Your Gulshan office pays per seat, in dollars, for a foreign SaaS tool. It still can't do VAT the way NBR wants. It can't pay staff over bKash. So the real work quietly moved back to Excel.
I am RH Fardin, a senior solo developer and a one-person custom software development company in Gulshan. I scope, build and ship custom software for Gulshan businesses from start to finish. I don't resell someone else's product, and I don't hand you to a junior pool. I am one operator with around 5 years of building real systems for BD companies. I build the tool around how your office really works. Internal tools start at 50,000 BDT. Full custom software starts at 3,00,000 BDT.
Senior solo operator. About 5 years building custom software for BD businesses. Built around BD workflows: NBR VAT, bKash/Nagad, Bangla. 50% advance, 50% on launch. You own the source code, with no per-seat licence.
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A Gulshan office rarely decides on day one that it needs custom software. It decides in month nine of a foreign subscription. As a custom software development company in Gulshan, this is the talk I have most. The buyer might be a buying house, a bank's card division, a pharma distributor or a multinational's local arm. They signed up for a slick global SaaS tool. Maybe the head office abroad uses it. Maybe the demo just looked clean.
Then reality arrived. The tax module can't make a Mushak the way NBR wants it. Payroll can't pay salaries to staff over bKash. The courier link only knows DHL, not Pathao or Sundarban. Half the dropdowns assume a workflow that doesn't exist in Dhaka. The per-seat price climbs every time you add a user. So the team does what BD teams always do. They export to Excel, fix it by hand, and run the real process in a WhatsApp group.
Now you are paying foreign rates for a system your staff work around. That is the buyer custom software is really for. But I will not pretend every office needs me. If an off-the-shelf tool truly covers your workflow, buy it, and I will tell you that on the first call. I won't sell you a build you don't need. Custom software earns its keep in one case: the way your business works is what makes you money, and forcing it into someone else's product breaks it.
Think of a distributor whose pricing, credit limits and dealer commissions are unique. Or a clinic whose appointment, chamber and billing flow fits no imported template. Or an ops team typing the same data into three foreign tools that don't talk to each other. Here, the custom software development Gulshan BD companies pay for earns back fast. The win is not just licence savings. It is the hours your people stop wasting on software built for a business in another country.
Around 5 years of building custom software for Bangladeshi businesses has given me a clear focus. It matches what Gulshan head offices run inside. I build order and dealer distribution systems, inventory and stock tracking, and HR and payroll with bKash or Nagad payouts. I also build appointment and chamber systems for clinics, plus service ticket and complaint tracking. Add approval and purchase workflows, and dashboards a GM or MD can read on a phone.
These systems have a handful of user roles and role-based permissions. They handle NBR VAT and Mushak where it matters. They use local payment and SMS where money or alerts move. Your own staff run them from a clean admin panel. That is the real shape of what Gulshan businesses need from a custom software development company in Gulshan. It is not a 300-screen global ERP that I would be lying to take on alone. When your scope truly is that big, I say so.
Pricing is in BDT, and it is fixed once we sign. There is no per-seat meter and no annual licence that renews whether you use it or not. A true custom software product, with a database, admin panel, user roles and integrations, starts at 3,00,000 BDT. A focused internal tool or single-workflow web app often fits my tiered builds at 50,000, 90,000 or 1,50,000 BDT. The smallest project starts at 50,000 BDT.
Every project is 50% advance and 50% on launch, by bank transfer, bKash or Nagad. I code nothing until you approve the screens and the data flow. That is my design-approval guarantee. On launch day, the source code, database and server access are yours. Add fifty users next year and your cost is zero. You own the system instead of renting a seat in it.
Six things separate software built around your office from software you bend your office around. All are standard, from the entry tool to the full custom build.
The software is shaped to how your office already works. It follows your pricing rules, your approval chain and your dealer terms. You stop fixing exports by hand because the tool finally matches the process.
You buy the build once, in taka, and you own it. Add five users or fifty next year at zero extra cost. There is no subscription that climbs every time the team grows.
VAT and Mushak work the way Bangladesh really requires. bKash, Nagad, local courier and SMS are built in where they belong. They are not bolted onto a tool made for another country.
