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Project Timeline Estimator
Updated Sep 4, 2026A full-product build for 2 platforms, a small team, and 8 features typically runs 9–12 weeks discovery through launch. Enter your own project type, team size, and feature count below for a real phase-by-phase breakdown.
See a phase-by-phase breakdown of how long your AI agent, app, or website would realistically take.
Project type
multiple flows & platforms
How many platforms?
Team size
Roughly how many features?
Estimated timeline
Planning estimate only — confirmed in a written proposal after discovery.
How this estimate works
The estimate breaks your project into the same five stages we use on every engagement — see our full process — and scales the development and QA phases by platform count, feature count, and team size. Hours shown assume a realistic weekly capacity for the team size you pick, so it cross-checks against the app and website cost calculators. Whatever the platform, the same six stages apply — see custom software development for what each one actually involves.
Frequently asked questions
Why does team size affect the timeline so much?
A solo developer context-switches between design, engineering, and QA, which slows development and QA phases. A full studio pod can parallelize those, so timelines compress — the numbers above reflect a roughly 1.3x vs 0.7x speed multiplier.
Does this estimate include a buffer?
The range itself is the buffer — the high end assumes normal scope refinement during the project; it does not assume major scope changes mid-project.
How do the hours shown relate to the cost calculators?
The hours figure assumes a solo developer's realistic weekly capacity (not 40 hours of pure coding — closer to 25–30 once you include client calls, QA, and context switching). That's the same capacity behind the app or website cost calculator for the same scope.
What happens after discovery?
Discovery narrows the range into a fixed timeline documented in a written proposal, which is what actually governs the project schedule.
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