How To Estimate The Social Media App Development Cost Budget?

  • By Rakesh Tanwar
  • 23-08-2019
  • Mobile App Development
social media app development cost
To start any project, the first step is to calculate the development cost keeping all important parameters in mind. Whether you build a palace or social media app cost is central to the project development. You will need to be practical regarding calculating the price required for social media app development, such as Instagram. Developing a social app generally follows a three-tier architecture having backend, database and end-users, which are all vital. The other features that you need to focus on are driving new customers, retaining existing ones, brand reputation, data collection, and monetization.
 
These features require investment as they are all important for the social app success, and of course, the android app development agency you’re going to hire. Before we discuss the cost structure it is important to know what exactly it is your social app is trying to accomplish. What your users actually need from the app? Knowing about your user will help to find about their requirements and thus you can better find the cost of developing a social app.
 
The Cost of Features Integrated in Social App
The addition of features in the app needs regular investment, the cost of app increases with the addition of features.
 
The below-mentioned features generally need higher investment:
- Third-party API integrations
- Custom User interaction
- Database encryption
- Billing integrations
- Advanced admin panel
- Account Authorization
 
Setting up authorization is an important element of social media app development. You can authorize users via registering a new account or via logging through an existing account. If you hire a developer or a development firm, their billing is done in hours. Setting up authorization needs a minimum of 150 hours for backend and mobile app development, 40 hours for registration via email, 40 hours for sign-in/sign out feature development, 40 hours for social media sign-in setup.
 
Creating a Profile
The users should be provided a feature to modify their profiles by changing personal data, which contains details regarding contact information, name, phone number, gender, website, and many more. This process development will take around 80 hours, roughly 60 hours for mobile app development and 20 hours for the backend process.
 
Adjusting Settings
To make the app engaging it should contain a variety of adjustable features. Apart from engaging, these features make a social media app more convenient to use. This comprises setting the appropriate language for the interface, the ability to allow or disable push notifications, make the user account private. The time required to develop and set up these important adjustable features can vary between 90 to 130 hours.
 
Search Features
This feature helps a user to search within the mobile app for some stuff, and it’ll require around 120 hours to develop. Geography of developer or development firm plays an important role in app pricing and design costs. The rates of development teams vary from country to country. Your project requires a minimum of two Middle/Senior Developers, a UX/UI Designer, and both Front-end & Back-end developers.
 
Now you are aware of all the hours needed to develop a social app and on the basis of hours, you can calculate the cost of development easily.
 
Wrapping Up:
Social media apps are in demand these days, business enterprises get it developed to promote their services and products. People also love exploring and engaging with social media application. In this blog, we have discussed the various parameters that demand a good monetary investment. It is hard to get an engaging and smooth app without proper investment.

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Rakesh Tanwar

Author is an experienced web developer and technical blogger associated with a leading Mobile app development company known for offering app development services to its clients.

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