Custom software development in Chittagong for the firm that has outgrown its off-the-shelf POS, its rented ERP and its spreadsheets. You need software shaped to how you actually trade.
Most Chattogram businesses that reach me have already bought software once. A hosted POS, a Tally licence, or a Dhaka or Indian SaaS billed per user per month. It half-fits, so staff keep a side Excel file. I'm RH Fardin, a senior solo developer building custom software for port-city firms: C&F agents near Agrabad, traders off Khatunganj, clinics around GEC, logistics fleets and distributors. One person scopes, designs, builds and ships it. From 50,000 BDT, design approved before code, full source code handed over.
One senior developer. About 5 years building for BD businesses. bKash and Nagad ready. 50% advance, 50% on launch. You own the code, with no per-user fee.
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I see the same tipping point again and again in Chattogram, and it's where custom software development in Chittagong starts to make sense. A firm begins with a ready-made tool. It might be a hosted POS for the showroom, a generic inventory app, or a foreign SaaS that bills in dollars per user per month. For a while, it's fine. Then the business grows into its own shape.
Now there's a second godown the tool can't handle. There's a commission structure no template has a field for. A buyer abroad wants a status report the software cannot produce. And the per-user bill has crept past what a real system would cost to own outright. So staff stop trusting the tool. They keep a side spreadsheet "just to be safe." Now you pay a monthly fee AND run on Excel.
That is when custom software stops being a luxury and becomes the cheaper choice. The right question isn't "app banabo na ready kinbo?" in the abstract. It's whether your work has become so specific that no template will ever fit it again. And if you truly need a 300-screen ERP for a 5,000-worker EPZ factory, I'll tell you to hire a larger team. I won't take a job I can't ship well solo.
I'm RH Fardin, a senior solo developer. I've spent about five years building production software and web apps for Bangladeshi businesses. I'm useful on the buy-or-build question because I have no reason to lie about it. An agency selling a custom build wants you to build. A SaaS reseller wants you to subscribe forever. I'll tell you plainly: if a 2,000-taka-a-month tool covers your workflow, buy it and don't call me.
I earn my fee only when your business has outgrown the shelf. That's when forcing your real process into someone else's product costs too much. Think of the workarounds, the side files, the per-user fees and the report you can never pull. Once that cost is bigger than owning software built around how you work, building wins.
What makes a Chattogram brief different is the trade underneath it. This is a port city. The work is import and export, clearing and forwarding, indenting, commodity trade off Khatunganj and moving landed goods. Then there are the firms that serve them: clinics and diagnostic centres, transport fleets, real-estate offices and factories tied into the EPZ supply chain.
Generic software is built for a Dhaka retail shop or a Western small business. It has no honest place for an LC reference, a container number or a C&F job stage. It can't handle a godown-to-godown transfer, a party ledger with dues and ageing, or a delivery order that needs three sign-offs. Good custom software puts those at the centre, not in awkward custom fields. It also loads fast on a mid-range Android, because you read it at the port, not at a desk.
Prices are in BDT and fixed after one scoping call. Full custom software with a database, admin panel, user roles and a payment or SMS link starts at 3,00,000 BDT. Smaller tools often fit my 90,000 or 1,50,000 BDT tiers, like a godown stock tracker, a C&F job board or a clinic booking system. The smallest job is 50,000 BDT. It's 50% advance and 50% on launch via bKash, Nagad or bank. You approve the full design before I write any code. That's my design-approval guarantee.
Six clear differences between software built around your port-city business and the off-the-shelf tool you're fighting with now.
Pay once and the software is yours. There's no per-user, per-month bill in dollars that grows every time you hire. For a Chattogram firm of any size, owning the build beats renting a tool that half-fits, within a year or two.
LC and consignment references, container and shipment status, C&F job stages, godown-to-godown transfers, and party ledgers with dues and ageing. These are core parts of the system, not "custom fields" jammed into a template.
I tell you when a cheap off-the-shelf tool would serve you better, and that you should buy it. I only build when your business has outgrown every template. So the fee earns its keep.
bKash Merchant, Nagad, SSLCommerz and AamarPay, set up properly. OTP flows, IPN callbacks, refunds and reconciliation are handled from day one. I don't learn them on your project or hack them into a redirect that breaks on Fridays.
