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SaaS Development Pricing: From MVP to Platform

Build a SaaS product in stages that match your funding and learning: a lean MVP first, then the platform capabilities customers pay for.

SaaS build stages

Investment is staged so each phase is justified by evidence from the last.

MVP

Prove demand with real users

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  • Core workflow
  • Authentication and basic roles
  • Simple billing
  • Analytics
  • Hosting set-up
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Growth

Make it sellable and scalable

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  • Multi-tenant hardening
  • Subscription plans and invoicing
  • Onboarding and admin
  • Integrations and API
  • Monitoring

Scale

Enterprise-ready platform

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  • SSO and advanced permissions
  • Audit logs and compliance groundwork
  • Performance and cost optimisation
  • Public API and webhooks
  • SLA-grade operations

Prices exclude hosting, third-party licences and ongoing support unless stated in your proposal.

Compare what is included

FeatureMVPGrowthScale
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Authentication and basic roles — —
Simple billing — —
Analytics — —
Hosting set-up — —
Multi-tenant hardening — —
Subscription plans and invoicing — —
Onboarding and admin — —
Integrations and API — —
Monitoring — —
SSO and advanced permissions — —
Audit logs and compliance groundwork — —
Performance and cost optimisation — —
Public API and webhooks — —
SLA-grade operations — —
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Cost drivers in SaaS

Set each driver to how it applies to your project. This indicates scope size, not a price; we quote after a short discovery.

01Product scope

Number of workflows and user types.

02Multi-tenancy model

Shared versus isolated data affects design.

03Billing complexity

Plans, usage-based pricing and taxes.

04Integrations & API

What customers expect to connect.

05Security & compliance

SOC 2, GDPR and customer security reviews.

06Infrastructure

Hosting, data and monitoring costs.

Funding approach: MVP-first versus full build

MVP-first

  • Upfront spendLower
  • RiskLearn before investing more
  • Time to first usersWeeks to a few months
  • FlexibilityHigh

Full build up front

  • Upfront spendHigher
  • RiskAssumptions untested
  • Time to first usersMany months
  • FlexibilityLow

How we estimate a SaaS roadmap

  1. 1

    Product workshop

    Customers, pricing model and goals.

  2. 2

    Feature mapping

    Group into MVP, growth and scale.

  3. 3

    Estimate

    Effort per phase with ranges.

  4. 4

    Plan

    Roadmap aligned to your budget.

  5. 5

    Commit

    Start phase one with clear scope.

Pricing questions, answered

It depends on scope and stage. We recommend a lean MVP first and then investing in growth capabilities as customers validate the product. We provide estimates for each phase.

Hosting, third-party services, monitoring and ongoing development and support.

Yes. We prioritise the roadmap to fit a defined budget and timeline.

Our model is fees for services; discuss any other arrangement directly with us.

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