Almost every software quote in Bangladesh starts with “it depends” — which is useless when you are trying to plan a budget. So here are the actual numbers we work with, what drives them up or down, and where most buyers overpay. If you only read one section, read the price table.
What developers actually cost per hour in Bangladesh
Fully-loaded agency rates in Bangladesh sit between $12 and $28 per hour depending on seniority and specialism. Junior work lands near $12–15, mid-level engineers $18–22, and senior or specialist engineers (DevOps, data, AI, blockchain) $25–40. The same seniority costs $25–65 in India and $100–200 in the US or Western Europe. That gap is the entire reason offshore delivery exists — but it only turns into value if the team is managed properly.
- Junior developer — $12–15 / hour
- Mid-level developer — $18–22 / hour
- Senior developer — $25–35 / hour
- DevOps, data or AI specialist — $28–40 / hour
- Freelancer (no QA, no PM, no cover) — $8–20 / hour
Typical project prices, by what you are building
Hourly rates only help if you know how many hours a thing takes. These are the ranges we quote for fixed-scope work, assuming a clean brief and one round of revisions per milestone. Anything genuinely novel — a new payment rail, a regulated product, a model you have to train — sits above these bands.
- Business website (8–12 pages, CMS) — $1,200–3,500
- E-commerce store with payments — $3,000–8,000
- Lean MVP, one core workflow — $4,900–9,000
- Full web app or SaaS v1 — $9,000–25,000
- Mobile app (iOS + Android) — $6,000–18,000
- ERP or multi-module platform — $15,000–45,000
- Enterprise system with compliance — $35,000+
Why a monthly subscription usually beats a fixed-price project
Fixed-price projects carry a risk premium. The agency does not know exactly how long your work will take, so they pad the estimate — and if you change your mind mid-build, you pay for a change request. A monthly subscription removes both problems: you get a set capacity of engineering time, you re-prioritise whenever you like, and there is no change-request negotiation because scope was never frozen. Our plans start at $199/month for maintenance and monitoring and run to $3,999/month for a full cross-functional squad. For most SMEs, a $1,799/month pod delivers more over a year than a $20,000 one-off project.
The five things that genuinely change your price
Feature count matters far less than people expect. What actually moves the number is integration complexity, compliance burden, design ambition, expected scale, and how clearly you can describe what you want. A vague brief is the most expensive thing a client brings to a project — it gets priced as risk.
- Third-party integrations — each payment gateway, GDS, ERP or bank API adds 1–3 weeks
- Compliance — PCI-DSS, HIPAA or central-bank requirements can add 30–50%
- Design ambition — a bespoke design system costs 2–3× a component-library build
- Scale — designing for 10,000 concurrent users is a different architecture to 500
- Brief clarity — a written scope typically saves 15–25% versus “we’ll figure it out”
Where buyers in Bangladesh most often overpay
Three patterns come up repeatedly. First, paying for features nobody uses — teams routinely build 40% more than their first customers need. Second, buying a bespoke build when a configurable product would do; a restaurant does not need custom POS software when a ৳4,999/month product covers 95% of the workflow. Third, hiring a full-time in-house developer for work that needs eight hours a week. A salary is a fixed cost; a subscription is not.
How to get a price you can actually rely on
Insist on three things before you sign anything: a written scope that lists what is explicitly out of scope, a milestone payment schedule tied to demonstrable deliverables, and a named person accountable for delivery. If an agency will not put scope in writing, the number they quoted is not a price — it is an opening position. We publish our rate card and package prices openly for exactly this reason.
The short version
Software pricing is not mysterious — it is hours multiplied by a rate, plus a premium for uncertainty. Reduce the uncertainty and the price comes down. Write the scope, start small, and pick a partner who shows you their rate card before you ask for it.
Frequently asked questions
A professional business website with a CMS costs $1,200–3,500 (roughly ৳145,000–425,000). A simple landing page can be done for under $600. E-commerce with payment integration starts around $3,000.
Yes, generally. Bangladeshi agency rates run $12–28/hour versus $20–65/hour in India for comparable seniority — typically 25–40% lower. The talent pool is smaller, so vetting the specific team matters more than the rate.
Fixed price suits a well-defined, one-off build with a hard deadline. A monthly retainer is better when requirements will evolve, when you need ongoing maintenance, or when you want to control cash flow. Most businesses do a fixed-price v1 and then move to a retainer.
Start with the smallest version that solves one real problem, launch it, then invest based on what users actually do. A $4,900 lean MVP that reaches real customers beats a $30,000 platform built on assumptions.
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