“How much does an MVP cost” is a hard question to answer honestly, because the range hides enormous variation in scope. Here’s what’s actually inside a typical MVP-Build engagement, line by line.

What’s included

  • Technical scoping: data model, core user flows, and stack decisions, documented before any code is written
  • Core build: authentication, the primary user flow end-to-end, and a working data layer
  • One or two integrations: payments, email, or a connection to your existing Notion system
  • Deployment: a live, working product on real infrastructure, not a local demo
  • Handoff documentation: enough for your own team, or a future developer, to pick up the codebase without a walkthrough call
  • 30 days of support: bug fixes and small adjustments after launch

What’s usually not included

Custom design beyond a clean, functional interface; extensive automated test coverage; scaling infrastructure for traffic you don’t have yet; and features that aren’t required to prove the core idea works. All of these are reasonable to add later, once the MVP has validated that they’re worth building.

Why this scope, specifically

The goal of an MVP is learning whether the idea works, as cheaply and quickly as that can be tested honestly. Every line item above exists because it’s required to get a real answer to that question, nothing more.