Example Reports
6 worked example reports before you trust your own number
These pages are intentionally concrete. Some show solo AI-assisted builds. Others show modern-agency partner-build benchmarks. All of them expose the moving parts behind the number.
Updated March 12, 2026
What these examples are for
Use them as calibration material. If your project looks materially harder than the example, your benchmark should probably be higher. If it looks simpler, you should expect the number to drop.
The modern-agency examples are especially useful if you are deciding whether to hire a partner instead of building the first version yourself.
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AI SaaS MVP cost estimate example
$109,625 traditional vs $2,225 AI-assisted. A worked Thavage report for a solo-built SaaS MVP with auth, Stripe billing, dashboard UX, and one AI-powered workflow.
Internal ops dashboard cost estimate example
$58,450 traditional vs $1,640 AI-assisted. A worked benchmark for an internal dashboard that pulls from multiple APIs, charts data, and sends alerts to Slack.
Marketing site and CMS cost estimate example
$24,900 traditional vs $590 AI-assisted. A worked benchmark for a marketing site with animated sections, waitlist capture, CMS content, and launch analytics.
AI support copilot modern agency benchmark example
$96,200 modern agency midpoint vs $24,800 lean path vs $176,000 traditional. A partner-build benchmark for an AI support copilot with ticket ingestion, knowledge retrieval, admin controls, analytics, and a short stabilization window.
Vertical SaaS partner-build benchmark example
$131,800 modern agency midpoint vs $33,600 lean path vs $238,500 traditional. A modern-agency benchmark for a vertical SaaS MVP with team workspaces, billing, onboarding, analytics, and AI-assisted document workflows.
Ops automation partner-build benchmark example
$78,400 modern agency midpoint vs $19,600 lean path vs $142,400 traditional. A modern-agency benchmark for an internal ops platform with workflow automation, approvals, dashboards, and post-launch stabilization.
How to use them
Compare the feature set, integrations, and delivery constraints first. Then compare the team shape and timeline. The number only makes sense once those two comparisons feel honest.
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Run your own scoped benchmark
Use the live estimator once you have enough detail to name the features, integrations, and constraints. Then compare your result with the example reports on this page.
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