https://samastack.com/blog/ Answers to the questions business owners ask about software, cost and ownership. en-in https://samastack.com/blog/what-five-subscriptions-cost-a-25-person-business https://samastack.com/blog/what-five-subscriptions-cost-a-25-person-business Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT Per seat tools charge for every person who logs in, so the bill grows each time you hire. For a 25 person team using separate tools, our estimate is ₹26,800 to ₹72,500 a month at list prices before GST, before anyone connects them. A flat monthly plan by team size does not grow with every login. https://samastack.com/blog/custom-software-vs-saas-when-each-wins https://samastack.com/blog/custom-software-vs-saas-when-each-wins Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT Subscriptions win on day one, when the team is small and the process is still moving. A system of your own wins once the process is stable, customers need an app, and the cost of gluing tools together has become its own line item. https://samastack.com/blog/what-you-own-the-code-means-at-handover https://samastack.com/blog/what-you-own-the-code-means-at-handover Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT There are two ways to own the code: start monthly and buy it later at a one time price based on what was built, or own it from day one through a custom offer. Either way, ownership is a list: the source, the repository, the accounts, and documentation another developer can start from. https://samastack.com/blog/how-customers-find-a-business-online-india https://samastack.com/blog/how-customers-find-a-business-online-india Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT Customers arrive through three doors: Google search, Google Maps and, increasingly, AI chat. Each door needs something different from your business, and half of it you can set up yourself this week for free. https://samastack.com/blog/website-app-or-software-first https://samastack.com/blog/website-app-or-software-first Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT Start with the website if most new customers find you through search or ads. Start with the app if the same customers order from you again and again. Many businesses need both, and they work best when they share one record, so an order is never typed twice. https://samastack.com/blog/your-own-software-on-the-internet https://samastack.com/blog/your-own-software-on-the-internet Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT Your system lives at your own address on the internet, like a private website with a login. Any phone or laptop can open it, each person sees only their part, and your data is yours and exports free at any time. https://samastack.com/blog/what-api-integration-means https://samastack.com/blog/what-api-integration-means Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:30:00 GMT An API is how one piece of software hands information to another without a person in between. If somebody in your office retypes the same numbers into a second screen every week, that is the job a connection removes. https://samastack.com/blog/custom-software-cost-india-usd-2026 https://samastack.com/blog/custom-software-cost-india-usd-2026 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:30:00 GMT At SamaStack, a connected website, customer app and back office runs from ₹9,999 to ₹49,999 a month plus GST for teams of up to 25, with no setup fee. Hosting, backups, monitoring, changes and Ask your business are included. https://samastack.com/blog/contract-checklist-hiring-a-software-studio-in-india https://samastack.com/blog/contract-checklist-hiring-a-software-studio-in-india Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:30:00 GMT What protects a buyer hiring a studio, at home or across borders, is twelve lines in writing: one exact price, billing dates, the notice period, the named lead, response times, a live link every week, data export, how code ownership works, an NDA if you need one, and what stays with the studio. https://samastack.com/blog/the-timezone-week-working-with-a-studio-in-india https://samastack.com/blog/the-timezone-week-working-with-a-studio-in-india Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:30:00 GMT Hyderabad runs on India time, five and a half hours ahead of UTC. The Gulf overlaps the whole working day, Europe overlaps the afternoon, Southeast Asia is ahead by an hour or two, and the Americas get work done overnight and a call in their morning. Most of the week is in writing. https://samastack.com/blog/how-ai-assistants-pick-a-business-to-recommend https://samastack.com/blog/how-ai-assistants-pick-a-business-to-recommend Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:30:00 GMT AI assistants answer "who should I hire for X" by reading pages, and they favour pages that say plainly what a business does, for whom, where, and at what price, with the same facts repeated consistently wherever the business appears. A website written for people to skim is usually a website an assistant can cite. https://samastack.com/blog/fixed-price-hourly-or-marketplace https://samastack.com/blog/fixed-price-hourly-or-marketplace Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:30:00 GMT A business can pay for software four ways: a fixed number against a written scope, hourly against a rate, a freelancer from a marketplace, or one monthly price for a system built and run for it. Each moves the risk to a different place when the scope turns out bigger than expected. https://samastack.com/blog/ten-things-owners-tell-us-are-broken https://samastack.com/blog/ten-things-owners-tell-us-are-broken Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:30:00 GMT The questions that come up on calls and in the