network procurement
Transfer of Netbase's own licensed products
When to use it, and when another route fits
Custom software earns its cost when the workflow is a source of advantage, when packages force people into workarounds, or when several tools must behave like one system.
Workarounds in spreadsheets, email or re-keyed data
Integrations a package cannot support
Need to own the IP and choose where it runs
Another route fits better
A standard need a mature package already covers well
Only one or two extra engineers for your own team
No one on your side able to own product decisions
A goal that is still vague: start with discovery consulting
If you are not yet sure which route is yours, compare them in the services directory.
Outcomes and buyer jobs
Buyers hire custom development to:
Replace workarounds with one system
Manual steps, duplicate entry and tool-hopping disappear into a workflow built for them.
Offer customers something packages cannot
Personalization, pricing logic or self-service flows that set the business apart.
Own the asset
The code, data model and documentation created for you belong to you.
Build on reusable parts without lock-in
Proven Netbase modules shorten delivery; custom work stays yours.
Capability modules and deliverables
Workflow maps, user roles, requirements and success metrics
System design, data model and decision records
Interface flows and screens you review before they are built
Working releases per milestone, with the source code delivered to you
Connections to the systems the workflow depends on
Test results per milestone and a regression suite
Deployment notes, operating guide and a knowledge-transfer session
Delivery process, team and governance
Every build runs on our six-step delivery lifecycle:
01
Discovery and strategic alignment
Goals, users, constraints and the metrics that define done.
02
Team assembly and architecture planning
A team of 3 to 30 people, combining business analysts, project managers, solution architects, developers, QA and UI/UX. Work typically starts within one to two weeks after discovery.
03
Agile execution with outcome-based milestones
Short cycles, each ending in a working release you can review.
04
Modular and productized components
Proven modules are reused where they remove risk and time.
05
Training, rollout and optimization
Your people learn the system; it goes live in stages.
06
Ongoing support and co-building
The software keeps pace with the business.
The cadence is Agile and remote-first: short sprints, weekly reviews and a working release you can test, run by a Hanoi team that works in English over Slack, Zoom and Jira. Discovery stays lean, so the first release is the smallest one that proves the workflow. Integrations are designed API-first, and QA and security sit inside the team from the first sprint, not at the end. Our security practices, from code review to access control, are set out on the security and compliance page.
How AI strengthens custom software
Custom software is where AI pays off most, because it can sit inside the exact step your people repeat. We add it only where a task measurably improves, and a person stays accountable for every decision it touches.
AI we build into your system:
Document and data capture
Read orders, forms or invoices and pre-fill records for a person to confirm.
Assistants over your own knowledge
Answer staff questions from manuals, tickets and policies, with the source shown.
Search and recommendations
Rank products, records or next actions from data the workflow already holds.
Forecasts and anomaly flags
Predict demand or workload and flag outliers before they cost money.
Automation with approvals
Route, draft and summarise work, with human sign-off for anything that commits the business.
AI in how we deliver:
Code review and test generation. AI suggests; an engineer reviews every change before it merges.
Requirements and data mapping. AI drafts user stories and field mappings from discovery notes; the business analyst verifies them.
Living documentation. Operating notes and API references are generated from the code and checked at handover.
Models are chosen per project from the major commercial and open-source options, never locked to one vendor.
AI in this service
Where AI already runs in delivered work, and where it is offered as a growth capability.
Machine learning, NLP, computer vision and generative AI that Netbase offers; not yet tied to a published custom-software case.
Engagement models and commercial variables
Most Netbase projects are delivered on fixed-price contracts agreed after discovery; milestone-based, monthly team retainer and KPI-linked terms are also offered. Custom work usually runs as project-based development with milestones, or with a dedicated team when the roadmap is long and priorities move. What moves effort and cost: the number of user roles and workflows, integrations, data migration, compliance needs and how quickly decisions are made on your side. We do not publish rate cards; a solution review turns your scope into a proposal.
Technology as an implementation choice
We choose technology for the workflow, its users and the team that will maintain it. Interfaces come from our frontend and mobile stack; services, data and integrations from our backend platforms. Every choice is documented with its reason, so your team can maintain the system after handover.
