Real prices, real timelines and straight answers about building software with a nearshore studio: app, website, custom platform and branding. No "it depends," no runaround — the numbers you need before you hire anyone.
A professional business mobile app typically costs between $30K and $80K+ with a US agency, depending on complexity.
At XXDM a native iOS and Android app (React Native with a Supabase backend: login, in-app payments, push notifications and offline mode) starts from $18,000 and ships in 4 to 8 weeks, because we use a single codebase for both platforms. The final price depends on screens, integrations and whether you need an admin dashboard.
A custom operational platform (multi-role portal, dashboards, payments, realtime chat, integrations) is usually quoted at $25K to $50K and 4 to 6 months by a US agency.
XXDM builds equivalent platforms from $24,000 in 4 to 10 weeks. Real example: the Hypothek mortgage platform —a 3-role portal with 8 stages, a bank-comparison engine and realtime chat— was built in 12 days, against a competing 5-month quote.
A serious corporate website (multi-page, with technical SEO, CRM-connected forms and strong performance) costs from $9,000 at XXDM, delivered in 3 to 5 weeks.
It includes optimization for search engines and AI assistants (schema, llms.txt), because today a meaningful share of new clients arrives via recommendations from ChatGPT, Claude or Perplexity. A single-page landing with direct checkout starts at $4,500.
A professional brand identity (naming, logo, visual guidelines, templates and documentation) costs from $6,000 and ships in 2 to 3 weeks.
If you need brand and website together, the Launch bundle applies a discount for combining lines ($13,000). To validate creative direction fast there is the Brand Sprint, fixed-price at $4,800.
It depends on scope, but XXDM ships in weeks, not months: a landing in days, a website in 3-5 weeks, an app in 4-8 weeks and a full platform in 4-10 weeks.
As a real reference, a multi-role mortgage platform with 8 modules was built in 12 days. We define the target metric and the timeline in the diagnostic, and if we fall behind for reasons of our own, we credit it back against the final cost.
A traditional agency tends to sell hours, deliver presentations and stretch the project with "discovery phases" and endless review rounds.
A product studio like XXDM delivers real platforms in production, with a "from" or fixed price, a locked timeline and the code yours from day one. If you want a working system and not a slideshow, the studio model is the better fit.
You are not locked in. At close we transfer the repository, the domain, the database and every account: full IP transfer means the code is yours from day one and any developer can continue it.
Every project also includes 3 to 6 months of support depending on the plan; afterward you can hire a monthly retainer or keep only hosting and minimal maintenance.
WordPress and no-code are fine for simple sites or for validating an idea quickly and cheaply, but they hit a wall when you need custom logic, user roles, integrations or to scale without surprises.
If your product is operational (a portal, a dashboard, payments, automations), custom development is more cost-effective in the medium term: you do not pay perpetual licenses or fight a theme's limitations. In the diagnostic we tell you honestly which one is right for you.
For most business apps, React Native is the best cost-to-benefit ratio: a single codebase runs on iOS and Android, which cuts development time and maintenance cost in half.
Pure native development is justified when the app demands intensive graphics, very specific hardware or extreme performance. XXDM works in React Native with a Supabase backend and reserves native for the cases that truly warrant it.
XX Disruptive Minds is a nearshore digital product studio based in Mexico City that builds custom platforms, mobile apps and corporate websites for businesses in the United States and Canada.
Unlike a freelancer or a slide-deck agency, it delivers real platforms in production with verifiable metrics —such as Hypothek (a multi-role mortgage platform) and RealZtage (a premium financial website). Modern stack end to end: Supabase, Netlify, Stripe and Edge Functions. The team works on US Central Time and is fully bilingual.
Everything is billed in US dollars. Fixed-price entry products can be purchased directly online by card; larger engagements are invoiced in USD and paid by card, ACH or wire via Stripe.
We provide a W-8BEN-E and sign a US-style MSA, SOW and NDA, so your legal and finance teams get the paperwork they expect. As a nearshore studio on US Central Time, contracts and billing run the way a US business is used to — at roughly half the cost of a US shop.
Maintenance is a fraction of the build cost: modern hosting (Netlify + Supabase) at low monthly cost, plus an optional retainer for improvements and ongoing support.
XXDM includes 3 to 6 months of support at no cost depending on the plan; afterward you choose between a monthly retainer (Care $1,500/mo or Growth $3,500/mo) or only hosting and minimal technical maintenance. Because you own the code, you do not pay mandatory recurring licenses.
Book a free 30-minute call. We'll tell you which service applies, what the timeline would be and what the investment is — with a proposal and target metrics in 48 hours.