The person who maps your workflow is the person who writes the code. I am also the one who answers when something breaks. Your needs never get lost in a sales to PM to junior handoff.
If an off-the-shelf tool truly fits, I tell you to buy it. I only suggest a custom build when your workflow is the thing the foreign product keeps breaking.
On launch you get the full source code, database and server logins. Hire an in-house developer next year and hand it over. Nothing is held hostage, and there is never an exit fee.
When a Gulshan office adds up its software cost, it usually counts the subscription and stops. The real bill hides one level down. It is the accounts assistant who exports to Excel every month because the VAT report won't come out the way NBR wants. It is the payroll person sending bKash payments by hand because the imported HR system only knows bank files. It is the ops team typing the same order into three tools that don't talk.
It is also the storekeeper keeping a private notebook, because nobody trusts a dropdown built for a workflow Dhaka doesn't use. Add those hours across a year. The 'cheap' foreign subscription becomes the most costly software in the building. You pay dollars for the licence and salaries for the workaround. This is where custom software earns its place. Built around your real process, it removes the workaround instead of adding to it. The payback shows up in time saved, not just licence fees saved.
But I want to be straight about the other side. It is the honest reason to hire me, not the loud one. Custom is not always the answer. If your need is generic, like basic accounting, plain email or standard file storage, buy the off-the-shelf tool. Don't let anyone, including me, talk you into a build. My first-call test is simple. Is the way you do this the thing that makes you money, or is it the same as everyone else's? If it is the same, buy.
Your dealer pricing, credit terms, chamber and billing flow or approval ladder may be yours alone. Forcing that into a foreign product taxes you forever. A custom software development company in Gulshan that builds, not one reselling a licence at a markup, is the cheaper path over time. Don't weigh a subscription's price tag against a build. Weigh the staff time one gives back and the other eats. Ask vendors: 'Are you building this for my workflow, or fitting my workflow into your product?' The answer tells you everything.
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These are the questions Gulshan business owners and ops heads send me first. Here are straight answers, with no sales fog.
A true custom software product starts at 3,00,000 BDT, with a database, admin panel, user roles and at least one integration. A focused internal tool often fits my tiered builds at 50,000, 90,000 or 1,50,000 BDT. 50,000 BDT is the floor. The exact price depends on user roles, integrations like bKash, Nagad, SMS, NBR/VAT or accounting, and any mobile apps. You pay once in taka, fixed after one scoping call. There is no per-seat fee and no annual licence that grows with your headcount.
Only build if the foreign tool is fighting your workflow. Signs include exporting to Excel, paying salaries by hand because it can't do bKash, or typing the same data into tools that don't talk. Then the real cost is the staff hours spent patching around it, not the subscription. A custom build that fits your process pays that back. If an off-the-shelf tool truly covers your needs, I will tell you to keep it. I'd rather lose the project than sell you a build you don't need.
Yes. That is usually the whole reason a Gulshan office moves off a foreign tool. I build VAT and Mushak handling the way Bangladesh really requires. I connect bKash or Nagad for collections or salary payouts wherever money moves. I can also connect local couriers and SMS gateways. These are part of the system from the start. They are not bolted on as an afterthought, the way an imported product treats them.
The test is simple. Is the way you do this what makes you money, or is it like everyone else's? For generic needs like basic accounting, email and file storage, buy off-the-shelf every time. But your dealer pricing, credit terms, approval chain or billing flow may be yours alone. A foreign product then forces you to bend your process, which costs staff hours forever. On the first call I will honestly tell you which side you are on, even if the answer is 'don't hire me.'
Much of a firm's quote pays for the address and the staff floor. The senior who pitched you in the glass room usually moves to the next sale once your advance clears. Then the build drops to juniors. With me, the person who maps your workflow is the person who writes the code. I also pick up the phone when something breaks. Judge it on what you can see. Ask me to show you a system real staff log into daily, and check my work at rhfardin.com.
You own it completely. That is the point of building instead of renting. On launch day I push the full source code to your own GitHub or Bitbucket. I also hand over a database backup, server access and basic documentation. There is no per-seat fee, no forced annual licence and no maintenance retainer you didn't agree to. Add users freely. If you hire an in-house developer next year, they have everything they need from day one.
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