MVP & Prototype Development
A working first version, small enough to fund and real enough to test.
Before committing a full budget, it is usually worth putting something real in front of users or an investor. We help you cut the idea down to the one workflow that proves it, build that properly, and leave you with a codebase that can grow rather than a demo that has to be thrown away.
Typical investment
KES 450,000 – 1,200,000
Per project
How many core journeys are in scope. We hold an MVP to one workflow proven end to end — widening it turns the engagement into a full build and is priced as one.
The band narrows to a single fixed price in a signed statement of work before any work begins. See bands for every service.
What you get
Deliverables, not adjectives
- A scoping session that reduces the idea to a testable core
- A clickable prototype where the design decisions need validating first
- A deployed, working first release with real data — not a mock-up
- Basic analytics so you can see what users actually do
- An honest assessment of what to build next, and what to leave alone
- A codebase structured so the next phase does not start from scratch
Good fit for
Is this the right service?
- Founders validating demand before raising or spending further
- Companies testing a new product line separately from the core business
- Teams that need something concrete for a pitch or pilot deadline
Technologies
The ecosystems we work in
Rapid build
Managed backends
Low-code where it fits
Validation
How we work
From first call to handover
- 01
Discovery call
A free 30-minute conversation about the problem, the constraints and the budget range. If we are not the right fit, we say so on this call.
- 02
Scope & written quote
We define what the first release includes and excludes, then quote it as a fixed price in a statement of work you can take to procurement.
- 03
Design & architecture
Screens and data model agreed before the build. Changing a diagram is cheaper than changing a shipped feature.
- 04
Build in increments
Short cycles with something reviewable at the end of each. You see progress in a working environment, not in a status report.
- 05
Test & launch
Functional, performance and security checks, a staged rollout with a rollback path, and a launch date agreed rather than announced.
- 06
Handover & support
Documentation, training and code in a repository you own — followed by a support retainer if you want us to keep it running.
Questions
What buyers ask before signing
How long does an MVP take?
It depends entirely on how much we can cut. A focused single-workflow MVP is commonly a few weeks; if the scope cannot be reduced then it is not an MVP and we will say so before quoting.
Will the MVP have to be rewritten later?
We build MVPs with real tooling and version control precisely so they do not. We do consciously skip work that only matters at scale, and we document those trade-offs so the next phase is a deliberate decision.
Can you use low-code to get there faster?
Where it genuinely fits, yes — automation platforms and managed backends can remove weeks. We flag the point at which a low-code approach will start limiting you.
Often combined with
Let's scope your mvp & prototypes work
Tell us the problem and the constraints. You get a written scope and a fixed price within three working days — or an honest note that this is not something we should take on.