Philippines & Vietnam Software Development Cost Calculator
What agencies in the Philippines and Vietnam charge to build software in 2026, by role and sprint, with the time-zone overhead counted.
Updated · By Niraj Kumar · 4 sources
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Project
The baseline: a React front end with a Node or serverless back end.
Unique layouts, not every page: a product page template counts once.
CRM, ERP, shipping, tax, analytics… 32 hours each.
Features
Email and social login, password reset; SSO or MFA is complex.
Profile pages, preferences and account deletion.
Who can see and do what; complex means custom policies.
Organisations, invitations and data isolated per customer.
Manage users, content and settings without a developer.
Listings, variants, cart, checkout and orders.
Stripe or similar: plans, invoices, webhooks and refunds.
Full-text search and facets; complex means a search engine.
Transactional email, push and in-app alerts.
Uploads to object storage, previews and image resizing.
Messaging over WebSockets, read receipts and history.
Maps, geocoding, distance search or live tracking.
Charts, exports and scheduled reports for users.
Chat assistants, summaries or retrieval over your data.
Translated interface, locale formats and RTL support.
Works without a connection and syncs changes later.
Design and quality
Team
Manila, Cebu, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.
More developers shorten the calendar, not the hours.
A reserve for scope that changes once work starts. 15 to 20% is usual; more for a vague brief.
- Total effort
- 2,383 hours
- 1,001 hours of development
- Timeline
- 14 weeks
- 7 sprints of 2 weeks, up to 20 weeks if the scope grows
- Blended rate
- $31 an hour
- Across every role on the team
- Maintenance after launch
- $13,500 a year
- About 18% of the build: updates, fixes and small improvements
- 1Front-end development$16,000
- 2Back end, platform and integrations$13,500
- 3Project management$13,000
- 4Contingency reserve$9,600
- 5UI/UX design$8,100
- 6QA and testing$5,000
- 7Hardening and launch$3,000
- 8DevOps and CI/CD$2,800
- 9Discovery (sprint 0)$2,100
| Sprint | Focus | Hours | Cost | Running total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint 0 | Discovery, backlog, architecture and first designs | 219 | $6,700 | $6,700 |
| Sprint 1 | Project setup, Sign-up and login and 2 more | 365 | $11,500 | $18,000 |
| Sprint 2 | Roles and permissions, Teams and multi-tenancy, Admin panel / CMS | 336 | $10,500 | $28,500 |
| Sprint 3 | Admin panel / CMS, Payments and subscriptions, Search and filtering | 336 | $10,500 | $39,000 |
| Sprint 4 | Search and filtering, Email and push notifications and 2 more | 336 | $10,500 | $49,000 |
| Sprint 5 | Reports and dashboards, Integrations | 336 | $10,500 | $59,500 |
| Sprint 6 | Hardening, acceptance testing and launch | 146 | $4,500 | $64,000 |
| Role | Hours | Rate | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project manager / BA | 431 | $33/h | $14,000 |
| UI/UX designer | 302 | $28/h | $8,500 |
| Senior developer | 488 | $40/h | $19,500 |
| Mid-level developer | 601 | $28/h | $17,000 |
| QA engineer | 250 | $20/h | $5,000 |
| Total | 2,072 | $31/h | $64,000 |
- 1Philippines & Vietnamoffshore$73,500
- 2Indiaoffshore$77,000
- 3Eastern Europeoffshore$106,000
- 4Latin Americanearshore$119,000
- 5Canadaonshore$220,000
- 6Western Europeoffshore$226,000
- 7Australiaoffshore$249,000
- 8United Kingdomoffshore$250,000
- 9United Statesonshore$278,000
How is software development cost estimated?
Mid-market agencies in Philippines & Vietnam bill a blended $31 an hour across developers, design, QA and project management. A SaaS product with teams, billing and reporting comes to about $73,500. That is 74% less than a US agency, after adding the 12% extra coordination a US client should expect.
build = Σ features (hours × complexity × stack) + screens × 10 h + integrations × 32 h + 40 h setup
total = discovery + design + build + 10% hardening + QA % + DevOps + PM (12% + time-zone overhead)
cost = Σ role hours × regional rate × agency tier; likely = cost × (1 + contingency)
sprints = 1 + ⌈build ÷ (developers × 40 h × weeks × 0.8)⌉ + hardeningThis page uses the same method as the Software Development Cost Estimator, which explains each term and assumption in full.
Worked example
A B2B SaaS product on Next.js: 25 screens, team accounts, roles, Stripe subscriptions, an admin panel, notifications and a reporting dashboard, three integrations, custom UI/UX and standard QA. Priced at mid-market rates in Philippines & Vietnam and United States, 15% contingency included.
- 1Philippines & Vietnam: 2,383 hours at a blended $31 an hour = $73,500
- 2United States: 2,152 hours at a blended $129 an hour = $278,000
- 3Coordination overhead: 12% of hours in Philippines & Vietnam, 0% in United States
A team in the Philippines or Vietnam costs $205,000 less, 74% below a US agency, for the same hours.
Frequently asked questions
What do agencies in the Philippines and Vietnam charge?
Mid-market agencies bill about $28 an hour for mid-level developers and $40 for seniors, with QA near $20, a blended $28 to $33 an hour. That is level with India and among the lowest rates anywhere. Vietnam is strongest in engineering, the Philippines in English-speaking QA, support and design.
Vietnam or India for offshore development?
Rates are close. India has the deepest talent pool and more firms with enterprise experience; Vietnam has smaller, often more stable teams with lower turnover and a strong base in Japanese and Korean outsourcing. For a US client both are eleven to twelve hours ahead, so the coordination overhead is the same.
How much does a mobile app cost to build with a team in the Philippines or Vietnam?
For the scope on this page, about $62,000, with a range of $48,500 to $81,000 at mid-market rates: 2,010 hours at a blended $31 an hour, delivered in about 12 weeks by 3 developers. Change the features and team above for your own scope.
Sources
- Accelerance, 2026 Global Software Development Rates & Trends · checked
- Accelerance, 2026 outsourcing rate trends in Asia, Europe and Latin America · checked
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2025 · checked
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Software Developers, QA Analysts and Testers · checked
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