Building an MVP in 2026: cost, timeline and approach
What does an MVP cost, how long does it take and how do you validate your app idea? A level-headed guide with real figures for founders in Belgium.
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Mechelen is twenty minutes from both of our offices. We build web apps, MVPs and internal systems for the SMEs on Mechelen-Noord and Mechelen-Zuid and for the tech companies in the city.
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Why Mechelen
Mechelen is the nearest real city to our region and economically one of the busiest places between Antwerpen and Brussels. The Mechelen-Noord industrial estate is the largest in the city and counts more than 370 companies, from logistics to production. Mechelen-Zuid lies beside it, and Ragheno adds another estate.
Mechelen also has something most cities of this size lack: a genuine tech scene. Companies such as Rydoo, Customs4trade and Spectricity grew up here. Which means we do two very different kinds of work in Mechelen: classic internal systems for established SMEs, and first product versions for companies that want to grow fast.
Source: Stad Mechelen, bedrijven en industrie
The industrial estates hold mostly production, logistics and wholesale. The pattern is familiar: a package that does part of it, spreadsheets that do the rest, and a lot of time disappearing into retyping and searching.
What we build then is the system that connects the pieces, with a dashboard on top that runs live on your real data. We usually start with one process that clearly hurts, so the first investment pays for itself quickly.
For companies building a product, speed is the whole story. You want a first version in the hands of real users before you invest further. We build that MVP: the core that works, launched fast, on a technical base you can extend afterwards.
We work with Next.js, Astro and Supabase, which gives us a production-ready base quickly and lets us put most of the time into your unique functionality. Every week a new version goes up on a test link.
Where we are
Build More works from Puurs-Sint-Amands and Boom. Mechelen is about twenty minutes from both offices, so we come over easily for kick-offs, working sessions and demos. The daily build runs online.
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FAQ
We have no office in Mechelen itself. We work from Puurs-Sint-Amands and Boom, both about twenty minutes from the city. For kick-offs, working sessions and demos we come over.
Yes. An MVP is a first version that does the core and reaches real users quickly. That is exactly what scale-ups call us for: showing something to customers or investors without building for a year first.
Certainly. On the industrial estates we mostly build internal systems and dashboards for production, logistics and wholesale. We start with the process that costs the most time or the most money.
A well-defined tool or MVP starts around €8,000, a full platform lands between €25,000 and €75,000. The size of your project sets the price, and your location changes nothing about it. After a first conversation you get a fixed price within 24 hours.
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What does an MVP cost, how long does it take and how do you validate your app idea? A level-headed guide with real figures for founders in Belgium.
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