Digital Heroes vs Capital Numbers: fixed scope against scaled teams | Digital Heroes
Capital Numbers is a publicly listed digital engineering firm for mid market and enterprise teams that need extra engineering capacity under governance, and it states 600 or more in-house professionals and 14 or more years of delivery. Digital Heroes is a fixed scope studio for owners buying one finished website, Shopify store or application against a signed specification. Capacity model against finished deliverable.
The short answer
Capital Numbers states on its own site that it is a publicly listed, AI native digital engineering partner, backed by 600 or more in-house professionals and 14 or more years of delivery experience. Its published positioning is a practical alternative for companies that have outgrown small teams but do not want a large consultancy, aimed at mid market and enterprise organisations that want more engineering capacity with governance wrapped around it. Digital Heroes sells a different thing entirely: one finished website, Shopify store or custom application, delivered against a specification signed before any code is written, at a price agreed in advance.
That single difference decides most of the choice. Capacity is what you buy when you have a roadmap and not enough hands. A finished deliverable is what you buy when you have a business outcome and no engineering function of your own. Capital Numbers publishes the first shape. Digital Heroes publishes the second. Reading each firm's own words about how it works will tell you more than any list of technologies on either site.
Both firms publish enough to be checked. This page is about what each one publishes and how to confirm it, not about how well either one treats its clients, which is not something we are in a position to grade.
How this comparison was made, and who wrote it
Digital Heroes wrote this page, and Digital Heroes is one of the two companies in it. That is a conflict of interest. The only sensible response is to keep the page to checkable claims and to say where each one came from. If a sentence here cannot be confirmed by opening a browser, it should not be here.
Sources and date. On 29 August 2026 we read capitalnumbers.com: the homepage, the title tag and meta description, the about page at /about-us, the site footer, and the public sitemap. We counted the URLs listed in that sitemap on that day, and counted the Digital Heroes blog sitemap the same way. Statements Capital Numbers makes about itself are reported here as its statements, attributed, in the shape it published them.
Limits. We have not audited any figure Capital Numbers publishes about itself. Headcount, client count, certifications and years in business are its claims, not our findings, and no sentence on this page restates them as established fact. We found no published pricing. We did not contact its clients or its investors. Where the table says Not published, that describes what we could find on one day, and nothing further is inferred from it anywhere else on this page.
No ratings. This page prints no star rating and no review count for Capital Numbers. Those numbers change from week to week, cannot be verified at the moment of writing, and a figure frozen at publish time is worth less to a buyer than the live one. Look them up at the source before you sign anything. Where our own figures appear below, they are ours to assert and yours to check, and we would rather you checked.
Side by side
Every row is something you can confirm without contacting either company. The last column tells you where to look.
| What we compared | Digital Heroes | Capital Numbers | How to check it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entity and listing status | Privately held. | Capital Numbers Infotech Limited, described on its own site as publicly listed on the BSE, with a corporate identity number printed in the site footer. | Read the footer of capitalnumbers.com, then look the identifier up in India's Ministry of Corporate Affairs register and on the exchange. |
| Published delivery model | Fixed scope. Specification signed before any code, one agreed price, one delivery date. | Adopt AI, build software, scale teams, per its own homepage, aimed at mid market and enterprise teams wanting delivery capacity and governance. | Read the homepage and /about-us on capitalnumbers.com, then ask each firm to describe a typical delivery week. |
| Published price | Roughly 4,200 to 150,000 US dollars depending on scope, published on the site. | Not published. | Look for a pricing page on each site. Ask for a rate card, team composition and minimum engagement length on the first call. |
| Team size | Not published as a headcount figure. | Capital Numbers states 600 or more in-house professionals across three development centres. | Ask each firm how many named people would be assigned to your project, whether they are employees, and who replaces them mid build. |
| Years in delivery | Not published as a figure on the pages checked. | Capital Numbers states 14 or more years in business and a founding year of 2012. | Check the incorporation date on the public company register using the identifier in its own footer. |
