The best custom software development company in Dhaka is usually the one that listens longer than it codes.
I am RH Fardin, a senior solo developer in Dhaka who scopes, designs, builds and ships custom software for Bangladeshi businesses. No project manager middle-layer, no junior team. You explain the problem once, I deliver the software that solves it. Starting from 50,000 BDT.
Senior solo operator | ~5 years building for BD clients | bKash/Nagad-ready | 50% advance, 50% on launch | Design approval before code
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Every week in Dhaka, a business owner tells me the same story: they paid an agency in Gulshan or Banani 4-5 lakh BDT for custom software, waited eight months, and ended up with a half-finished product that does not match what they actually asked for. The reason is almost never the developers. It is the handoff chain. The salesperson hears one thing, the project manager writes another, the junior coder builds a third, and by the time it reaches QA nobody remembers what the client originally needed. With me, that chain is one link long.
I am RH Fardin, a Dhaka-based senior developer with around 5 years building custom software, web apps and ecommerce systems for businesses across Bangladesh. I do not run an office in Banani with twenty desks. I run a focused practice where I personally scope the requirements, design the user flow, write the code, set up the hosting, integrate the payment gateways, and stay on call after launch. When you message me on WhatsApp at 11pm because something broke, you are messaging the person who actually built it.
Being called the 'best' is subjective, so let me be honest about what I am best at: small-to-mid custom software for BD businesses that need 1-5 user roles, a clean admin panel, bKash or Nagad integration, SMS notifications, role-based permissions, and reporting dashboards. Inventory systems, school management, HR and payroll, clinic appointment systems, distributor order management, restaurant POS, real-estate CRMs, this is my zone. If you need a 200-screen ERP for a 5000-employee garments factory, I will be the first to refer you to a larger team.
Pricing is straightforward and quoted in BDT, not USD. Custom software starts from 3,00,000 BDT for a real software product with database, admin panel and user roles. Smaller utility tools and lightweight web apps can sometimes fit my 90,000 to 1,50,000 BDT website tiers if the scope allows. Smallest engagements start at 50,000 BDT. Payment is always 50% advance via bank transfer or bKash, 50% on launch. No hidden 'maintenance retainer' you did not ask for.
The label 'best' should mean something specific. Here is what I actually deliver that most Dhaka software shops do not.
Your requirements never get translated between five people. I take the brief, ask the hard questions, and the same person who agreed to the scope writes the code.
Payment gateway integration for bKash Merchant, Nagad, SSLCommerz and AamarPay is baked in. I have done the OTP flows, the IPN callbacks and the refund cases before.
Bangla input handling, BDT formatting with comma-lakh-crore, NID-based KYC fields, mobile number validation for 11-digit BD format, division-district-upazila pickers. Not an afterthought, default behaviour.
You see and approve the full UI in Figma before I write line one of backend. If the screens do not match how your team actually works, we fix it on paper, not in production.
Your accounts manager, your shop floor supervisor, your data entry staff, they all need it readable in plain Bangla-friendly UI. No JSON dumps, no developer-only dashboards.
On launch you get the source code, the database, the server access, the documentation. If you ever want to move to another developer, nothing is held hostage.
The honest answer to 'who is the best custom software developer in Dhaka?' is: the one who refuses to start coding until they fully understand your business process. Most agencies in Dhaka quote within 24 hours of receiving a vague request, because their sales target is to close the contract before the client talks to a second vendor. I do the opposite. Before I quote, I ask for 30-60 minutes on a call where you walk me through how the work currently happens, who does what, where the spreadsheets and printed registers live, and what specifically breaks. From that conversation I write a one-page scope document, you sign it, and that becomes the contract. If we discover new requirements mid-build, we negotiate them openly, not through inflated change requests at the end.
The other half of 'best' is post-launch reality. Custom software is never truly finished, it just reaches version one. Your staff will use it for two weeks and come back with twelve small change requests, half of which are bugs and half are 'can we also do this' ideas. I include 30 days of free post-launch fixes for genuine bugs, transparent hourly rates for new features, and you keep full ownership of the codebase. If you decide a year later that you want to hire an in-house developer to take over, hand them the repository and the documentation and walk away. That is how custom software should work in Dhaka, and that is the standard I hold myself to.
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Real questions from real Dhaka business owners who messaged me about custom software in the last few months.
Genuine custom software with a database, admin panel, user roles and at least one payment integration starts from 3,00,000 BDT in Dhaka with me. Smaller scoped utility tools or single-purpose web apps sometimes fit my 90,000 to 1,50,000 BDT tiers. The smallest engagement is 50,000 BDT. The exact number depends on number of user roles, integrations (bKash, Nagad, SMS, accounting), and whether you need iOS/Android apps too. I quote a fixed price after one scoping call, not by guessing.
Trust should be earned by what you see, not by office size. Ask any Dhaka software company to show you the actual developer who will write your code. Most cannot, because by the time the project starts the senior developer who pitched it is on another sale. With me, the person who quotes is the person who builds. You can verify my work at rhfardin.com, check my Google profile, and we sign a proper contract with milestones.
Yes, this is standard scope for me. I have integrated bKash Tokenized Checkout, Nagad Merchant, SSLCommerz, AamarPay and ShurjoPay in past projects. You will need to apply for the merchant accounts yourself (KYC, TIN, bank account documents) and I will handle the technical integration, OTP flows, IPN callbacks, refund handling and reconciliation reports.
For a typical custom system in Dhaka (inventory, school management, clinic appointments, distributor order management) the realistic timeline is 6 to 12 weeks from contract signature to live launch. Week 1-2 is requirement gathering and Figma designs. Week 3-8 is development. Week 9-10 is your team testing on a staging server. Week 11-12 is bug fixes, training and go-live. Anyone in Dhaka promising a real custom software in 3 weeks is either reskinning a template or cutting corners you will pay for later.
Yes, 100%. On launch day I hand over the full source code (uploaded to your GitHub or Bitbucket account), the database backup, server access credentials, deployment instructions, and a basic technical documentation. I do not hold code hostage and I do not lock you into a forced maintenance contract. If you want to hire your own developer next year and stop working with me, you will have everything they need on day one.
Yes. After launch I provide 2 to 4 sessions of training (in person in Dhaka if you are in city, or over Google Meet otherwise) for your admin users and end users. I also record screen-share videos in Bangla-English mix that your staff can rewatch, and I write a short user manual covering the most common tasks. Most of the 'this software is too complex' problems in BD come from zero training, not bad software.
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