Software Development

Custom Software Development Services: Web Apps, Products and Enterprise Systems, Fixed Scope

A custom software development company builds the software your business runs on and cannot buy off the shelf: a web application for your staff, a product your customers pay for, an enterprise system that joins finance, sales and operations. As a Dhaka-based company, we design, build, test and deploy inside your own cloud, for international companies, at a fixed price per step, with engineers, a QA lead and a project manager who show you working software every two weeks, not slides.

One exit at each step. No long-term commitment at any of them. We start with the one workflow that costs you the most hours or errors today. Its users, data and connected systems are mapped, the smallest release that removes the pain is defined, and every route to it is costed in your own numbers.

You get a written verdict — a web application, a product build, an enterprise system, a modernization of what you have, or nothing yet. If nothing justifies a build, you stop here.

30 minutes 01 Scope · free call
2 weeks 02 Diagnose · $1,500, half credited to the pilot
6–8 weeks 03 Pilot · $4,000 fixed
8–16 weeks 04 Production · from $6,000, quoted after the pilot
Monthly 05 Managed Ops · from $750 a month, optional

What is included in custom software development services?

Custom software development services cover six kinds of work: web applications your staff use every day, software products your customers pay for, enterprise systems that join several departments, modernization of the custom code you already run, integration between the systems you own, and the maintenance that keeps all of it working.

Web application development

Browser-based tools for your own staff: approvals, portals, dashboards and back-office workflows, built with UX, APIs, testing and deployment included.

Software product development

Products your customers pay for: discovery, MVP, accounts and billing, release process and the roadmap that follows the first paying users.

Enterprise application systems

Systems that join finance, sales and operations under one data model, with roles, audit trails and the integrations each department already depends on.

Legacy software modernization

The custom code you already run, refactored, migrated and connected in stages, so nothing stops while it improves.

Integration between systems

APIs and connectors between your CRM, ERP, payments and the software we build, with the data contracts written down and tested.

Maintenance and support

Fixes, small features, monitoring, security patches and dependency updates on a monthly plan, with a named engineer who knows the code.

Not included: Cloud, domain and third-party licence costs, bought in your name · native mobile apps, hardware and firmware · content, brand design and marketing sites · work outside the agreed scope, priced first as a change request.

Does custom software development include enterprise application systems?

Yes: enterprise application development is the part of custom software where several departments and four or more existing systems must agree on one data model, with finance, sales, operations and HR reading the same customer, order and employee records. We build it in staged releases, one department at a time, so each release is used before the next is started.

ERP and finance systems

Orders, invoices, approvals and ledgers in one system, with roles, audit trails and the exports your accountants accept.

CRM and customer portals

Accounts, cases and contracts for your teams, plus a portal where customers see the same records you do.

Workflow and approval systems

Multi-step approvals with rules, deadlines and escalation, replacing the email chains and shared spreadsheets that hold them today.

Integration and reporting layers

Connectors to the systems you keep, one reporting model on top, so every department’s numbers come from one source.

What does a custom software pilot look like, step by step?

A custom software pilot is five logged steps, and every item in the log can be traced to a user story, a commit and a test result. The example below is an internal approvals web app; a customer portal or a product MVP follows the same five steps with different stories. Yellow marks the step where a person signs.

Sample pilot log · internal approvals web app

What the pilot ships · approvals web app

ApprovalsApprover view
RequestsNew requestRolesERP sync
Purchase order · 3 laptopsAbc Xyz · Finance
Approved · posted to ERP
Vendor invoice · Xyz LtdXxx Yyy · Operations
Waiting for the second approver
Travel advance · site visitXyz Abc · Sales
Escalated after the deadline
Login and rolesRequest formsUAT signed by 9 users

How it reached production · pilot log

  1. Scope signed14 user stories · 2 systems to connect
  2. Sprints 1–2Login, roles and request forms live on staging
  3. Sprint 3ERP integration · 42 automated tests passing
  4. UAT sign-off · a person signs9 users tested · 3 defects fixed
  5. ReleasedProduction deploy · runbook · 30 days of fixes

After release: 30 days of fixes, then optional Managed Ops with a named engineer.

Illustrative run. Yellow marks the step where a person signs; every step is logged and traceable to a user story, a commit and a test result.

How do custom software development services work, from scope to Managed Ops?

Custom software development services with us run in five steps: a free scoping call, a two-week diagnostic that maps the workflow, data and systems and quotes the pilot, a six-to-eight-week pilot that ships one workflow end to end, production in staged releases with integrations and training, then Managed Ops. Every step ends with a written result you can stop on.

01 30 min · free
Scope A call about the workflow that hurts most and the systems around it. If users and sources are known, you leave with a diagnostic quote.
02 2 weeks · credited
Diagnose Users, data and connected systems mapped; the smallest useful release defined; architecture and stack chosen for your cloud; the pilot priced in writing.
03 6–8 weeks · fixed price
Pilot One workflow built end to end: screens, data model, one integration, automated tests, staging and production deploy, and a demo every two weeks.
04 Staged · quoted after pilot
Production The remaining workflows and integrations in releases people start using early, plus documentation, team training and 30 days of fixes after each release.
05 Monthly · optional
Managed Ops Fixes, small features, monitoring, security patches and dependency updates, with a named engineer and a monthly review call. Cancel any month; everything stays yours.

Who builds your software, and with what?

A named team you meet on the first call: engineers who write the code, a QA lead who owns the tests and release sign-off, and a project manager who runs the demos.

