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Social Networking Platform Development

How much does it cost to build a social networking platform from scratch? That's the question an acquaintance asked me once. So, I set forward to create a spreadsheet that will give an 'indicative' number for this. Let me know if you find something missing or if you think my estimates are too aggressive.

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Social Networking Platform Development

How much does it cost to build a social networking platform from scratch? That's the question an acquaintance asked me once. So, I set forward to create a spreadsheet that will give an 'indicative' number for this. Let me know if you find something missing or if you think my estimates are too aggressive.

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kvinod77
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Sheet1

Estimated Effort in Hours


Features Design Development
Onshore Offshore Onshore Offshore
Registration 40 50 20 30
Profile Management 60 80 60 80
Message Exchange 50 60 40 50
Contact Manager (Add-a-Friend) 60 80 20 30
Onboarding Experience (system introduction, help) 40 60 20 30
Browse Network 20 30 40 50
Personal Page 40 50 40 50
Photo Management 30 40 40 50
Reporting Content Abuse 10 10 10 10
Advertisement Platform Integration 80 100 80 100
Network Administration 80 100 80 100
Content Management 80 100 80 100
Groups 40 50 20 30
Events 40 50 40 50
Search 60 70 60 70
Email 20 30 20 30
Chat 20 30 20 30
Polls 40 50 20 30
Personal Blog 40 50 40 50
Testing & Project Management 170 218 150 194

Total 1020 1308 900 1164

Recurring Costs Cost/year


Domain $20.00
Hosting Hardware $1,500.00
Bandwidth $1,000.00
Search Engine Optimization $500.00
Total $3,020.00

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Estimated Cost Estimated Billing Rates


Onshore Tier 1 Offshore Tier 2 Offshore Onshore $60.00
$3,600.00 $2,400.00 $1,200.00 Tier 1 Offshore $30.00
$7,200.00 $4,800.00 $2,400.00 Tier 2 Offshore $15.00
$5,400.00 $3,300.00 $1,650.00
$4,800.00 $3,300.00 $1,650.00
$3,600.00 $2,700.00 $1,350.00
$3,600.00 $2,400.00 $1,200.00
$4,800.00 $3,000.00 $1,500.00
$4,200.00 $2,700.00 $1,350.00
$1,200.00 $600.00 $300.00
$9,600.00 $6,000.00 $3,000.00
$9,600.00 $6,000.00 $3,000.00
$9,600.00 $6,000.00 $3,000.00
$3,600.00 $2,400.00 $1,200.00
$4,800.00 $3,000.00 $1,500.00
$7,200.00 $4,200.00 $2,100.00
$2,400.00 $1,800.00 $900.00
$2,400.00 $1,800.00 $900.00
$3,600.00 $2,400.00 $1,200.00
$4,800.00 $3,000.00 $1,500.00
$19,200.00 $12,360.00 $6,180.00

$115,200.00 $74,160.00 $37,080.00

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(per hour)

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