For Australian businesses, built in India
Hire Indian developers from Australia, with fixed AUD prices and honest hours
Get your website, online shop, app or custom software built by a founder-led team in Lucknow, India, for a fixed AUD price agreed in writing before work starts.
From A$900excl. GSTSee pricing →
- Fixed AUD project prices from A$900
- Working Mon–Sat, into your evening
- Real overlap hours, AEDT included
- 4.9 on Google from 76 reviews
- 200+ projects since 2017
- ★ 4.9 on Google (76 reviews)
- 200+ projects since 2017
- Top Rated on Upwork
Founder-led delivery
Overview
WordPress sites start at A$900, business websites at A$1,200, online shops at A$2,400 and apps at A$6,900. We work from India, so here is the real overlap with your 9–5: 1.5 hours in Sydney during daylight saving, 4.5 in Perth. Brief us in your afternoon and our working day carries on through your evening.
By Ashish Sharma, founder · Updated 6 October 2026
Quick answer
How much does it cost to hire Indian developers from Australia?
Hiring Indian developers from Australia costs either a fixed project price or a monthly fee per developer, and the useful benchmark is a local hire: SEEK's typical software engineer salary is A$128,060 (Oct 2026), about A$143,400 a year with 12% super, or roughly A$2,760 a week. Our fixed AUD prices are A$900–A$4,300 for a WordPress site, A$1,200–A$6,900 for a business website, A$2,400–A$19,500 for an online shop, A$6,900–A$43,000 for a mobile app and A$9,800–A$98,000 for custom software. The trade-off is shared hours (1.5 a day with Sydney right now). Our day runs on through your evening, so you start the next morning with progress to review.
- Overlap with a 9–5 now: Sydney and Melbourne 1.5 h, Adelaide 2 h, Brisbane and Gold Coast 2.5 h, Perth 4.5 h
- How to hire: shortlist, a small paid test job, a written scope and IP assignment, then pay by milestone
- No ABN, Australian entity or visa needed on your side to engage an overseas company
- Get the IP assigned to you in writing and signed (Copyright Act s196(3))
- Prices exclude GST; the note under our price list explains why
- Daylight saving now in effect (4 Oct 2026–4 Apr 2027)
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Where we work in Australia
Sydney
Sydney small business websites cost A$2,800–7,000 in 2026 (8 sources). Agency vs freelancer vs offshore, hourly rates, running costs, GST and ownership.
Melbourne
Melbourne app costs by type for 2026: guides start at A$30k; our fixed AUD quotes start at A$6,900. Websites from A$1,200. Hours 3:30pm–12:30am AEDT.
Brisbane
Brisbane website prices for 2026: market rates next to our fixed AUD quotes (WordPress from A$900, custom A$1,200–A$6,900), paid by milestone.
Perth
Perth WA website prices for 2026, itemised: build, year-one running costs, GST and who owns what. WordPress sites from A$900 ex GST, live in 1–2 weeks.
Adelaide
Adelaide website prices compared across 8 providers, year-2 running costs and GST explained, plus WordPress sites at A$900–A$4,300 fixed in writing.
Gold Coast
Gold Coast website design from A$900 on a fixed written quote. We compared what 8 Gold Coast web designers publish. Written for motels, cafés and tours.
Canberra
Web design in Canberra from A$1,200 excl. GST, usually live in 1–3 weeks, set beside 16 providers' figures: packages from A$4,000 ex GST, 6–12 week builds.
Newcastle
We checked what 9 first-page Newcastle NSW web designers publish: $2,750 + GST for one page to $35,000+. Three show prices. Ours: WordPress from A$900.
Sunshine Coast
Sunshine Coast agencies that publish prices start at $5,000. See 8 compared (checked 6 Oct 2026), first-year costs, and fixed AUD quotes from A$900.
Hobart
Who ranks for web design Hobart (6 Oct 2026), where each is based and what 11 of 18 charge. Our fixed AUD quotes start at A$900, live in 1–3 weeks.
Geelong
What Geelong web designers charge, checked 6 Oct 2026: $500 to $15,000. Our written AUD quotes start at A$900, with 1–3 week builds and care from A$80/mo.
Wollongong
Madweb starts at $800 with copy; Jem's $990–$2,220 packages are closed to new work. First-year totals, hosting tie-ins and our A$900–A$6,900 quotes.
