Custom business software
Custom software development company in Qatar
We build the internal systems Qatari companies run on: approvals, stock, job costing, contracts and reporting, shaped around your process rather than a software vendor's.
When off-the-shelf software stops fitting
Many firms in Doha start with a generic accounting package and a set of spreadsheets, then outgrow both. The signs are familiar: the same data typed into three places, approvals chased on WhatsApp, and month-end reports assembled by hand. Custom software fixes the specific steps that cost you time. We map the process with the people who do the work, then build only what removes that friction.
Typical first projects include a job and contract tracker for a construction supplier, a maintenance and asset system for a facilities contractor, and a purchase approval workflow for a trading company with branches in Doha and Al Rayyan. Each starts small, with one team and one process, before the system grows to cover more of the business.
Integrations Qatari business systems usually need
Business software rarely stands alone. We connect it to the accounting package you already use, to QPay and card gateways for collections, and to SMS and WhatsApp for notifications. Staff records can carry Qatar ID, visa and trade licence expiry dates with reminders before each one lapses. Where another system offers an API we use it; where it does not, we build clean import and export files.
Qatar has no VAT at present, so invoices carry a tax field that stays at zero until a rate is needed. Records that hold personal data get role-based access and audit logs, in line with the expectations of Law No. 13 of 2016. Your team decides who can see salaries, customer details and contract values.
Phased delivery that keeps the business running
We rarely replace everything at once. The first release covers the process that hurts most and runs alongside your current tools until your team trusts it. Later phases move the remaining work across. Each phase has a written scope and its own quote, and every two-week sprint ends with a demo your staff can click through themselves, with releases timed early in the Sunday to Thursday week.
Business software we build for Qatari companies
- Approval workflows for purchases, leave and expenses
- Job costing and project tracking for contractors
- Inventory and multi-warehouse stock control
- Asset registers with planned maintenance schedules
- Contract, tenancy and renewal management
- Customer and supplier portals
- Management dashboards that pull from several systems
Built for the market
What we account for in Qatar
- English and Arabic screens with right-to-left layouts and bilingual printouts.
- QAR pricing, with QPay and card collections where customers pay online.
- Tax-ready invoices that stay at zero VAT until a rate is introduced.
- Expiry alerts for Qatar IDs, visas, trade licences and vehicle registrations.
- Personal data handled with Qatar's Law No. 13 of 2016 in mind.
- Time zone
- Qatar is two hours behind Lahore, which leaves a full shared working day.
- Payments we integrate
- QPay (NAPS debit cards), local bank payment gateways, Visa and Mastercard, Apple Pay
- Tax and data
- Built for no VAT at present, with invoicing built so a tax rate can be switched on without rework. Personal data handled in line with the Qatar Personal Data Privacy Protection Law (Law No. 13 of 2016).
- Language
- English and Arabic, with right-to-left layouts.
Questions
Software development: common questions
After a discovery call we write a scope document and quote either a fixed price for a defined first release or a monthly rate for a dedicated team. Quotes are in QAR or USD and state exactly what is included. Later phases are quoted separately, so you commit to one stage at a time rather than to the whole system up front.
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تطوير برمجيات مخصصة للشركات في قطر
نبني أنظمة أعمال مخصصة للشركات في الدوحة والريان ولوسيل: سير عمل الموافقات، والمخزون، وتكاليف المشاريع، والعقود، والتقارير الإدارية. نبدأ بالعملية الأكثر إرهاقاً لفريقكم، ونطلق النسخة الأولى بجانب أدواتكم الحالية حتى يثق بها الموظفون. نربط النظام ببرنامج المحاسبة وبوابات الدفع مثل QPay، ونضيف تنبيهات لانتهاء البطاقات الشخصية والتأشيرات والسجلات التجارية. الفواتير جاهزة لتفعيل الضريبة لاحقاً، والكود المصدري ملك لشركتكم بالكامل منذ اليوم الأول.