The best custom software development company in Chittagong is the one that learns how your business already runs before it writes a line of code.
I am RH Fardin, a senior solo developer. I scope, design, build and ship custom software for Chattogram businesses. No junior handoff, and no Dhaka office taking its cut. You might be an importer near Agrabad or a C&F agent at the port. You might move stock upcountry, or run several godowns off Khatunganj. You show me how the work happens, and I build software to run it. Projects start from 50,000 BDT. You approve the design before code, and pay 50% in advance and 50% on launch.
Senior solo operator | about 5 years building for BD businesses | bKash/Nagad-ready | 50% advance, 50% on launch | Full source-code handover, no lock-in
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Most Chattogram owners who ask me about custom software are not starting from nothing. They are drowning in spreadsheets. The import ledger lives in one staffer's Excel file. The godown stock sits in a printed register the storekeeper updates by hand. The C&F job status is spread across three WhatsApp groups and a diary. Payments and dues live in a fourth file only the accountant can read. For a firm like this, the best custom software development company in Chittagong is whoever understands that mess first.
Everything works until that one person goes on leave. Or the files disagree. Or a buyer abroad asks for a status you cannot pull up in under an hour. That is the real problem custom software solves here. It is not the problem a generic 'company app' is sold to fix. The right partner is the one who studies your mess first, not the one who quotes fastest.
A Chattogram software brief is its own animal, because so much of the business is the port. It covers import and export, clearing and forwarding, freight and indenting. It covers commodity and raw-material trade off Khatunganj. It covers distribution that takes goods landed at Chittagong and pushes them up to Dhaka and beyond. The software that helps these firms is practical, not decorative.
That means consignment and LC tracking, and container and shipment status. It means godown-wise stock across several warehouses and party ledgers with dues and ageing. It means delivery orders, and reports the owner can open on his phone at the port while the accountant sits in Agrabad. A SaaS template built for a Dhaka retail shop fits none of that. Custom software development in Chittagong, done right, is shaped around the trade workflow you already run.
When you hire me, there is no chain to lose your needs in. I run the scoping call and the user flow. I draw the screens in Figma, build the database, write the backend code and add bKash or Nagad. I deploy it, and I pick up on WhatsApp when your storekeeper finds a screen confusing. That is one senior operator with about five years building custom software and web apps for Bangladeshi businesses. It is one thread for the whole project.
In a Dhaka software house, the senior who pitches you is on the next sale by the time a junior starts your build. Your brief passes through a salesman, a project manager and a coder. Soon nobody remembers what you asked for. With me, the person who agrees the scope writes the code. That is the biggest reason custom software either fits a business or does not.
Let me be honest about where I am truly the best fit, because 'best' should mean something specific. I build small to mid-sized custom software for Chattogram firms. These firms need a clean admin panel, a handful of user roles, real reports, and BD payment and SMS links. Think import and trade ledgers, multi-godown inventory, and distributor and C&F order management. Think clinic and diagnostic appointment systems, school management, and HR and payroll for a few hundred staff.
Pricing is fixed in BDT after one call. Custom software with a database, admin panel and user roles starts from 3,00,000 BDT. Smaller tools and light web apps can fit my 90,000 or 1,50,000 BDT tiers when the scope allows. The smallest job is 50,000 BDT. It is always 50% advance and 50% on launch, by bKash, Nagad or bank transfer. You approve the design before coding. For a 300-screen ERP for a 5,000-worker EPZ garments factory, I will honestly tell you to hire a larger team.
The 'best' tag should mean specifics, not a slogan. Here are six things a serious Chattogram firm gets from me that most local software shops quietly skip.
The person who takes your brief and asks the hard questions writes the code. He also answers your WhatsApp after launch. Your needs never get lost in a handoff from a salesman to a junior.
You get consignment and LC tracking, container status, and godown-wise stock across several warehouses. You also get party ledgers with dues and ageing. The software is shaped around how a Chittagong import, export or C&F firm really works.
Payment links for bKash Merchant, Nagad, SSLCommerz and AamarPay are standard scope. I have built the OTP flows, IPN callbacks, refunds and reconciliation before. I am not learning them on your project.
You run between the port and Agrabad. So your dashboards, dues, stock and job status load fast and read clearly on a mid-range Android. They do not only work on the office desktop your staff use.
