how much does it cost to build a mobile app?
this is the first question that might have come to your mind
when you might have considered building an app based startup or digitally transforming your
current business be it a restaurant chain be it a newspaper company a laundry service or anything.
i believe in today's times every business can find value in building a mobile app.
hi guys, i am pargat, i'm the chief technical officer
at code brew labs which is a leading mobile app development company
where we have built softwares for over 8000+ companies in 35 plus unique industries.
so in this video, i'll help you understand how much does it cost to build an app.
so as of 2022, a lot of trends have changed for various industries which
directly affect how much does it cost to make your app.
so there are three different ways in which you can get a mobile app done for your idea
the first and the easiest would be to get a saas solution closest to your idea.
SaaS - which stands for software as a service is a ready-to-use product that will take you
live in no time and at a relatively low cost. here the company would have a software built to
your needs which you essentially rent and use. This software can cost you from $100
to $1000 or even more per month but this comes with certain limitations.
when buying a SaaS solution, you do not own the
IP and you do not have any control on the future software development and features.
In my experience, almost all, i wouldn't even say 99, all softwares need improvements and
continuous development to get you that product market fit and these features are sometimes
very local to your audience this could be because of user habits, legal guidelines,
or other parameters that are simply just specific to your audience and geography.
so if you think that your software might need additional development and you would like to
own some IP like the actual source code of your software then SaaS would not be the right choice.
So the other end of the spectrum would be a software custom built to your needs from scratch.
And as you might have guessed, this is a very time taking process it might take even
six months to one year to get your software to the market at the very very least a MVP which is a
minimum viability product might still need at least four months to get you to market.
Developing a custom software is not a one-man job you will need
a professional team which will have a project manager, a QA, a designer,
two to four developers depending on your platforms be it ios, android, a website, admin panel etc.
The cost for custom software development depends on the number of hours that are invested from your
team multiplied by the hourly cost of that team the hourly cost can vary based on your geography
it can cost from ten dollars to forty dollars in India and cost over hundred dollars in USA.
This is just because the it services industry is used in india.
the estimated cost of your first version of your custom built app
can cost anywhere between ten thousand dollars to a hundred thousand dollars or beyond that.
and do remember you have to update and maintain that software as well.
Now talking about the third approach which i personally feel is the ideal approach
in the current times it would be a hybrid approach of using a pre-built solution
with the ability to purchase its source code for further development and customizations.
so to give you an example of how we at code brew make this happen, i'll list about 10 examples
of different softwares which we offer as a saas and as well as we give the ability for
the customer to purchase the source code and continue further development examples being
a multi-vendor restaurant management solution, a fleet management solution,
now these two solutions can be used in conjunction to run a service like - ubereats where you
have your restaurants your customers your cloud kitchens delivery agents all managed as different
users then we have our online consultation software for medical and education industries,
we also have pickup delivery solutions, on demand home service solutions for let's say
cleaning and repair, we also have grocery, e-commerce and pharmacy solutions as well and
we also do super apps like gojek where you have multiple of these solutions combined into one app.
the cost of this solution can range from five thousand dollars to twenty five thousand dollars
depending upon the customizations you want to buy and the intellectual property you want to own
We at code brew have invested years and multi millions in building these solutions with an
elite team of developers so at the end you are getting great value when going with a hybrid
White label solution compared to a custom solution or a saas based solution
so thanks for sticking till the end if you are interested in more information
and getting an actual quotation for how much it would cost to make an
app you should get in touch with our team with the link in the description
going forward i'll be adding detailed demos of our pre-built white label solutions
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thanks for watching have a great day and keep bringing new ideas!!!