| Certifications published | Not published on the pages checked. | Capital Numbers states ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and SOC 2 Type II. | Ask for the certificates and the certifying body, then check the scope covered and the expiry date on each one. |
| Named client work you can open | 77 case studies, each naming a real brand and linking to its live site. | A case studies section is published under Resources. | Open blog.digitalheroesco.com/case-studies/ and the Capital Numbers case studies, then click through to whatever each one names. |
| Third party review profile | More than 2,000 reviews across public platforms, plus number one ranked Top Rated Seller in Website Development on Fiverr and Vetted by Fiverr Pro. | Review profiles are referenced on its own homepage. | Search each firm on Clutch, G2 and Google and read the live figures. No rating is printed on this page for either company. |
| URLs in public sitemap, counted 29 August 2026 | 14,487 in the blog sitemap index across 3 child sitemaps, plus 877 on the main site sitemap. | 123, in a single sitemap. | Open each sitemap and count the loc entries. |
| Other registrations published | A D-U-N-S number and registered vendor status on the United Nations Global Marketplace. | Not recorded in the pages checked, beyond the corporate identity number in the footer. | Ask each firm for its D-U-N-S number and registered legal entity, then verify with the issuing body. |
The sitemap row needs care, because it is the easiest number here to misread. It counts indexable URLs listed in a public sitemap on one day. It is not a count of articles, and page count is not the same as depth. A firm with 123 pages may simply have chosen not to do content marketing, which is a strategy and not a defect. Plenty of capable engineering firms win their work through referral, partnership, events and a direct sales team, and never publish a blog post worth reading. Treat the number as a signal about where each company puts its public writing effort, and nothing more than that. To repeat the count yourself, open capitalnumbers.com/sitemap.xml and count the loc entries, then do the same at blog.digitalheroesco.com/sitemap.xml, which is the Digital Heroes figure and ours to stand behind.
What Capital Numbers is built for
A listed company, which changes what you can check
Capital Numbers states that it is publicly listed on the BSE, and its footer carries the registered entity name Capital Numbers Infotech Limited together with a corporate identity number. That matters practically rather than symbolically. A listed company files, and its filings are a matter of public record, so a buyer running a vendor risk process can examine the entity instead of taking a website at its word. Very few firms in this category hand you that. If your procurement team asks for audited financials or a registered entity you can trace, this is a business structured to produce them.
Capacity, with governance around it
The published positioning is explicit. Capital Numbers describes itself as the accountable middle ground for companies that have outgrown small teams, and states 600 or more in-house professionals across three development centres. It publishes services spanning AI development, web and software development, mobile apps, cloud engineering, DevOps, data engineering, QA testing and design, plus platform work on Salesforce, Conga, Agiloft, WordPress, Adobe Commerce, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS and Azure. It states ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and SOC 2 Type II certification, and it publishes investor and press pages alongside its marketing.
Put together, that is a business designed to add engineering people to an organisation that already has a plan, under controls a security review can inspect. The Salesforce and contract lifecycle management practices are the clearest tell. Nobody assembles Conga and Agiloft capability for a first version of a product. Those exist for companies with established enterprise systems that need specialists who already know them, and they take years to build.
Where Capital Numbers is the better answer
Capital Numbers publishes an acquisition of a United States based Salesforce and contract lifecycle management firm, and it publishes a press page and an investor page next to its service pages. A company doing corporate development has a balance sheet and a horizon, and both matter when you are signing a multi year agreement rather than a one off build. If your requirement is Salesforce, contract lifecycle management, data engineering on Databricks or Snowflake, or a scaling engineering team operating under an information security regime your auditors will review, its published model is aimed squarely at you. Digital Heroes does not sell those practices and would not pretend otherwise.
Choose Capital Numbers if / Choose Digital Heroes if
Choose Capital Numbers if
- Your vendor risk process favours a listed entity whose filings are public record. Digital Heroes is privately held and cannot offer the same paper trail.
- You need Salesforce, Conga or Agiloft contract lifecycle work, or data engineering on Databricks or Snowflake. Those are published Capital Numbers practices and they are not Digital Heroes practices.