Darwin
Darwin web design prices checked 6 Oct 2026: Sam's $2,250+GST, Webb & Flow $2,400 ex-GST (2023). Ours: one written AUD figure from A$900, no GST added.
Cairns
Cairns website prices checked 6 Oct 2026: $995 one-page packages to $7,500 + GST builds, $180/hr edits. Our fixed AUD quotes start at A$900.
Townsville
Townsville web design cost, checked 6 Oct 2026: a $1,500 one-pager, base sites from $2,420, ours from A$900 with no GST, year-two costs and QBCC rules.
Launceston
Web design Launceston prices checked 6 Oct 2026: Wizard from $1,975, Bloomn $2,900 + GST, year-one totals with hosting. Ours from A$900, no GST added.
Toowoomba
13 Toowoomba web designers' prices side by side (checked 6 Oct 2026), with GST status and year-one hosting. Ours: WordPress A$900–A$4,300 in 1–2 weeks.
Ballarat
Website design in Ballarat costs $399–$3,000+ where prices are published (checked 6 Oct 2026). Most studios quote only. Our AUD quotes start at A$900.
Bendigo
Bendigo website prices checked 6 Oct 2026: a from-$399 bundle, $2,990–$4,990 tiers, what renews in year 2, and fixed AUD quotes from A$900.
Central Coast
Central Coast web design prices from 9 studios, checked 6 Oct 2026: $499 a year to $10,000+, with GST basis and year two. Ours from A$900, no GST added.
Mackay
Website design Mackay: published prices in one table (checked Oct 2026), year-one totals and fixed AUD quotes from A$900 for trade, farm and METS sites.
Albury–Wodonga
Albury–Wodonga web design prices checked 6 Oct 2026: builds $990 to $40,000, plans from $275/month, GST basis, 3-year totals. Ours: A$900–A$4,300.
Work is delivered remotely, so the other cities on the map are served the same way: WhatsApp, video calls and fixed AUD quotes. City not listed? Ask on WhatsApp
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Hire a developer or buy a finished project? Pick the model first
Offshore software development means paying a team in another country to build software that you then own. There are two very different ways to buy it, and many owners who search for Indian web developers or app developers want the second one: a finished website, online shop or app, launched and handed over.
Hiring a person (directly, through a staffing firm or through an employer of record) makes you the manager. You set the tasks, check the work and carry the risk if it stalls. A fixed-price project puts delivery on the vendor, measured against a written scope. The table compares the six options open to an Australian business.
| Model | Who runs delivery | Who owns the code by default | Cost shape | Overlap with eastern Australia | Risk if they vanish | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed-price project with an Indian agency (us) | The agency | The agency, until it assigns copyright to you in writing | One fixed AUD price per project, from A$900 | 1.5–2.5 h now (Perth 4.5 h) | Low, if the code and accounts are already yours | A finished site, shop or app with an end date |
| Dedicated monthly developer via a staffing firm | You | Whatever the contract says | Monthly fee per person, often with a minimum term | Set by the developer's country, not the firm | Medium | 12 months or more of steady work you will manage yourself |
| Freelancer marketplace (Upwork, Arc) | You | The freelancer, unless assigned | Hourly or per job, plus platform fees | Depends where the freelancer lives | High | A small, well-defined fix or task |
| Employer of record in India | You | Set by the EOR contract, so check the IP clause | Salary plus a monthly EOR fee | Indian hours: 1.5–2.5 h now | Medium | A long-term hire without setting up an Indian company |
| Australian agency | The agency | The agency, unless assigned | Fixed or hourly, often quoted privately | Full | Low to medium | Work that needs on-site meetings or same-hours calls |
| In-house hire | You | You: an employer owns work its employees make in the course of their employment (s35(6)) | Salary, 12% super and on-costs | Full | The person leaves, but the code stays | A product you will develop every week for years |
When someone else is the better choice. If you need on-site meetings, calls in your business hours or an Australian contract counterparty, a software development company in Australia is the right call; Clutch and GoodFirms list them. For one full-time person over 12 months or more, use an employer of record or a staffing firm. For a one-hour fix, a marketplace freelancer is cheaper than any agency.
Running a café or a motel? Ready-made software usually costs less than a custom build: our restaurant POS software is A$449 as a one-time licence or A$45 a month, and our hotel management software is A$1,799 one-time. See also commission-free online ordering for restaurants, software for hotels and motels and real estate website design.
