Why does nobody give a straight custom software development price in Uttara? Most firms are quoting a guess and protecting a markup. I am one senior developer, so I can do the opposite. I scope your tool properly, then give you one fixed number before you pay a taka. Focused tools start at a 50,000 BDT floor. Tiers run 50,000, 90,000 and 1,50,000 BDT, and full multi-module systems start from 3,00,000 BDT. This page shows exactly what moves that number up or down.
Floor of 50,000 BDT. A fixed quote, no hourly meter. Tiers of 50,000, 90,000 and 1,50,000 BDT, and custom from 3,00,000. You pay 50% advance and 50% on launch via bKash, Nagad or bank. About 5 years building Bangladeshi business tools. One senior expert, no juniors.
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Ask for a website price in Uttara and you get a number in ten minutes. Ask for a custom software development price in Uttara and the talk goes strange. You hear "depends, bhai," "let's meet" and "send requirements first." Then you get a range so wide, 80,000 to four lakh, that it tells you nothing. It is not a plot. Custom software truly costs whatever the work inside it costs, and a five-line WhatsApp message rarely says enough to know that work.
But there is a real difference between two kinds of developer. One can't price it until he understands it. The other keeps it vague on purpose, so he can raise the bill once you're committed. This page is about the first kind. So what is the honest answer to "koto?" Tell me what the tool has to do, and I'll give you one fixed number. Here is exactly what I'll be pricing.
Five things move a custom software quote, and almost nothing else does. First, how much data the tool tracks and how tangled it is. A flat order list is cheap, but stock that must match across two Uttara branches is not. Second, how many kinds of user log in. One owner is simple, but an owner, a cashier, a delivery agent and an accountant who each see different screens is real work.
Third, reporting, where "show me today's sales" is easy. "Show me margin per product per branch per month, and let me export it for the VAT return" is a feature on its own. Fourth, integrations: wiring in bKash and Nagad, an SMS gateway, or a courier API like Pathao or Steadfast each adds careful, tested hours. Fifth, who writes the content and the logic rules. Words people pad a quote with, like "enterprise," "scalable" or "AI-ready," are usually just markup.
That list is why my floor can sit at 50,000 BDT while a software house off Jasimuddin Avenue opens at three or four lakh. I am RH Fardin, a software developer who has worked solo for about five years building tools for Bangladeshi SMEs. My price is the design and build hours of one senior hand. There's no office lease on a Sector 7 main road, no sales desk, and no project manager passing your idea to a junior who half gets it.
A single-purpose tool for an Uttara business lands in the 50,000 to 1,50,000 BDT band. Think of an order tracker, a stock and sales register, or a simple invoicing or booking system. A truly custom, multi-module system built from the ground up starts at 3,00,000 BDT. Every quote is one fixed number on a scope sheet. You pay 50% on signing and 50% on launch, by bKash, Nagad or bank transfer.
I quote a fixed number on purpose. The other way is the trap Uttara owners keep falling into: the open-ended "we'll see how it goes" deal with no ceiling. You approve a vague idea, work starts, and three weeks in you hear "sir, eta to extra" as the bill drifts past your limit. The only way to give you a price you can plan around is to pin down the scope first.
So I'd rather spend an unpaid hour learning your workflow than hand you a cheap number I'll have to walk back. Maybe your problem fits a ready-made tool or a well-built spreadsheet. Then I'll tell you that on the first call instead of selling you a build. That is a straighter answer than a 50,000 BDT invoice for software you didn't need.
Here are six things that are true at every tier. A custom software development price in Uttara should describe the engineering you're buying. It should not reflect the office it came from or a meter that keeps running.
You get a single price on a scope sheet before any code is written, not an hourly rate that quietly runs all month. Once we agree the features, the number is the number, so you can plan the spend instead of bracing for the next surprise.
Your quote comes from real cost drivers: data, user roles, reports and integrations, and it does not depend on how rich your business sounds on the call. The same tool costs the same in Sector 3 or at a posher address off Garib-e-Newaz Avenue.
I'd rather spend an unpaid hour learning how your team really works than throw a number at a two-line message. A price given before anyone understands the tool is a guess that you end up paying to correct later.
Your tool may need to log a bKash or Nagad payment, match a transaction ID, send an SMS, or book a Pathao or Steadfast parcel. That work is priced openly into the quote. It is never bolted on as "sir, eta extra" once the build is half done.
