For founders
What $3,000 buys you. Exactly.
A fixed-price MVP sprint: design, prototype, frontend, backend, deployment, AI integration and thirty days of support. Also what it does not include, and why the price is fixed in the first place.
Prashant Kumar Singh · · 3 min read
In short
- $3,000 covers one complete flow: product design and clickable prototype, frontend, backend, cloud deployment, AI integration, and 30 days of support after launch.
- Features not agreed in the written scope are quoted separately and never added silently; that is what keeps the price fixed.
- The sprint takes three weeks, with a written update every Friday and one person to message.
Founders ask two questions about the MVP sprint. What exactly is in it, and why is the price fixed when every agency quotes a range? Both deserve a precise answer, so here it is.
What is included
| Item | What you get | When |
|---|---|---|
| Product design | The core flow on paper, then screens in Figma, then a clickable prototype you test before any code | Week 1 |
| Frontend | The flow built as a responsive web app, every state designed, not only the happy path | Week 2 |
| Backend | Auth, database, API, file storage: whatever the flow needs, nothing it does not | Week 2 |
| AI integration | If the product has an AI feature, it is built with sources, fallbacks and cost controls | Week 2–3 |
| Deployment | Live on your cloud account, with a domain, monitoring and a handover document | Week 3 |
| 30 days of support | Bugs fixed, questions answered, small adjustments made after launch | After |
What is not included
Features that were not in the agreed scope. This is not a loophole; it is the mechanism that makes a fixed price possible. When a new idea comes up mid-sprint, and one always does, it gets written down and quoted. If it is small and the schedule allows, the quote is often zero. If it is a second flow, it is a second sprint. What never happens is a feature being added silently and the deadline slipping to absorb it.
- Native mobile apps. The sprint builds a responsive web app; native comes later if the product needs the phone's sensors or offline use.
- Third-party integrations beyond the one the core flow requires.
- Content, copywriting and marketing pages beyond the product itself.
- Ongoing hosting costs, which are on your cloud account from day one so you own everything.
Why the price is fixed
Hourly billing puts the risk on the founder: every ambiguity, every rework, every slow afternoon is on your invoice. A range estimate is the same thing with a lower number at the front. A fixed price moves the risk to me, and the only way I can carry it is by fixing the scope first. One flow, written down, agreed before day one. Scope creep is how projects die, and a fixed price is a structural defence against it.
The record behind the price: 22+ products shipped, 98% delivered on the agreed date. The dates hold because the scope does.
What you own at the end
Everything. The repository, the design files, the cloud account, the documentation. There is no retainer required to keep the product running and no dependency on me after the 30 days unless you want one. Flex support after launch is available at an hourly rate for teams that do, and plenty of founders take the product in-house instead. Both are fine.
Questions people ask
- How much does an MVP cost?
- My MVP sprint is $3,000, fixed, for one complete product flow: design, prototype, frontend, backend, deployment, AI integration and 30 days of support. Agency quotes for comparable scope usually run far higher because they bill a team.
- Why is the MVP price fixed rather than hourly?
- Hourly billing puts the risk of ambiguity and rework on the founder. A fixed price moves it to the builder, which only works when scope is fixed first: one flow, agreed in writing, with new ideas quoted rather than added silently.
- What is not included in a $3,000 MVP sprint?
- Features outside the agreed scope, native mobile apps, integrations beyond the one the flow needs, marketing content, and hosting costs, which sit on your own cloud account so you own everything.
If you're a founder
If you want to know what your product would cost, send it for the free teardown. The teardown ends with a scope and a fixed price, so the answer is specific, not a range.
If you run an AI lab or data team
Fixed scope is the same principle as a pilot: ten tasks, agreed in writing, priced by complexity, with anything beyond it quoted separately.
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