What your MVP actually costs.
Fourteen probing questions on product type, user roles, features, auth, payments, integrations, compliance. Output: cost range (AI-paired delivery), timeline confidence, descope warnings if scope is bloated. The full memo includes a scoped feature plan, founder-friendly milestone schedule, and the questions to settle before kickoff.
How this is calculated
Base cost per product type derived from 50+ shipped MVPs at Allied BizTech (median 2023-2026). AI-paired delivery cuts well-defined work 3-5× — we apply that to standard SaaS/marketplace shapes, less to bleeding-edge or regulated builds. Multipliers stack for: feature count beyond MVP-typical (8-12), user-role complexity, payments + multi-tenancy + real-time + AI core, compliance overlays, design fidelity, urgency.
What this does NOT estimate
- Brand identity work / extensive UX research before kickoff
- Custom hardware integration (point-of-sale, IoT, etc.)
- App-store launch + ASO if mobile
- Post-launch performance marketing
FAQ
Why is your number so much lower than agency quotes?
AI-paired delivery (senior engineers + Claude Code / Cursor) ships 3-5× faster on well-defined work. Productized fixed-price beats hourly billing for both sides. Memo includes the math.
What's a realistic MVP scope?
8-12 features. Single primary user role. Standard auth. Stripe if needed. Mobile + web typically requires descope of secondary features. Memo includes the "MVP-shaped scope" template.
What's in the memo?
Scoped feature plan, milestone schedule, descope hierarchy, kickoff-week deliverables, post-launch handoff template.