India or the Philippines? A Philippines team shares more of your day (see the FAQ). Choose India when you want a defined project delivered for a fixed AUD price, with work moving overnight rather than in shared hours.
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What a developer really costs in Australia, against a fixed project price
An annual salary and a one-off project price aren't like-for-like, which is why the 'save 40–70%' claims on many offshore pages tell you little. A salary buys a person's time, busy or not; a project price buys a defined result with an end date.
SEEK's October 2026 figures put the typical software engineer in the ICT industry at A$128,060 and a web developer at A$90,000. Add the 12% superannuation guarantee and divide by 52, and the comparison looks like this.
| Option | What you pay | Per week | What that buys | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-house software engineer | About A$143,400 a year (A$128,060 + 12% super) | About A$2,760 | One person, ongoing, before leave, payroll tax, equipment and recruitment | SEEK, Oct 2026 (ICT industry); ATO super guarantee |
| In-house web developer | About A$100,800 a year (A$90,000 + 12% super) | About A$1,940 | One person, ongoing, with the same extra costs | SEEK, Oct 2026; ATO super guarantee |
| A fixed project with us | A$900–A$98,000 once, 1–16 weeks | Not applicable: one price for the result | A defined website, shop, app or system, launched and handed over (see our price list below) | Our price list |
Put in weeks, a business website at the top of its band (A$6,900) costs about what 2.5 weeks of a local software engineer's salary and super cost an employer. A mobile app at the top of its band (A$43,000) is about 15.6 weeks. That is a fairer comparison than a percentage saving.
An employee makes sense when you have a year or more of steady development work and someone to manage it; a project makes sense when the work has a finish line. Each service page has the full cost breakdown: how much a website costs in Australia, app development cost in Australia, custom software costs and ecommerce development costs.
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How the time difference works from Sydney to Perth (daylight saving now on)
We work Monday to Saturday, 10:00 to 19:00 India Standard Time, with no Sundays. India has no daylight saving, so the gap changes twice a year: daylight saving in NSW, Victoria, the ACT, Tasmania and South Australia started on Sunday 4 October 2026 and ends on Sunday 4 April 2027. Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia don't change their clocks. Here is our day on your clock.
Brief us before you log off
Send the change, the copy or the bug report in your afternoon, while there's time for one quick question back. Our day then runs through your evening, while you're offline.
Wake up to progress on staging
Work goes to a staging URL, a private copy of your site or app that only you and we can see. You can expect a WhatsApp update after work sessions on what changed and what we need from you.
One late-afternoon call slot
Live calls fit the overlap: 3:30–5pm in Sydney and Melbourne now, 12:30–5pm in Perth. Decisions from each call go into writing, so nothing depends on catching each other live.
| Where you are | Our hours, your time | Overlap with your 9–5 now | From Mon 5 Apr 2027 | Best call window now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart | 3:30pm–12:30am AEDT | 1.5 h | 2:30pm–11:30pm AEST, 2.5 h | 3:30–5pm |
| Adelaide | 3:00pm–12:00am ACDT | 2 h | 2:00pm–11:00pm ACST, 3 h | 3–5pm |
| Brisbane, Gold Coast | 2:30pm–11:30pm AEST | 2.5 h | No change | 2:30–5pm |
| Darwin | 2:00pm–11:00pm ACST | 3 h | No change | 2–5pm |
| Perth | 12:30pm–9:30pm AWST | 4.5 h | No change | 12:30–5pm |
City by city:
- Perth, 4.5 hours all year: website design prices in Perth
- Brisbane, 2.5 hours all year: website design prices in Brisbane
- Gold Coast, 2.5 hours all year: Gold Coast website design
- Adelaide, 2 hours until April, then 3: website design prices in Adelaide
- Sydney, 1.5 hours now: Sydney website design costs
- Melbourne, 1.5 hours now: Melbourne app development costs
It is never the same office hours. To test the overlap, message us inside your city's call window and judge the reply time yourself.
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Is it safe to outsource software development to India? Seven things to get in writing
Yes, if these seven points are in place before you pay. Use the list on any vendor, offshore or local, including us. If a vendor won't put a point in writing, treat that as the answer.
7 questions to ask
- A written, signed IP assignment. Under the Copyright Act 1968 s196(3), an assignment of copyright has no effect unless it's in writing and signed by the assignor. Under s35(6), an employer owns work its employees make in the course of their employment, but a contractor or agency isn't your employee, so it keeps copyright in your code by default.
