For an appropriately scoped project, True Cedar delivers a working web application MVP in as little as five business days for under $10,000, or a mobile MVP in as little as ten business days for under $15,000. Most of this page is about the phrase appropriately scoped: what fits, what does not, and how to tell.
Prices and timelines are examples, not a quote or a contract. Every engagement is governed by its own written statement of work and agreement.
| Track | Timeline | Budget | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web MVP | As little as 5 business days | Under $10,000 | One clearly defined workflow, used in a browser on any device |
| Mobile MVP | As little as 10 business days | Under $15,000 | The same scope as an iOS and Android app, including app store submission |
Prices and timelines here are examples to help you plan, not a quote, an offer, or a contract. Every engagement is governed by its own written statement of work and agreement.
Both are production software with real authentication and a real database. Neither is a prototype, a no-code assembly, or a demo.
Nothing on the right-hand list is unavailable. Each one moves the project into a higher tier, and we will say which before you commit.
The words get used interchangeably, and the difference is exactly what you are buying.
What True Cedar delivers in five days is the third one.
Day five is not the end of the engagement. Once you have working software in front of real users, we incorporate your feedback until the software does everything your statement of work calls for, and you're happy with how it does it.
The code is built to be extended rather than thrown away, so every round of iteration builds on what already works. The web MVP tier also includes two weeks of fixes for anything that does not work as specified.
When you are ready to go beyond the original statement of work, additional work is scoped and quoted separately before it begins.
An MVP is not always the right first step. It is the wrong move when:
What the workflow is, who uses it, what it connects to, whether data has to come along, and what compliance applies. We will tell you on that call if you should buy something instead, and if the scope you have in mind does not fit the date you have in mind.
Within a few business days of that call, with a delivery date on it. Fixed price rather than hourly, so the risk of the work taking longer is ours rather than yours. If we deliver late, monetary penalties apply, on terms set out in your statement of work.
You see the software working rather than described, typically twice a week. You should never have to ask where the project stands.
Deployed to your infrastructure, with a walkthrough, written handover, and the source code in a repository you control. Stephen sees every engagement through to this point personally. Nothing is handed off at eighty percent.
All the work is done by the True Cedar team and completed by US-based resources. We do not outsource any of the work. This describes how we typically work; each engagement's terms are set out in its own written statement of work and agreement.
Yes, for an appropriately scoped project: one defined workflow, one or two user roles, up to two integrations against documented APIs, and no data migration. It is production software with real authentication and a real database, not a prototype. Projects that need migration, compliance work, or many integrations take longer, and we say so before starting.
A prototype tests a specific question and is usually discarded. An MVP is production software a real user can use to do real work, built to be extended. True Cedar delivers the second.
Under $10,000 for a web MVP delivered in about five business days, or under $15,000 for a mobile MVP in about ten business days, including app store submission. These are examples, not a quote; scope, integrations, data migration and compliance requirements all change them, and each project's price is set in its statement of work.
We keep going. We incorporate your feedback until the software does everything your statement of work calls for, and you're happy with how it does it. The code is built to be extended, so each round builds on what already works rather than starting over.
Yes. It is built on a database designed to be extended and code built to grow, not a throwaway prototype. Work beyond the original statement of work is scoped and quoted separately before it begins.
The full custom web application service, beyond the MVP.
Often the fastest MVPs of all, because the process already exists.
A focused portal can start life as an MVP.
Describe the one workflow that matters most. We will tell you whether it fits the five-day track, and what would move it into a larger one.