Lahore engineering hub, serving Dubai & the UAE
MVP Development CompanyDubai
10silicon is an MVP development company Dubai founders and innovation teams use to turn an idea into a product real users can try in about twelve weeks. We design and build web and mobile MVPs, clickable prototypes and early SaaS products for startups across Dubai and the UAE, with a product team in our Lahore engineering hub one hour behind Gulf Standard Time.
An MVP is the smallest product that can prove or disprove the riskiest assumption in your business. It is not a cheap copy of the full vision or a slide deck with a login screen. Over 7+ years and 100+ projects we have seen more early products fail from building too much than from building too little.
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What we build
Services for Dubai businesses
Clickable prototypes
A realistic Figma prototype of the core journey for user interviews and investor meetings, before any code is written.
Web and SaaS MVPs
Next.js front ends on a Node.js or Laravel API with PostgreSQL, plus billing where needed.
Mobile MVPs
iOS and Android from one React Native or Flutter codebase, with push notifications and store submission in your name.
Admin panels
A back office for approving users, managing content and handling support, so founders can run the product without a developer.
Analytics and feedback loops
Event tracking, funnels and in-app feedback live from launch, so decisions after the MVP rest on data.
Investor-ready demos
A stable demo environment with realistic data and a short technical note on architecture, security and ownership.
Tech stack we use
- React Native
- Flutter
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- Laravel
- PostgreSQL
- Firebase
- Figma
- PostHog / Mixpanel
- AWS
How we work
Our 3-step process
- 1
Strategic Discovery
We map your goals, users, constraints and success metrics into a scoped plan with a fixed first milestone before any code is written.
- 2
Agile Engineering
Two-week sprints with a demo at the end of each one. You see working software, not status reports, and can change direction early.
- 3
Deployment & Growth
Production launch with monitoring, documentation and a growth plan: performance, SEO, analytics and a maintenance retainer if you want one.
Indicative pricing
What it costs in Dubai
Price depends on the number of platforms, user roles and integrations, and on how much of the original scope survives discovery.
Tier 1
Clickable prototype
AED 11,000 - 22,000
USD 3,000 - 6,000
Timeline: 2 - 4 weeks
- Discovery workshop and assumption map
- User flows and wireframes for the core journey
- High-fidelity clickable prototype in Figma
- Build plan and estimate for the MVP
Tier 2
MVP (one platform + admin)
AED 44,000 - 110,000
USD 12,000 - 30,000
Timeline: 8 - 12 weeks
- Web app or cross-platform mobile app
- Admin panel for users, content and support
- Core features and one third-party integration
- Analytics setup and production launch
Tier 3
MVP (web + iOS + Android)
AED 92,000 - 220,000
USD 25,000 - 60,000
Timeline: 12 - 16 weeks
- Web app plus iOS and Android from one codebase
- Shared API, PostgreSQL database and admin console
- Payments, notifications and an Arabic-ready interface
- Store submission and an investor demo environment
Ranges are indicative 2026 market figures for the UAE, not quotes. Every proposal is written after Strategic Discovery with a fixed price for the first milestone.
Why it works
Why Dubai founders build their MVP with a Lahore team
Early-stage money has to last. Hiring a full local team before product-market fit spends runway on salaries, visas and desks before you know whether the product works. Our designers, engineers and QA are full-time staff in Lahore, so you get a complete product team for the MVP at a cost that leaves budget for marketing.
Because Lahore is one hour behind Gulf Standard Time, sprint planning, demos and urgent fixes happen in your working day. One project lead stays with you from discovery to launch. We have no Dubai office; we offer video consultation at any stage and on-site consultation in Dubai for discovery workshops.
