How much does custom software development cost in India?

A focused internal tool starts at INR 1.49 lakh. Production-ready CRM, ERP, or SaaS MVPs cost INR 5-15 lakh. Multi-module enterprise systems start near INR 18 lakh.

When should I build custom software instead of SaaS?

Custom wins when process is your competitive edge, when 5+ tool subscriptions exceed build cost, when deep Tally/SAP integrations are needed, or when per-seat pricing becomes painful at scale. Break-even typically 12-18 months on licence savings for 30+ users.

How long does a custom software project take?

Internal tools 4-6 weeks. Custom CRMs and small SaaS MVPs 8-12 weeks. Multi-module ERPs and larger platforms 12-20 weeks. Enterprise platforms 4-9 months.

Which tech stack will you use?

Whichever fits the project. For modern web apps: TypeScript with Next.js plus Node/NestJS or Python/FastAPI. For data-heavy enterprise: Java Spring Boot or .NET. For PHP hosting: Laravel. Postgres by default, MongoDB when needed.

Will you integrate with Tally, Zoho, SAP?

Yes. Common integrations: Tally Prime, Zoho, SAP B1, Marg, BUSY, Salesforce, HubSpot, Razorpay, Cashfree, ShipRocket, Delhivery, WhatsApp Business, GST portal, MCA portal, banks via AA. Custom connectors built when no API exists.

Who owns the source code?

You do, 100%. Full source code on your GitHub or GitLab, Figma files, database schema, deployment scripts, documentation, all credentials. No lock-in.

Will the software scale?

Yes. We have scaled products from 10 users to 10 lakh, with SaaS crossing INR 4 Cr monthly GMV. Database indexes, caching, async queues, Kubernetes scaling, CDN front-ends are baked in from week one.

What happens after launch?

Three months free post-launch support. Optional retainer from INR 19,000 per month after, or call when needed. No subscription pressure.

Can you take over an existing software?

Yes. Paid code audit (INR 25,000-50,000) where a senior engineer reviews codebase, dependencies, security, architecture, with honest report on salvage versus rebuild costs.

Do you sign NDAs and handle compliance?

Yes, always. Mutual NDA before discussions. Master Services Agreement before work. ISO 27001 alignment, SOC 2 readiness, DPDP Act compliance for regulated industries with India-region hosting on AWS Mumbai or Azure Hyderabad.

200+ products shipped · 40+ engineers · Since 2015

Custom Software That Replaces 5 Tools And A Spreadsheet

From a custom CRM that mirrors your sales process to a SaaS platform built for thousands of paying users — Veylon designs, builds, and maintains business software that fits your workflow exactly. Senior engineers, fixed pricing, and code you fully own.

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100% source code yours

Fixed-price contracts

NDA + ISO 27001 aligned

orders.service.ts · veylon-crm

orders.ts

schema.prisma

Dashboard.tsx

orders.spec.ts

1// Auto-route order to nearest warehouse

2async function routeOrder(order) {

3 const whs = await getNearby(order.pin);

4 const eligible = whs.filter(w =>

5 w.stock >= order.qty && w.active);

6 if (!eligible.length) throw new OutOfStock();

7 return eligible[0];

10// Tally + WhatsApp + Slack notify

11await notifyAll(order, "routed");

12// ✓ All 47 tests passing

main Ln 7, Col 28 TypeScript

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6-16 weeksFrom spec to live software

From ₹1.49 lakhFixed price, written quote

Senior-only team5+ years average experience

3 months freePost-launch bug fixes

Why Custom Software, Now

When you outgrow Excel, Tally, and five SaaS subscriptions

Every growing Indian business hits the same wall. Spreadsheets become unmanageable. Off-the-shelf SaaS forces your team to bend their workflow to fit someone else's product. Three departments end up using three different tools that do not talk to each other. Reports take days to compile, and decisions wait.

Custom software is the answer the moment your processes become your competitive edge — and stop fitting into a template. We have rebuilt sales pipelines, manufacturing trackers, lending workflows, and back-office systems for businesses that finally said enough. The output is always the same: fewer tabs open, fewer mistakes made, and decisions that arrive in minutes instead of meetings.

You pay for 8 SaaS tools and your team still copies data between them by hand.

Your top performer built a spreadsheet that runs the business. If she leaves, you are stuck.

You bought an off-the-shelf ERP that solves 60% of what you need and forces 40% of compromise.

