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When talking about costs of a software product, 'vague' is the perfect word to apply here. No one can tell how much time and money your project will take. But you, whether you are launching a startup, or a cost-efficient app for presenting your business, an internal enterprise product, or you need software for any other business purpose - you need to plan your budget. You want to know how much your mobile app or website will cost. Nobody will tell you that exactly - but here we'll try to come as close as possible.
If you are driven by the idea but have no experience in hiring people to do software projects, this question will be especially acute, because you search for funding, you need to establish deadlines, you need to know how much you need for development, how much you will have for marketing, and how ROI will be eventually brought. You need to know when your product will be ready to launch it at the right time. You need to expect something.
How Long Will Your Project Take?
Now as you are able to imagine the hourly pricing, you need to know how many hours of work are required to lead your project from a bare idea to deployment of a ready product. It's all about the complexity of your product: its functionality, required tools, custom vs. standard solutions, presence/absence of backend, etc.
#1. The simplest apps with simple graphics, basic tools, containing up to 10 types of data (name, ID, email, comment, image, audio etc.), minimum input forms, up to 15-20 screens, a couple of menus, and minor updates from backend (such as updating quotes from an external source for a quotebook app) - approximately 200 hours (double it in case backend is required).
#2. More complex apps with about 40 screens, up to 20 types of data, interaction with social networks and/or native platform capabilities, basic CRUD (create/read/update/delete) operations, one user type, creation of account and minor social features - approximately 300-450 hours (+ 300-400 hours for backend).
#3. Even more complex interactions, personalization as for different user types (including administrator to access and manage CMS), location-based systems, e-commerce, smaller custom CRM systems, integration of payment systems, moderate enterprise solutions - 700 hours (+ up to 700 hours for backend).
#4. Complex logic, big volumes of data, security, storage and processing on the server side, complex server side, scaling, major social networks, custom CRM and ERP systems - 1000 hours (+ up to 1000 hours for backend).
If you are driven by the idea but have no experience in hiring people to do software projects, this question will be especially acute, because you search for funding, you need to establish deadlines, you need to know how much you need for development, how much you will have for marketing, and how ROI will be eventually brought. You need to know when your product will be ready to launch it at the right time. You need to expect something.
How Long Will Your Project Take?
Now as you are able to imagine the hourly pricing, you need to know how many hours of work are required to lead your project from a bare idea to deployment of a ready product. It's all about the complexity of your product: its functionality, required tools, custom vs. standard solutions, presence/absence of backend, etc.
#1. The simplest apps with simple graphics, basic tools, containing up to 10 types of data (name, ID, email, comment, image, audio etc.), minimum input forms, up to 15-20 screens, a couple of menus, and minor updates from backend (such as updating quotes from an external source for a quotebook app) - approximately 200 hours (double it in case backend is required).
#2. More complex apps with about 40 screens, up to 20 types of data, interaction with social networks and/or native platform capabilities, basic CRUD (create/read/update/delete) operations, one user type, creation of account and minor social features - approximately 300-450 hours (+ 300-400 hours for backend).
#3. Even more complex interactions, personalization as for different user types (including administrator to access and manage CMS), location-based systems, e-commerce, smaller custom CRM systems, integration of payment systems, moderate enterprise solutions - 700 hours (+ up to 700 hours for backend).
#4. Complex logic, big volumes of data, security, storage and processing on the server side, complex server side, scaling, major social networks, custom CRM and ERP systems - 1000 hours (+ up to 1000 hours for backend).
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