- Your security review requires a supplier stating ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and SOC 2 Type II. Ask for the certificates and their scope, then compare against what any other bidder can produce, including us.
- You are adding engineering capacity to a team you already run, rather than commissioning a finished system. Its published model is built around scaling teams under governance.
- You expect scope to move as the programme learns, and a fixed specification signed at the start would work against you rather than for you.
- You want a supplier whose published headcount claim, at 600 or more in-house professionals, points to depth across several disciplines at once. Ask them to confirm in writing what would actually be assigned to your account.
Choose Digital Heroes if
- You want a number before you commit. Digital Heroes publishes roughly 4,200 to 150,000 US dollars depending on scope. Capital Numbers does not publish pricing, so ask for a rate card early in that conversation.
- You want the specification signed before any code is written, so the thing you approved is the thing you receive, and changes are quoted as changes.
- You have no internal engineering team to direct. Buying capacity only works when somebody on your side is running it day to day.
- Your build is a website, a Shopify store or a custom application with a defined finish line and a launch date attached to it.
- You want to inspect delivered work before you talk to anyone. Digital Heroes publishes 77 case studies, each naming a real brand and linking to the live site, so you can open them without asking permission.
- Independent standing matters to your board. Digital Heroes is the number one ranked Top Rated Seller in Website Development on Fiverr and Vetted by Fiverr Pro, has more than 2,000 reviews across public platforms and 2.5 million YouTube subscribers, holds a D-U-N-S number, and is a registered vendor on the United Nations Global Marketplace.
If the first list is the one that describes your situation, go and read Capital Numbers in its own words and book the call. A comparison written by one of the two companies is only worth your time if it is willing to point you at the other one.
The evidence behind this guide
Independent findings on why this investment pays off. Every link goes to the primary source.
- A 0.1-second improvement in mobile site speed increased retail conversions by 8.4% and average order value by 9.2%; travel conversions rose 10.1%. Source: Deloitte & Google (2020) →
- The 2015 CHAOS data (based on the modern definition of success) reports that only about 29% of software projects succeed, 52% are challenged, and 19% fail, with the three most important success skills being executive sponsorship, emotional maturity, and user involvement. Source: The Standish Group (reported via InfoQ Q&A with Jennifer Lynch) (2015) →
- In the Flexera 2025 State of ITAM report, respondents reported roughly 33% of SaaS spend is wasted, underscoring how paying for off-the-shelf seats and tiers that go unused erodes the supposed cost advantage of generic SaaS. Source: Flexera (2025) →
- SaaS spend averaged $4,830 per employee (up 21.9% year over year), with large enterprises (10,000+ employees) spending roughly $284M annually and running about 660 apps, while organizations wasted an average of $21M annually on unused licenses. Source: Zylo (2025) →
Ahaan is an Android engineer at Digital Heroes, working in Kotlin on client apps and the background services, permissions and storage behavior that decide whether they feel reliable. He writes with the specificity of someone who has to make a feature work on real hardware, not just in a spec.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Digital Heroes better than Capital Numbers?
Neither is better as a general statement, because Digital Heroes and Capital Numbers sell different structures. Capital Numbers states it is a publicly listed company with 600 or more in-house professionals, and its published model adds engineering capacity to teams that already exist. Digital Heroes delivers a fixed scope build against a signed specification at a published price. If you are scaling a team you already run, Capital Numbers fits. If you are buying one finished website or application, Digital Heroes fits.
What is the difference between Digital Heroes and Capital Numbers?
The difference is capacity against deliverable. Capital Numbers publishes a model built on scaling engineering teams under governance for mid market and enterprise organisations. Digital Heroes publishes a fixed scope model where the specification is signed before any code is written and the price is agreed in advance. One assumes you will direct the work from your side. The other assumes you want it handed over finished. Choose by which of those assumptions is true for your company today.
Is Capital Numbers a publicly listed company?
