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SaaS MVP cost breakdown.

What a minimum viable SaaS actually requires — and where cheap quotes cut corners you'll pay for later.

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(01) — Overview

The honest numbers.

A real SaaS MVP costs $25,000–$80,000. Anything cheaper is missing scope you'll add back within 3 months. Here's the honest breakdown.

(02) — Pricing tiers

What each price gets you.

01

Bare-Bones MVP

$25,000 – $45,000
10 – 14 weeks
  • Landing page + auth
  • Core feature (single user journey)
  • Stripe subscription integration
  • Basic dashboard
  • Email transactional flow
  • Deploy on Vercel/Fly.io
02

Real SaaS MVP

$45,000 – $90,000
14 – 22 weeks
  • Multi-tenant architecture
  • Team + role management
  • Full billing (subs, trials, upgrades, refunds)
  • Admin panel + support tools
  • API for future integrations
  • Analytics baseline (PostHog / Segment)
  • Onboarding + activation flows
03

Series-Seed Ready

$80,000 – $180,000+
22 – 40 weeks
  • SSO + enterprise auth
  • Audit logs + compliance foundation
  • Advanced reporting
  • Webhooks + public API
  • Full billing intelligence (dunning, upgrades, credits)
  • Multi-region deployment
(03) — Cost drivers

What actually moves the price.

Multi-tenancy

Real SaaS is multi-tenant from day one. Bolting it on later is expensive.

Billing complexity

Stripe subscriptions basic: $2,000–$5,000. Full billing intelligence: $15,000+.

API design

Public API for integrations adds $8,000–$20,000 but drives adoption.

Auth requirements

Email + password + Google is baseline. SSO (SAML) for enterprise: $10,000–$25,000.

Admin panel

Support and ops teams need admin tools. Skipping saves $5,000 but costs you support hours forever.

(04) — Hidden costs

What most quotes leave out.

  • Hosting (Vercel, Fly.io, AWS): $50–$1,000+/month depending on scale
  • Database hosting: $30–$500+/month
  • Third-party services (auth, email, monitoring, analytics): $200–$1,500/month combined
  • Compliance work: $10,000+ if you go after enterprise
  • Support tools (Intercom, Zendesk): $50–$500/month
(05) — FAQ

Common questions.

Only if you're free-tier only for the first 6 months. Otherwise no — billing is core scope.
Bubble or Softr can prototype fast. Real SaaS with multi-tenancy, custom logic, and API access usually outgrows no-code within 6 months.
Excellent for MVP. Both scale. Migration to self-hosted possible later. Great budget saver.
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