About
Small team. Senior people. Real software.
Vandana Labs is a software studio. We build production systems for companies who have something real riding on the outcome — and we build and run our own products with the same standard, on our own money.
Most software gets built by people who will never have to live with it. A vendor ships, invoices, and leaves, and the maintenance burden lands on someone else. We work the other way round — we stay reachable after the handover, and we build knowing we may be the ones maintaining it.
The majority of what we build is ordinary production software done properly: customer portals, internal tools, mobile apps, integrations, migrations, and 0-to-1 products. AI is one of the things we are strongest at, but it is a capability, not the whole business. A client usually arrives with one project and stays for the next three, which only works if we are good at the unglamorous parts too.
We stay small deliberately. The person who scopes your project is the person who writes the code. There is no sales team to over-promise, no account manager between you and the build, and no junior bench that work quietly gets handed to after the contract is signed.
It also means we say no more often than most studios. We take a small number of engagements at a time, and we would rather tell you on the first call that we are the wrong fit than discover it together in month three.
Where we've worked
The domain changes. The standard doesn't.
We are not a sector specialist, and we think that's a feature. Good engineering transfers; domain knowledge is something we learn from you in the first week.
Straight answers
Questions we get asked.
What does Vandana Labs do?
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We are a software development studio. We design and build web applications, mobile apps, full products, data pipelines and integrations, cloud infrastructure, and AI systems. We also do cybersecurity work — audits, penetration testing, and compliance readiness — plus fractional CTO and technical due diligence. Most clients come to us with one project and stay for the next three.
Do you only build AI?
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No. AI is one of the things we're strongest at, and we run our own AI product, but the majority of what we build is ordinary production software — customer portals, internal tools, mobile apps, integrations, migrations, and 0-to-1 products. If it's software, it's in scope.
What size projects do you take on?
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Everything from a focused 1–4 week sprint — a proof of concept, a critical integration, an audit — to multi-feature programs and full 0-to-1 product builds. Typical engagements run from $15k to $500k+, and you can estimate yours on our site before you talk to us.
How fast can you deliver?
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You see working software in the first week, and every week after that. That is a statement about visibility, not about project length — a focused build might finish in three weeks, while a platform or an enterprise integration programme runs six to nine months. What does not change is that you can open something and use it from week one rather than waiting months to find out whether it works.
Do you take on long, complex programmes?
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Yes — multi-month integration programmes are some of the best work we do. A large ERP, CRM, or legacy integration typically runs six to nine months, delivered in phases so that value lands early rather than everything arriving at the end. We run these alongside your team, not in a black box, with a fixed price per phase so the budget is never a surprise.
Can you work alongside our existing engineering team?
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Often that is the arrangement. On larger programmes we usually own one or two workstreams, integrate with your sprint cadence and code review, and hand each phase over as it completes. We are not trying to replace your team or become permanent — the goal is that you can carry it on without us.
What industries do you work in?
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Any sector — including fintech, healthcare, legal, logistics, e-commerce, manufacturing, education, energy, recruitment, and government. The engineering standard does not change with the domain. If you are in a regulated sector, raise the regime you are under in your first message: healthcare work needs a signed BAA before we touch protected health information, and some certification requirements rule us out entirely. We would rather establish that on day one than during procurement.
Who owns the code?
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You do, completely. Every repository, every credential, and every piece of infrastructure is yours from day one. There is no lock-in, no proprietary platform you have to keep paying for, and no hostage situation if you want to take it in-house.
Do you actually build, or just advise?
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We build. Advisory work is available as a separate engagement, but the core of what we do is shipping production software. You get working code in the first week, not a strategy document.
How do we start working with you?
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Use the estimator to scope your project, then send the brief or book a 30-minute call. We reply to every serious enquiry within one business day, and we'll tell you honestly if we're not the right fit.
Something not answered here? Ask us directly.
Got something that actually matters?
Tell us the stakes. We'll tell you exactly how we'd build it, what it takes, and whether we're the right people for it.
We reply to every serious enquiry within one business day