From Idea to Deployed SaaS Product in 6 Weeks
SaaS MVP development service from the Philippines. I scope, design, and ship full-stack SaaS products — auth, billing, multi-tenancy, dashboards — using Next.js 15 and Stripe. From idea to deployed product in 6-12 weeks.
Most SaaS MVPs take 6 months and still miss the feature that matters.
Founders underestimate infrastructure. Auth, multi-tenancy, subscription billing, and a usable admin panel are not nice-to-haves — they are the non-negotiable baseline before you can charge a single customer. Getting these right typically consumes a solo developer's first three months before the actual product feature is touched.
The standard agency alternative charges $50,000 to $150,000 for MVPs that take 6 months to deliver and arrive with bloated architecture a two-person team cannot maintain. The right approach is a focused build with a fixed infrastructure layer and a tightly scoped core feature — everything else waits for paying customers to tell you what actually matters.
Infrastructure first, core feature second — deployed in 6 weeks.
I build SaaS MVPs using a proven foundation — multi-tenant PostgreSQL, NextAuth or Clerk authentication, Stripe Checkout and webhooks, and an admin dashboard — then spend the remaining time on your core differentiating feature. You launch with a product that can actually take money. Based in Davao City, Philippines (UTC+8), serving US, AU, and EU founders async-first.
- Multi-tenant data model with organization-level data isolation
- Stripe billing with subscription tiers, usage limits, and webhook handling
- Auth with email/password, OAuth (Google, GitHub), and email verification
- Admin dashboard for managing users, subscriptions, and feature flags
- 6 weeks to a live URL you can share with paying beta customers
What Every SaaS MVP Includes
MVP Scoping
A structured session to identify the single core feature worth paying for, map the user roles, and lock the subscription plan structure. Output: a signed scope document that prevents scope creep from collapsing the timeline.
Core Feature Build
The feature that makes your product worth subscribing to. Scoped tightly to what matters for the first 100 customers — everything else is logged in a backlog for post-launch iteration.
Subscription Billing (Stripe)
Subscription plans with monthly and annual billing, trial periods, seat-based pricing, and usage-based add-ons. Webhook handlers for payment failures, upgrades, downgrades, and cancellations — all updating your database in real time.
User Auth
Secure authentication with email/password and OAuth providers. Organization-scoped data isolation in PostgreSQL so tenant A never sees tenant B's records — even on a bad query day.
Admin Dashboard
Internal panel showing all organizations, their subscription status, seat counts, usage metrics, and activity logs. Support your customers without writing SQL queries against production.
Launch Ready
Production deployment, Stripe going live, custom domain configuration, error monitoring with Sentry, and uptime checks. You receive the full codebase, architecture documentation, and a 30-day support window.
SaaS MVP Pricing, Priced for Founders
One-time project fee
Founders who have validated demand and need a working product fast — auth, billing, one core feature, deployed.
- Multi-tenant PostgreSQL architecture
- Auth with email and one OAuth provider
- Stripe subscription billing with two plans
- One core feature, production-ready
- Basic admin dashboard
- Deployed to Vercel and Railway
- Source code in your GitHub repository
- 2 weeks post-launch support
One-time project fee
SaaS products that need a complete feature set, multiple subscription tiers, and a polished onboarding experience.
- Everything in MVP Starter
- Auth with email, Google, and GitHub
- Stripe billing with unlimited plans and trials
- Usage-based billing add-on support
- Two core features
- User onboarding flow with empty states
- Feature flags for gradual rollout
- Full admin dashboard with analytics
- CI/CD pipeline and staging environment
- 30 days post-launch support with weekly check-ins
Scoped per project
Teams that need custom compliance, advanced multi-tenancy, white-label capability, or dedicated ongoing development.
- Everything in Growth
- White-label and custom domain support
- SSO and SAML for enterprise customers
- Custom data retention policies
- Dedicated staging and production environments
- SOC 2 preparation assistance
- Architecture review for investor due diligence
- Retainer option for ongoing development
The 6-Week Build Timeline
Product Scoping
We identify the single core feature worth paying for, map the user roles, and lock the subscription plan structure. Output: a signed scope document that prevents scope creep from collapsing the timeline.
Infrastructure Setup
Multi-tenant schema, auth configuration, Stripe product and price objects, webhook endpoints, and the admin dashboard skeleton. By end of week one, you can log in and see a working billing page.
Core Feature Development
The feature that makes your product worth subscribing to. Built against the live infrastructure — auth-gated, tenant-scoped, and using real Stripe test mode payments from day one of development.
Onboarding and Polish
New user onboarding flow, empty states, error messages, email notifications for signup, trial expiry, and payment failures, plus mobile responsiveness. The difference between a demo and a product people pay for.
Launch and Handoff
Production deployment, Stripe going live, custom domain configuration, error monitoring, and uptime checks configured. Full codebase, architecture documentation, and a recorded system walkthrough delivered.
Why This Approach Works for Early-Stage SaaS
6 Weeks to a Paying Customer
The entire build is structured around one goal: a live product that can take a credit card. Infrastructure decisions are made to serve that timeline, not to demonstrate technical sophistication.
Stripe Billing Included in Every Package
Subscription creation, webhook handling, payment failure recovery, plan upgrades and downgrades, and proration — all wired up and tested against Stripe's test mode before launch day.
Multi-Tenant from the Start
Adding multi-tenancy after launch to a single-tenant codebase typically costs $15,000 to $30,000 in rework. Building it correctly at the start takes an extra three days and saves months of pain.
Feature Flags Built In
Ship code to production before it is visible to users. Roll out to beta customers first, then expand gradually. Feature flags are wired to subscription plans so premium features gate automatically.
Admin Dashboard That Earns Its Keep
When a customer emails asking why their account is broken, you should not need to write a database query. The admin dashboard lets your team investigate, impersonate accounts, and manage subscriptions without engineering involvement.
Architecture That Scales to Series A
The data model, API design, and infrastructure choices are documented and justified. When you hire a CTO or raise a round, the codebase holds up to technical due diligence.
Founders Who Shipped and Charged
"We had 12 paying customers in the first two weeks after launch. The Stripe integration worked flawlessly, the multi-tenant setup meant no data leaks to worry about, and the admin dashboard let us handle support without touching the database."
"I had been quoted $80,000 by two agencies for essentially the same product. Johnbert delivered in exactly 6 weeks for a fraction of that. The code is clean, tested, and our in-house developer has been building features on top of it since week eight."
"The architecture documentation he delivered was worth the price alone. I walked into my seed pitch and answered every technical question the investor had — because I actually understood the system I was selling."
SaaS MVP Development, Answered
Johnbert Oñez
AI Solutions Engineer & Full Stack Developer · 6+ yrs · 50+ projects
Based in Davao City, Philippines. Specialises in production AI systems, full-stack web applications, and WordPress. Remote-first, async-friendly, fixed-fee projects.
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