Fourteen probing questions on product type, user roles, features, auth, payments, integrations, compliance. Output: cost range (AI-paired delivery), timeline confidence, descope warnings if scope is bloated. The 8-page memo includes a scoped feature plan, founder-friendly milestone schedule, and the questions to settle before kickoff.
Base cost per product type derived from 50+ shipped MVPs at Allied BizTech (median 2023-2026). AI-paired delivery cuts well-defined work 3-5× — we apply that to standard SaaS/marketplace shapes, less to bleeding-edge or regulated builds. Multipliers stack for: feature count beyond MVP-typical (8-12), user-role complexity, payments + multi-tenancy + real-time + AI core, compliance overlays, design fidelity, urgency.
AI-paired delivery (senior engineers + Claude Code / Cursor) ships 3-5× faster on well-defined work. Productized fixed-price beats hourly billing for both sides. Memo includes the math.
8-12 features. Single primary user role. Standard auth. Stripe if needed. Mobile + web typically requires descope of secondary features. Memo includes the "MVP-shaped scope" template.
Scoped feature plan, milestone schedule, descope hierarchy, kickoff-week deliverables, post-launch handoff template. About 8 pages.