You have a SaaS idea and need a product partner, not a hired pair of hands.

Built To Fit

Software that mirrors your real workflow, not a template you bend yourself around.

Talks To Everything

Connects Tally, Zoho, SAP, WhatsApp, payment gateways — one source of truth.

Reports That Update Live

Your Monday review numbers ready before your first chai. Real-time dashboards.

Pays Itself Back

Most clients break even within 12-18 months from license savings alone.

What We Build

Nine kinds of software, one engineering culture

Whatever the category, every project gets the same things: senior engineers, written specs, weekly demos, fixed price, and clean source code at the end.

Custom CRM Development

Sales pipelines, lead scoring, follow-up workflows, and quotation engines built around how your sales team actually works — not a Salesforce template.

Lead capture from website & ads
WhatsApp + email follow-up automation
Quotation, invoice & payment tracking

Build my CRM

Custom ERP Systems

Inventory, purchase, production, accounting, and HR — connected in one system that fits a manufacturer or trader exactly. Tally and SAP-friendly when needed.

Inventory, purchase, production
GST-compliant invoicing
Tally / Zoho / SAP integration

Plan my ERP

For Founders

SaaS Product Development

Multi-tenant SaaS platforms built to scale from 10 users to a hundred thousand. Subscription billing, role-based access, white-labelling, and analytics — all standard.

Multi-tenant architecture
Razorpay / Stripe subscriptions
Admin console & analytics

Launch my SaaS

Custom Web Applications

Browser-based applications for portals, dashboards, marketplaces, and internal tools. Modern stacks (React, Next.js, Node) with sub-2-second load times.

Customer & partner portals
Admin dashboards
Marketplaces & community apps

Plan my web app

Business Process Automation

Replace the human-as-API jobs that eat your team's day. Document workflows, approval flows, data syncs, and email-to-CRM pipelines — automated end to end.

Workflow & approval automation
Document generation & digital sign
Cross-tool data syncs

Automate workflows

API & Integration Development

Build clean APIs for your own products, or weld together the systems you already own. Tally, Razorpay, ShipRocket, WhatsApp Business, GST portal — all integrated daily.

REST & GraphQL APIs
Third-party integrations
Tally / Zoho / SAP connectors

Integrate my stack

Legacy Software Modernisation

That 12-year-old VB6 / classic ASP / old PHP system that the business depends on but nobody can change anymore — we modernise it without breaking what works.

Code audit & risk report
Phased migration with zero downtime
Modern stack rewrite when needed

Modernise my system

MVP & Prototype Development

Test your software idea with real users in 6 weeks. Investor-ready polish, a working backend, and analytics built in — designed to be evolved, not thrown away.

6-week sprint to live MVP
Investor demo polish
Roadmap to v2 included

Build my MVP

Software Maintenance & Support

You already have software, but the original team is gone or can no longer keep up. We adopt your codebase, fix the bugs, ship the features, and keep the lights on.

Codebase takeover & documentation
Monthly retainer for fixes & features
Performance & security upgrades

Take over my software

How You Work With Us

Three honest engagement models

Different problems need different shapes of contract. Here are the three we use, and when each one is the right call.

Fixed Price & Scope

Best for clear briefs

You know what you want, the scope is well-defined, and you want a single agreed cost with milestone-based payments. Most of our 250+ projects run this way.

One quote, no surprises
Milestone payments
Change requests priced upfront

From ₹1.49LProject minimum

4-16 wkTypical span

Dedicated Team

Best for evolving products

You hire 2 to 8 of our engineers full-time as a dedicated pod. They join your stand-ups, use your tools, and ship continuously alongside your in-house team.

Senior engineers, on your team
Monthly billing, transparent
Replace anyone within a week

₹1.4L-3.2LPer engineer/month

3+ monthsMinimum span

Time & Material

Best for unclear scope

Discovery sprints, R&D phases, and projects where the requirements honestly cannot be locked yet. Pay only for actual hours, with weekly summaries and a hard cap.

Pay for hours used
Weekly time logs & updates
Hard monthly cap protects you

₹1,200-2,800Per engineer-hour

Any sizeEven 2-week sprints

Real Projects

Custom software we have already shipped

Snapshots of categories where we have built and shipped multiple products. Numbers are real, anonymised on request.

– 38% sales cycle

Sales CRM for B2B SaaS

Custom CRM for a Bangalore SaaS company replaced Salesforce + 3 plug-ins. Deal cycle dropped 38%, ₹22 lakh annual licence saving.

