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An MVP (details not shared)

$500

About $500

Outcome: Unknown
Time: Not stated
Reported: Oct 2025
Builder: u/No_Confection7782, r/lovable

Thinks it's cheap compared with what a developer would have charged a year earlier.

“I've spent like $500 for my MVP”

Source: Reddit r/lovable (comment)

Self-reported by the builder. We summarise and quote; we can't verify their invoices. Amounts are what they said, in their currency or units.

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