You're a founder who needs to know whether an idea actually works before you spend another six months and another funding round finding out the hard way.
Eqvanto is a custom software development company built around that specific problem: not enterprise software modernization, not a dev shop that treats a startup MVP the same way it would treat a Fortune 500 internal tool.
We build to validate fast, ship something real users can touch, and adjust based on what actually happens once they do, rather than what a spec document assumed six months earlier.
What's Included
A custom software or MVP engagement with us includes:
- Technical discovery: scoping the actual core workflow that needs to exist for version one, and cutting everything that doesn't
- Architecture planning: database design, API structure, and third-party integrations mapped out before code gets written
- UI/UX design for the core flows, done properly rather than skipped to save a week
- Full-stack development: front-end, back-end, database, and API work
- Third-party integrations (payments via Stripe, auth, email, analytics) and whatever your specific product needs to talk to
- QA and testing before launch, including edge cases that matter for the specific workflow, not a generic checklist
- Deployment and infrastructure setup (cloud hosting, CI/CD basics) so the app is actually live, not just built
- A defined handoff, either to your own team or to us on a support/iteration basis
Our MVP Development Process
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Discovery Workshop
We dig into the problem you're solving, who it's for, and what the smallest version that proves the concept actually looks like. A lot of founders come in wanting to build more than they need for version one. This is where we push back on scope with reasons, not opinions.
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Technical Scoping and Architecture
We define the data model, core user flows, and integration points, and produce a scope document that becomes the basis for a fixed quote.
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Design
Wireframes and UI design for the core screens, done through our UI/UX design process, sized to what an MVP actually needs rather than a full product design system on day one.
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Build
Sprint-based development with regular check-ins and staging environments you can log into and click through as it's built, not a black box until reveal day.
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05
Testing
Functional QA, and where relevant, a small group of real users testing the core flow before public launch.
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Launch
Deployment to production infrastructure, monitoring set up, and a plan for what gets measured in the first weeks live.
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Post-launch Iteration
Real usage data replaces assumptions fast. We stay engaged to adjust the product based on what users actually do, not what the original deck predicted.
Tech Stack
We build on a stack chosen for speed of iteration and long-term maintainability, not novelty:
- Front-end: React, Next.js, and React Native for mobile when a native app is the right call over a mobile web app
- Back-end: Node.js and Python (Django/FastAPI), chosen based on the workload, since Python tends to win when there's data processing or machine learning involved
- Databases: PostgreSQL as the default, with Redis for caching and queues on higher-traffic products
- Infrastructure: AWS or Google Cloud, containerized with Docker, with CI/CD pipelines set up from the start rather than bolted on later
- Integrations: Stripe for payments, Auth0 or custom auth depending on requirements, and whatever analytics and communication tools the product needs
We name the actual stack here on purpose. We're a new agency without a decade of case studies to point to, so specifics about how we build stand in for that. You can evaluate the stack on its own merits rather than taking our word for the process.
Pricing
Custom software and MVP projects run $8,000–$80,000, and the spread is wide because "an MVP" covers a lot of ground. What drives where a project lands in that range:
- Scope: a single-workflow MVP with a handful of screens sits near the bottom; a multi-role platform with several user types and complex permissions sits much higher.
- Integrations make a difference too, since a Stripe checkout is simple, but syncing with an existing ERP, a healthcare data system, or a third-party API with poor documentation adds real time.
- Timeline: compressed launch dates cost more because they usually mean more people working in parallel, not just more hours from the same team.
We quote most MVPs as fixed-scope projects: we agree on what version one includes, price it, and build to that scope, with clearly priced change requests if something needs to expand mid-build.
For projects where the scope is genuinely expected to evolve (ongoing product development past the MVP stage, for instance), we sometimes move to time-and-materials billing, but we say so upfront rather than starting fixed-price and quietly switching once we're underway.
Related Case Studies
We're not going to claim a track record we don't have yet. Eqvanto is newly launched, and our case studies page will carry real MVP and software builds (architecture decisions, scope trade-offs, and what happened after launch) as projects reach that stage.
If you'd rather see how we think before that page fills in, ask us to walk through our current scoping process on a live conversation instead of a polished write-up.
For more on how we think about startup-specific work generally, see our SaaS and startups industry page, and if you're deciding whether to bring development and marketing under one roof from the start, why one agency for web development and SEO covers that decision directly.