> Building an MVP from the Netherlands: Dutch rates and agency prices, running costs, RVO funding in brief, KVK rules and verlegde btw on a non-EU invoice. Source: https://easifytechnologies.com/mvp-development-netherlands/ [Insights](https://easifytechnologies.com/insights/) [Articles](https://easifytechnologies.com/insights/article/) # MVP Development for Founders in the Netherlands 20 October 2026 10 min read ![A developer testing a mobile app on a phone beside a laptop showing code](https://res.cloudinary.com/c3ccc6ni/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto,c_limit,w_1400/easify/2023/07/App-Development-scaled) A Dutch founder hiring a local freelancer pays around €94 an hour, and one published Amsterdam agency price grid puts a SaaS MVP at €22,000 to €55,000. Easify, a team based in Budapest, typically builds MVPs for **€4,000 to €25,000 over four to twelve weeks**, in English, on the same time zone as Amsterdam. We have no office in the Netherlands and no published Dutch client; we work with founders there remotely. This page is about the Dutch specifics: what local builders charge and what the product costs to run afterwards, what the first release should prove, how RVO's instruments relate to an MVP, the KVK and privacy-statement rules, VAT on an invoice from outside the EU, and the contract points to settle. Hiring in the Netherlands? Founding in the Netherlands and want the MVP priced before you apply for anything? [Start a conversation _↗_](https://easifytechnologies.com/contact/) [MVP Development](https://easifytechnologies.com/services/mvp-development/) ## At a glance Question Answer Dutch freelance rate Average €94 an hour excl. VAT for zzp software developers ([Knab, 2026](https://bieb.knab.nl/ondernemen/wat-verdient-een-software-developer-zzp-bekijk-uurtarief-en-winst)) Agency price reference €22,000 to €55,000 for a SaaS MVP over 8 to 12 weeks, in one agency's Amsterdam price grid ([Kolonell](https://kolonell.com/en/blog/saas-mvp-cost-amsterdam-2026)) Easify €4,000 to €25,000, 4 to 12 weeks, €25 to €45 an hour, €1,000 minimum First step MVP Scoping Sprint: €900, about two weeks, credited in full against the build if you build with us Public financing Mostly RVO loans and WBSO; see our [Dutch funding guide](https://easifytechnologies.com/startup-funding-netherlands-mvp/) On your website KVK number, visiting address, an easy-to-find privacy statement Invoices In euros, issued by Easify's registered entity in India VAT Supplier outside the EU: the btw is usually shifted to you (rubriek 4a) Time zone and language CET, same as Amsterdam. English or Hungarian, not Dutch Hosting Hosted in the EU ## What Dutch builders charge - **Freelancers.** Knab's Zzp Uurtarievenboekje 2026, based on research among more than 20,000 Dutch zzp'ers, puts the [average zzp software developer at €94 an hour excluding VAT](https://bieb.knab.nl/ondernemen/wat-verdient-een-software-developer-zzp-bekijk-uurtarief-en-winst). It is a survey of self-employed people in general, so read it as an indication. - **Agencies.** Dutch agencies rarely publish MVP prices. One published grid comes from Kolonell, an agency based in Dakar that publishes prices for Amsterdam startups. It is one firm's own pricing, not a market survey: Scope in Kolonell's grid Price Lead time Micro-MVP: one feature, one role €22,000 to €30,000 8 weeks Standard MVP: core feature, billing, dashboard €32,000 to €42,000 10 weeks MVP+: several roles, an API, onboarding €45,000 to €55,000 12 weeks Add-on: AI search or generation plus €6,000 to €12,000 plus 2 weeks Add-on: mobile, as a PWA plus €4,000 to €9,000 plus 2 weeks At the freelance average, €25,000 buys about 265 hours. At Easify's €25 to €45 an hour, it buys roughly 550 to 1,000. The reason is structural: the people you talk to are in Budapest and engineering is in India. Whether those hours are worth more or less to you depends on scope, so compare quotes line by line; our guide to [what an MVP costs in Europe](https://easifytechnologies.com/mvp-development-cost-europe/) shows how, and the [MVP cost calculator](https://easifytechnologies.com/mvp-cost-calculator/) shows the hours behind an estimate. ### What it costs to run afterwards A build price never includes running costs, with us or anyone else. The same Amsterdam article gives a [monthly running-cost table for a small SaaS MVP](https://kolonell.com/en/blog/saas-mvp-cost-amsterdam-2026): Running cost Per month Hosting (serverless) €40 to €150 Managed database, with backups €30 to €120 Authentication and transactional email €20 to €80 Monitoring and logs €20 to €60 Analytics and CRM tools, optional €30 to €100 Card payments (Stripe) 1.4% to 2.9% per transaction Treat these as one firm's planning figures. Our Scoping Sprint writes the hosting plan for your product, with where it runs and what it costs to keep running, so the number in your financial plan is yours rather than an average. ## What the first release has to prove Your next milestone What version one has to show What can wait First paying customers Sign-up, the core feature, a working