Describe the feature and effort
Name the feature, rate its effort complexity, and enter your blended hourly rate and role count.
MVP COST ESTIMATOR
Feature Cost Calculator
Estimate the cost of a proposed feature from its effort complexity and your team's role-based rates.
- Uses your inputs in a transparent calculation
- Instant result with practical next steps
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Planning guidance only. Validate important decisions with customer evidence and your delivery team.
YOUR INPUTS
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How it works
We calculate hours and cost
Base hours scale with complexity and a coordination overhead is added for each additional role involved.
Get a cost with contingency
A 20% contingency buffer is added to the base estimate — the number to actually budget or quote against.
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Frequently asked questions
Why does adding more roles increase the estimate beyond their individual hours?
More roles means more handoffs, reviews, and coordination meetings, which adds real time beyond each person's individual work. This is modeled as a coordination overhead multiplier.
Why a 20% contingency?
Software estimates are notoriously optimistic. A 20% buffer is a commonly used starting point to absorb minor scope surprises without needing to renegotiate at the first sign of complexity.
Is this estimate precise enough for a client quote?
Treat it as a starting point for a conversation, not a binding quote. Refine it with your team's actual historical velocity before committing to a client or stakeholder.
How We Compare
| Feature | MVPHub | Toggl | ChatGPT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coordination-overhead-aware cost calculation | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Contingency buffer included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Actual time tracking against estimates | Not included | Included | Not included |
| Free-form cost brainstorming | Not included | Not included | Included |
Toggl tracks actual hours once work is underway, and ChatGPT can brainstorm cost ranges from a prompt. MVPHub calculates a structured estimate with contingency before work starts, to compare against later.
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