The problemQuoted $70,000 and six months just to find out if anyone will pay?
In shortMVP development services build the smallest working version of a product, with sign-up, one core workflow and a way to take payment, so founders can test whether real customers will pay. Pixel & Oak, a remote studio, builds MVPs from $6,000 at a fixed price in 4–8 weeks, in Next.js, TypeScript and Postgres code you own.
Most founders arrive here after one of three moments. An agency quoted tens of thousands of dollars and half a year just to test the idea. A freelancer went quiet with the code. Or the Lovable, Bolt or Bubble prototype started breaking the week real users arrived. An MVP is not a cheaper, worse version of your product. It is the smallest version that tests the one assumption your business depends on.
We build one core workflow end to end: sign-up, the job your product exists to do, and a way to charge for it. Everything else waits until customers tell you it matters. That is how a 4–8 week timeline stays honest. Our AI agents write and test the code, Haider Ali, the founder, reviews every release, and the repository and accounts are in your name from day one.
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These are the problems founders describe before they find a way to build that works.
You either spend most of your savings or your pre-seed round before the first paying customer, or the idea goes back in a drawer.
What we doA published starting price of $6,000, a scoping session that cuts the list to the one assumption the MVP must test, and a 4–8 week timeline that holds because extras wait for after launch.
Months and thousands of dollars gone, no customers, and a quiet doubt about whether you can be a tech founder at all.
What we doA staging link from week one so you see quality early, scope tied to the paying-customer test, and Stripe from day one so revenue, or the lack of it, shows up fast.
Months of paid work become unusable. Without the repository, logins and hosting, the app cannot be updated or even run, and it has to be rebuilt.
What we doRepository, hosting, domain, Stripe and app accounts are set up in your name from day one, and you can see every commit as it lands.
Credits drain on failed attempts, each fix creates a new bug, publishing fails, and the launch date keeps slipping.
What we doA short review of your Lovable or Bolt project, then a human-checked core (sign-in, data rules, payments) in real code, keeping the screens and lessons that work.
Open database rules and keys left in front-end code can expose every user's data at launch, with legal and reputational risk attached.
What we doSign-in through an established provider, database access rules set and tested, and no secrets in front-end code. Careful engineering, not a certified security audit.
The idea sits for months, or you give away a large slice of the company to the first developer who says yes.
What we doPay a fixed price for a small working MVP, keep your equity, and use real traction to recruit a technical partner later if you still need one.
We would rather tell you now than take the project and disappoint you.
| Starts from | $6,000, fixed price |
|---|---|
| Typical quotes | $6,000–$15,000, depending on the workflow and integrations |
| Typical timeline | 4–8 weeks |
| What ships | Sign-up, one core workflow, payments and analytics |
| Best for | Founders who have talked to customers, or whose prototype breaks under real users |
| Not for | Ideas nobody has been asked about yet, or products that need teams and subscription billing on day one |
| What you own | Repository, hosting, domain, Stripe and analytics, in your name from day one |
| Built with | Next.js, TypeScript and Postgres |
Worth knowing: Most MVPs fail by being too big, not too small. Every feature added before launch delays the moment you learn whether anyone wants the product, and each one is code you will maintain even if nobody uses it. If a feature does not test your core assumption, it belongs on the list for after launch.
We go through your feature list together and sort it into "tests the idea" and "later". The first list is often far shorter than people expect.
The core job your product does, built so a real user can complete it without you standing behind them.
Email or Google sign-in through an established provider, password reset, and sessions that behave. Not hand-rolled.
Stripe Checkout or a payment link from day one. Charging early is the fastest way to learn whether the idea works.
Events on the actions that show whether people get value, not a dashboard of vanity numbers.
Next.js, TypeScript and Postgres in your own repository and accounts, so the next phase builds on it instead of starting over.
A 22-second look at an MVP build: a scoping session that cuts, one workflow done properly, accounts, payments and analytics, and code you can grow. From $6,000, 4–8 weeks.
Quoted $70,000 and six months to test one idea? Your savings gone before a customer. An MVP nobody uses. The developer has your code. There’s a better way. MVP development: paying users in weeks, not months. A scoping session that cuts. One workflow, done properly. A way to take money. From $6,000 · 4–8 weeks · fixed quote. Get a fixed quote. pixelandoak.com/services/mvp-development
These get used interchangeably, and mixing them up is how budgets go wrong.
| Option | What it is | What it tests |
|---|---|---|
| Proof of concept | A rough technical test, often never shown to users | Whether something can be built at all |
| Clickable prototype | Screens with no real back end; a design tool is often enough | Whether people understand the idea |
| MVP | Working software with real accounts, data and payments, doing one job well | Whether people will pay. This is what we build here |
| First SaaS release | Teams, roles, subscription billing with failed-payment handling, admin tools | How to serve a market that has proven demand |
AI app builders and no-code tools are a good way to find out what you want. The trouble starts when the prototype gets real users: data leaking between accounts because database rules were never set, keys sitting in front-end code, every change breaking something else, and on no-code tools, pages that slow down while the usage bill climbs.
