How much does it cost to develop a SaaS?

The foundation common to every SaaS

• sign-up, login, passwords, possibly two-factor authentication;
• organisations, users and roles;
• subscriptions, trials, invoices and recurring payments;
• strict separation of each customer’s data;
• transactional emails, logging, backups.

This foundation often accounts for a third of the budget of the first version.

The two stages of a product

Every SaaS is priced on quotation, after a free 30-minute discovery call. There are generally two stages:

• First version (MVP) focused on one key feature.
• Complete product with several modules, integrations and advanced administration.

Validate before you build

The main risk of a SaaS is not technical: it is building a product nobody pays for. Before developing, validate demand with real customers — even with a manual version or a prototype. The first version should then help you learn, not cover everything.

Recurring costs

• hosting and monitoring, which grow with the number of customers;
• maintenance, security and updates;
• customer support;
• improvements requested by users.

Which technology?

A robust framework such as Symfony or Laravel provides most of the foundation (security, queues, APIs) and lowers the cost. Above all, the choice must ensure maintainability over several years. See our SaaS development page.