Cost of SaaS software development

SaaS budgets vary widely by ambition. Our firm tiers:

• SaaS MVP — from €6,000 ex. VAT (validate the idea, 4 to 6 weeks)
• MVP SaaS Scale — from €13,000 ex. VAT (Stripe, multi-tenant, multilingual)
• Enterprise SaaS — custom (SSO, audit logs, dedicated infra)

Total cost of ownership matters more than upfront price — we factor in hosting, maintenance and scaling costs upfront.

Yes — design is not a separate line item:

• Figma mockups — full screens before any code, validated with you
• Design system — components, tokens, dark mode by default
• Interactive prototype — clickable demo before development starts
• Responsive variants — mobile, tablet, desktop covered

Validating UX in Figma costs days; fixing it in production costs weeks.

Realistic timelines based on our last 30 launches:

• Week 1 — scoping, Figma mockups, architecture decisions
• Week 2 to 4 — core build (auth, dashboard, key features)
• Week 5 — staging, user testing, polish
• Week 6 — production deployment, training

You're testing with real users in under 2 months — not 12.

Multi-tenant architecture impacts cost three ways:

• Single-tenant — simpler, cheaper upfront, harder to scale
• Shared-DB multi-tenant — cost-effective up to ~1,000 tenants
• Per-tenant DB — required for enterprise / data-isolation needs
• Hosting cost — typically €0.50 to €2 per active user / month

We pick the architecture that matches your actual growth plan, not a generic "scalable" buzzword.

Yes — this progressive path is what 70% of clients choose:

• Phase 1 (MVP) — validate the value proposition with real paying users
• Phase 2 (Full) — add Stripe subscriptions, multi-tenant, integrations
• Phase 3 (Scale) — caching, queues, multi-region, SSO
• No rebuild — architecture designed from day one to accept growth

You don't pay for tomorrow's architecture today — but you don't throw the MVP away either.

Yes — full Stripe stack ships with the Full SaaS tier:

• Subscriptions — monthly and yearly plans, prorated upgrades
• Payment Element — cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, SEPA
• Customer portal — users manage cards, invoices, plan changes
• Webhook handlers — invoice events, dunning, failed payments
• Tax & VAT — Stripe Tax for EU compliance ready to enable

Subscription billing is hard. We've built it many times — you get the production-grade version.

You own everything from commit one. No lock-in, no retention:

• Source code — pushed to your GitHub/GitLab from day one
• Hosting accounts — created in your name (AWS, Scaleway, OVH)
• Domains & DNS — registered on your accounts, you keep control
• 3rd-party services — Stripe, SendGrid, etc. linked to your billing
• Documentation — README, deployment guide, architecture diagram

If you ever leave Roctify, your SaaS keeps running — that's the deal.