We start with a short review of what you have and tell you honestly whether to harden it or rebuild the core. We set and test the database access rules and remove exposed keys. Often the data model and the lessons are worth keeping even when the code is not.
Our MVPs start at $6,000, and typical quotes fall between $6,000 and $15,000. The quote is fixed before work starts. These are the things that move it:
| What moves the price | Closer to $6,000 | Closer to $15,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Core workflow | One job, a few screens | A longer workflow with several steps or states |
| Users | One type of user | Several roles with different access |
| Integrations | Stripe only | Stripe plus other APIs or data imports |
| Starting point | A fresh build | A prototype that needs repair first |
| AI features | None | An AI assistant or document step inside the workflow |
For comparison, one agency that ranks for this search says its MVPs start at $70,000 and take 3–6 months.
Deliberately mainstream choices. You should be able to hand this to any competent developer later without them needing to learn something exotic first.
Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
Node.js, Next.js API routes, Cloudflare Workers
Postgres, Supabase, Cloudflare D1 and KV
Sanity, Payload, headless WordPress, or plain Markdown
Stripe, Shopify, WooCommerce
OpenAI, Anthropic, and open models where they fit better
Vercel, Cloudflare Pages — in your account, not ours
Plausible, Fathom, GA4, Search Console
We work with any business that wins work on trust. These are the ones we have written about at length.
Not sure whether an MVP is what you actually need? Send over what you are trying to fix and we will tell you straight — including if a smaller job would do it.
Ask us first →We work out the one assumption the MVP has to test, and cut everything that does not test it.
One price for that scope. New ideas during the build go on a list and are quoted separately, so the launch date holds.
A staging link from week one. You click through real progress every week instead of waiting for a reveal.
Live with real users, analytics on the steps that matter, and a short note on what the numbers say after the first weeks.
AI agents from our Engineering, Quality & Security and Design & Film divisions do the work, in parallel. Haider Ali, founder and CEO, agrees the plan with you and signs off everything before it reaches you.
Real work that uses the same skills. Every card links to something you can open and inspect yourself.
Thirteen building-trade calculators that draw every result to scale and check it against building code.
Business softwareBilling, recipe-based stock, rider cash settlement and shift close for restaurants. Runs every day at a restaurant in Karachi.
Our MVPs start at $6,000, and typical quotes fall between $6,000 and $15,000, depending on how complex the core workflow is and what it has to connect to. The quote is fixed before work starts. Much bigger quotes often bundle features that could wait until customers ask for them.
An MVP, or minimum viable product, is the smallest working version of a product that real customers can use and pay for. It is not a mockup or a demo. It does one job well enough to test the assumption the business depends on, usually whether people will pay, and it is built so the next version can grow from it.
Four to eight weeks for most. The timeline holds because the scope is small on purpose: new ideas that come up during the build are written down and quoted for after launch instead of squeezed in. You get a staging link from week one, so you see progress every week.
Start with conversations, not code. Talk to ten people who have the problem and ask how they solve it today and what it costs them. If several would pay for a better way, write down the one workflow that solves it. That workflow, plus sign-up and payments, is your MVP scope. Bring it to a scope call and we will cut it further.
You do, from day one. The repository, hosting, domain, Stripe account and analytics are set up in your name before we write any code, and you can see every commit. If we stopped working together, another developer could pick up the project without asking us for anything.
Sometimes. We start with a short review and tell you honestly whether to harden what you have or rebuild the core. Often the screens, data model and lessons are worth keeping even when the code is not. Either way, we set and test the database access rules and remove any keys sitting in front-end code.
No. A technical cofounder helps over the long run, but you do not need one to test whether people will pay. Paying a fixed price for a small MVP lets you keep your equity and come back with real users, which makes recruiting a technical partner later easier if you still want one.
Not if it is built on a normal stack. We use Next.js, TypeScript and Postgres, the same tools a full product would use, so the next phase extends the MVP instead of replacing it. Throwaway MVPs come from rushed code and dead-end tools, not from small scope.
Yes, before you share anything detailed. Ideas are rarely the hard part to copy, since execution is, but we are happy to sign one if it makes you more comfortable sharing the details. Your code and accounts stay in your name either way.
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