Cheap custom software development in Dhaka that actually ships and keeps running
I am RH Fardin, a one-person software shop that builds for Dhaka businesses. I build the internal tool, dashboard or automation your business now runs on spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups. At the end, I hand you the source code. Cheap here means I cut the agency markup and the middlemen, not the testing. Small tools start at 50,000 BDT. Full custom systems start from 3,00,000 BDT.
Tools from 50,000 BDT. Full custom software from 3,00,000 BDT. 50% advance, 50% on launch. About 5 years building in Bangladesh. One senior developer: the person you message is the person who writes the code.
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Here is the story I hear most about cheap custom software development in Dhaka. A business owner in Motijheel or Gulshan needs a simple inventory tool or a sales dashboard. Or they want to stop tracking 400 orders in an Excel file. Someone quotes 40,000 taka.
Three months in, the developer has built a login page and one broken table. Then he stops replying on WhatsApp. The owner is back on the spreadsheet, and now they are also out 40,000 taka. That is not cheap custom software development. That is paying for an abandoned project.
Custom software is different from a website. You can see when a website is broken. With software, the bugs hide inside the logic. A stock count slowly drifts wrong over two months. A report quietly counts things twice. An export breaks on the day your accountant really needs it.
A 'cheap developer' who doesn't test, doesn't handle edge cases and doesn't document the code leaves you with something that looks done and isn't. You only find out when it costs you real money.
I built a truly low-cost path into custom software in Dhaka because the gap is wide and painful. On one side is that 40,000-taka disappearing act. On the other is a software house in Banani quoting 8 to 15 lakh, with a six-month timeline and a project manager you never asked for.
A lot of Dhaka SMEs do not need an enterprise platform. They need one tool that does one job correctly. And they need it to still work, and still be fixable, a year from now.
I am RH Fardin, the only person who touches your project. I have spent about five years writing code in Bangladesh. Most of it was for small businesses, importers, clinics and trading firms that outgrew spreadsheets.
'Cheap' does not change how I work. You still get a real requirements call, a written scope, tested code and the full source. You are never trapped paying me forever. If your problem really fits an off-the-shelf tool, I will tell you to buy that instead of paying me to build it.
Cheap should describe the price, not the engineering. Every build ships tested, documented and fully yours. That goes for a 50,000 BDT internal tool and a 3,00,000 BDT custom system alike.
I hand over the full source code on launch, in a repository in your name. If you ever stop working with me, you walk away with the whole codebase. You can hire anyone to continue it. No 'the code lives on my laptop' trap.
Before I write a line, I map how your business really runs on a call: the order flow, the stock register, the approval steps. The software fits your process. Your team doesn't have to change how they work to suit a rigid template.
Your tool may need to log bKash and Nagad payments, match up manual payments, or check a transaction ID against an order. I build that logic carefully. A payment-matching bug is the one that loses you real taka.
I test the edge cases that break cheap software. Empty screens, wrong inputs, two users at once, the month-end report, the export your accountant needs. The bugs that hide in business logic are exactly what I am paid to catch.
We agree on the exact features and the price in writing before I start. No 'sir aro lakh dui lagbe' surprise three weeks in. You can budget with confidence, because the scope does not quietly grow.
You get a plain-language guide to how the software works, how to run it and how the data is set up. The next developer, or your own team, never has to reverse-engineer a black box.
I can quote custom software cheaper than a Dhaka software house for one real reason: there is no house. No office lease in Gulshan and no sales team. No project manager passing your needs to a junior in Mirpur who half understands them and builds the wrong thing. You explain what you need to me. I design the data model, write the backend, build the screens and test it.
That setup removes the layers where most of the cost, and most of the mix-ups, live. You are paying for working software, not for overhead and meetings.
I also keep it cheap by being honest about scope. That is the biggest cost-killer in custom software. Most projects blow their budget because nobody defined 'done' at the start. Features keep getting added, and the bill keeps climbing. I do the opposite. We write down exactly what the software must do, I quote that, and we ship it.
A focused internal tool can start at the 50,000 BDT tier when the scope is tight. Think an order tracker, a simple invoicing system, or a CRM your sales team will really use. Tools with more moving parts, real user roles, reports and integrations sit at the 90,000 or 1,50,000 BDT tiers. A truly custom system with many modules, many users and links to your current tools starts at 3,00,000 BDT. I'll tell you on the first call which band fits. Payment is always 50% advance and 50% on launch.
Clear packages, fixed quotes, paid in BDT. Pick a starting point. I'll tailor the exact scope on a quick call.
Every project starts at ৳50,000
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The questions Dhaka business owners really ask before they order custom software.
It depends on scope, but here is the honest range. A focused, single-purpose internal tool can start at 50,000 BDT when the feature list is tight. That could be an order tracker, a basic inventory or invoicing tool, or a simple CRM. Add user roles, reports, dashboards and integrations and you are at the 90,000 to 1,50,000 BDT tiers. A full custom system built from scratch starts at 3,00,000 BDT. I quote a fixed price after one requirements call. It is 50% advance and 50% on launch.
Cheap custom software development in Dhaka has a floor. Below it, the math stops working. Real custom software takes weeks of design, building and, most of all, testing. At 40,000 taka, nobody can afford to test it properly, so they don't. You inherit a system full of logic bugs that only show up when they cost you money. Most of those 40,000-taka projects are never finished at all. 50,000 BDT is the lowest price at which I can ship something that works and put my name on it.
The common ones are inventory and stock systems, order and delivery trackers, and invoicing and billing tools. I also build simple CRMs and lead pipelines, and dashboards that pull your numbers into one screen. Clinics and service firms get booking and appointment systems. And I build automations that kill boring manual work. These are the jobs Dhaka SMEs now run on tangled Excel files and WhatsApp groups. Describe the manual process eating your team's day, and I can usually tell you on the call if software is worth it.
You do, completely. I hand over the full source code on launch, in a repository in your name, with a plain-language handover document. This is the biggest difference between cheap-but-real and cheap-but-trapped. A lot of low-cost developers in Dhaka keep the code, so you have to keep paying them for every change. With me, you can take the codebase and hire anyone else to extend it. You are never locked in.
That's a fair concern, and it is exactly why the handover matters. You get the full source code and documents, so you don't depend on me being around forever. Any skilled developer can pick it up. During the build, you message me directly and I reply directly, with no agency phone-tag. After launch there is a window for bug fixes. There are also clear options if you want me on a small monthly retainer for changes. You keep control whether I am in the picture or not.
Yes. The 50% advance can come by bKash personal, Nagad, bank transfer, or international wire if you pay from abroad. I send a proper invoice with a transaction reference field, so it goes cleanly through your books. The other 50% is due on launch, once you have seen the software running and signed off. You never pay the full amount up front for software you haven't seen working. That protects both of us.
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