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Web Development Agency for US Founders and Product Teams

By Obaid Tariq, Founder & Lead Engineer · Published · Last updated

AI Dev Planner is a senior-led web and SaaS engineering agency for US founders and mid-market product teams in San Francisco, New York, Austin, Chicago and across the US. We build SaaS products, MVPs and web applications on Next.js, React, TypeScript, Python and PostgreSQL. Our team is in Islamabad, Pakistan: there is no shared 9–5, so we run on one agreed US-morning call and written handoffs, host in US regions of your own accounts, and scope every project in writing, in USD, before you pay.

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The short version

  • SaaS, MVPs, web apps, portals and AI features on Next.js, React, TypeScript, Python and PostgreSQL.
  • A focused B2B SaaS MVP: $25,000–$65,000 over 8–12 weeks, scoped in writing before the first invoice.
  • One agreed early-US-morning call, written end-of-day handoffs and recorded walkthroughs every two weeks.
  • Hosting in AWS us-east-1 or us-west-2, or on Vercel, in accounts your company owns.
  • A signed copyright assignment to your company per paid milestone; no SOC 2 report claimed.

What we build for US companies

One senior team covers architecture, design, front end, back end, database, testing and deployment. Each service has its own page with deliverables, stack and case studies.

SaaS development

Multi-tenant B2B products: organisation workspaces, Stripe subscription billing, role-based access and audit logs from the first sprint.

SaaS development

MVP development

A focused first version in 8–12 weeks from agreed scope, built to be extended rather than rewritten after your seed round.

MVP development

Web application development

Operations platforms, dashboards and customer-facing apps with integrations to the CRM, billing and data tools you already pay for.

Web development services

AI features and agents

Retrieval over your own data, document processing and agents with approval steps, using Claude, OpenAI or Gemini behind your own API.

AI development

Customer portals

Secure self-service portals with server-side authorisation, so no customer can reach another customer's records by changing an ID.

Customer portal development

Vibe-coded app rescue

Production hardening for apps built with Lovable, Bolt or Cursor: auth, row-level security, tests and a deployment you can trust.

Vibe-coded app rescue

US consultancy, Latin American nearshore, or a remote senior team

US buyers usually weigh three options. A US consultancy gives you the full working day and a local team at the highest price. A nearshore firm in Latin America gives you shared hours at a lower hourly rate, usually as developers staffed onto your project. We are the third option: a small senior team, a written scope and a published price, with the time difference handled in writing.

US consultancy, Latin American nearshore firm and AI Dev Planner compared
US consultancy or boutiqueLatin American nearshore firmAI Dev Planner (remote, Islamabad)
Typical price signal$100–$199/hr for a typical US boutiqueHourly rates per developer, set by each firmPublished SaaS MVP band of $25,000–$65,000; fixed two-week sprint costs, no hourly rate
Shared hours with US teamsThe full US working day, plus in-person meetingsMost or all of the US working dayNone in a 9–5 day: an agreed early-US-morning call, then written handoffs
Who does the workUsually the firm's own team; ask how seniorDevelopers staffed onto your project; ask who reviews their workFounder and lead architect Obaid Tariq and the senior engineers who scoped it
Scope and budgetHourly or a fixed project quoteOften time and materials against a monthly team costWritten milestone scope with exclusions before the first invoice
Code ownershipNeeds a signed assignmentNeeds a signed assignment, plus a check on the firm's own contractor agreementsSigned copyright assignment to your company per paid milestone; your GitHub from day one

The US boutique band is summarised from Clutch listings and agency pricing pages in October 2026, as published in our offshore software development guide for US companies; it changes over time, so check live listings before relying on it.

No shared 9–5: how the schedule works

Islamabad is UTC+5 all year. With the US on standard time / daylight time, the gap is as below. If both sides kept a 09:00 to 17:00 day there would be no overlap at all, so we agree one short call window at kick-off, usually early in the US Eastern morning, which is evening in Islamabad.

How far Islamabad is ahead of US Eastern, Central and Pacific time
US time zoneIslamabad is ahead by (standard / daylight)Example early-morning call
Eastern (New York, Atlanta, Miami)10 h / 9 h08:00 ET is 18:00 / 17:00 in Islamabad
Central (Chicago, Austin, Dallas)11 h / 10 h08:00 CT is 19:00 / 18:00 in Islamabad
Pacific (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle)13 h / 12 h08:00 PT is 21:00 / 20:00 in Islamabad

Everything outside the call runs in writing:

  • decisions and open questions logged in the shared Slack or Teams channel after every call;
  • a written end-of-day update from us, waiting when your day starts;
  • a recorded architecture or feature walkthrough with every staging release, every two weeks;
  • questions posted before you sign off answered by the time your next day starts.

The full ET/CT/PT table with daylight-saving dates and the handoff practices is in our guide for US companies.

US hosting, security and getting ready for SOC 2

Production runs in US regions of cloud accounts your company owns: typically AWS US East (N. Virginia, us-east-1) or US West (Oregon, us-west-2), with the Next.js front end on Vercel or AWS. The repository lives in your GitHub organisation from the first commit.

Many B2B SaaS companies are asked for a SOC 2 report once they sell to larger customers. We do not hold a SOC 2 attestation and do not claim one. What we do is build the product with the controls your own audit will look at, so you are not retrofitting them later:

  • least-privilege access, with production credentials held by a named person and logged;
  • every change through a reviewed pull request and an automated pipeline, so the history is your change log;
  • audit logs for sign-ins, permission changes and data exports in the application itself;
  • development and testing on synthetic data, never copies of production.

