Stop planning. Start shipping. We provide dedicated MVP developers who turn your idea into a working, launchable product in 8–16 weeks — built properly, so you can scale without a rewrite.
8–16 week launch • Production-grade code • Instrumented for learning • NDA on day one50+
Clients Served
120+
Projects Delivered
7 Days
Average Onboarding
4.9/5★
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The biggest mistake in product development is spending 12 months and £100k building something before a single real user has seen it. An MVP changes that. It gets the essential version of your product in front of real users as fast as possible — so you can validate your assumptions, learn what people actually want, and iterate before you have over-invested in the wrong direction.
But an MVP built badly is worse than no MVP at all. Spaghetti code, zero test coverage, and a deployment that breaks on day two means you spent the money without learning anything. Automely builds MVPs that are fast, focused, and technically sound — so when it is time to scale, you are building on solid foundations, not starting from scratch.
We instrument every MVP with product analytics and error monitoring so you collect real behaviour data from day one — not just sign-up counts. And your developer stays with you after launch, turning what you learn into the next sprint.
WHAT WE BUILD
Every MVP we build is scoped to validate a specific assumption, instrumented to generate real learning, and built on architecture that scales when your hypothesis is proven right.
A focused web application with your core value proposition, user authentication, basic admin, and the essential features your first users need to get value. Deployed and public in 8–12 weeks. Best for: B2B SaaS founders, internal tool builders, and any product where the core use case is best validated through a browser-first experience.
Build Your Web App MVP →iOS or Android MVP built with Flutter or React Native. Single-platform or cross-platform — whichever gets your product to users fastest with the right unit economics. Best for: Consumer app founders, field service tools, and products where native device features (camera, GPS, push notifications) are central to the value proposition.
Build Your Mobile MVP →Multi-tenant SaaS MVP with user authentication, core features, and Stripe billing integration. Everything your first paying customers need — nothing they do not. Best for: Founders who need to prove willingness-to-pay quickly, businesses productising an internal tool, and teams that need MRR evidence for fundraising.
Build Your SaaS MVP →LLM-powered MVP with the AI feature at the centre of the product. Document Q&A, AI assistants, intelligent search, or AI-automated workflows — built and live quickly. Best for: Founders building AI-native products, businesses validating whether an AI feature creates genuine user value, and teams exploring LLM applications in their domain.
Build Your AI MVP →Two-sided marketplace MVP covering supply and demand onboarding, listing creation, search, and a basic transaction or connection flow. Enough to test the model. Best for: Founders with a marketplace hypothesis who need to validate supply-demand matching and transaction behaviour before investing in a full platform build.
Build Your Marketplace MVP →Once your MVP is validated, we continue as your development team — adding features, improving architecture, scaling infrastructure, and building the full product in phases. Best for: Founders whose MVP has product-market fit and need to accelerate without switching development teams or losing codebase context.
Scale Your MVP →HOW WE WORK
Six stages from scoping to post-launch iteration. Every MVP follows this process — focused on getting to real user feedback as fast as possible.
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We identify your riskiest assumptions and the minimum feature set needed to validate them. No scope creep. No feature wish lists. Just the focused build that gets you to learning fastest. Deliverable: A one-page MVP scope document with feature list, exclusions, success metrics, and week-by-week timeline.
02
Lightweight technical architecture, UI wireframes, and a user flow map. We make the key technical decisions upfront to avoid expensive pivots mid-build. Deliverable: Technical architecture diagram, wireframes for core user flows, and a confirmed tech stack.
03
Two-week sprints with working software at the end of each. Core features first, then supporting functionality. You review demos every fortnight and steer as you learn. Deliverable: Working, testable software increments at the end of every sprint.
04
We integrate product analytics (PostHog or Mixpanel) and error monitoring (Sentry) before launch — so you have real user behaviour data from day one. Deliverable: Analytics dashboard with funnel tracking, event logging, and error monitoring configured.
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App Store submission or web deployment, domain and SSL configuration, basic SEO setup, and a simple landing page if needed. We handle the mechanics of going live. Deliverable: Live product accessible to real users, with all infrastructure configured and verified.
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Post-launch, your developer stays with you. We triage user feedback, prioritise the next sprint, and start building the full product based on what real users tell you. Deliverable: A post-launch iteration plan based on real user data, with a prioritised backlog for the next phase.
MVP development has a predictable set of failure modes — too long in planning, too many features in the first release, an MVP that launches but generates no usable signal. Automely's process is designed to prevent all of them.