Where a proven starting point exists, we use it. Our digital product accelerators, including the SaaS product accelerator, shorten the first release. We build our own software too: CMSmart, Printcart, Cloodo, Poslor and Storelly are our five Business Divisions, products we design, ship and operate ourselves. Products like these are licensed, not transferred; the custom work we do for you is yours.
Technologies we build with
Industry applications
Custom software shows its value fastest where the product itself is custom. In printing and packaging, customers design their own product before they buy, and the software has to turn that design into an order production can print. The same capability is packaged as our product personalization solution.
Netbase helps print and packaging businesses move ordering, artwork approval and production handoff online, with AI where files go wrong, so customers configure, design, proof and pay in one flow and the press floor receives clean jobs. Six published print-commerce case studies and 50+ custom web-to-print platforms, across apparel, packaging, signage, promotional merchandise and B2B portals, back this page.
USticker (Australia). Customers wanted to set background images and colors in the online design tool, and checkout had to be faster and secure. Netbase built the customization feature and integrated a secure payment gateway. Design-tool users converted 40% more often, completed designs rose 32% in six months and page load time fell 21%. Read the USticker case.
Indieprint (Melbourne, Australia). A digital printer wanted customers to personalize products online without adding order errors. Netbase built customer design tools and automated print-ready file generation. Design errors fell 28% and production turnaround improved 15%. Read the Indieprint case.
For custom development, you own the IP created for you, according to Netbase's hybrid working model. Netbase productized modules and Business Division products are licensed, not transferred.
An MVP typically takes 8–12 weeks and an enterprise platform 6–12+ months, according to Netbase's published timelines, and work typically starts within one to two weeks after discovery.
Yes, integration with your existing systems is planned in discovery and built into the delivery, not bolted on at the end. Netbase has worked with clients in 80 countries, per Netbase's delivery record.
Each milestone ends in a working release you review, and a named account manager and project manager are accountable for progress, per Netbase's delivery lifecycle.
After launch you get training, staged rollout and optimization, then ongoing support and co-building as the business changes, per Netbase's lifecycle. See how we handle maintenance and support.
Often, yes: our AI integration work picks one workflow step, measures it and connects a model through an API, with no core rebuild. The 4over4 project, where Netbase delivered a recommendation engine, reported conversion up 48%, according to Netbase's case studies.
No, not without your agreement. Model and hosting options are chosen per project in discovery, and data handling can be written into an NDA and DPA, per Netbase's security practices.
Yes. Every Netbase engagement, including AI-enabled custom software development built around your workflow work, is delivered remotely from our head office in Hanoi, and clients in any country can engage us. Netbase has worked with clients in 80 countries. Onsite work is available on request.
Yes. Clients in any industry can engage Netbase for AI-enabled custom software development built around your workflow work, and it is delivered remotely. Netbase has worked with clients in 80 countries. Tell us your industry and we will say plainly whether we have delivered similar work.
You pay the company, not an individual. Contracts and invoices for AI-enabled custom software development built around your workflow work are issued by Netbase JSC, and payment is made by bank transfer to Netbase JSC's company account or by PayPal Business.
Talk to the CEO, Huy Nguyen (David). Message him on WhatsApp or by email with what you need for AI-enabled custom software development built around your workflow work; every other channel is on the contact page. WhatsApp +84 937 869 689 · sales@netbasejsc.com
Product personalization software lets shoppers design custom products online, adding their own text, images and options with a live preview and AI design suggestions before they buy. Netbase builds it into commerce platforms: at USticker, shoppers using the design tool converted 40% better, and Indieprint cut design errors 28% with automated print-ready files.
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Every Netbase engagement, including AI-enabled custom software development built around your workflow work, is delivered remotely, so clients in any country and any industry can work with us. Netbase has worked with clients in 80 countries. Contracts and invoices are issued by Netbase JSC, and payments go to the company: bank transfer to Netbase JSC's company account or PayPal Business. Your first contact is the CEO, Huy Nguyen (David), by WhatsApp or email.
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Printing and packaging: online ordering, AI artwork checks and production handoff
Product personalization software with AI design suggestions: let shoppers design what they buy