+ 24% throughput

ERP for Auto Parts Mfg

Manufacturing ERP for a Faridabad auto-parts unit covering inventory, production, dispatch, and Tally sync. Plant throughput up 24% in 9 months.

12K students live

School Management SaaS

Multi-tenant school ERP serving 14 schools and 12,000 students with attendance, fees, exams, transport, and parent app. Built ground-up in 18 weeks.

73% faster review

Loan Origination System

End-to-end LOS for an NBFC: lead capture, KYC, credit scoring, agreement, disbursal. Loan review time fell from 45 minutes to 12 minutes.

+ 31% on-time

Fleet & Dispatch Platform

Web + mobile platform for a Gurgaon 3PL: 1,200 daily orders, GPS tracking, COD reconciliation, e-POD. On-time deliveries up 31% inside one quarter.

– 28% no-shows

Clinic Management Suite

Multi-centre clinic platform for 12 diagnostic labs: bookings, patient records, lab integrations, WhatsApp reminders. No-shows fell 28% in three months.

22 hrs/week saved

Invoice Automation Tool

Custom platform for a CA practice: vendor invoices captured via WhatsApp, auto-validated against GST portal, posted to Tally. Saved 22 hours per junior per week.

2.4× lead quality

Real Estate CRM Suite

Pune developer's sales CRM with project pages, walk-in capture, document collection, and approvals. Lead quality scores up 2.4 times in three months.

240 reps online

Field Sales Platform

FMCG distributor in UP: web admin + mobile app for 240 sales reps with offline order capture, beat plans, and live stock visibility. Manual ops cut by 56%.

How We Build

From idea to live software in six predictable stages

Honest timelines, weekly demos, no vague status updates. Here is exactly what happens after you say yes.

Week 0

Discovery & Spec

Workshop with your team, process mapping, and a written spec. You leave with a clear scope, fixed price, milestone schedule — even if you do not hire us.

Week 1-2

Architecture & Design

Database schema, API design, security model, and Figma UI. You see the structure of the building before any code is poured.

Week 2-12

Build In Sprints

Two-week sprints, working demo every Friday, Slack for daily questions. You watch the software take shape — and steer it as needed, not after launch.

Last 2 wk

QA & Hardening

Unit tests, integration tests, security scan, load test, accessibility audit. Bugs fixed, performance tuned, before anyone calls it ready.

Launch wk

Deploy & Train

Production deployment on your servers, monitoring set up, team trained. Documentation, video walkthroughs, and a one-page runbook handed over.

Post-launch

Support & Evolve

Three months free bug-fix support. Optional monthly retainer for ongoing features, scaling, and OS / library upgrades. We are still around when you need us.

Tools We Use

Modern stacks, picked for fit

We are tool-agnostic. Whatever the project, we pick what is fastest, cheapest, and most reliable for your specific use case — not what we have a partnership with.

Frontend Backend Database Cloud DevOps

ReactNext.js 15

VueNuxt 3

Angularv17

Node.jsNestJS

PythonFastAPI

JavaSpring Boot

.NETC# Core

PHPLaravel

PostgresSQL

MongoDBNoSQL

RedisCache/Queue

AWSMumbai region

AzureHyderabad

GCPBigQuery

DockerKubernetes

GitHubActions CI/CD

Honest Comparison

Off-the-shelf SaaS, freelancer, or Veylon?

Here is how the math actually works for a typical 12-week custom software build.

What matters	Veylon Custom Build	Off-the-shelf SaaS	Freelancer Team
Upfront cost	₹1.49L - 50L fixed	₹0 (per-seat)	₹1L - 8L variable
Ongoing cost	Hosting + retainer (~₹15-50k/mo)	Scales with users (~₹2-15k/user/mo)	Per-hour bills
Fits your workflow	100% — designed for you	You bend to fit it	If they understand it
Integrates with Tally / SAP / WhatsApp	Native	Maybe — extra fees	If they build it
Senior engineers	Always — only seniors	Not your problem	Sometimes
Fixed price & timeline	Always written	N/A	Verbal, often slips
You own the code	100% — yours forever	No — locked in	Often messy
Risk if vendor leaves	Backup engineer ready	Vendor lock-in	Project frozen
Best for	Unique workflows, scale, integrations	Generic processes	Tiny budgets, simple tools

FAQ

Questions most clients ask first

Still have a question? Ask directly — replies within an hour.

