Honest cost breakdown for building a saas app — from a minimal MVP to a full-featured platform. No agency fluff, just real numbers.
MVP cost
$5,000
Full platform
up to $60,000
MVP timeline
3–6 weeks
Our delivery
21 days
Typical agency rates. Freelancers may be cheaper upfront but rarely stay within budget.
| Feature | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Auth + multi-tenant setup | $600 | $3,000 |
| Core product features | $2,000 | $15,000 |
| Stripe Billing integration | $800 | $4,000 |
| Team management + invites | $500 | $2,500 |
| Feature flags per plan | $300 | $1,500 |
| Onboarding flow | $400 | $2,000 |
| Admin panel | $400 | $2,000 |
| Total range | $5,000 | $30,000 |
Our fixed-price MVP bundles all core features for $5,000 — no hourly surprises.
| Option | Cost | Timeline | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agency (fixed price)← Us | $5,000 – $60,000 | 3–8 weeks | Low |
| Freelancer (hourly) | $6,000 – $90,000 | 2–6 months | High |
| No-code (Bubble / Webflow) | $2,000 – $6,000 | 2–6 weeks | Medium (lock-in) |
| In-house team | $300,000+/year | 6–18 months | Very high |
Next.js
Full-stack web application
Supabase
Multi-tenant database with RLS
Stripe Billing
Subscriptions and metered billing
Resend
Transactional emails
Book a free 30-min call. We'll scope your MVP and give you an exact price before you commit to anything.
A SaaS MVP (auth, core features, Stripe subscriptions, team management) costs $15,000–$40,000 with an agency. Simple single-feature SaaS tools can be built for $5,000–$10,000. Enterprise-grade platforms with SSO, audit logs, and compliance features cost $100,000+.
Multi-tenant means each customer's data is isolated from others in the same database. Yes, you need it from day one — retrofitting it later costs 2–3× a fresh build.
We use a combination of Stripe Products/Prices for billing and a feature flags table in the database to enforce plan limits. This lets you change what's included in each plan without a code deploy.