The Problem You Face
What Automely Does Differently
You have been in planning for 6 months with nothing to show investors
We scope the MVP in week one and start building in week two — with a working product in your hands in 8–16 weeks
Your last developer built an MVP that cannot scale or maintain
We build MVPs on production-grade architecture — clean code, tested, and ready to scale from launch day
You are not sure what features to include in the MVP
We run a structured scoping session to identify your riskiest assumptions and design the MVP around validating them
Agencies quoted 12 months and £150k for an MVP
Our dedicated developer model cuts overhead — you pay for senior development time, not agency markups
You built an MVP but it did not generate the signal you needed
We instrument every MVP with analytics so you collect real behaviour data — not just sign-up counts
MVP launched but the developer has gone and the codebase is a black box
Your developer stays on after launch with full context — turning post-launch learning into the next sprint immediately
TECH STACK
Every technology below is optimised for fast, scalable MVP delivery — not for showing off capabilities.
Next.js
React
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS
Below are examples of MVPs delivered by Automely. Every MVP is built fast, instrumented for learning, and designed to scale.
MVP TYPES
We have built MVPs for founders across every industry. Every MVP is scoped around validating the riskiest assumption specific to that sector.
SaaS Founders
Core feature + Stripe billing + user onboarding. We scope the MVP around your highest-risk assumption and get you to your first paying customer as fast as possible.
SaaS MVP
Marketplace Founders
Supply and demand onboarding, listing creation, search, and a basic transaction or matching flow. Enough to validate whether both sides of the market will show up.
Marketplace MVP
HealthTech Startups
Patient-facing portal or clinical tool MVP built to NHS/HIPAA-aligned standards. We build with compliance in mind from day one — so the MVP does not need to be rebuilt when regulations kick in.
HealthTech MVP
FinTech Founders
Financial dashboard or payments MVP built with security and compliance in mind. We scope around the core financial workflow and build the infrastructure to support regulated features later.
FinTech MVP
AI Product Founders
LLM-powered MVP with a focused AI workflow at the core. We evaluate model choice, build the RAG or agentic architecture, and get the AI feature in front of real users fast.
AI Product MVP
Consumer App Founders
iOS or Android MVP on Flutter, App Store-ready in 12–16 weeks. We scope the core mobile experience, build it with native-quality UI, and handle the full App Store submission process.
Consumer App MVP
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is an MVP?
MVP stands for Minimum Viable Product. It is the simplest version of your product that delivers enough value for real users to use it — and generates enough signal for you to decide what to build next. The emphasis is on minimum: an MVP is not a beta version of your full product. It is the smallest thing you can build to test your most important assumption. A good MVP is complete enough to use, limited enough to build quickly, and instrumented enough to generate real learning.
How long does it take to build an MVP?
A focused web or mobile app MVP typically takes 8–16 weeks from scoping to public launch. SaaS MVPs with billing integration take 10–14 weeks. AI-powered MVPs with LLM integration take 8–12 weeks. The timeline depends heavily on scope — the tighter the MVP definition, the faster the launch.
How much does MVP development cost?
An MVP typically costs $15,000–$50,000 depending on complexity. A single-feature web app MVP sits at the lower end. A cross-platform mobile MVP with a backend API and Stripe billing sits in the middle. An AI-powered SaaS MVP with custom LLM integration sits at the higher end. Automely's dedicated developer model is significantly more cost-effective than fixed-price agency quotes for equivalent scope.
What is the difference between an MVP and a prototype?
A prototype is a non-functional or partially functional representation of your product — used to test design concepts and user flows without production code. An MVP is a real, working product that real users can access and use. An MVP validates business assumptions; a prototype validates design assumptions. You typically build a prototype first, then an MVP.
Should I build for iOS, Android, or web first?
Web is fastest to build, cheapest to deploy, and accessible to the widest audience — right for most B2B and SaaS MVPs. Mobile is right when your core use case requires native device features or if users primarily discover products through app stores. If you are unsure, start with web. If mobile is essential, Flutter lets us build iOS and Android simultaneously.
Do you sign NDAs?
Yes. We sign mutual NDAs before any discovery or scoping conversation. Your product idea is safe with us.
What happens after the MVP launches?
We continue as your development team. Your developer has full codebase context — no handover overhead. We triage post-launch user feedback, prioritise the next sprint, and start building toward the full product based on what real users tell you. Most of our MVP clients stay with us through to full product and beyond.
Tell us your idea. We will scope your MVP in a free discovery call and have a dedicated developer onboarded within 7 days — ready to start building the week after.
NDA on day one • 8–16 week launch target • Production-grade code • Full source code ownership