You check stock, dues and job status on your phone between Agrabad and the jetty. Dashboards and tables are built thumb-first for a mid-range Android on patchy 4G. They aren't shrunk down from a desktop view.
The person who scopes the job writes the code and answers your WhatsApp after launch. Your needs never pass through a salesman and a junior until nobody remembers what you asked for.
Before you spend a taka on a custom build, run this test. I run it with every Chattogram owner on the first call. First, list everything your current tool can't do that forces a side spreadsheet or a manual workaround. If that list is short, you don't need custom software. You need to use the tool you have better.
Second, add up what you pay each year to rent your current software. Count the per-user SaaS fee, the yearly licence, and the staffer who matches systems by hand. Third, ask the deciding question. Is your business so specific that no template will ever fit? Think multiple godowns, an LC or commission setup nobody else has, or reports a foreign buyer demands. If the list is long, the rent is real money and your process is truly yours, build. If not, buy the tool and keep your cash.
When the answer is build, here's how I work. I don't quote a custom job in 24 hours like most shops. I want 30 to 60 minutes where you walk me through how the work happens now. Which file lives with whom. Which register your storekeeper updates by hand. Where a buyer's status request gets stuck. What breaks when one person is on leave. From that, I write a one-page scope you can take to any Chittagong developer to compare. You sign it, and it becomes the contract.
Then you approve the full design in Figma before any backend code. The price is fixed in BDT. Custom software starts from 3,00,000 BDT and smaller tools from the 50,000 BDT floor. You pay 50% advance and 50% on launch via bKash, Nagad or bank. On launch, you get the source code on your own GitHub, the database, server access and a plain Bangla-English handover, plus free fixes for real bugs. Custom software development in Chittagong BD done right is what your team still opens every morning a year later.
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Straight answers to what Chattogram business owners ask in their first WhatsApp message about custom software.
Full custom software with a database, admin panel, user roles and at least one payment link starts from 3,00,000 BDT. Smaller tools often fit my 90,000 or 1,50,000 BDT tiers. Think a godown stock tracker, a C&F job board, a clinic booking system or an admin panel on your data. The smallest job is 50,000 BDT. The exact figure depends on user roles, integrations (bKash, Nagad, SMS, accounting), branches, and whether you need an Android app. I give one fixed BDT price after a scoping call.
Maybe not, and I'll tell you straight. If your hosted POS, Tally licence or foreign SaaS covers your workflow with few side spreadsheets, keep it. Building custom would waste your money. Switch when the tool only half-fits. Maybe staff keep a side Excel file. Maybe the dollar per-user fee has passed what owning a system would cost. Maybe a buyer needs a report the tool can't produce. Most established Chittagong trade firms reach that point eventually.
Yes. This is core to what I do for Chattogram. I build consignment and shipment tracking, LC and party ledgers with dues and ageing, and multi-godown stock with transfers. I also build delivery orders with approval steps and order systems for goods landed at Chittagong and sent upcountry. First, you walk me through your spreadsheets, registers and WhatsApp-group workarounds on a call. Then the system maps your real process near Agrabad or Khatunganj, not a template's guess.
No. With custom software, you pay once to own it. There's no per-user, per-month fee. The only running costs are your own hosting and domain, a few thousand taka a year, on your account and in your name. You can add an optional maintenance retainer if you want me on call. After launch, you choose: a flat monthly retainer, pay per change, or hand it to your own developer with full documentation. No forced lock-in. Nothing held hostage.
A small tool takes two to four weeks from advance to launch. A mid-sized app with a few roles and integrations takes six to ten weeks. Full custom software with several modules takes three to five months. I build in short cycles, so you see working screens often. There's no months-long black box. Kickoff, design reviews and final sign-off all happen on Google Meet or WhatsApp. That works the same whether you're in Agrabad, GEC, Khulshi, Khatunganj or the port area.
You own everything, 100%. On launch day, you get the full source code on your own GitHub or Bitbucket. You also get the database backup, server access, deployment steps and a short technical manual. Real bugs after go-live are fixed free, and your staff get plain Bangla-English training videos to rewatch. I don't lock you into a maintenance contract. If you later hire your own developer or another team, they have everything on day one.
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