Agency vs offshore vs hybrid
Choosing a mvp development partner: how the options compare
Rates are indicative 2026 market figures for senior work. The point is not the cheapest hour; it is senior engineers, full working-hours overlap and ownership of what you pay for.
| Criteria | Dubai agency | Offshore shop | 10silicon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative hourly rate | USD 60 - 120 | USD 15 - 35 | USD 25 - 45 |
| Working-hours overlap with GST | Full | Often 2 - 4 hours | Full (Lahore is GST minus 1) |
| Who you talk to | Account manager | Rotating contacts | Named engineer and project lead |
| Demos | Monthly or at milestones | Varies | Every two weeks on a staging URL |
| Code and accounts | Usually yours | Sometimes theirs | Always in your repos and cloud accounts |
| In-person meetings | At their office | Rare | Video any time; on-site in Dubai by arrangement |
| Arabic / RTL and UAE payments | Yes | Varies | Yes, standard on every build |
UAE-ready by default
Built for how business works in Dubai
Offshore teams often learn UAE requirements on your project. We treat them as standard scope, so Arabic, AED payments, VAT invoicing and data protection are designed in rather than bolted on.
- 01
Arabic & RTL interfaces
Bilingual English-Arabic layouts planned from the first wireframe, with right-to-left mirroring and Arabic typography that holds up on mobile.
- 02
UAE payment gateways
Integration with Network International, Telr, PayTabs, Stripe and bank gateways, plus Tabby and Tamara instalments and cash on delivery flows.
- 03
VAT and e-invoicing
FTA-compliant tax invoices with TRN, 5% VAT handling, credit notes and exports your accountant can reconcile.
- 04
Data protection by design
Built with the UAE Personal Data Protection Law in mind: consent records, access control, encryption and data residency in Gulf cloud regions when required.
- 05
Sector rules designed in
For fintech, healthcare and education builds we design for regulator expectations such as CBUAE, DHA and MOHAP requirements; compliance sign-off stays with your advisers.
- 06
WhatsApp-first customer flows
Click-to-chat, WhatsApp Business API notifications and lead capture, because that is how UAE customers actually get in touch.
Compliance sign-off for regulated sectors stays with your legal and regulatory advisers; we build to the requirements they specify.
Fit
Who works with an MVP development company in Dubai
Our clients tend to fall into three groups: domain experts without a technical co-founder, repeat founders who need a team that keeps pace, and corporate innovation teams testing a new product outside the IT roadmap. Many operate from ecosystems such as Dubai Silicon Oasis, in5 and the DIFC Innovation Hub, or Hub71 in Abu Dhabi. If your idea can be tested with a landing page or a manual service first, we will say so, because the cheapest MVP is the one you never build.
Roadmap
The 12-week MVP roadmap
Discovery names the riskiest assumption, maps the core journey, cuts the feature list and produces a clickable prototype. Every two-week sprint ends with a demo on a staging link you can share with early users. Our MVP development guide for Dubai founders walks through each stage.
- Weeks 1 - 2: Strategic Discovery, prototype and fixed build price
- Weeks 3 - 10: Agile Engineering in four demo-led sprints
- Weeks 11 - 12: Deployment & Growth, launch and analytics
Scope
Cutting scope without cutting quality
A first feature list for startup app development in Dubai often has forty items; a good MVP ships with about ten. Payments can be invoiced manually for the first hundred customers, the admin panel can start simple, and ratings, referrals and chat can wait for evidence. What we never cut is the foundation: authentication, data model, security, tests on critical paths and a deployment pipeline. To size your build first, try our app cost calculator.
Stack
Technology that survives the next stage
We choose mainstream tools so the MVP grows into the product rather than being thrown away. Mobile MVPs use React Native or Flutter, and our mobile app development team in Dubai can carry the app forward. SaaS MVPs use Next.js with Node.js or Laravel and PostgreSQL. Before launch we agree the few numbers that prove the MVP works, such as activation or week-four retention, and instrument them.
After launch
Investor demos, IP and life after the MVP
Investors ask who owns the code, whether it can scale and what happens if the agency disappears. With us, code lives in your repositories, cloud and store accounts are in your company's name, and IP is assigned to you in the contract. After launch, most founders keep us for iteration sprints guided by the data, while others hire in-house and ask us to help onboard the team.
Case study
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FAQ
MVP Development: common questions
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