You have three proposals on the table. They look similar, the prices are far apart, and each one promises to understand your business. Choosing a software development company in India is hard because the proposals are written to sound alike, and the differences only show up months later.
Here is what we would check if we were the one buying. Some of it will point away from us, and that is fine.
Ask what they will not do
A good studio can tell you what falls outside its strengths. If every answer is yes, to every technology and every industry, you are hearing a sales script. We say no to some work, such as projects that need a large team from day one or products that need a specialist we do not have.
Look for specific proof, not a client logo wall
Ask for a project similar to yours and ask what went wrong in it. Anyone can show a polished screenshot. A team that has shipped real software can describe a decision they got wrong and how they fixed it. Ask whether you can speak to a past client, and be wary if the answer is always a polite no. You can see how we describe our own work on our case studies page.
Read the proposal for what is missing
- Is the scope written as features, or as vague phrases like “a complete system”?
- Does it say who owns the code and where it is hosted when the project ends?
- Does it say what happens after launch, including who fixes bugs and for how long?
- Does it explain what is not included, and how changes are priced?
- Are payments tied to milestones you can check, or to dates?
The cheapest proposal is usually the one that left something out.
Check how they talk about your problem
In the first call, notice whether they ask about your process or jump to technology. A team that opens with a stack recommendation has decided before listening. A team that asks how orders reach you, who approves what, and what breaks on a bad day is trying to understand the work. This is why we start with a brief, and why we wrote about what a good software brief looks like.
Price and location matter less than you think
A Delhi NCR studio and a studio in another city can both do good work. What matters more is whether they will still answer the phone after launch. Ask about maintenance and support terms before you sign, not after. Our software maintenance options exist because a launch is the start of the software's life.
If you are comparing studios, send us the brief you gave the others and we will tell you plainly where we are a fit and where we are not. See our custom software development service or go to the contact page.