The honest answer: a serious estimate is only possible after a look at your application. That is why we do not sell flat rates, but clear fixed-price entry points: Future-Check 749.00 € with results guarantee, Modernization Report 3,499.00 €, Workshop 7,499.00 €, Proof of Concept from 3,499.00 €, then delivery in stages with an exit after every stage. All prices net plus VAT, credited toward each other.
If your industry solution is written in Visual Basic 6, it has achieved something only few software products manage: it has earned money for decades. No reason for panic, but a few facts belong honestly on the table:
So the question is not whether your software is bad. It is good, otherwise it would not still exist. The question is which path takes it into the next 20 years.
Which path fits your situation is what the Future-Check clarifies, and with a results guarantee at that: even “for your case a converter is enough” is a possible recommendation.
You never buy a pig in a poke: every step is bookable on its own, every one is credited toward the next, and you buy the delivery in stages with an exit after every stage. All prices net plus VAT.
A structured questionnaire plus a 90-minute strategy conversation with André Krämer or one of our senior architects: a traffic-light assessment, an honest recommendation (converter, stages or nothing at all for now), a 2-page management summary.
One day of remote review of your VB6 application, together with someone from your team. The result: a written report with risks, quick wins, a rough roadmap and an effort indication, plus a debrief.
Two days: architecture analysis, rethinking processes and a dedicated module on your business model (license or subscription?). The result: your prioritized modernization roadmap with an effort estimate per stage.
Your most important VB6 screen or a complete process step, rebuilt AI-supported as Blazor: a working proof before you invest heavily. Three tiers: Mini PoC 3,499.00 €, Compact PoC 7,999.00 €, Full PoC 14,999.00 €.
We modernize for you, stage by stage: VB6 → Blazor and ASP.NET Core on modern .NET. Every stage has a defined scope and ends with working software. Exit possible after every stage, with no loose ends.
After the modernization you choose: architecture sparring (“Your team modernizes, we accompany you”) for 999.00 € to 2,999.00 € per month, or the .NET maintenance contract (“We keep it running”) for 498.00 € to 1,499.00 € per month. Both without a long commitment.
The Future-Check (749.00 €) is fully credited toward the Modernization Report, the report with 1,499.00 € toward the workshop, the workshop with 25 % (1,875.00 €) toward your first stage. Anyone who goes the whole way effectively gets the entry point for free, and at the start there is the results guarantee.
A serious answer is only possible after a look at your application, which is why we sell stages instead of flat rates. The entry points are fixed prices: Future-Check 749.00 €, Modernization Report 3,499.00 €, Workshop 7,499.00 €, Proof of Concept from 3,499.00 € (all net plus VAT, credited toward each other). After the workshop you know your roadmap including an effort estimate per stage.
Yes. VB6, alongside WinForms, WebForms and Classic ASP, is one of the starting technologies of our modernization projects. More important than reading the code is understanding the domain behind it anyway, and that we work out together with your team, which knows the application best.
No. We work following the strangler fig principle: the new Blazor application grows module by module and calls your VB6 application for the parts still missing. Both run side by side until the last module has moved over. Your customers keep working throughout and only notice the improvements from the rebuild.
For a pure 1:1 translation a tool can indeed be enough, and if that is your case, we will tell you exactly that, for example in the Future-Check with results guarantee. Converters, however, only translate code and interface; the grown structure behind it stays, and a new dependency on the tool vendor is added on top. Anyone who wants to think through processes and business model as well is better off with new development in stages.
That depends on the scope of your application, and every serious answer starts with a look inside. That is why we work in stages: each has a defined scope and ends with working software, and the roadmap from the workshop names an effort estimate per stage. You see from the start how the project spreads out over time, and you decide anew after every stage.
30 minutes, free, no obligation. You talk to someone who understands your software. In the end you will know whether we are the right ones for your project. If not, we will tell you openly.
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