SaaS development · Johannesburg
SaaS development company in Johannesburg
Mobile-first, low-bandwidth products with mobile money built in, from a senior team on overlapping hours.
Clarigo Infotech is a SaaS development company that takes products from idea to paying customers. We design and build multi-tenant SaaS platforms with sign-up, subscriptions and billing, admin panels, analytics and AI features, and launch a working MVP in 25 to 30 days. The same team then scales the product as customers arrive.
10+
Years of delivery
600+
Projects delivered
20+
Countries served
25-30
Days to a live MVP
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Mobile-first and built for real conditions
African businesses need products that work on any phone and any connection, with mobile money and local payments built in.
Works on any connection
Lightweight apps and sites that stay fast on slow networks and older phones.
Mobile money and local payments
M-Pesa, Flutterwave, Paystack and card payments integrated.
Overlapping hours
Two and a half to four and a half hours from India, so most of the day overlaps.
Cost-effective delivery
Senior engineers at offshore rates with full code ownership.
What we build for SaaS founders
SaaS MVPs
A focused first version with the core features customers pay for, live in 25 to 30 days.
Subscriptions and billing
Plans, trials, payments, invoices and upgrades with Stripe or regional payment providers.
Multi-tenant architecture
Secure separation of each customer's data, roles and permissions, built to scale.
Admin and analytics
Dashboards for you and your customers: usage, revenue, activity and reports.
AI features
Assistants, automation, smart search and summaries that make your SaaS stand out.
Scale and support
Performance, monitoring, security reviews and new features as you grow.
Remote, but close to Johannesburg
Time-zone overlap
South Africa is three and a half hours behind India, so our working days overlap for most of your morning and early afternoon.
The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)
We design to POPIA's conditions for lawful processing: purpose limits, security safeguards and data-subject access, with data hosted in South African cloud regions when required. We sign NDAs before work starts.
Billing
Invoices in South African rand (ZAR) or US dollars. Typical senior rates are $25 to $49 (USD) per hour, or a fixed price for a defined scope.
Where we help Johannesburg businesses most
Johannesburg and Sandton companies in finance and insurance use us for platforms, integrations and AI automation, designed to POPIA.
Mining
Mines invest in safety, monitoring and automation systems. From internal tools to customer platforms, built and supported by one team.
Financial services
Banks and insurers lead in mobile and digital channels. We build the platforms, integrations and internal tools this sector relies on.
Retail
National chains expand e-commerce and loyalty programmes. Custom software that fits how these teams already work.
Tourism and wine
Operators and estates sell to international visitors online. From internal tools to customer platforms, built and supported by one team.
Meetings in your time zone
Our team's hours, in Johannesburg time
06:30–16:00
Monday to Friday
Overlap with your working day
09:00–16:00
About 7 hours every day
Daily stand-up
09:30
Johannesburg time, plus written updates every evening
What we set up for Johannesburg
Local payments
Languages
Data hosting
AWS Africa (Cape Town), Google Cloud africa-south1 (Johannesburg) and Azure South Africa North, in your own cloud account, so data stays where your rules require.
How it works
Week 1: discovery and design
We map your workflow, agree what success looks like, and show you a clickable design.
Weeks 2-3: build and integrate
We build the product, connect it to your systems, and demo working software every week.
Week 4: test and launch
We test with real cases, add monitoring and hand-off to humans where needed, then go live.
After launch: improve and scale
The same engineers stay on to support, tune and add features as usage grows.
See what we've built
Try it yourself, free
Free browser tools from our team. No sign-up needed.
SaaS development company: questions from Johannesburg
Do you work with companies in Johannesburg?+
Yes. Clarigo Infotech works with companies across Johannesburg, including Johannesburg, Sandton, Pretoria, as part of clients in 20+ countries. We work remotely from India with one in-house team.
What time-zone overlap do we get from Johannesburg?+
South Africa is three and a half hours behind India, so our working days overlap for most of your morning and early afternoon.
How do you handle the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)?+
We design to POPIA's conditions for lawful processing: purpose limits, security safeguards and data-subject access, with data hosted in South African cloud regions when required. We sign NDAs before work starts.
Which currency do you bill in, and what does it cost?+
We bill in South African rand (ZAR) or US dollars. Senior engineers typically cost $25 to $49 (USD) per hour, and fixed-scope projects such as an MVP in 25 to 30 days are quoted after a free consultation.
Do you work with mining companies?+
Yes. Mining is one of Johannesburg's key sectors, and we build the platforms, integrations and internal tools this sector relies on.
What time are your meetings in Johannesburg time?+
Our team works 06:30–16:00 Johannesburg time, so we overlap with your day from 09:00–16:00. Daily stand-ups are usually at 09:30 your time.
Can you build in English and Afrikaans and isiZulu?+
Yes. We build interfaces and content in English and Afrikaans and isiZulu, and test them with native speakers before launch.
Will we own the code?+
Yes. You get the full source code and cloud accounts in your name, with no lock-in.
How long does it take to build a SaaS MVP?+
Most SaaS MVPs go live in 25 to 30 days: a week of discovery and design, two weeks of build, then testing and launch. Larger platforms follow in phases.
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