Guide3 min read
How Much Does It Cost to Build an MVP in 2026?
Real MVP development costs in 2026 by tier — from $8k landing-page validators to $120k+ AI products — plus what drives the price up or down.
By Hassan KaziMVPPricing
✦ MVP development
An MVP you won’t have to rebuild.
A dedicated pod — product lead, designer, two engineers, QA — shipping weekly to a staging link you can click, against a fixed price and a launch date.
what changes
- ✦Launch in 6–12 weeks, on a date agreed in week one
- ✦A codebase the next team can extend, not rewrite
- ✦Analytics on the actions that matter from day one
- ✦No surprises: fixed scope, fixed price, milestone payments
what you get
- →Scope doc, user flows and architecture
- →Clickable prototype tested on real users
- →Production app, admin, integrations, emails
- →QA pass, security review, load test, monitoring
- →Repository, docs and a handover session
How it runs
- 01Discover
Week 1: scope, flows, architecture, fixed price.
- 02Design
Week 2: clickable prototype, tested, then frozen.
- 03Build
Weeks 3–6: weekly demos on staging.
- 04Ship
Weeks 7–8: hardening, launch, monitoring.
Pricing
| Tier | Scope | Timeline | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Validator | Landing, waitlist, one manual flow | 1–2 weeks | $5k – $12k |
| Core MVP | Auth, 3–5 core screens, admin | 4–8 weeks | $25k – $60k |
| Marketplace / SaaS | Multi-role, payments, dashboards | 8–14 weeks | $60k – $120k |
Every project starts with a written scope and a fixed price, delivered within 48 hours of your brief.
Frequently asked questions
Why a studio and not freelancers?
Design, engineering and QA as one accountable team with a fixed price. Freelancers are great for defined tasks; whole products need a team.
What stack?
React / Next, Node or Python, Postgres, on AWS or GCP — opinionated, because that is where we are fastest.
Can we add AI features?
Yes — about a third of our MVPs now ship with an agent or model inside. Budget two to eight extra weeks for evals.
read before you brief us
Guide3 min read
How Long Does It Take to Build an MVP? Week by Week
A realistic week-by-week MVP timeline — discovery, design, build and launch, where projects slip, and how to ship in eight weeks instead of twenty.
By Hassan KaziMVPProcess
Guide2 min read
Top 10 Mistakes Founders Make Building an MVP
The ten MVP mistakes we see most — from over-scoping to hiring on price — what each one costs in money and months, and the fix for each.
By Hassan KaziMVPStartups
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