What We Build
We work with founders and product teams to build focused, production-quality software. Most of our projects fall into one of three categories:
SaaS MVPs. You have a validated idea and need a working product that paying customers can use. We scope it narrowly, build it fast, and help you avoid the mistakes that cause most MVPs to run over budget and under-deliver.
Custom web applications. Internal tools, client portals, workflow automation, data pipelines — software that your business runs on. We build systems that are maintainable, not just functional.
Product extensions and rebuilds. You have an existing product that’s outgrown its architecture, needs a new feature category added, or needs its core rewritten in a way that doesn’t break everything. We’ve done this before.
How We Work
Discovery phase first. Before any code is written, we do a paid discovery engagement (typically 2–4 weeks) that produces a detailed scope document, technology recommendation, and fixed-price bid for the full build. This eliminates the ambiguity that causes most agency projects to go sideways.
Narrow, locked scope. We don’t add features mid-build without a formal change request. Scope creep is the primary cause of projects running over time and budget. We’re direct about what’s in and what’s out — and we’ll push back if your scope is larger than it needs to be.
Weekly demos. You see the actual product at every stage, not just status updates. Problems get caught in week three, not week twelve.
Code is yours. Your repository, your infrastructure, your data. We hand over everything — including documentation — on day one of production.
What’s Included
A full SaaS development engagement with Webward includes:
- Product requirements documentation and architecture design
- Full-stack development (front-end, back-end, database, APIs)
- Authentication, user management, and role-based access
- Billing and subscription management via Stripe
- Third-party API integrations
- Testing (unit, integration, and end-to-end for critical paths)
- Deployment to production-grade infrastructure (Railway, Render, AWS, or GCP)
- 30-day post-launch support
Technology
We build primarily in Python and Django for backend systems and React or server-rendered HTML for front-end interfaces. For databases, we default to PostgreSQL. We host on Railway or Render for most projects — simple, reliable infrastructure that small teams can actually maintain.
We choose boring over clever. The right stack is the one your team can debug at 2am without an architecture diagram.
Pricing and Timeline
MVP and custom web app projects typically fall into these ranges:
| Scope | Timeline | Investment |
|---|---|---|
| Simple MVP (single workflow, minimal integrations) | 8–12 weeks | $25,000–$60,000 |
| Mid-complexity (multiple roles, several integrations) | 12–20 weeks | $60,000–$130,000 |
| Complex platform (multi-tenant, heavy integrations) | 5–9 months | $130,000–$300,000+ |
These are starting points. The discovery phase produces a fixed-price quote for your specific project.
Our Track Record
We’ve built six SaaS products ourselves — not as side projects, but as production businesses with paying customers. StatementPro, RecitalDash, and four others. We’ve made the expensive mistakes — wrong MVP scope, under-priced products, multi-tenancy bolted on too late, infrastructure that didn’t scale — so we don’t repeat them in client work.
That’s the real difference between hiring a team that has built their own products and one that hasn’t: we’ve lived the entire lifecycle, not just the build phase.
If you have a project in mind and want a direct assessment of scope and cost, send us a note. We’ll tell you honestly whether we’re the right fit.