payment Admin panels, settings, reporting A pilot with a Dutch company The core workflow on their real data, with access for their team Self-service onboarding, billing Angels or a pre-seed round Real usage from a small group, and what it taught you Polish, scale, secondary features An RVO feasibility loan That the technically innovative part works, and that someone would pay Growth features A proof of concept tests whether something can be built. A prototype tests whether people understand it, usually without real data or payments. An MVP is working software people can sign up to and pay for, so it tests whether they want it. ## RVO financing: the short version The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) runs the instruments Dutch founders ask about most. Most are loans, not grants: - **Vroegefasefinanciering** is a [loan for technically innovative ideas that are too early for investors](https://www.rvo.nl/subsidies-financiering/vroegefasefinanciering), to research technical and commercial feasibility. It is the RVO instrument closest to what an MVP does, but the word that matters is _technically_ innovative. - **Innovatiekrediet** is for [technical development with substantial technical risk](https://www.rvo.nl/subsidies-financiering/innovatiekrediet). Most MVPs are too small and too low in technical risk for it. - **WBSO** [reimburses part of the wage costs of R&D work](https://www.rvo.nl/subsidies-financiering/wbso) by your own employees. RVO's conditions page is explicit that [the costs of outsourced research are not eligible, and that WBSO cannot be claimed for hired labour](https://www.rvo.nl/subsidies-financiering/wbso/voorwaarden). An agency build, ours included, cannot be budgeted against it. If you have your own developers doing qualifying R&D, WBSO is about their hours, not ours. Our guide to [startup funding in the Netherlands for an MVP](https://easifytechnologies.com/startup-funding-netherlands-mvp/) has the amounts, interest, current application windows and eligibility. We do not write funding applications; the written scope, technical plan and fixed price from a Scoping Sprint are the kind of project description these applications need. ## What a Dutch MVP must show 1. **KVK number.** KVK says you must include your number on [letters, price quotations, invoices, your website and business emails](https://www.kvk.nl/en/starting/kvk-number-all-you-need-to-know/), with exemptions for non-commercial associations and foundations and a few others. If your product sends transactional email, that includes the email templates. 2. **Who the customer is dealing with.** business.gov.nl's guidance for a [business website](https://business.gov.nl/starting-your-business/first-steps/creating-a-business-website/) gives your KVK number and visiting address as examples, and says the privacy statement must be easy to find. 3. **A GDPR privacy statement** that names every service the MVP sends personal data to. A short list of services is one more argument for a small first version. 4. **Dutch copy, if your users need it.** We build in English; Dutch text comes from you or a translator, and the product is built so a second language is not a rewrite. These are footer links and a few email templates. They cost little if they are in the scope from the start. ## VAT, invoices and currency **Who invoices you.** Our invoices are in euros and are issued by Easify's registered entity in India. For VAT that makes us a supplier established outside the EU, even though the people you talk to are in Budapest. **The reverse charge (verlegging).** The EU's Your Europe guidance on [buying services from outside the EU](https://europa.eu/youreurope/business/taxation/vat/cross-border-vat/index_en.htm#outsidetheeubuyservices) says a business receiving services from a supplier based outside the EU should usually pay VAT at its own country's rate, as if it had supplied the service itself, and can usually deduct it later. The Belastingdienst's page on [services from suppliers outside the EU](https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/bldcontentnl/belastingdienst/zakelijk/btw/zakendoen_met_het_buitenland/zakendoen_buiten_de_eu/aangifte_doen_als_u_zakendoet_buiten_de_eu/aangifte_doen_als_u_diensten_afneemt_van_leveranciers_uit_niet_eu_landen) puts it in Dutch terms: the btw is usually shifted to you, if you are established in the Netherlands or have a fixed establishment there. What that means in practice: 1. **The invoice arrives without Dutch btw.** That is the correct treatment. 2. **You report it in rubriek 4a** of your btw-aangifte, the line for services from outside the EU. 3. **You normally deduct it again** as voorbelasting. On a €10,000 invoice you would report €2,100 at the Netherlands' [21% standard rate](https://europa.eu/youreurope/business/taxation/vat/vat-rules-rates/index_en.htm) and, if you are entitled to deduct, deduct the same €2,100. Net cost: zero. 4. **Exempt turnover changes the sum.