- Code in a repository you own from day one. Domain, hosting, app-store and payment-gateway accounts in your name, with credentials handed over at each milestone. That works as practical escrow; a formal source-code escrow agreement is an option for large builds.
- Milestone payments tied to working demos. Pay against features you've tested on a staging URL, never 100% upfront.
- APP 8 terms if the Privacy Act covers you. Before an overseas team handles personal information, APP 8.1 requires reasonable steps to ensure it doesn't breach the APPs, which the OAIC generally expects to be an enforceable contract that also binds subcontractors. Under s16C you stay accountable for their breaches. Use test data where you can.
- Don't assume the small-business exemption applies. Most businesses with turnover of A$3 million or less aren't covered by the Privacy Act, but exceptions apply, including health service providers (the Act's definition also takes in disability services). That matters for allied health website design and NDIS website design.
- A data-breach notification clause. If you're covered, the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme expects you to assess a suspected breach within 30 days at most and notify eligible ones as soon as practicable. If your overseas developer suffers the breach, assessing it is still your job, so the vendor must tell you promptly.
- Acceptance criteria and a warranty period. Agree in writing what 'done' means for each milestone, and how long bugs found after launch are fixed at no charge.
From 10 December 2026, if the Privacy Act covers you, new APP 1.7–1.9 require your privacy policy to disclose when a computer program makes, or substantially contributes to, decisions that could significantly affect people, and what personal information it uses. That matters if your custom software scores leads or screens applications, as a CRM for education and migration agents might.
With us, each of the seven is confirmed in writing for your business before you sign, and you can ask to read those terms before you pay anything.
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Outsourcing to India: what usually goes wrong and how to avoid it
The stories on Reddit about outsourcing to India tend to repeat the same six failures. Each one comes from how the job was set up, and each has a fix you can put in place before any money changes hands.
The vanishing freelancer
A developer takes a deposit, delivers half a site, then stops replying. The code lived on their laptop and the hosting sat in their account, so you start again. The fix: code in your repository and accounts in your name from week one, so another developer can pick up where the last one stopped, and milestone payments, so only the current stage is at risk (checklist items 2 and 3).
Scope creep and the quote that balloons
A low quote wins the job, then every request becomes a paid change. Usually nobody wrote down what was in scope. The fix: a written scope with acceptance criteria for each milestone, and a fixed price that covers everything on that list (checklist item 7).
‘Yes’ meaning ‘I heard you’
Across cultures and time zones, 'yes' can mean 'I understood the words', not 'it will be done by Friday'. The fix: confirm every decision in writing after the call, and judge progress on the staging demo, not on status updates (checklist items 3 and 7).
Code and accounts you can’t access
The site works, but the domain, hosting, Apple developer account or payment gateway is in the vendor's name, so changing developers means negotiating for access to your own business. The fix: every account opened in your name, with you as owner and the vendor as a user you can remove (checklist item 2).
No documentation at handover
The project ends with a login and nothing else: no list of plugins, no note on how to deploy, no record of where backups go. The fix: make a handover document part of the final milestone's acceptance criteria (checklist item 7).
A time-zone promise that wasn’t true
A vendor promises full AEST overlap, then nobody answers until mid-afternoon your time. Check with simple arithmetic: our 10am–7pm IST day overlaps a Sydney 9–5 by 1.5 hours during daylight saving. The fix: get the vendor's hours in IST written into the scope (checklist item 7) and convert them with the hours table.
Six red flags that should end the conversation with any vendor:
- Asks for 100% upfront
- Won't sign an IP assignment
- Hosts your site in their own account
- Claims full AEST overlap from India
- Shows only proof you can't verify, such as unnamed clients
- Starts work with no written scope
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Who you contract with, how payment works and proof you can check
You contract with the Indian company directly, with no Australian reseller or middleman in between. Everything below is something you can check before you pay.
The company
Codingclave Development LLP, Lucknow, India, founded in 2017 and founder-led by Ashish Sharma. We're based in India and have no Australian office, staff, phone number, ABN or legal entity, so you deal with us on WhatsApp, email and video calls. You need no ABN, Australian company or visa sponsorship to engage us, because nobody works in Australia. More on who we are.
Payment, currency and governing law
Your quote is one fixed price in Australian dollars. The payment schedule, payment method, invoice currency and governing law are confirmed in writing for your business before you sign. Whatever the method, the principle in checklist item 3 holds: pay by stage against working software, never in full upfront. GST is covered in the FAQ.
