Free tool
MVP hours estimator
Choose what you are building and the features for the first version. You get an indicative range of hours, the number of 150 hour blocks and the cost at the tier you pick.
Not sure about the tier? The tier chooser asks six questions.
Estimated first version
150 to 190 h
1 to 2 blocks of 150 hours
INR 29,850 to INR 59,700
At Prime, INR 199 an hour, billed in whole blocks, before tax. Plus the AI tool budget of USD 50 to USD 100.
Where the hours go
- Web application or portal, core screens110 h
- Logins, roles and permissions15 h
- Admin panel and reports30 h
Computed from your choices and the hour assumptions in the Code Colonies instant estimate. The firm number comes from a signed scope after the first conversation.
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Your choices go to the delivery team, who will reply to check the range against what you want built.
Method
How the result is worked out.
Pick the kind of product
A web app, a mobile app, a marketplace or an internal tool. Each starts from a base for set up, login, deployment and handover.
Add the features
Each feature adds a range of hours. The total shows a low and a high figure, rounded up to whole 150 hour blocks.
Indicative ranges
The ranges are planning sizes drawn from typical work. Your own figure comes from a scoped specification.
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Start with a conversation
Tell us what you want built. We will tell you plainly whether it fits.
The first conversation is free. You get a rough size in hours, the tier that suits the work, and what a first 150 hour block would cover.
Or get a ballpark proposal in two minutes