We build MVPs in the UAE
Building MVPs in the UAE
Qanat builds MVPs for UAE founders — the smallest version of the product that can go in front of real users. We scope it around the single question it has to answer and end with a written recommendation, including stop when that is the honest answer.
- Scope
- Written
- Price
- Fixed
- Held back
- 20%
- Code
- Yours
Before anything is quoted
Agreed before we start
Until you accept
From the first commit
Scope
What a build of this kind actually contains.
Everything below is inside the quoted price. The items agencies leave out of a cheap quote — admin tooling, error states, deployment, handover — are the ones you end up paying for anyway.
- 01
One week pinning the single question the MVP has to answer
- 02
The shortest build that answers it honestly
- 03
Real payments and real accounts if the question involves either
- 04
Instrumentation, so the answer is measured rather than argued about
- 05
A written recommendation at the end, including 'stop' if that is the answer
What we build it with
- Next.js
- React Native
- Convex
- Stripe
- PostHog
How this goes wrong
The failure mode we see most often.
Calling something an MVP while specifying it like a full product. If the build cannot be cut in half without losing the question it answers, it is not an MVP and the budget is being spent on the wrong thing.
What it costs
We do not publish a rate card, and you should distrust anyone who does.
The price of MVPs is decided by scope, not by category. Two projects with the same label routinely differ by a factor of five, and a number quoted before anyone has read your requirements is a guess dressed as a quote.
What we commit to is this: one price, written against a scope you have read and agreed, fixed before work starts. If we estimated badly that is our problem, not a change request.
If you need a budget figure first
Our UAE software cost guide publishes what the market charges, with every figure sourced. That is researched market data for budgeting — not our price list, and not a quote.
Questions
MVP Development in the UAE
How much does an MVP cost in Dubai in 2026?
The honest answer depends on the single question the MVP has to answer, which is what the scoping session settles. The UAE software cost guide gives sourced market ranges for budgeting; the quote you get from us is one fixed price against a written scope.
How long does it take to build MVPs in the UAE?
It depends on the scope, and any studio quoting you a duration before reading your requirements is guessing. We commit to a specific date in the quote, once the scope is written, and you see the software running well before that date rather than at the end.
Start here
Building MVPs? Tell us what it has to do.
A scope call, then a written scope and one fixed price against it. 20% of that price is held back until you accept the finished build, and the scope is yours to take elsewhere either way.
- Who reads it
- Alexandre Arnaud, Founder & Engineer. Not a coordinator, not an inbox.
- What happens
- A 20-minute call to pin the outcome, then a written scope and one fixed price against it.
- What it costs
- Nothing to get scoped and quoted. The quote is free and the scope is yours to take elsewhere.