Hire a Web Developer in India

Real ranges for senior web developers in India in 2026: ₹500-₹4,000/hour depending on stack and seniority. For project-based work, marketing sites run ₹65K-₹1.8L, custom web apps ₹3.5L-₹12L, and mobile apps ₹3.5L-₹9L. We charge a flat rate, no hourly billing surprises. Cheaper rates (under ₹300/hour for 'senior' work) usually mean unreliable delivery or hidden change-request fees.

Solo developers cost 30-50% less per hour but carry single-point-of-failure risk (if they get sick, busy, or quit mid-project you're stuck). An agency costs more per hour but has a team behind the work and structured delivery. buildbyravirai is an agency: senior engineers on every project, with cover so a holiday or a sick day never stalls your build. Suited to projects in the ₹50K-₹15L range.

5-step vetting in 30 minutes: (1) GitHub profile review, any senior dev in 2026 has 12+ months of real commits, (2) live coding screen-share on a small task related to your project, (3) one architectural question to see if they think in trade-offs, (4) reference call to a past client, (5) paid 1-week trial before committing to a longer engagement. Devs who refuse the paid trial are hiding something.

Yes, about half our 2025-26 work is for international clients. On our standard 9am to 6pm India day the honest overlap is three and a half hours with the UK and Europe, and about the same with Australia East. With US East there is none: our day ends before yours begins, so we either shift the window on that project or work written-first and hand over overnight. We say which before a contract rather than after. We accept payment via Wise, Stripe Connect, SWIFT wire, or PayPal. Work-for-hire contracts with full IP transfer on payment are standard.

Marketing site (5-10 pages, Next.js): 3-5 weeks. Custom Shopify store: 4-6 weeks. SaaS / B2B web app v1: 8-16 weeks. Mobile app v1 (Flutter / React Native): 8-14 weeks. We start within 3 working days of the 30% payment on signing, ship weekly milestones, and provide Friday written updates without you having to ask.

Indian clients: UPI / IMPS / NEFT / Razorpay link, all in INR. International clients: Wise (preferred, 0.5-1% fee, settles in INR), Stripe Connect, SWIFT wire, or PayPal. Standard terms: 30% on contract signing, then 30% on design approval, 30% on development complete and 10% at launch. We never charge 100% upfront and we do not start before the first milestone payment clears.

Yes, gladly, send your standard NDA and we'll sign within 24 hours. We've signed 60+ NDAs over 5 years, with clients and with prospects who never became one, and have never had a breach. For projects with sensitive IP, we also offer work-for-hire with explicit IP transfer language and can deploy from your GitHub org from day one if preferred.

Clean exit, no drama. You keep all delivered code, all credentials, all accounts (domain, hosting, GitHub repo, all in your name from day 1). You pay only for milestones delivered, not the remaining scope. We've parted ways with 3 clients in 5 years, all three left with working code, full documentation, and no acrimony.