** The Belastingdienst says that if you have only exempt turnover and buy services where the btw is shifted to you, you must still file a return and cannot deduct that btw. If you are not registered for returns at all, you request a one-off return in writing. Ask your accountant how this applies if you use the KOR. 5. **Buying before the company exists is different.** The shift applies to businesses. If you would sign as a private person, ask your adviser first, and tell us who the contracting party will be. ![Diagram of the btw reverse charge (verlegging) on a €10,000 invoice from a supplier outside the EU: the invoice carries no btw, you report €2,100 at the Netherlands' 21% standard rate in rubriek 4a and deduct the same €2,100 as voorbelasting, so the net cost is zero. With only exempt turnover you cannot deduct it, so it becomes a real cost.](https://easifytechnologies.com/img/diagrams/reverse-charge-vat-flow.svg) **Currency.** Our quotes and invoices are in euros. This is orientation, not tax advice. The Your Europe page warns that there are several important exceptions to the general rules, and your accountant should confirm the treatment for your contract. ## Contract points to settle before the build Point Why it matters With us Scope and exclusions Most disputes are about what was "obviously" included Written in the Scoping Sprint, including what is left out Price and changes A fixed price is only fixed for a fixed scope Fixed after the written scope; a new idea is a visible change to it Ownership and accounts You need to keep, change and sell the product Code, accounts, design files and documentation yours on final payment Running costs They start the day you launch Not in the build price; stated in the hosting plan Personal data A supplier processing personal data for you needs a contract under [Article 28 GDPR](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj), a verwerkersovereenkomst Raised in scoping, with who needs production access Contracting party Decides the btw treatment Easify's registered entity in India, invoicing in euros ## Working with a Budapest team from the Netherlands - **One time zone.** Budapest and Amsterdam are both on CET and change clocks on the same dates. - **English throughout.** Calls, scope, tickets and documentation. - **Remote.** No Dutch office, and no one on site. - **Where the work happens.** The people you talk to are in Budapest; engineering is in India. - **Hosted in the EU.** We deploy to EU data-centre regions. That is not a promise that data never leaves the EU: engineers in India may need production access, and India has no [EU adequacy decision](https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/adequacy-decisions_en). Agree who needs access during scoping and document it in your privacy statement. ## A sensible order of steps Step Time What you get Cost Write down the question An afternoon What the MVP must prove, and to whom: users, an investor, or RVO Free [MVP Scoping Sprint](https://easifytechnologies.com/mvp-scoping-sprint/) About two weeks The one question, the smallest feature set, what is left out, the main flows, the technical and hosting plan, a fixed price and timeline €900, credited in full against the build if you build with us Decide the money Your timeline Own funds, angels, or an RVO loan if the idea is technically innovative Varies Build in visible stages 4 to 12 weeks KVK number, privacy statement and email footers in the first release Typically €4,000 to €25,000 The scope is yours to keep, including for a financing application or another agency's quote. If you have already built something with Lovable, Bolt, v0 or Replit, start with the €99 [Prototype Check](https://easifytechnologies.com/prototype-check/) instead: within 48 hours a person sends you its top security and data risks in writing, and the €99 is credited against the build. **What to put in your first message:** the question the MVP must answer, who the first users are, what already exists, the integrations you cannot do without, whether the interface needs Dutch, your deadline and what drives it, and which company will sign. ## Common mistakes in Dutch MVP projects - **Planning a build around WBSO.** RVO excludes outsourced research and hired labour, so an agency invoice does not qualify. - **Applying for financing before the scope exists.** RVO applications need a project description and a budget; a written scope gives you both. - **Forgetting the email templates.** The KVK number belongs in business emails, which includes the ones your product sends. - **Leaving running costs out of the financial plan.** Hosting, database and email start billing at launch. - **Building the whole product.