Communication Demo every two weeks, shared channel, written change log

Delivery Git repositories, CI pipeline, staging and production environments

QA Automated tests, manual test rounds, UAT sign-off before release

Hosting Your cloud accounts, your domains, your credentials

Integrations APIs and connectors to your CRM, ERP and payments

Handover Runbook, documentation and team training after each release

Which custom software do you need: a web application, a product, an enterprise system or a modernization?

Not every custom software need is the same build. One or two workflows for your own staff is a web application; something customers pay for is a product; several departments on one data model is an enterprise system; old custom code that still runs the business is a modernization, not a rewrite. Five questions show which one fits.

1. What are you building?

2. Who will use it?

3. Does it exist today?

4. How many systems must it connect to?

5. When must the first release be live?

Which one do you need? Answer five questions.

A web application, piloted first

One or two workflows for your own staff, replacing spreadsheets or an off-the-shelf tool: a pilot ships the first workflow end to end in six to eight weeks.

Book a Diagnostic

A first estimate; the diagnostic confirms it.

How the verdict is decided

Old custom code exists → modernize what you have
Customers pay for it → a software product build
Several departments, or four or more systems → an enterprise application system
Everything else → a web application, piloted first

Why choose us as your custom software development company?

A custom software development company is judged on the software its clients still run two years later, not on its headcount. Buying more licences is the default; owning the workflow is the alternative. We deliver bespoke software development in staged releases, priced in writing, in your cloud, with personal data handled under Article 28 of the GDPR.

Without a staged process

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  • A demo at the end that nobody has used before the invoice
  • A team of 250 you never meet, a lead who rotates off
  • Hourly billing that grows as the scope outgrows the pitch
  • Code in the vendor’s repository you cannot reach after the contract

With EICRA

Pilot report · Approvals app
Stories14Tests42UAT users9Open defects0VerdictReleased
Illustrative example
  • A named team, a demo every two weeks, working software on staging
  • Fixed prices at every step; production quoted in writing after the pilot
  • Code, infrastructure and documentation in your accounts from the first commit
  • UAT sign-off by your users before any release is called done

Is it safe to outsource custom software development?

Outsourcing custom software development to an offshore team is safe when ownership, access and data handling are settled in writing before the first commit. As a Bangladesh-based company, we work in your repositories and cloud with least-privilege access, assign the intellectual property to you, sign a data processing agreement before personal data is touched, and hand back credentials at handover. Reviewed By Eicra.com team

Which custom software agreements are signed, and when?

NDA — mutual, signed before any requirement, credential or code is shared with anyone.
DPA — processor terms under Article 28(3) of the GDPR and the equivalent national law, for any personal data in test or production.
Data transfers — standard contractual clauses or the transfer instrument your jurisdiction requires, signed before personal data moves.
Access — least-privilege roles in your repositories and cloud; production credentials stay in your vault, never in ours.
Certifications — listed only when held; none are claimed on this page or in any proposal.

What custom software controls, IP and rework terms apply?

Your accounts Code, pipelines, environments and domains are created in your accounts from day one; nothing is hosted on our side.
Code ownership All intellectual property is assigned to you in the contract; third-party licences are listed, and none are copyleft without your sign-off.
Reviews Every change goes through a pull request, an automated test run and a second engineer’s review before it reaches staging.
Personal data Test environments use masked or synthetic data; production data is touched only through your access controls and logged.
Rework Free when a release fails its agreed acceptance tests; new scope is priced first as a change request.

What proof do you get before you pay for custom software development?

Before you pay for custom software development, you get evidence instead of promises: measured commitments, a pilot that ships one working workflow before production is quoted, and a free 30-minute scoping call. Client case studies with numbers are added here as clients give permission to name them.

30 minutes

A free call on the workflow that hurts most; if users and sources are known, you leave with a quote.

6–8 weeks

From the start of the pilot to a first release your users log into, tested and deployed.

30 days

Of fixes after each production release, plus documentation and training for the team who will own the software.

Case studies: client results with numbers are added here as clients give permission to name them. Ask on the scoping call for references in your industry.

What do buyers ask about custom software development?

How much do custom software development services cost?

Custom software development with us is priced per outcome, not per hour, and each price is on the price cards at the top: a two-week diagnostic ending in a written verdict and a pilot quote, half credited to the pilot; a six-to-eight-week pilot that puts one workflow live, tested and deployed; then production, quoted in writing.

What does a custom software development company do?

A custom software development company builds software your business cannot buy off the shelf: it maps the workflow and the systems around it, designs the screens and data model, writes and tests the code, deploys it in your cloud, and keeps it running. The good ones show working software every two weeks and hand over code you own.

How do you choose a custom software development company?

Ask each firm to show one system it built that is still in daily use, then ask three things: how often you will see working software, who owns the code and the cloud accounts, and what happens when the lead engineer leaves. Pick whoever answers all three in writing and prices each step before starting it.

Custom software or off-the-shelf: which one do we need?

Buy off the shelf when a product already does 80% of the job and your process can bend to it. Build custom when the workflow is what makes you money, when three tools and a spreadsheet are glued together, or when licence costs per user have passed the cost of owning the software. The diagnostic puts numbers on both.

How long does custom software development take?

A first release takes eight to ten weeks: a two-week diagnostic, then a six-to-eight-week pilot that ships one workflow end to end, tested and deployed. Production adds eight to sixteen weeks depending on the number of workflows and integrations, released in stages so people start using the software before the last stage is built.

Start with a free 30-minute scoping call or the two-week diagnostic.