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What an app MVP actually costs, with real numbers

Ask five agencies for an MVP quote and you will get Rs 5 lakh to Rs 25 lakh and timelines from 6 weeks to 6 months, usually before anyone has defined what the MVP even is. The spread is not dishonesty; it is unscoped ambition. Price follows scope, and most quotes price the dream, not the test.

What actually drives cost

  1. Feature count: every screen, role, and integration multiplies build and test time. An MVP that proves the core loop needs 3 to 5 features, not 15.
  2. Platforms: separate native iOS and Android roughly doubles cost versus cross-platform Flutter/React Native.
  3. Custom design: a design system gets you 90% of the polish at a fraction of bespoke-everything cost.
  4. Team structure: agency chains with PMs and outsourced devs bill each layer. Senior-led small teams are faster and cheaper per outcome.

The fixed-price alternative

7DayLabs runs the inverse model: fixed 7-day sprint, fixed Rs 1,99,999, everything included: design, development, database, auth, deployment, source code with full IP, and three days of bug fixes. Scope is cut to the validating core in a free consultation before any money moves.

The cost nobody quotes: time

Three months of build time is three months of not learning from users. For most startups the expensive part of a slow MVP is not the invoice, it is the delayed validation. A 7-day sprint means your first real user feedback arrives this month, not next quarter.

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