Website Security Audit Cost in Bangladesh (2026 Guide)

In short: in Bangladesh in 2026, a credible automated website security scan starts at free, a proper manual audit by a local firm typically runs BDT 15,000-50,000, and a full penetration test for a serious application lands between BDT 80,000 and 300,000+ depending on scope. Knowing which tier you actually need - and what should be inside each quote - is the difference between spending wisely and buying a PDF that impresses no attacker.

If you run a website in Bangladesh - a corporate site, an e-commerce store, a school portal, a fintech app - someone has probably told you to "get a security audit." The advice is correct. The pricing, however, is all over the place: we have seen quotes for essentially the same work differ by a factor of ten between Dhaka firms. This guide breaks down what drives the cost, what each tier should include, and where you can legitimately save money without quietly accepting risk.

What Determines the Price of a Security Audit?

Four factors explain almost every price difference you will encounter.

Scope. One domain with ten pages is a different universe from an application with user accounts, payment flows, APIs, and an admin panel. Auditors price by the attack surface: number of distinct applications, authenticated roles, endpoints, and integrations. A scan of a static site takes minutes; testing the business logic of a lending application takes days.

Depth. Automated scanning, manual testing, and social engineering live at different price points. An automated scan checks for known vulnerabilities - missing headers, outdated components, weak TLS, exposed files. A manual tester chains those findings together and asks "what can an attacker actually do with this?" That thinking is what you are paying for.

Compliance requirements. If you need the audit for a bank partner, a government tender, or PCI DSS scoping, the deliverable must survive a third party reading it. Compliance-grade reports cost more because the evidence has to be complete, reproducible, and defensible.

Who does it. A local Bangladeshi firm, an offshore team, and a global consultancy differ enormously. For most BD businesses, a competent local or regional provider is the sweet spot: they understand local hosting realities (who uses cPanel, which data centers, BTCL routes) and cost a fraction of a global brand.

Tier 1: Free and Low-Cost Scans (BDT 0 - 5,000)

A free automated scan is not a toy. A good scanner checks 200+ technical issues in minutes: SSL/TLS configuration, security headers, DNS records like SPF/DMARC, exposed directories, outdated CMS versions, known vulnerable JavaScript libraries, and open ports.

The 2MNY free security scan does exactly this - you enter a domain and get a graded report with evidence for every finding. For a brochure site or a small store, fixing everything in a free scan report puts you ahead of most of the local web.

What this tier does not cover: business logic, authenticated areas, and anything requiring human creativity. A scanner cannot tell you that your password-reset flow lets an attacker reset someone else's account.

Choose this tier when: your site is small, you have no payment or sensitive data flows, or you want a baseline before paying anyone.

Tier 2: Manual Vulnerability Assessment (BDT 15,000 - 50,000)

This is the workhorse tier for Bangladeshi SMEs. A security engineer runs automated tooling, then manually verifies the important findings and tests the obvious attack paths: authentication flows, file uploads, admin panels, API endpoints.

A fair quote at this level should include:

• A defined scope (domains, subdomains, applications) agreed in writing
• Automated scanning across the full scope, not just the homepage
• Manual verification of high-severity findings - this is what kills false positives
• A report with evidence: URLs, payloads, screenshots, and reproduction steps
• Remediation advice written for your developer, not for a security PhD
• A re-test of your fixes - many local quotes quietly omit this; insist on it

Choose this tier when: you have user accounts, forms that touch a database, an admin panel, or a client asking for "a security certificate."

Tier 3: Full Penetration Test (BDT 80,000 - 300,000+)

A penetration test is a simulated attack by a skilled human. The tester assumes the role of an external attacker (black box) or starts with some knowledge (grey box), and attempts to actually compromise the application: chain a file upload into code execution, abuse an IDOR to read other customers' data, pivot from a low-privilege account to admin.

In Bangladesh, honest pricing for this work:

• Small application (1 app, 1-2 user roles): BDT 80,000-150,000
• Mid-size platform (multiple apps, APIs, payment flows): BDT 150,000-300,000
• Fintech / regulated / high-value targets: BDT 300,000+ and often offshore firms

The wide ranges are real, not marketing fuzz. Two weeks of expert time on a complex application simply costs more than three days on a simple one. If someone quotes BDT 25,000 for a "penetration test" of your fintech app, they are selling you a vulnerability scan with a fancier cover page.

Choose this tier when: you handle money directly, store sensitive personal data, face regulatory pressure, or have already survived an incident.

Tier 4: Continuous Monitoring (Monthly, BDT 3,000 - 25,000)

Security is not a date; it is a condition. Your site is patched today, and vulnerable again after the next plugin update. Continuous monitoring re-scans on a schedule and alerts you when something changes.

For most BD businesses, monthly automated scanning with quarterly manual reviews is a realistic rhythm. 2MNY's approach - free checks monthly plus pay-per-check credits, no subscription lock-in - was designed for exactly this market reality, where many sites are small but cannot be ignored.

Where Bangladesh Businesses Should Actually Spend

After looking at a lot of scan data from local sites, here is the honest priority list:

1. Fix your free scan findings first. Missing headers, expired or weak TLS, missing SPF/DMARC, and outdated WordPress plugins account for the overwhelming majority of actual compromise paths we see against Bangladeshi sites.
2. Then spend on the parts automation cannot cover. Authentication flows, payment callbacks, and admin panels deserve the manual budget.
3. Then buy regularity, not intensity. A monthly scan catches the new plugin vulnerability faster than an annual mega-audit.

Red Flags in a Security Audit Quote

A short list of things that should make you push back:

• No scope definition. "We will test your website" is not a scope. Which hosts? Which roles? What is out of scope?
• No re-test included. Findings without verification of your fixes is half a service.
• Tool output pasted as a report. If the deliverable is a raw Nessus export, you paid for a script, not expertise. A real report explains risk in business language.
• No evidence. Every finding needs a reproduction path. How to read a vulnerability report explains what a professional one looks like.
• Guaranteed "100% secure" certification. Nobody honest guarantees that. Ever.

The Real Cost Equation

The cheapest audit is the one that prevents an incident. Recovering a hacked e-commerce site - forensic cleanup, blacklist removal, lost customer trust, a week of downtime during a campaign season - costs multiples of any tier above. If budget forces a choice, take the free scan today over the perfect audit someday: start here, fix what it finds, and upgrade deliberately as your risk grows.