Building SaaS product from scratch: Finance management tool

When the client set out to give small and mid-sized businesses a better way to track operational spending, they needed more than just a few features. They needed a full platform, built from the ground up.

GetDevDone delivered exactly that: an MVP in 3 months and a full launch in 6. This SaaS finance platform helps teams make sense of messy expense data and respond to it in real time.

• Period of cooperation: October 2023 – April 2024
• Team size: 2 members (1 Solution architect and 1 Fullstack developer)
• Expertise: Fintech 
• Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Project highlights

• Custom SaaS development: GetDevDone built the platform from the ground up, delivering a suite of financial analysis and management tools. The team also developed a custom reporting system.
• Rapid MVP and production launch: Three months from kickoff to MVP. By month six, the full version was delivered.

Payment integration: Stripe powers the subscription system, which includes a 14-day free trial.

Business challenge

Fast-growing companies often outpace their internal systems. As teams expand and initiatives stack up, tracking operational spending turns messier. The goal was to close that gap and provide real-time visibility into expenses for companies that move fast and need clarity just as fast.

The client needed a financial analysis and management tool that delivered insights without adding friction. It had to be lightweight, fast to roll out, and simple enough for any team. That’s the space this solution was built to fill, and our expert team turned the concept into a fully working product.

Technology solution

The project followed a focused end-to-end delivery cycle tailored to the realities of small and medium-size businesses.

Consultation & product analysis

We started with a joint discovery process to define the product’s core function: offering non-financial teams visibility into operational spending without the overhead of legacy tools. Working closely with the client, we outlined key user roles, business objectives, and must-have features, which gave us a lean but strategic roadmap.

Infrastructure planning

We ran a detailed evaluation of AWS vs. GCP to keep infrastructure cost-effective and analytics-ready. Google Cloud’s performance, native data tools, and pricing flexibility aligned best with the product vision. This choice shaped how we scaled the platform from MVP to production.

Design & development

The design was focused on clean navigation, quick data access, and minimal friction between login and insight. The backend was built from scratch on GCP and tightly integrated with third-party analytics services. We developed a robust custom reporting system that provides centralized visibility on OpEx, analyzes financial activities, and improves operational efficiency.

Quality assurance

QA covered unit and integration testing, as well as security and performance validation. We placed special focus on maintaining data integrity across the reporting system and external services.

Tech stack

Google Cloud Platform, Stripe

Business outcome

The launch delivered measurable outcomes from day one:

• Financial visibility: Teams gained real-time access to OpEx data, replacing disconnected spreadsheets with a centralized, easy-to-use reporting engine.
• Decision-making speed: Faster access to insights helped internal teams align on goals, budget smarter, and react to changes without delays.
• Infrastructure scalability: Built on Google Cloud after a thorough AWS vs. GCP evaluation, the platform scales easily with demand while staying cost-efficient.
• Streamlined payments: A full Stripe integration powers seamless onboarding, subscription management, and billing with minimal friction.

The collaboration between GetDevDone and the client was lean, fast, and focused. We moved from product vision to production-ready in six months, delivering a robust SaaS solution that supports real business growth and operational clarity.