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What you're actually paying for when you commission custom software in BD
Custom software pricing in Bangladesh confuses people because the market quotes the wrong thing. One shop says 25,000 BDT, another says 8,00,000 BDT for what sounds like the same project — and both are sort of right, because they're solving different problems. The 25,000 BDT version is usually a recycled WordPress theme with a contact form bolted on. The 8,00,000 BDT version might include a hosted control panel, mobile apps, payment integrations, and three months of bug-fixing. The honest answer is: cost is driven by the number of distinct user roles, the number of workflows being automated, whether you need integrations (bKash, SMS, accounting, courier APIs), and how much existing data needs to be migrated.
My pricing floor is 50,000 BDT, which covers a small, sharply-scoped internal tool — say, a single-purpose admin panel, a simple booking system, a lead-capture-and-assign dashboard. Mid-range builds — POS for a small chain, basic inventory + invoicing, a multi-vendor request system — typically land in the 90,000 to 1,50,000 BDT range. Genuine custom software — full ERPs, multi-branch operations, complex permissions, deep integrations — starts from 3,00,000 BDT and goes up based on real scope. Payment terms are clean: 50% advance to start, 50% on launch, with a design-approval guarantee so you never pay for a build you haven't signed off on. No retainers you can't cancel, no surprise 'extra modules' invoiced after delivery.