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SaaS MVP development

A first version customers can pay for.

A first version has to be small enough to ship and solid enough to keep. We build the core workflow, subscriptions and admin your first customers need, with tests and documentation so the team you hire later can carry it on.

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// what matters here

What is different in this industry.

Small enough to ship

We agree the smallest version that earns money and learning, and leave the rest for later.

Solid enough to keep

Tests, documentation and a clean structure, so the code survives the next hire.

Billing from day one

Subscriptions, trials and invoices through Stripe, so you can charge from the first customer.

Yours to keep

The code, the accounts and the data are yours once the work is paid for.

// example projects

Priced examples for this service.

Each one is hypothetical, labelled as such, and priced live from our rate card. Open any of them in the estimator and make it yours.

Example projectWeb appMobile app

MVP with subscriptions

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A founder with a validated idea and early customers waiting needs a working web and mobile product with sign-in and subscriptions, without a team to build it.

// What we would build

A focused first version on the web and iOS and Android: sign-up and onboarding, the core workflow, subscriptions and invoices through Stripe, an admin for the founder and analytics from day one, built so a future team can carry it on.

// What is in it

Sign-up, onboarding and team accounts
The core workflow your customers pay for
Subscriptions, trials and invoices through Stripe
An admin to support customers
Product analytics from the first user
Tests and documentation a future team can use

// Stack

Next.js
React Native
PostgreSQL
Stripe
AWS

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$110,000 to US$168,000, delivered within 28 weeksCAD 156,300 to 239,000
Hosting: ≈ US$176 a monthCAD 250 a month
Support: ≈ US$2,500 a monthCAD 3,565 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

Discovery: 3.5 to 4 weeks
Design approved: 6.5 to 11.5 weeks
Core features: 2.5 to 3.5 weeks
Full build: 1 to 2.5 weeks
First build on devices: 3.5 to 6 weeks
Testing and fixes: 0.5 to 1 weeks
Store submission: 1 to 2 weeks
Launch: 1 to 2 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

App store review: 1 week

How it is paid

Deposit 20%: CAD 31,260 to 47,800
Discovery 9.2%: CAD 14,379.60 to 21,988.00
Design approved 9.2%: CAD 14,379.60 to 21,988.00
Core features 7.6%: CAD 11,878.80 to 18,164.00
Full build 5%: CAD 7,815 to 11,950
First build on devices 20.1%: CAD 31,416.30 to 48,039.00
Testing and fixes 2.5%: CAD 3,907.50 to 5,975.00
Store submission 6.7%: CAD 10,472.10 to 16,013.00
Launch 9.7%: CAD 15,161.10 to 23,183.00
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 15,630 to 23,900

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// questions

Questions we get about this.

Can you build our SaaS MVP on a fixed price?

Yes. The estimator gives a range, and we agree a fixed price on a written scope after discovery.

Do we need both web and mobile for an MVP?

Often not. Many MVPs start on the web; we will tell you if mobile can wait.

Will a future engineering team be able to take over the MVP?

Yes. That is the point of the tests, the documentation and the hand-over.

Back to the industry: Startups and SaaS companies About the service: Web and mobile apps

// next

Not quite your project?

Tell us what you have in mind. We will come back to you with a range and the questions that would narrow it. Or book a call and talk it through.

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