India produced over 1,400 SaaS companies in 2024, with combined revenue exceeding $14 billion. The Chandigarh-Mohali region is emerging as a SaaS building hub, with lower costs than Bangalore and an increasingly skilled talent pool.
The technical decisions that matter most: Multi-tenancy architecture (shared database with row-level security for most SaaS, separate schemas for enterprise compliance needs), authentication (don't build your own — use Auth0 or Clerk), and billing (Stripe is the gold standard; Razorpay for India-first products).
Your tech stack choice has long-term implications. For Indian SaaS companies targeting global markets, we recommend Next.js (frontend + API routes), PostgreSQL (relational data), Redis (caching and sessions), and deployment on Vercel or AWS. This stack has excellent developer availability in India, scales well, and keeps infrastructure costs low.
The MVP timeline should be 6-8 weeks. If someone tells you they need 6 months for an MVP, they're either over-scoping or under-skilled. Ship the core value proposition first, then iterate based on what users actually do — not what your product roadmap assumes they'll do.