FLEXIBLE WAYS TO MOVE FORWARD
Innovation & Pricing Pathways
Different shared opportunities require different investment and pricing approaches. LocoSOFT matches the pathway to the need, demand and financial preferences of participating councils.
REMOVING BARRIERS
Better software, shared cost and a roadmap councils can rely on.
When one council tries to solve a complex operational problem alone, it can spend tens of thousands of dollars—or more—on a bespoke application that it must then host, maintain and improve by itself.
The result is often a narrower solution, with limited capacity for sustained improvement or a long-term product roadmap.
LocoSOFT changes the economics. Councils combine their practical knowledge and share the development burden to create a stronger application than any one council could justify alone. Hosting, maintenance, security, ongoing improvement and the future roadmap are managed collectively.
This reduces cost for participating councils and makes the capability accessible to smaller councils that may never otherwise have had the option. The commercial pathway can then be matched to the opportunity without changing those shared benefits.
THE THREE PATHWAYS
One operating model. Three ways to enable investment.
Collaborative Investment
Councils co-invest
Participating councils fund development together and receive a perpetual licence, with an affordable annual service covering hosting, maintenance, security testing, support and a fixed contribution to ongoing improvement.
LocoSOFT Investment
LocoSOFT funds development
Where the business case and sector demand are sufficiently clear, LocoSOFT may fund development and offer adoption through an agreed commercial OPEX subscription covering hosting, maintenance, support and continual improvement.
Strategic Innovation
Investment ahead of demand
LocoSOFT may develop emerging applications without requiring prior commitments, allowing councils to assess new capability and adopt it through an appropriate commercial model as demand develops.
HOW THE PATHWAY IS CHOSEN
The opportunity leads. The commercial model follows.
Urgency, confidence in sector demand, available investment and council procurement preferences all influence the most appropriate pathway. Whichever route is used, the application remains supported by the same commitment to dependable operation, continual improvement and sector involvement.
HOW PRICING IS STRUCTURED
Clear components, shaped around the pathway.
Development investment
The pathway determines whether development is co-funded by councils, funded by LocoSOFT or undertaken strategically ahead of demand.
Licence or subscription
Adoption may involve a perpetual licence with annual services or an agreed OPEX subscription, depending on the pathway.
Annual service
Hosting, maintenance, security testing and ongoing support are provided through a predictable annual operating cost.
Ongoing improvement
Each model supports continued application development and participation in its product user group and Community of Practice.
FIND THE RIGHT PATHWAY
Let’s match the commercial approach to the opportunity.
Start a conversation about the shared challenge, likely sector demand and the investment or pricing pathway that could make progress practical.