HIPAA, CCPA/CPRA and state privacy laws are covered in the US guide; our patient portal case study shows how a HIPAA-aligned build was structured for a US clinic network.

Clean IP for your Delaware C-Corp

Investors check who owns your code. A “work made for hire” clause alone usually does not settle it for software written by a contractor: under 17 U.S.C. § 101 commissioned work qualifies only in listed categories, and standalone software is not one of them (Copyright Office Circular 30). A transfer of copyright must be in writing and signed (17 U.S.C. § 204).

So our contract includes a signed copyright assignment of the bespoke source code, database design and documentation to your company, whether that is a Delaware C-Corp or another entity, as each paid milestone is met. Commits go into your repository from day one, so the assignment matches code you already hold. General information, not legal advice; have your counsel review any contract, ours included.

USD budgets and fixed milestones

Our published band for a focused B2B SaaS MVP is $25,000–$65,000 over 8–12 weeks from agreed scope to production release. Larger platforms, portals and internal tools are scoped after discovery. Every US project is quoted in USD in writing, as fixed two-week sprint costs against a milestone scope that lists what is excluded, and you can stop after any milestone.

For an indicative range for your own scope, use the MVP cost calculator, read the SaaS development cost guide, or see all bands on our pricing page.

San Francisco, New York, Austin, Chicago and the rest of the US

We work remotely with US companies wherever they are; we have no US office. These are the teams we most often hear from in each city.

  • San Francisco and the Bay Area

    Seed and Series A SaaS founders who need a senior team to ship the next milestone without a Bay Area payroll.

  • New York

    Fintech, B2B and marketplace products where audit trails and role-based access matter from the first release.

  • Austin

    Bootstrapped and seed-stage founders who want a fixed budget and a written scope before they commit.

  • Chicago

    Mid-market companies replacing spreadsheets and legacy tools with web applications and customer portals.

Our process

Every project follows the same five steps. More detail is on how we work.

  1. 01

    Discovery and written scope

    We map your workflows, data model, authentication and integrations, then turn them into a written scope with an estimate and a list of exclusions. Changes later are measured against this document.

  2. 02

    Two-week sprints on staging

    We build in fixed two-week sprints and deploy to a staging environment you can click through. Every two weeks you get a video walkthrough of the working software, not a status slide.

  3. 03

    Testing before launch

    Automated tests and load tests check how the application behaves under expected and peak traffic before it goes live.

  4. 04

    Launch, handover and warranty

    You receive setup and deployment documentation, environment configuration and a walkthrough. A 60–90 day warranty after launch covers defects in what we delivered.

  5. 05

    Optional ongoing support

    A maintenance retainer is scoped separately and can cover monitoring, security patches, dependency upgrades and performance work. You can equally support the product in-house.

North American case studies

Client names are anonymised under NDA. Ask for an architecture walk-through on a call, where the engineers who did the work explain the decisions they made.

FAQs about hiring a web development agency for a US company

Do you have a US office?
No. Our engineering team is based in Islamabad, Pakistan, and works with US companies remotely. We have no US office, entity or staff, and we would rather you know that before the first call than after it.
How do you work across the US time difference?
There is no overlap between a 09:00 to 17:00 day in Islamabad and one anywhere in the continental US. We fix a short call window at kick-off, usually early in the US Eastern morning, which is evening in Islamabad, and run everything else in writing: decisions logged in the shared channel, a written update at the end of our day so it is waiting when yours starts, and recorded walkthroughs every two weeks.
How much does a SaaS MVP cost for a US startup?
Our published band for a focused B2B SaaS MVP is $25,000–$65,000 over 8–12 weeks from agreed scope to production release. Other product types are published in GBP on our pricing page, and we quote US projects in USD after discovery, with fixed two-week sprint costs and the exclusions listed.
Is code written by an offshore contractor a work made for hire?
Usually not on its own. Under 17 U.S.C. § 101, work by someone who is not your employee is a work made for hire only if it falls into one of the listed categories of commissioned work and both parties sign a written agreement saying so, and standalone software is not one of those categories. That is why our contract includes a signed copyright assignment to your company, such as your Delaware C-Corp, as each paid milestone is met.
Do you have a SOC 2 report?
No, and we do not claim SOC 2 attestation. If your procurement process requires a SOC 2 report from every vendor, ask us before you invest time in scoping. What we do is build your product with the controls a later SOC 2 audit of your own company will look at: least-privilege access, logged production changes through pull requests, and infrastructure in accounts you own.
Where will our app be hosted?
In US regions of cloud accounts your company owns, typically AWS US East (N. Virginia, us-east-1) or US West (Oregon, us-west-2), with a Next.js front end on Vercel or on AWS. We build and test on synthetic data and keep production access to a named person with logged, time-limited credentials.
Why not hire a nearshore team in Latin America?
If you need most of the US working day in shared hours, a nearshore team will suit you better, and we will say so. What we offer instead is a small senior team that scopes in writing before you pay, published pricing and code in your own repository from day one. The trade-off is a schedule that runs on one daily call and written handoffs.

Sources

  1. US Copyright Office: Title 17, Chapter 1 (17 U.S.C. § 101) — The definition of a work made for hire.
  2. US Copyright Office: Circular 30, Works Made for Hire
  3. 17 U.S.C. § 204 (Cornell LII) — A transfer of copyright must be in writing and signed.
  4. AICPA & CIMA: SOC 2
  5. AWS: Regions and Availability Zones and Vercel: Regions

All accessed 8 November 2026. General information, not legal advice. AI Dev Planner figures are our own published planning ranges, not quotes; see our disclosure policy. Hiring outside the US? See our UK, Europe and GCC pages.

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