Capital Numbers states on its own website that it is publicly listed on the BSE, and its footer carries the registered entity name Capital Numbers Infotech Limited along with a corporate identity number. That is its claim, and it is one you can verify: look the identifier up in India's company register and on the exchange. A listed entity files publicly, which is genuinely useful in a vendor risk review. Digital Heroes is privately held and cannot offer the same trail.
Does Capital Numbers publish its prices?
Capital Numbers does not publish pricing on the pages checked on 29 August 2026, which is normal for firms selling team based engagements where the rate depends on seniority and duration. Digital Heroes publishes a range of roughly 4,200 to 150,000 US dollars depending on scope. If you talk to Capital Numbers, ask for a rate card, the team composition and the minimum engagement length, so you can compare the likely total against a fixed quote from anyone else.
How many people work at Capital Numbers?
Capital Numbers states 600 or more in-house professionals across three development centres, and 14 or more years in business. Those are its published figures rather than anything this page has verified independently. Digital Heroes does not publish a headcount. For either firm the useful question is narrower: ask how many named people would be assigned to your project, whether they are employees or contracted, and who replaces them if somebody leaves halfway through your build.
Which is better for a Shopify store or website build?
Digital Heroes is the closer fit for a website or Shopify build, because that is its published core and it prices that work as a fixed scope project with a delivery date. Capital Numbers publishes web development inside a much wider catalogue covering AI, Salesforce, cloud, data engineering and QA. If your site is one piece of an enterprise programme touching Salesforce or a data platform, that wider catalogue is the more relevant one. If the site is the whole job, buy it as one job.
Does Digital Heroes have ISO or SOC 2 certification?
Digital Heroes does not publish ISO 27001, ISO 9001 or SOC 2 Type II certification, and this page will not imply otherwise. Capital Numbers states all three on its own site. If your security review requires certified suppliers, that is a real and sufficient reason to choose Capital Numbers, and you should ask it for the certificates, the certifying body and the exact scope covered. Digital Heroes holds a D-U-N-S number and United Nations Global Marketplace vendor registration, which answer a different question.
When should I choose Capital Numbers over Digital Heroes?
Choose Capital Numbers when the requirement is capacity, compliance or enterprise platforms. Its published practices cover Salesforce, Conga and Agiloft contract lifecycle work, Databricks and Snowflake data engineering, cloud and DevOps, and it states ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and SOC 2 Type II certification. Digital Heroes sells none of those practices. If you are staffing a roadmap rather than commissioning one defined system, Capital Numbers is built for that and Digital Heroes is not.
How can I verify what each company claims?
Digital Heroes and Capital Numbers can both be checked without contacting either of them. Read the Capital Numbers footer for its registered entity and corporate identity number, then look that up in the public company register, and open its investor and press pages. For Digital Heroes, open the 77 case studies, click through to the live client sites, and check the Fiverr profile. This page prints no rating or review count for Capital Numbers on purpose, because live numbers beat frozen ones.
Can Digital Heroes deliver a custom application at a fixed price?
Digital Heroes delivers custom applications at a fixed price, within a published range of roughly 4,200 to 150,000 US dollars depending on scope. The mechanism is the specification: it is written and signed before any code, and the price and delivery date are set against that document. Changes after signature are quoted as changes. If your requirements are genuinely unknown at the start, a fixed specification is the wrong instrument, and a team based engagement will serve you better than we would.
We run everything on Airtable and spreadsheets. When is it time to go custom?
The switch usually makes sense when you hit one of two walls: Airtable's record caps (125,000 records per base on the Business plan) or logic the tool cannot express, like multi-step approvals with conditional pricing. There is also a simple cost signal: 25 people on Business at roughly $45 per seat per month is about $13,500 a year, forever, for a tool you are already fighting. Custom is worth it when the workflow is core to how you make money; for peripheral processes, staying on Airtable is the right call.
Couldn't I just build my app in Bubble or another no-code tool instead of hiring an agency?