You approve every screen in Figma before I write the first line of backend. If a flow does not match how your storekeeper or accountant works, we fix it on paper, not in the live system.
On launch, you get the source code, the database, server access and the documents. You can move to another developer any year you like. Nothing about your software is held hostage.
There is a quiet trap in the Chattogram software market. A local shop quotes a low price for 'custom business software,' and the owner signs. Months later, a stock or POS template arrives with a new logo and a few renamed fields. It works for a corner shop. It fails a firm that runs on consignments, LCs, multi-godown stock and party dues. Those workflows were never in the template. Adding them later becomes an endless run of paid 'change requests.'
At the other end, a Dhaka software house treats the same brief as a four or five lakh job. It hands it to a junior once the contract is signed. Eight months late, it delivers something that still does not match the request. The needs passed through three people who never saw your godown. Real custom software is neither of those. It is the right scope, understood first, and built by the person who scoped it.
That is my lane, so I never quote a custom job in 24 hours. First, I want a 30 to 60 minute call. You walk me through how the work happens now. Which file lives with whom? Which register does the storekeeper update? Where does a buyer's status request get stuck? What breaks when one person is on leave? From that, I write a one-page scope. You sign it, and it becomes the contract. New needs mid-build are agreed openly, not sprung as extras.
Design is approved in Figma before backend code. The price is fixed in BDT after that one call: custom software from 3,00,000 BDT, and smaller tools from the 50,000 BDT floor. On launch, you get the full source code, database and server access, plus 30 days of free fixes for real bugs. Judge the top custom software development company in Chittagong by one test: does your team still use the software a year later? For that, you want one senior who learned your business first and still answers the phone.
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Here are straight answers to what Chattogram business owners ask me on the first WhatsApp message about custom software.
Real custom software with a database, admin panel, user roles and at least one payment link starts from 3,00,000 BDT. Smaller tools, like a single godown stock tracker or a light job-status web app, may fit my 90,000 or 1,50,000 BDT tiers. The smallest job is 50,000 BDT. The exact price depends on user roles, integrations like bKash, Nagad, SMS or accounting, the number of warehouses or branches, and whether you need an Android app. I quote one fixed price after a scoping call.
They are rarely selling the same thing. A 40,000-taka 'custom' quote in Chattogram is usually a stock or POS template with your logo and two renamed fields. It has no real model of consignments, LCs, godown-wise stock or party dues. Once your real workflow hits it, you pay for 'change requests' that never end. Real custom software is designed around your operation from a blank scope, built by the senior who scoped it. If a template truly fits, buy the cheap one. For a trade firm, it rarely does.
Yes. This is the kind of work I do best for Chattogram. I build consignment and shipment tracking, and LC and party ledgers with dues and ageing. I build multi-godown stock with transfers, delivery orders and approval flows. I also build distributor order management for goods landed at Chittagong and pushed upcountry. First, we have a call where you show me your spreadsheets, registers and WhatsApp-group workarounds. That way the system maps your real process, not a generic template's.
Trust should come from what you can see, not from office size. Ask any software house to show you the developer who will write your code. Most cannot, because the senior who pitched is on the next sale when your build starts. With me, the person who quotes also builds and answers after launch. You can see my work at rhfardin.com and check my Google profile. We sign a proper milestone contract. You get one accountable senior and one WhatsApp thread, from scope to handover.
A typical custom system takes 6 to 12 weeks from signed contract to live launch. That covers a trade ledger, multi-godown inventory, distributor or C&F orders, or clinic or school management. A week or two goes to needs and Figma. Most of the time goes to building. Then your team tests on staging before go-live. Anyone promising real custom software in 3 weeks is reskinning a template. No in-person meeting is needed. Kickoff, reviews and final sign-off all happen on Google Meet or WhatsApp.
You own everything, 100%. On launch day, I hand over the full source code, pushed to your own GitHub or Bitbucket. You also get the database backup, server logins, deployment steps and a short technical manual. Then there are 30 days of free fixes for real bugs, and Bangla-English training videos your staff can rewatch. I do not force you into a maintenance retainer. If you hire an in-house developer or another team next year, they have everything on day one. Nothing is held hostage.
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