SaaS Application Development
Multi-tenant SaaS platforms with subscription billing, tenant isolation, and the operational tooling a product business needs.
- Multi-tenant
- Isolation by design
- Stripe
- Billing including dunning
- 16-30 wk
- Typical first release
About saas application development
Building a SaaS product is different from building software for one organisation. You are building for many tenants at once, and the architectural decisions made early determine what is possible later.
Tenancy model chosen deliberately
Shared schema with tenant scoping is simple and cost-efficient. Separate schemas or databases give stronger isolation and easier per-tenant recovery, at higher operational cost. Enterprise buyers and regulated sectors often require the latter. Changing this decision later is expensive, so we make it explicitly upfront.
Billing is core product surface
Subscriptions, trials, upgrades, proration, failed payments, and dunning are product features, not an afterthought. We integrate billing properly and handle the unhappy paths, since failed-payment handling directly affects revenue retention.
Operational tooling from day one
You will need to impersonate a user to debug, adjust a subscription, and see per-tenant usage. Building that admin surface early saves engineering time on every future support request.
What the engagement includes
Multi-tenant architecture
Tenant isolation modelled to your compliance requirements.
Subscription billing
Trials, upgrades, proration, dunning, and failed-payment recovery.
Onboarding & self-service
Sign-up, workspace creation, and invitations without manual setup.
Usage metering
Per-tenant usage tracking for consumption-based plans.
Admin & support tooling
Impersonation, subscription management, and tenant diagnostics.
What you get
The measurable results this service is accountable for.
- Tenancy model chosen on your isolation requirements
- Subscription billing including the failure paths
- Admin tooling that reduces support engineering
- Usage metering for consumption pricing
- Architecture that scales past the first customers
A process without surprises
Clear checkpoints at every stage, so you always know what is shipping and when.
- 1
Discovery & scoping
We map requirements, users, integrations, and constraints, then agree scope and a fixed quote before work starts.
- 2
Architecture & design
Technical architecture and user flows are agreed and prototyped before implementation begins.
- 3
Build & review
Development in reviewable increments, with a staging environment you can see and comment on throughout.
- 4
Launch & support
Performance and security checks, documented handover, deployment, and an agreed support window after go-live.
What is included at each tier
Engagements scale with your stage. Every tier includes everything below it.
| What's included | Starter | Growth | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture & tenancy model | Included | Included | Included |
| Core application & auth | Included | Included | Included |
| Subscription billing | Not included | Included | Included |
| Admin & support tooling | Not included | Included | Included |
| Usage metering & analytics | Not included | Not included | Included |
Sectors we work in
We make the tenancy and billing decisions explicitly upfront, because both are expensive to change once you have customers.
Common questions
Which tenancy model should we use?
Do we need our own billing system?
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