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Features of the first version
List what the first version must do and rate the effort of each, from 1 (a few hours) to 5 (about two weeks of work).
How you build it
Estimate
About 47 hours
Likely range: 35 to 75 hours
About 5 weeks
4 to 8 weeks at 10 hours a week
Complexity: Small
| Features (1) | 10 h |
| Needs | 0 h |
| Integrations | 0 h |
| Setup, deploy and the first-run flow | 16 h |
| Platform and builder multiplier | x1.8 |
This estimates effort in hours, not cost: no hourly rate is assumed.
How this is worked out (rule version 1)
Likely hours = (the features' hours + the needs + the integrations + the base) x the platform multiplier x the builder multiplier. Weeks = hours divided by your weekly hours, rounded up.
| Effort 1 | 4 h |
| Effort 2 | 10 h |
| Effort 3 | 20 h |
| Effort 4 | 40 h |
| Effort 5 | 80 h |
| Setup, deploy and the first-run flow | 16 h |
| Accounts and sign-in | 10 h |
| Payments | 14 h |
| AI features | 16 h |
| An admin area | 12 h |
| Teams and roles | 24 h |
| Each integration | 12 h |
| Web app | x1 |
| Mobile app | x1.4 |
| Desktop app | x1.3 |
| Browser extension | x0.9 |
| WordPress plugin | x0.9 |
| API | x0.8 |
| I write the code | x1 |
| I build with an AI coding agent | x0.75 |
| I use a no-code builder | x0.9 |
| This is my first product | x1.8 |
The range runs from the likely hours x0.75 to the likely hours x1.6: plans tend to run late, so it leans high.
Complexity by likely hours: small up to 80, medium up to 240, large up to 600, very large above.
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