SaaS Development Cost Breakdown for 2026: From MVP to Scale
Salman Haider
TelGates Team
Building a SaaS product requires careful planning across development, infrastructure, and go-to-market. Here's our comprehensive cost breakdown.
Stage 1: MVP ($30,000 - $80,000)
Goal: Validate product-market fit with 100 beta users. - Core feature set (3-5 features) - Basic authentication and billing - Simple admin dashboard - Timeline: 8-12 weeks
Stage 2: Growth ($80,000 - $200,000)
Goal: Scale to 1,000+ paying users. - Advanced features based on user feedback - Multi-tenant architecture optimization - Analytics and reporting dashboard - Integration APIs - Timeline: 3-6 months
Stage 3: Scale ($200,000 - $500,000+)
Goal: Enterprise readiness. - SOC 2 compliance - SSO/SAML authentication - Custom SLAs and dedicated support - Multi-region deployment - Advanced security (encryption at rest, audit logs)
Monthly Infrastructure Costs
- 100 users: $100-300/month
- 1,000 users: $500-1,500/month
- 10,000 users: $2,000-5,000/month
- 100,000 users: $10,000-30,000/month
Our Recommended Stack
Next.js + TypeScript + PostgreSQL + Redis + Stripe + Vercel/AWS. This stack balances developer productivity, performance, and scalability.
TelGates offers end-to-end SaaS development from architecture design to production deployment and ongoing maintenance.