Table of contents
- The short version
- What MVP development services should get you
- What do good MVP development services actually include
- The ten-week plan, week by week
- Why scope lock is the part that saves the project
- Web or mobile for a first version
- Book your scoping call
- Why this matters for a founder
- Questions about working with us
- How can the price be fixed before you know the full scope
- Do we own the MVP, and can we continue with another team
- Do you take equity instead of fees
- Questions about MVP development
- What is included in MVP development services
- How long does an MVP take to build
- Will the MVP be built to throw away
- Related reading
The short version
- MVP development services turn your idea into the smallest real product that actual users can use, so you learn whether it works before spending a year and a fortune finding out.
- We at Scrumfort deliver an MVP on a fixed ten-week plan and a published fixed price, from $8,000 for web and $11,000 for mobile, with the scope locked at the end of week two so the project cannot quietly balloon.
- You own 100 percent of the source code, we take no equity, and the MVP is built to be extended into your real product rather than thrown away.
What MVP development services should get you
What do good MVP development services actually include
The point of hiring MVP development services is not to get the cheapest possible build or the flashiest one. It is to answer a single question, does anyone actually want this, for the least time and money that a real answer costs. That is what a minimum viable product is for. We at Scrumfort build MVPs for founders and product teams on a fixed ten-week plan, with the price published up front and the code owned by you, so you can validate an idea without signing up for an open-ended agency engagement or an equity stake in your own company. The whole model is built to protect the two things a first-time build usually loses, the budget and the timeline.
The short answer
MVP development services cover the whole path from idea to a live product real users can use: discovery and scope, interface design, development, testing, deployment, and a handover. Done well, they focus ruthlessly on the core features that test your assumption and cut everything else. At Scrumfort this runs on a fixed ten-week plan at a fixed price, from $8,000 for web and $11,000 for mobile, with the scope locked in the first two weeks and the full source code owned by you on delivery.
Know roughly what you want to build? Get a fixed price for your MVP.
The ten-week plan, week by week
Most MVP development services quote a vague range of months. We commit to a fixed ten-week plan, because a first product does not need to take longer than that, and a firm deadline forces the useful discipline of deciding what does not belong in version one. Here is exactly how the ten weeks run.
| Stage | Weeks | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery and scope lock | 1 to 2 | Decide what the product must do and what it will not, then lock and write down the scope. That document is yours to keep either way. |
| Design | 3 to 4 | Interface design for the core screens plus a clickable prototype you can put in front of real users before any code is written. |
| Build | 5 to 8 | Development in two-week cycles, each ending with a working environment you can log into, plus weekly written updates. |
| Launch and handover | 9 to 10 | Deployment, documentation, a recorded handover, and thirty days of post-launch support included. |
Why scope lock is the part that saves the project
Here is the honest truth about why MVPs overrun, and it is almost never the development. They overrun because the scope was never actually agreed, only assumed, so new ideas keep slipping into the build until the timeline and the budget both give way. We fix that by writing the scope down and locking it at the end of week two. New ideas after that are not refused, they are written down, priced, and put on a phase-two list, and you decide whether to protect the deadline or extend it. What we will not do is absorb changes quietly and miss the date, or build them and surprise you with an invoice. That single discipline is why a fixed price on an MVP is possible at all.
Web or mobile for a first version
For most first products, web is the right starting point, which is why we price it from $8,000 against $11,000 for mobile. Web is faster to build, faster to change, and there is no app-store review standing between you and a fix, so you can put a working link in front of a user this afternoon. Go mobile first only when the product genuinely needs the phone, so the camera, location, offline use, or push notifications as a core function rather than a convenience, or when your users realistically will never open a browser to do the thing. If you are weighing native against cross-platform for a mobile MVP, our guide to React Native versus Flutter walks through the trade-off.
Book your scoping call
Thirty minutes, no charge, and you leave with a real cost range, a timeline, and a straight answer about whether ten weeks fits your idea. Start your MVP here.
Why this matters for a founder
An MVP is a risk-reduction tool before it is a product. Its job is to teach you whether the idea works for the price of ten weeks rather than a year, and even if the answer is no, it did its job, and you still own the code, the designs, and the research to redirect into the next idea. That only holds if the build is done right, on a predictable budget, on a real codebase you own outright. A cheap MVP that has to be thrown away, or an open-ended engagement that drifts past its budget, defeats the entire purpose. The fixed price protects your capital while you are still guessing, the code ownership protects the asset if the guess pays off, and the scope lock protects the timeline that makes the whole thing affordable. Those three, not the logo of the agency, are what actually matter.
By the numbers
- MVP from $8,000 for web and $11,000 for mobile, on a fixed price
- A fixed ten-week plan, with the scope locked at the end of week two
- 100 percent of the source code owned by you, and no equity taken
- 30 days of post-launch support included, then an optional retainer from $900 a month
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An MVP is meant to answer a question cheaply, not to become a money pit before you even have users. That is why we fix the price, lock the scope, and hand you the code, which is how we approach MVP development.
Questions about working with us
How can the price be fixed before you know the full scope
The first two weeks are exactly for that. We define what version one must do and lock the scope in writing, and only then set a firm fixed price against it. A number quoted before anyone has mapped the product is a guess dressed up as a quote, and we would rather not hand you one to anchor on.
Do we own the MVP, and can we continue with another team
You own it completely, from the first commit, in your own repository. The handover is written so a different team could pick it up, on purpose. We would rather earn phase two than lock you into it, so there is no clause assuming you continue with us.
Do you take equity instead of fees
No. We are a services business and we price in cash. It keeps the relationship straightforward, and it means our advice about what to build is not shaped by a position in your cap table.
Questions about MVP development
What is included in MVP development services
Discovery and scope, interface design, development, testing, deployment, documentation, a handover, and thirty days of support. There are no separate line items for project management, QA, or deployment. If it is inside the locked scope, it is inside the price.
How long does an MVP take to build
Ten weeks with us, from discovery to launch, on a fixed plan. If your idea genuinely cannot fit ten weeks, we tell you at the scoping call and either help you cut to a version that fits or price it honestly as the larger build it is.
Will the MVP be built to throw away
No. It is a real codebase with real architecture, built so phase two extends it rather than replaces it. What makes it an MVP is scope, not quality. We cut features, never testing or foundations.
Related reading
- MVP development for the full ten-week plan, what is included, and the fixed price.
- MVP development cost for a breakdown of what an MVP costs and what moves the number.
- Selected work for products we have designed, built, and shipped.
Build your MVP in ten weeks, on a fixed price
Tell us what you are trying to prove and we will put a fixed price, a locked scope, and a ten-week timeline in front of you, with the code yours from day one and no equity taken.
An MVP is how you find out cheaply, and the point is to protect your money and your time while you are still guessing. We do that with a fixed price, a locked scope, and a codebase you own. See how we run MVP development, check what an MVP costs, or tell us what you are building and we will come back with a fixed price this week.