A focused internal tool or simple CRM starts at ₹1.49 lakh. A production-ready custom CRM, ERP, or SaaS MVP typically lands between ₹5 lakh and ₹15 lakh. Multi-module enterprise systems with mobile apps, integrations, and complex workflows usually start near ₹18 lakh and can run higher. We give a fixed written quote after a free 45-minute discovery call — no obligation, no card needed.

Honest answer: not always. Off-the-shelf SaaS is the right choice when your process is generic and the SaaS solves 80% or more of what you need. Custom software wins when your process is your competitive edge, when you are paying for 5+ tools whose combined cost exceeds a build, when you need deep Tally/SAP integrations the SaaS does not offer, or when scale economics make per-seat pricing painful. The break-even is typically 12-18 months on licence savings alone for businesses with 30+ users.

Simple internal tools and admin panels: 4 to 6 weeks. Custom CRMs and small SaaS MVPs: 8 to 12 weeks. Multi-module ERPs, larger SaaS platforms, and apps with complex integrations: 12 to 20 weeks. Enterprise multi-product platforms: 4 to 9 months. Every proposal includes a week-by-week milestone schedule so you see exactly when each module ships.

Whichever fits your specific project — not whichever we are best at selling. For most modern web apps and SaaS products we lean toward TypeScript with Next.js on the front and Node.js with NestJS or Python with FastAPI on the back. For data-heavy enterprise systems we often pick Java Spring Boot or .NET. For lighter projects with PHP-friendly hosting, Laravel works beautifully. Database choice depends on data shape — Postgres by default, MongoDB when truly needed, Redis for cache and queues. We will explain the trade-offs honestly and recommend the boring choice when boring is right.

Yes — integrations are typically 30-40% of any custom-software project. Common ones we have built: Tally Prime (sales, purchase, invoice sync), Zoho (CRM, Books, Inventory, People), SAP B1, Marg, BUSY, Microsoft Dynamics, Salesforce, HubSpot, Razorpay, Cashfree, ShipRocket, Delhivery, BlueDart, WhatsApp Business API, GST portal, MCA portal, and most banks for AA-based account fetching. If a clean API does not exist, we build the connector ourselves.

You do — 100%, the moment you pay the final invoice. We hand over the full source code on your GitHub or GitLab, the Figma design files, the database schema, the deployment scripts, the documentation, and all credentials. If you ever decide to leave us and hire another team, everything transfers cleanly. There is no lock-in, no escrow, no licence trick.

Yes — and that is non-negotiable in our architecture phase. We have scaled products from 10 users to 10 lakh and built SaaS platforms that crossed ₹4 Cr monthly GMV. Database indexes, caching layers, queue-based async processing, horizontal scaling on Kubernetes, and CDN-backed front-ends are baked in from week one. A common trap is to over-engineer for scale you may never need; we plan honestly for the next 12-24 months and document the path beyond.

Three months of free post-launch support — we fix any bug, no questions asked. After that, you can either keep us on a monthly retainer (starts at ₹19,000 per month for ongoing fixes, library upgrades, and small features), or just call us when something needs attention. There is no pressure to subscribe. Most clients stay on retainer for at least the first 12 months because it is cheaper than the cost of a single bug at the wrong time.

Often, yes — about a third of our projects start as takeovers. We do a paid code audit (around ₹25,000 to ₹50,000 depending on size) where a senior engineer reviews the codebase, dependencies, security posture, and architecture, and gives you an honest written report on what is salvageable, what should be rewritten, and a realistic cost to fix versus rebuild. Sometimes the right call is a phased modernisation; sometimes a clean rebuild is cheaper. We will tell you straight either way.

Yes to both, always — even on small projects. We send a mutual NDA before any technical discussion, and a proper Master Services Agreement before any work begins. For regulated clients (NBFC, healthcare, fintech, government, listed companies) we align with ISO 27001 controls, support SOC 2 readiness audits, and ensure DPDP Act compliance — including consent flows, data deletion APIs, audit logs, and India-region hosting on AWS Mumbai or Azure Hyderabad.

Ready when you are

Get a free architecture call. 45 minutes, real answers.

No sales pitch. We will look at your idea or your existing system, recommend the right architecture, give you a realistic timeline and budget, and tell you honestly if Veylon is the right fit. You leave with a one-page roadmap — even if you do not hire us.

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