Cheap custom software development in Dhanmondi that your front-desk staff can really use on day one
I am RH Fardin, a one-person software shop, not an agency. Maybe you run a coaching centre, a diagnostic lab, a boutique or a restaurant around Dhanmondi. Maybe a Facebook 'developer' quoted you 70,000 BDT, or a firm quoted you 4 lakh. This is the honest middle. Cheap here means a tight, real tool starting at 50,000 BDT. It is built by the same person who picks up when you message.
Low cost custom software development in Dhanmondi from 50,000 BDT. 50% advance, 50% on launch. About 5 years building software in Bangladesh. I design and code every screen myself, with no juniors.
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Dhanmondi is full of businesses that need cheap custom software development and get burned by it. Coaching centres on every other road track hundreds of students by hand. Diagnostic labs and chambers around Road 27 and Satmasjid Road still call patients to read out results. Boutiques and salons run on a paper khata and a calculator. Almost all of them have paid someone cheap for 'software' at some point and watched it die. That is the trap I want to keep you out of.
Here is the hard truth about most cheap custom software development in Dhanmondi. The 60,000-taka version usually is not software. It is a free admin template with your logo on it and a database nobody designed. It demos beautifully. Then your receptionist cannot edit a wrong invoice. Search takes eight seconds on 200 records. The bKash payment never ties back to the right student. And the 'developer' has stopped replying. Three months later you pay someone else more than the first quote just to make it usable.
I built this low cost custom software development option in Dhanmondi for the real gap. On one side is that 70,000-taka mess. On the other is a 4-lakh software house project that most single-branch Dhanmondi businesses do not need yet. To me, cheap means a small but properly built tool. It does one job correctly. It has real database design, a clean screen your staff can learn in ten minutes, and code you truly own.
It starts at 50,000 BDT. I will tell you on the first call whether your idea fits there.
I am the only person who touches your project: discovery, design, code, deployment and handover. No sales rep in Gulshan, no junior in Mirpur. Your needs may honestly be more than the cheap tier can hold, like several branches, a real ERP or complex roles. If so, I will say it on the call and quote the right tier. I won't sell you a 50,000-taka thing that quietly cannot do the job.
The 50,000 BDT custom software start is one focused tool built right. It is not a stripped, half-finished version of a bigger system you will have to rescue later.
Cheap works when the scope is tight. We pick the one thing eating your time, like student fees, lab reports, stock or daily sales. Then I build that one tool properly, not a vague 'full system' that does ten things badly.
Your staff can fix a wrong invoice, refund an entry, correct a name and search 5,000 records instantly. That sounds basic. It is exactly what the cheap Facebook builds never get right.
If you collect fees or payments via bKash or Nagad, I link each payment to the right student, patient or order. Each one gets a reference and a confirmation log. So your accounts really match at month end.
Your receptionist's Symphony and your accountant's old laptop both matter. I build light, mobile-first screens that load fast on Dhanmondi's everyday 4G. No heavy dashboard that freezes the front desk.
Non-technical staff must run this from day one. Big buttons, Bangla and English labels where they help, and no training manual needed. You also get a short screen-recording walkthrough at handover.
Source code, database and admin login are handed to you in writing. Hosting and domain are in your name. If you ever replace me, you walk away with the whole thing, not held hostage for a renewal fee.
The honest method is a fixed, narrow scope, not cut corners. The 50,000 BDT tier is one core module with clean database design and the screens to run it. It includes one round of changes, a bKash or Nagad tie-in if you need it, and a 30-day fix window after launch. Because we pin the scope on the first call, I can quote it with confidence and you can budget with confidence. There is no 'sir aro 30,000 lagbe' surprise in week three, which is how cheap Dhanmondi quotes balloon.
Sometimes the work truly needs more, like staff roles and permissions, SMS to students, several branches or deeper reports. That is the 90,000 or 1,50,000 BDT tier. Anything truly large, like a full ERP or booking platform, starts at 3,00,000 BDT. I would rather move you up a tier than ship a 50,000-taka tool I know will choke in six months.
The other reason this price is possible is that I am not an agency. There is no office to rent on Satmasjid Road. No project manager passes your WhatsApp to a junior. No five-person sales floor adds their salaries to your quote. You message me and I reply. I design the screens, write the code, set up the database, deploy it and hand it over.
That strips out most of the overhead a Dhanmondi software house has to pass on. So 'cheap' here really means 'no middlemen', not 'less care'. The same senior person who quotes you is the one fixing bugs in your software at launch, and that is the whole point.
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 real questions Dhanmondi business owners ask before they trust anyone with cheap custom software.
The honest floor is 50,000 BDT for one properly built tool. Think of a fee tracker, a lab report system or a simple stock and sales tool, with real database design, not a template. More moving parts, like staff roles, SMS, several branches or deeper reports, move you to 90,000 or 1,50,000 BDT. A full ERP or booking platform starts at 3,00,000 BDT. Terms are 50% advance, 50% on launch. I'll confirm on the first call whether your idea fits the cheap tier.
Two different reasons. I'm cheaper than a Dhanmondi software house because there's no office, no sales team and no junior layer. You pay for the work, not the overhead. I cost more than the 'I'll do it for 20,000' Facebook developers because they hand you a free template. It has no real database, no edit or undo, no payment matching and no support after week two. I quote a tighter scope, but I really build it and stand behind it.
Sometimes, and I'll be honest after looking. I get rescue requests every quarter. A coaching centre or lab paid 70,000 to 1,20,000 BDT, it broke, and the developer vanished. If the database and code can be saved, fixing is cheaper than rebuilding, and I'll quote the fix. But it might be a nulled template with no real data structure underneath. Then patching costs more long term than a clean small build. I'll show you why before you spend more on a dead end.
That's the whole design brief, not an afterthought. The cheap tier is built for one non-technical person to run from day one. It has large clear buttons and Bangla and English labels where they help. Common actions are one tap away. Confirmation prompts stop a wrong click from wrecking your data. At handover you get a short screen-recording walkthrough. Most Dhanmondi receptionists I've built for were running it with confidence the same afternoon.
Yes, and for most single-branch Dhanmondi businesses that's the right call. I skip the costly payment gateway. Instead I log each bKash or Nagad payment against the right student, patient or order. Each one gets its transaction reference and a confirmation status. Your front desk records it once, and your month-end accounts really match. If you later outgrow manual entry, that's a paid upgrade. But you don't need it to launch cheaply.
You own it, fully and in writing. Source code, database and admin login are handed over. The hosting and domain go in your name, not mine. There's no required monthly fee to keep it running. There's no lock that lets me hold your data hostage. If you ever want another developer to take over or extend it, they get everything they need. Cheap should never mean trapped, and I put that on paper before we start.
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