This is the step that answers how much your app or software will cost and how long it will take. We turn your requirements into the full list of what has to be built, the technical design, a timeline, and a quote based on estimated effort. At Alset we call it the Product Architecture & Scope Blueprint. You know what the build takes before you commit to it.
The honest answer is that it depends on exactly what gets built. That is why two vendors can quote the same idea at very different prices: each one is imagining a different product. The way to get a number you can trust is to write down every piece that has to be built and estimate each one. That is what this phase does.
With us, the build is charged in two-week sprints at USD 4,000 each. So the question becomes how many sprints your product needs, and this phase answers it.
This phase is for you if:
You already have your requirements written down, in a document clear enough to work from.
You need real timelines, not a guess.
You need a quote you can justify inside your company, item by item.
You want to compare options without relying on assumptions.
Nothing written down yet? Start with the requirements phase (the Discovery Sprint) →
Everything in the estimate is yours. You can use it with any vendor or with your own team.
We work from an approved requirements document.
We turn the requirements into the list of what will be built and the technical direction.
We estimate the effort, the timeline, and the quote.
The work is organized into sprints, ready for the next step.
Our main stack: .NET (C#, SQL Server), Node.js / NestJS, React, Angular, and Python for AI and data, on Azure.
It depends on what your product needs.
You approve progress sprint by sprint.
See how we build →Because without a written scope each vendor assumes a different product. With the same detailed scope in hand, quotes become comparable.
Give every vendor the same detailed scope. What you get from this phase is yours, so you can use it for that.
The full list of what will be built, the technical design, a realistic timeline, and a quote based on estimated effort.
USD 3,500, fixed price. If you build with us, the full amount is applied to your first build sprint, so the estimate ends up costing you nothing extra.
It is based on a detailed scope, item by item, not on a rough idea. That is why we do it before the build and why we do not quote a build without it.
Yes. The estimate starts from an approved requirements document. If you do not have one, the Discovery Sprint produces it in 1 to 3 days.
No. It is planning. It exists so the development that follows has a defined scope, a timeline, and a cost.
Yes. The list of what will be built, the timeline, and the quote are yours, and you can use them with any vendor or with your own team.
Better to know before the build than in the middle of it. We can adjust the scope together before development starts.
That is one of the answers this phase gives you: a timeline for your product, based on the detailed scope.
A clickable prototype if you need to validate first, or the build, in two-week sprints, if you are ready.
In 2 to 5 days you have the scope, the technical design, a timeline, and a quote, for USD 3,500 that count toward your build.