SaaS development
SaaS products built MVP first
Multi-tenant SaaS with the parts founders underestimate already handled — authentication, roles, billing, onboarding, an admin side and the API behind it all.
Bring the idea at whatever stage it is. The first call is about what to cut.
Quick answer
What should a SaaS MVP include, and how long until we can charge for it?
Mana Studio builds multi-tenant SaaS products with the foundation founders most often underestimate already handled — authentication, roles and permissions, tenant isolation, billing, onboarding, an admin side and the API behind all of it. A focused MVP with tenancy, auth, billing and one real feature is typically eight to twelve weeks, delivered in stages so there is working software from early on rather than at launch. The MVP should contain the foundation that cannot be faked plus the single feature people would pay for; everything else is version two until users say otherwise, and deciding that boundary honestly is most of the value of the first session. Pricing is a fixed price against a written feature list with deferred items listed separately — Mana Studio does not take equity instead of fees, which keeps the incentive on shipping the MVP rather than staying attached to it. This is not theoretical: AlgoEdge is a live SaaS platform this team built and runs, doing automated reporting for trading creators over a real-time data pipeline. The code, infrastructure, domain and every account are in the client's name from the start, with no licensing arrangement and no platform fee. Mana Studio is based in Warangal, Telangana, India, works with clients in India, the United States, the United Kingdom and the UAE in English, Telugu and Hindi, and replies to enquiries within one business day.
Last reviewed
- MVP timeline
- 8–12 weeks, delivered in stages
- Pricing
- Fixed price against a written scope, after a call
- Equity
- No — fixed fee only
- Built and run by this team
- AlgoEdge, a live SaaS platform
- You own
- Code, servers, domain and every key, in your name
- Based in
- Warangal, Telangana, India
A SaaS product is not a website with a login. The visible feature is usually the smallest part; what takes the time is everything around it — tenant isolation so one customer cannot see another's data, roles and invitations, subscription state, the onboarding that decides whether a signup ever becomes a user, and an admin side so you can support customers without a database client.
We build that scaffolding as the MVP, with your one differentiating feature on top, and get it in front of paying users before the budget is spent on version three of a screen nobody has used yet. What the first cohort does with it is worth more than any amount of pre-launch planning.
This is the shape of work we do for ourselves as well as for clients — AlgoEdge is a live SaaS platform built by this team, and the site you are reading runs on the same stack.
What the MVP includes
Multi-tenant foundation
Accounts, workspaces and strict data isolation between tenants, designed at the data-model level rather than patched in with query filters later.
Auth, roles and invitations
Signup, login, password reset, team invitations and role-based permissions — the unglamorous half of every SaaS product.
Subscriptions and billing
Plans, upgrades, downgrades, failed payments and the state machine behind them, wired to a payment gateway that suits your market.
Onboarding that converts
The first five minutes after signup, treated as a designed flow rather than an empty dashboard — because that is where most SaaS trials are actually lost.
Admin and support tooling
The internal screens you need to answer a customer's question, fix their account or check what happened, without opening a database.
API, webhooks and integrations
A documented API for your own front ends and your customers' integrations, plus the third-party connections your product needs on day one.
The stack we work in
Mainstream, well-supported technology — chosen so your next developer can pick the project up, not so we are the only ones who can maintain it.
Product
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
Back end
- Node.js
- REST APIs
- MongoDB
- Appwrite
- Role-based access control
Payments
- Razorpay
- PhonePe
- UPI
Infrastructure
- AWS (EC2, S3)
- Nginx
- PM2
- GitHub Actions CI/CD
- Analytics
How we work
From idea to paying users
Cut the scope
The first session is mostly about what not to build. We write down version two explicitly so cutting a feature feels like sequencing rather than losing it.
Build the foundation and the one feature
Tenancy, auth, billing and admin, plus the single thing that makes the product worth paying for. Everything else waits for evidence.
Launch to a first cohort
Real users, real payments, analytics and error tracking from day one, so what you learn is behaviour rather than opinion.
Iterate on what they actually do
A build cycle driven by usage data and support conversations. Every repository, server and key is in your name throughout.
What it costs
SaaS builds are quoted to scope after the first session, because MVP scope is the whole variable. The quote is a fixed price against a written feature list, with version-two items listed separately so the boundary is unambiguous.
Products we have built
Live platforms with real users — including one of our own.
Algo Trading
AlgoEdge
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SaaS Development by industry
The sectors we have shipped work in, and what changes about the build in each one.
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SaaS Development — frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to build a SaaS MVP?
It is quoted to scope, because the range is genuinely wide — the foundation is similar across products but the differentiating feature is not. What you get before committing is a fixed price against a written feature list, with the deferred items listed separately.
How long until we can charge for it?
A focused MVP with tenancy, auth, billing and one real feature is typically 8–12 weeks. It is delivered in stages, so you are looking at working software from early on rather than at launch.
What should the MVP include?
The foundation you cannot fake — accounts, isolation, roles, billing, admin — plus the single feature people would pay for. Everything else is version two until users tell you otherwise. Most of the value of the first session is deciding that boundary honestly.
Do you take equity instead of fees?
No. We work on a fixed price against a written scope. It keeps the relationship straightforward and means our incentive is to ship your MVP rather than to stay attached to it.
Have you built SaaS before, or just client sites?
Both. AlgoEdge is a live SaaS platform this team built and runs — automated reporting for trading creators, with a real-time data pipeline and integrations behind it. Client platform work is listed on our portfolio page.
Who owns the product?
You do — the code, the infrastructure, the domain and every account, all in your name from the start. There is no licensing arrangement and no platform fee to us.
Discuss your MVP
Bring the idea at whatever stage it is. The first call is about what to cut.