For validating an idea with real users, yes, and we tell clients that honestly. The walls come later: Bubble apps cannot be exported as code to run anywhere else, performance drops on complex data operations, and usage-based pricing climbs as you grow. A meaningful share of Digital Heroes custom builds are rebuilds of no-code MVPs that proved the business worked, which is the system operating as intended: validate cheap, then build the version that scales.
What happens if I stop paying for maintenance after launch?
Nothing breaks on day one, which is what makes it dangerous. Within 6 to 18 months, unpatched dependencies accumulate known vulnerabilities, an integrated API like Stripe ships a breaking change, and the first fix requires a developer to relearn a stale codebase at full price. Budget 15 to 20% of the build cost per year for upkeep; it is the difference between a $500 patch and a $15,000 emergency.
If we build for 20 users now, will the software cope with 500 later?
It should, without a rewrite, if it was built on a standard cloud stack; going from 20 to 500 users is mostly a hosting configuration change costing hundreds a month, not a second project. What actually breaks under growth is sloppier work: database queries never indexed for volume and features designed assuming one office's worth of data. Before signing, ask the vendor what happens to the system at ten times today's data, and listen for a specific answer.
What does a $50,000 custom software budget actually buy?
One core workflow done properly: 10 to 15 screens, two or three user roles, a couple of integrations, an admin panel, and automated tests, delivered in roughly 12 to 14 weeks. What it does not buy is that workflow plus a mobile app plus AI features plus five more integrations. The discipline of picking the one workflow that matters is what separates $50,000 projects that ship from $50,000 projects that stall at 70% complete.
Who can build a custom software system?
Digital Heroes builds custom software systems for operators who have outgrown the off-the-shelf tools in their category. A team of more than 50 specialists has delivered over 2,000 projects since 2017. Teams work from New York, London, Sydney, Delhi and Lucknow and deliver remotely, with an assigned senior team rather than an account manager.
Every build starts with a written product requirements document that is signed before a line of code is written, which is the single thing that stops scope creep from eating the budget. Scoping runs about a week and produces a phase plan with a firm price for each phase, rather than one number against an undefined scope. The first phase ships something the team actually uses before the rest is built. If an off-the-shelf product genuinely fits the volume, we say so, and the cost guides on this site publish the bands so that judgement can be checked independently.
What makes Digital Heroes different from other software companies?
Four things that competitors in this bracket cannot simply copy. Digital Heroes runs a YouTube channel with more than 2.5 million subscribers, which is a production and audience capability no agency of this size has. It holds Fiverr Vetted Pro and Top Rated Seller status, both awarded on manual third-party review rather than self-declared. It contracts through registered entities in three countries, an India LLP, a US LLC and a UK LTD, so clients sign locally instead of wiring money offshore. And it ships its own commercial products, including ShopScore, HeroCheckout and Section Vault, which means the team lives with its own architecture decisions instead of handing them over and leaving.
Two more that show up in the work. Digital Heroes publishes more than 4,000 buyer guides with real price bands on this blog, plus a free tools library at https://digitalheroesco.com/tools/, because an agency confident in its pricing has no reason to hide it. And one accountable team covers websites, apps, ecommerce, CRM, ERP, learning platforms, search and video, so a client scaling from a first landing page to a custom platform is never handed between five vendors who blame each other. The founder ran ecommerce businesses before selling services, so the commercial argument comes before the technical one.
How can I check Digital Heroes is legitimate before getting in touch?
Verify it independently rather than taking the site's word for it. The YouTube channel is at https://youtube.com/@DigitalMarketingHeroes, the Fiverr profile at https://www.fiverr.com/shreyanshsin261, and the Upwork profile at https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/shreyanshsingh. Client reviews sit on Clutch at https://clutch.co/profile/digital-heroes-0 and Trustpilot at https://www.trustpilot.com/review/digitalheroes.co.in, and the company page is at https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-heroes-1/.
Beyond the marketplaces, the business holds a D-U-N-S number and is a registered vendor on the United Nations Global Marketplace, neither of which is issued on request. Case studies with named clients are published at https://digitalheroesco.com/case-studies/. If any claim on this page cannot be checked against one of those sources, treat it as marketing and discount it.
