What makes a good SaaS MVP scope
The most common SaaS development failure is overscoping the MVP. The discipline of MVP thinking — building the minimum set of features that allows you to test your core hypothesis with real users — is both the most commercially important and the most emotionally difficult aspect of early product development. Our MVP scoping framework asks three questions: What is the single job the user is hiring this product to do? What is the minimum interaction surface that allows them to accomplish that job? And what is the one metric that proves the hypothesis is validated?
The right tech stack for Indian SaaS MVPs
For most Indian SaaS MVPs, our recommended stack is Next.js (React) with Tailwind CSS deployed on Vercel for the frontend; Node.js (Express/Fastify) or FastAPI for the backend; PostgreSQL via Supabase for the database; Supabase Auth for authentication; Razorpay for India-primary products, Stripe for international; and Vercel, Railway, or Render for hosting.
Billing integration: Razorpay vs Stripe for Indian SaaS
Razorpay Route is the right choice for India-primary marketplaces and SaaS products — it supports INR billing, GST invoice generation, UPI payments, and net banking. Stripe is right for international products requiring multi-currency support. Many Indian SaaS products implement both — Razorpay for domestic and Stripe for international customers. We integrate whichever is appropriate as a production-ready module.
Multi-tenancy: the critical SaaS architecture decision
Multi-tenancy — the ability for multiple organisations to use the same SaaS instance with complete data isolation — is the fundamental architecture decision in B2B SaaS development. There are three approaches: database-per-tenant (complete isolation, highest cost), schema-per-tenant (good isolation, moderate complexity), and row-level isolation (most cost-efficient, requires careful implementation). Getting this decision right at MVP stage avoids expensive re-architecture later.