Pillars / SaaS

SaaS products from MVP to production scale.

From spec to live SaaS in six to twelve weeks. Auth. Billing. Multi tenant data. AI native architecture. Observability on day one. We build the SaaS that makes money, not the demo that shipped on Product Hunt and died.

01Scope

What this pillar covers.

The SaaS pillar covers product development from MVP through production scale. The MVP costs $4,997. Scale path is quoted on top, typically $10,000 to $50,000 to first paying cohort and $50,000 plus through year one production.

Most SaaS MVPs ship without billing, without auth that scales, without proper multi tenant isolation, without observability. They look good on a demo and break on the third paying customer. We build SaaS the other way: with all the production concerns shipped on day one.

The \$4,997 MVP is a real product, not a prototype. Auth that handles invitations and team accounts. Stripe billing with subscription management and proration. Multi tenant data isolation with row level security. Audit logging. Background jobs. Email plus SMS. Webhooks. AI native architecture if AI is part of the product. Observability hooked into Sentry and a dashboard from day one.

02What you get

Concrete deliverables.

  • Auth: email plus magic link plus OAuth where needed, team accounts, invitations
  • Billing: Stripe subscriptions, proration, dunning, customer portal
  • Multi tenant data: row level security, tenant scoped queries, no leakage
  • AI native architecture if AI is part of the product
  • Observability: Sentry, dashboard, alerts, audit logging
  • Background jobs, email, SMS, webhooks
  • Marketing site with full schema and AEO
03Pricing

Related pricing.

$4,997 MVP. Scale path quoted on top. Most SaaS founders see year one cost between $15,000 and $60,000 across MVP plus first paying cohort iteration.

All pricingScope a SaaS project
06Process

How we build.

Every pillar follows the same five phase process: Discover, Derive, Design and Demo, Build, Deploy. Phase reviews are scheduled and visible. Read the full process.

07FAQ

SaaS FAQ.

Can you really ship a SaaS for \$4,997?

Yes for an MVP scoped to a focused feature set. The MVP has real auth, real billing, real multi tenant, real observability. It is not a prototype. Scope creep beyond the MVP scope is quoted as a change order before we expand.

Will you take equity?

No. Cash only. Equity entanglement is not the studio model.

What about the marketing site?

Marketing site is included with full schema and AEO. Same hand coded approach as our other website builds.

Who handles ongoing scaling?

We continue as your engineering partner on a retainer or hourly basis after MVP. Many founders scale with us through year one and bring a CTO in year two.

Do you do mobile apps?

For MVP we ship web first. Mobile (React Native or native iOS) is quoted on top once the web product is validated.

Ready to start a SaaS project?