** Admin panels, settings and tiered permissions can almost always wait. ## When we are not the right choice - You need user research or sales conversations run in Dutch. - Your financing depends on the work being done by your own employees, as WBSO does. - You want a team in your office. - Your budget is under €1,000, our minimum. For a wider view, see [how to choose an MVP development agency](https://easifytechnologies.com/how-to-choose-an-mvp-development-agency/), or our comparison of [agency, freelancer and no-code](https://easifytechnologies.com/mvp-agency-vs-freelancer-vs-no-code/). From Budapest, for teams in the Netherlands ## Founding in the Netherlands and want the MVP priced before you apply for anything? We are a Budapest team that builds MVPs for founders across Europe, typically €4,000 to €25,000 over four to twelve weeks, in English and one time zone with Amsterdam. We have no office in the Netherlands. Send us what you want to test, who it is for and your deadline, or ask for the €900 MVP Scoping Sprint, credited in full against the build if you build with us, and we reply within one business day. [Start a conversation _↗_](https://easifytechnologies.com/contact/) [MVP Development](https://easifytechnologies.com/services/mvp-development/) Recent builds - [ ![Nonstop Nanny website](https://res.cloudinary.com/c3ccc6ni/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto,c_limit,w_720/easify/2023/07/NSN2) Nonstop Nanny · Childcare ### Web MVP and SEO for a Babysitter Booking Platform - MVP - SEO - WordPress - WooCommerce ](https://easifytechnologies.com/case-study/nonstop-nanny/) - [ ![Easify AI website](https://res.cloudinary.com/c3ccc6ni/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto,c_limit,w_720/easify/2024/05/10) Easify AI · SaaS & AI ### AI MVP Development for a Database Querying SaaS - MVP - WordPress - React ](https://easifytechnologies.com/case-study/easify-ai/) - [ ![Meetlyr website](https://res.cloudinary.com/c3ccc6ni/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto,c_limit,w_720/easify/2026/01/771shots_so) Meetlyr · SaaS & AI ### Product Design and Build for a Social Discovery App - UI/UX - WordPress - React ](https://easifytechnologies.com/case-study/meetlyr/) On this page - [At a glance](#at-a-glance) - [What Dutch builders charge](#what-dutch-builders-charge) - [What it costs to run afterwards](#what-it-costs-to-run-afterwards) - [What the first release has to prove](#what-the-first-release-has-to-prove) - [RVO financing: the short version](#rvo-financing-the-short-version) - [What a Dutch MVP must show](#what-a-dutch-mvp-must-show) - [VAT, invoices and currency](#vat-invoices-and-currency) - [Contract points to settle before the build](#contract-points-to-settle-before-the-build) - [Working with a Budapest team from the Netherlands](#working-with-a-budapest-team-from-the-netherlands) - [A sensible order of steps](#a-sensible-order-of-steps) - [Common mistakes in Dutch MVP projects](#common-mistakes-in-dutch-mvp-projects) - [When we are not the right choice](#when-we-are-not-the-right-choice) Frequently asked How much does MVP development cost in the Netherlands? Dutch freelance software developers charge an average of about €94 an hour excluding VAT, according to Knab's 2026 rate survey. One agency's published Amsterdam price grid puts a SaaS MVP at €22,000 to €55,000 over 8 to 12 weeks. Easify, a Budapest team, typically builds MVPs for €4,000 to €25,000 over 4 to 12 weeks. How long does it take to build an MVP? With us, typically four to twelve weeks of build after a written scope, with the MVP Scoping Sprint taking about two weeks before that. The Amsterdam price grid we cite runs 8 to 12 weeks. The amount in version one is what moves it most. What does an MVP cost to run after launch? One published Amsterdam estimate puts hosting at €40 to €150 a month, a managed database at €30 to €120, and authentication and email at €20 to €80, plus card fees per transaction. Running costs are never in a build price, so ask every bidder to state them. Can RVO funding pay for an MVP? Sometimes, and mostly as loans. Vroegefasefinanciering is a loan for proving the feasibility of a technically innovative idea, the Innovatiekrediet is for development with substantial technical risk, and WBSO covers your own employees' R&D hours only: RVO excludes outsourced research and hired labour, so it cannot pay an agency. Our Dutch funding guide covers each in detail. Does my Dutch MVP need to show a KVK number? Yes, for most businesses. KVK says the number must appear on letters, quotations, invoices, your website and business emails, and business.gov.nl adds that your visiting address and an easy-to-find privacy statement belong on the website. Do I pay Dutch VAT on your invoice? Our invoices are in euros and come from Easify's registered entity in India, a supplier outside the EU. The Belastingdienst says VAT on services from a non-EU supplier is usually shifted to the Dutch business customer, who reports it in rubriek 4a and, if entitled, deducts it as input tax. This is orientation, not tax advice; ask your accountant to confirm it. Who owns the code of my MVP? With us, you do: code, accounts, design files and documentation are yours on final payment. Whoever you hire, put the transfer point in the contract and open the hosting and payment accounts in your company's name. Do you work in Dutch? No. We work in English or Hungarian. If your interface or legal texts need to be in Dutch, you or a translator provide the copy. 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