MVP Cost Calculator
How much does an MVP cost to build? Pick your features and get an instant estimate across in-house, freelancers, an agency, and a fixed-price MVP package.
Most founders dramatically over- or under-estimate what their MVP will cost. Agencies quote €20,000 and a three-month discovery phase; freelancers quote a number that triples once the edge cases appear. The truth sits in the middle, and it depends on exactly which features you build first.
Tick the features your first version actually needs and this calculator estimates the scope in developer-weeks, then prices it across every realistic build path — including AsyncForge’s fixed-scope MVP package. Start lean: the fewer features, the faster and cheaper you validate.
Pick your MVP scope
Select the features your first version needs.
48-hour turnaround
Estimated MVP scope
4 features · ≈ 10 dev-weeks
Roughly 2.2 months of focused senior development.
In-house hire
€39,189
€10,008/mo · 4.2 months
Freelancer
€28,379
€12,800/mo · 2.7 months
Dev agency
€55,289
€24,938/mo · 3.2 months
AsyncForge subscription
€8,868
€4,000/mo · 2.2 months
How this estimate is calculated
From features to effort
Each feature carries an approximate effort in developer-weeks for a clean build by a senior engineer. We add 20% on top for integration, testing, and the glue work that connects everything — the part estimates usually forget.
From effort to cost
That effort is then priced as a single senior developer building sequentially, across in-house, freelance, agency, and subscription paths. Real scope depends on design complexity and how many edge cases you choose to handle before launch.
The fixed-price alternative
AsyncForge also offers a fixed-scope MVP — authentication, payments, your core feature, and a landing page — for a flat €1,999 in two weeks. For a standard MVP shape, a flat price removes the estimating uncertainty entirely.
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