No office rent, sales salary or project manager is loaded into your figure, so you pay only for the build. That one fact is why a serious tool can start at 50,000 BDT here, not the three to four lakh a software house opens at.
The price includes the full source code and database, handed over in your name on launch, with a plain-language guide. You're buying an asset you own outright, not renting something that lives on my laptop and keeps you paying forever.
Let me make the tiers concrete, because "depends on scope" is useless for a budget. Picture an F-commerce seller running a clothing brand from a flat in Sector 11. She wants a clean tool that pulls her orders into one screen, tracks stock, and logs which parcels went to Steadfast. It has one user, simple data, and only basic integrations. That sits at the 50,000 BDT floor.
Now give it three user roles, so her packing assistant and her accountant each see their own screen. Add proper sales and margin reports, and automatic bKash payment matching. That's the 90,000 to 1,50,000 BDT band, because each piece is real, tested work. Now picture a sector-based real-estate firm. It wants a flat inventory, a sales pipeline, a client portal, SMS reminders and an accounts module, all talking to each other. That is truly custom and starts at 3,00,000 BDT. The price moved because the work moved.
Some costs should never move the price, yet Uttara owners get billed for them elsewhere. I keep hosting and the domain outside the build figure. A custom tool usually runs on a small VPS costing about 6,000 to 15,000 BDT a year, bought in your own name with no markup from me. A website-style tool on shared hosting costs less. After launch you own the source code. A new report or extra user role is a small add-on we price first, never a forced rebuild.
Sales desks love to inflate a quote with "enterprise-grade," "cloud-native" or "AI-powered." I leave those out unless they solve a real problem you have. In Uttara I've watched too many owners pay lakhs for buzzwords. Then their staff still can't open the tool on a 4G phone. I put the custom software development price uttara owners pay out in the open so you can see where every taka goes. For custom software development uttara bd firms can trust, know what's worth paying for and what's just markup.
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The questions Uttara owners really send me before ordering a custom tool, answered straight, starting with the one everybody asks first.
It depends on scope, but here's an honest map. A focused tool with one user type starts at the 50,000 BDT floor, like an order tracker, a stock or invoicing tool, or a booking system. Add several user roles, real reports and a bKash or Nagad link, and you're at 90,000 to 1,50,000 BDT. A truly custom, multi-module system starts at 3,00,000 BDT. I give one fixed number after a scoping call, paid 50% advance and 50% on launch via bKash, Nagad or bank.
The real developers truly can't, and the unreliable ones won't on purpose. Custom software costs whatever the work inside it costs, and a two-line WhatsApp message rarely says enough to know that work. So an honest developer needs a short scoping call before giving a number. The problem is people who stay vague on purpose, so they can raise the bill after you pay the advance. I do the opposite: a quick call, then one fixed price on paper before you spend a taka, so the number can't drift later.
One fixed price, agreed before I start. I've seen too many Uttara owners pulled into open-ended "we'll see how it goes" deals, where the hours and the bill quietly run all month with no ceiling. Once we pin down the scope on a sheet, the number is the number. You pay 50% on signing and 50% on launch. If you later want something truly outside that scope, it's a separate add-on we both agree to in writing, never a silent meter ticking in the background.
Five things, and almost nothing else. How much data the tool tracks and how tangled it is. How many kinds of user log in and see different screens. How heavy the reports and exports are. How many integrations it needs, like bKash, Nagad, an SMS gateway or a Pathao or Steadfast courier API. And who writes the logic rules and content. Those are the honest cost drivers. Words like "enterprise," "scalable" or "AI-ready" usually aren't features. I leave them out unless they solve a real problem.
It's kept outside the build price on purpose, and I name the real figures up front so nothing catches you off guard. A custom tool usually runs on a small VPS at about 6,000 to 15,000 BDT a year, based on load. A lighter, website-style tool on shared hosting costs less. You buy it straight from the provider in your own name, with zero markup from me. Keeping it separate means a 50,000 BDT quote stays 50,000 and doesn't quietly creep higher by launch day.
bKash, Nagad and a normal bank transfer in BDT all work. You get a proper money receipt with a transaction reference, so it goes cleanly through your books. Foreign clients can pay by Wise or wire in USD. I never take full advance: it's 50% on signing the scope and 50% when the software runs on your domain and you've signed it off. On builds above 1,50,000 BDT, I can split it into three payments, with one at design approval.
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