MVP development, from idea to real users.

What is MVP development?

An MVP, or minimum viable product, is the smallest version of a product that real people can use, built so you learn whether the idea works before paying for everything else. MVP development is designing, building and launching that version.

When we build an MVP, it is a working product, not a clickable prototype. Depending on what the product has to do, that covers:

• A web app, a mobile app, or both
• The API and database behind it
• Sign-in, payments and email, where the product needs them
• AI features, where they do a job a person would otherwise do
• The cloud infrastructure it runs on, in your own AWS account

How much does MVP development cost?

The cost of an MVP is set by its scope, not by an hourly rate. We quote every project as one fixed price, free, a few days after we first talk it through, with what is in it and what is not written down.

These are the things that move the number:

To get a number for yours, tell our voice agent what you want built. It takes a few minutes, we meet that week, and the fixed quote follows a few days later.

How long does it take to build an MVP?

Time is set by scope, the same as cost. For reference, here are our two most recent client products, each one built by us end to end:

You do not wait until the end to see it. Working software goes up on a real URL every week, starting in the first week.

Can an MVP include AI features?

Yes, and most of our recent work does. Feedback to Action answers the phone with a voice agent and runs every call through a pipeline that pulls out what the customer said and scores it. ClearSite turns hours of footage from a roof-mounted camera into a construction stage for every lot.

We add AI where it does a job a person was doing, and leave it out where a plain feature does the job. An AI feature in an MVP has to be checked against real data like any other feature, or the first users find its mistakes for you.

Who owns the MVP when it is finished?

You do, from the first day. The code lives in your repository, the product runs in your own cloud account, and every third-party account is in your name. If you later hire your own team or move to another one, nothing has to be handed over, because none of it was ever ours.

Should I hire freelancers, an agency, or a team like ours?

Freelancers cost least per hour and suit a well-defined piece of a product. An agency suits a large organization that needs account management around the work. We suit a founder or a company that wants one team to take an idea to real users and hand over something it owns outright.