How you’ll know the work is good
You can test each stage on the staging URL before the next one starts, so you judge quality yourself instead of taking our word for it. Before you commit, ask to see live projects similar to yours.
Proof you can check yourself
4.9 stars on Google from 76 reviews (our Google profile), Top Rated on Upwork, and 200+ projects delivered since 2017. The Google rating and Upwork status are public; the project count is ours, and we can walk you through past work on a call. Read the client reviews and ask us anything that doesn't add up.
The stack
Next.js and React, Node.js, Laravel and PHP, WordPress and WooCommerce, Shopify, Flutter and React Native, MySQL and PostgreSQL, on AWS or DigitalOcean. One team covers design, build and hosting. If your project needs something outside this list, we'll tell you at the quote stage rather than learn it on your budget.
Pricing in AUD
Fixed AUD starting prices by project type
Each price is fixed in writing after a short scoping call. Where it lands in the band depends on the number of pages or screens, the integrations and who supplies the content. The full cost breakdown for each project type is on its service page.
WordPress website
A$900 – A$4,300
Excl. GSTWordPress website · Typical timeline: 1–2 weeks
A WordPress site for a service business or a simple brochure site that you can update yourself.
Get a quote for this plan
Business website (custom design, Next.js or WordPress)
A custom-designed business website in Next.js or WordPress, built to turn visitors into enquiries.
E-commerce store (Shopify, WooCommerce or custom)
An online shop on Shopify, WooCommerce or a custom build, with products, cart and checkout.
Mobile app (iOS + Android, Flutter or React Native)
One app for iOS and Android in Flutter or React Native, with the back end it needs.
Custom software, portal or SaaS
A portal, internal system or SaaS product built around the way your business works.
Custom CRM
A CRM built around how your team tracks leads, customers and follow-ups.
AI chatbot (website or WhatsApp)
An AI chatbot for your website or WhatsApp that answers common questions and passes on leads.
Hosting, backups, monitoring and support
Hosting, backups, monitoring and support after launch, worked inside our Mon–Sat IST hours, with no 24/7 cover.
- Fixed price in AUD
- Free scoping call
- No obligation
Domain names, app-store developer accounts, payment-gateway fees and any paid plugins are paid by you, directly to those providers and in your name, so the accounts stay yours (checklist item 2). How changes outside the agreed scope are priced is confirmed in writing for your business before you sign.
Prices are in Australian dollars and do not include GST: Codingclave is an overseas (India-based) supplier and is not registered for Australian GST. If your business is GST-registered, check with your accountant whether the reverse-charge rules apply to imported services.
Fixed AUD quote
Get a fixed AUD quote in writing
Send your city, what you need and your deadline on WhatsApp or the form, and we reply with next steps and a plain answer on whether an Indian team suits the job. The written fixed AUD quote follows a short scoping call, free and with no obligation.

Ashish Sharma
Founder, Codingclave
Ashish or the team will reply on WhatsApp or email within one business day.
- ★ 4.9 on Google (76 reviews)
- 200+ projects since 2017
- Top Rated on Upwork
- Founder-led delivery
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How a project with us runs from Australia
From first message to launch, you see working software on staging at every milestone.
Send the basics
On WhatsApp or the brief form: your city, the project type and your deadline. Message by 5pm your time, Monday to Saturday, and it reaches us on a working day; our day starts at 3:30pm in Sydney now and 12:30pm in Perth. Sunday messages are picked up when our Monday starts.
A late-afternoon video call
We book it in your time, inside the overlap for your city. You get a plain answer on whether an Indian team suits the job, including when it doesn't.
A written fixed AUD quote
The scope, the milestones and one fixed AUD price, in writing. Acceptance criteria, the IP assignment, the payment schedule and the bug-fix period are confirmed in writing for your business before you sign.
Build on a staging URL
You follow the work on the staging URL and see a demo at each milestone, so you judge it before the next stage starts.
Launch and handover
The site or app goes live, and credentials and documentation are handed over. The exact handover list, and which accounts are opened in your name, is confirmed in writing for your business before you sign.
Optional hosting and support
Hosting, backups, monitoring and support on a monthly plan (see the price list), inside our Mon–Sat hours. Next, read about getting found on Google after launch.
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Ashish founded Codingclave in Lucknow, India, in 2017 and still leads delivery on every project.
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