EdTech spans roughly $25,000 for a basic MVP to $250,000+ for a full custom LMS, and the spread tracks almost exactly with scope, not platform choice.
What a basic MVP actually needs
- Content delivery and course structure
- User profiles and progress tracking
- Quizzes or assessments
- A simple instructor/admin view
That's the $25,000-$70,000 range. Payments, video, and AI features (recommendation engines, adaptive learning) each add real but bounded cost on top — a payment gateway integration commonly runs $1,500-$3,000, video streaming integration $3,000-$8,000.
What to build first
Cross-platform (Flutter/React Native) is the near-universal recommendation for EdTech MVPs — one codebase, two platforms, and a 3-5 month timeline instead of building native twice. Resist building a full LMS before you've validated that people actually finish your courses; the analytics and video infrastructure in a full LMS are expensive to build for an audience that doesn't exist yet.
Start smaller and prove the model first — our $200 Starter Sprint is built for exactly that kind of validation step.