Industry Guides

MVP Development
by Industry

Every industry has different compliance requirements, technical challenges, and recommended stacks. Pick your sector for a complete guide.

15

Industries covered

6–12

Weeks to MVP

100%

Honest advice

💳Fintech
812 wks·$25k–$60k

PCI-DSS for card data, KYC/AML for identity verification, and open banking mandates (PSD2 in Europe, Dodd-Frank in the U

PCI-DSSKYCPSD2
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🩺HealthTech
1014 wks·$30k–$75k

Protected Health Information (PHI) must be encrypted at rest and in transit, access-controlled to the minimum necessary,

HIPAAGDPRFDA
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🎓EdTech
711 wks·$20k–$50k

Passive video content alone does not retain learners. Successful edtech products borrow from games: progress tracking, a

FERPACOPPAGDPR
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☁️SaaS
610 wks·$18k–$45k

The single biggest delay in SaaS MVPs is adding features nobody asked for. Every feature beyond the core workflow delays

GDPRSOCWCAG
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🛒Marketplace
1014 wks·$28k–$70k

Without supply, buyers leave. Without buyers, suppliers do not list. The standard solution is to constrain geography or

GDPRPCI-DSSKYC
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🤖AI Startup
610 wks·$20k–$55k

GPT-4o at $0.01 per 1K input tokens sounds cheap until you are running thousands of requests per day. Prompt caching, re

GDPREUSOC
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📦E-commerce
711 wks·$22k–$55k

Shopify is right for most D2C brands. Custom builds are right for multi-vendor marketplaces, subscription models with co

PCI-DSSGDPRADA
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🏠PropTech
1014 wks·$28k–$68k

Real estate transactions involve landlords, tenants, property managers, buyers, sellers, agents, lenders, and title comp

FairFCRAState
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⚖️LegalTech
913 wks·$25k–$60k

Generating legal documents, classifying legal risk, or providing legal guidance may constitute the practice of law in yo

GDPRAttorney-ClientUPL
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🍔FoodTech
1014 wks·$30k–$75k

Food delivery requires sub-second communication between customer app, restaurant dashboard, and driver app. WebSocket co

GDPRFoodDriver
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👥HRTech
812 wks·$22k–$55k

Leave requests, expense approvals, job offers, and performance reviews all involve multi-step approval chains that vary

GDPRCCPASOC
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🚛Logistics & Supply Chain
1014 wks·$30k–$70k

Fleet tracking requires continuous GPS pings, geofencing events, and driver behaviour monitoring. This generates high-fr

GDPRFMCSAHazmat
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🌱CleanTech
1014 wks·$28k–$68k

Many cleantech products require data from IoT sensors, smart meters, EV chargers, or solar inverters. Hardware integrati

GHGEUSEC
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✈️Travel & Hospitality
913 wks·$26k–$62k

Available seats, rooms, or tour slots change in real time across multiple channels. Double bookings are a serious operat

GDPRPCI-DSSADA
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🎬Media & Entertainment
812 wks·$24k–$58k

Video storage and bandwidth costs at scale are non-trivial. Mux and Cloudflare Stream handle video encoding, adaptive bi

GDPRDMCACOPPA
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