Standalone applications are traditional software that are installed on each client system. Essence Computing only develops platform-independent applications, so that the user can use any Operating System of their choice on the system. The data can optionally reside on a Central server, so that the users get synchronised data. For example, in an office with 30 systems, standalone application needs to be installed on each of these 30 systems. However, if there is a central server in the office, data can be stored in that system, to which each of the application will connect to. This way, all the 30 systems get up-to-date data on their application in real time.