Short answer
Infikey Technologies helps startups build and scale software: MVPs for web and mobile, product design, dedicated engineering teams, AI features and technical due diligence before fundraising. We work with non-technical founders as a product partner and with technical founders as extra capacity. Typical MVPs cost USD 15,000–60,000; dedicated teams are billed monthly.
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How we help startups
- MVP development: discovery, prototype and a launchable first version focused on one core job.
- Dedicated development teams: engineers, designers and QA working only on your product, managed by you or by us.
- Product design: user research, flows and clickable prototypes to test with customers and show investors.
- AI-first products: assistants, automation and data products using OpenAI, open-source models or both. See OpenAI API vs open-source LLMs.
- Technical due diligence and rescue: code and architecture reviews before fundraising or when a previous vendor left a mess.
Choosing how to build
| Option | Best when | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed-scope MVP with an agency | You need a launchable product without hiring yet | Scope creep; insist on a clear first release |
| Dedicated team | You have product direction and need steady capacity | Needs a product owner on your side |
| Freelancers | Small, well-defined tasks | Continuity and code quality across people |
| In-house hiring | You have funding and a technical leader | Hiring time and cost before shipping |
| No-code | Testing demand quickly with simple workflows | Limits on logic, scale and data ownership |
Detailed trade-offs: freelancer vs agency, in-house vs outsourced development and no-code vs custom development.
Startup software cost
| Engagement | Budget (USD) | Budget (INR) |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery and clickable prototype | 3,000–8,000 | 2.5–6.5 lakh |
| Web or mobile MVP | 15,000–40,000 | 12–32 lakh |
| MVP with web, iOS, Android and admin | 30,000–60,000 | 25–50 lakh |
| Dedicated team (monthly, 2–5 people) | 6,000–25,000 | 5–20 lakh |
These are planning ranges, not quotes. Estimate yours with the SaaS MVP cost calculator or the app development cost calculator.
Get an MVP or team estimate
Tell us what you are building, your stage and budget. We reply with a scope, range and suggested first step.
What investors and future engineers look for
- Clean ownership: code in your repositories, IP assignment in the contract, no vendor lock-in.
- Readable architecture with tests, documentation and a simple deployment pipeline.
- Product analytics from launch, so you can show activation, retention and growth.
- Security basics: secrets management, backups, access control and dependency updates.
- Sensible cloud costs so burn goes into growth, not idle servers.
How we work with founders
- Discovery: problem, users, competitors and the one workflow the MVP must nail.
- Prototype tested with five to ten target users before code.
- Build in sprints with weekly demos and a shared backlog you control.
- Launch and learn with analytics, feedback loops and a prioritised roadmap.
- Scale with a dedicated team or a smooth handover to your in-house engineers.