enquiry form, in the words owners use: coding, subscriptions, a CRM for three people, retyping, payroll, live stock, Monday reports, chat groups, IT roadmaps, and customers with nothing to open. Each with a two sentence answer and a link to the full one. https://samastack.com/blog/ask-your-business-plain-language https://samastack.com/blog/ask-your-business-plain-language Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT Yes. You type a question like "Profit, last 90 days?" on your phone or the web, and the system reads your own orders, bills and stock to answer with the number and the rows behind it. Common questions need no AI at all. AI is used only to understand open wording. https://samastack.com/blog/which-ad-brought-paying-customers https://samastack.com/blog/which-ad-brought-paying-customers Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT Ad dashboards count clicks and forms, not money received. To see which ad brought paying customers, every enquiry must carry its ad source into your orders and invoices, so a paid invoice can be traced back to the ad. When ads, website, app and billing share one record, the answer is one question away. https://samastack.com/blog/one-record-why-numbers-disagree https://samastack.com/blog/one-record-why-numbers-disagree Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT The numbers disagree because each tool keeps its own copy of the same order, and people copy data between them by hand. Each copy drifts. The fix is one record: the order is created once and every screen reads that same record, so the website, the app, the bill and your phone always match. https://samastack.com/blog/erp-or-connected-custom-software https://samastack.com/blog/erp-or-connected-custom-software Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT A ready ERP suite suits businesses whose way of working matches its modules and who have someone to set it up and run it. Connected custom software suits businesses with their own way of working, existing tools they want to keep, and no time to manage software. Use the ten point checklist below to decide. https://samastack.com/blog/business-website-in-two-weeks https://samastack.com/blog/business-website-in-two-weeks Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT A focused business website can go live in about two weeks when the pages, copy and enquiry flow are decided in the first call. Ours include fast pages, search basics, enquiry forms that land in your back office, and hosting with backups and monitoring, all in the monthly plan. https://samastack.com/blog/mvp-cost-for-a-startup-in-hyderabad https://samastack.com/blog/mvp-cost-for-a-startup-in-hyderabad Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT A startup's first version usually needs a customer app (about 4 weeks to build) and often a back office for the team (about 9 weeks for both). Plans run from ₹9,999 to ₹49,999 a month plus GST for teams of up to 25, depending on what you need and your team size. There is no setup fee and no per seat fee. The planner in this post shows what your feature list takes and what to leave for version two. https://samastack.com/blog/mobile-app-cost-india-2026 https://samastack.com/blog/mobile-app-cost-india-2026 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT A customer app for a small or midsize Indian business takes about 4 weeks to build, for Android, iOS and web from one build. Plans run from ₹9,999 to ₹49,999 a month plus GST for teams of up to 25, depending on what you need and your team size. There is no setup fee and no per seat fee. Where an app lands in that range depends on logins, payments, tracking, weak signal use, how many kinds of user it serves, and your team size. https://samastack.com/blog/business-website-cost-hyderabad https://samastack.com/blog/business-website-cost-hyderabad Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT A business website in Hyderabad takes about 2 weeks to build with SamaStack, with search and AI assistant readiness, enquiry forms and analytics included. Plans run from ₹9,999 to ₹49,999 a month plus GST for teams of up to 25, depending on what you need and your team size. There is no setup fee and no per seat fee. Where a site lands depends on the pages that need their own content, bookings or calculators, languages and your team size. https://samastack.com/blog/pharma-distribution-software-batch-expiry-fefo https://samastack.com/blog/pharma-distribution-software-batch-expiry-fefo Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT Pharma distribution software has to know every batch and its expiry, pick the batch that expires first (FEFO), hold back stock that is too close to expiry to sell, and stop an order when a retailer is over its credit limit. The demo in this post does all four on sample data. https://samastack.com/blog/crm-erp-or-billing-software-which-first https://samastack.com/blog/crm-erp-or-billing-software-which-first Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT A CRM tracks leads and customers, an ERP runs stock, purchase and operations, and billing software raises invoices and tracks payments. Start with the one where the business loses the most money today; the test in this post takes four questions. https://samastack.com/blog/questions-before-hiring-a-software-company-hyderabad https://samastack.com/blog/questions-before-hiring-a-software-company-hyderabad Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT Before hiring a software company, ask for one written price against a written scope, your data being yours with the price of the code written down, a live link every week, one person from the first call onwards, and written terms for after launch. The scorecard in this post rates any vendor on ten questions.