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Build a SaaS MVP
Ship a small but real SaaS product from scratch.
Recommended strength: strongMedium confidence
Recommended
Claude Code
Claude Sonnet 5 (Claude Code)
strong
Best value
OpenAI API
GPT-5
strong
Lowest cost
Gemini
Gemini Flash
standard
Premium
Claude Code
Claude Opus 4.8 (Claude Code)
maximum
Expected budget
Estimated tokens
40M – 120M
Expected duration
~50h
Why
Most MVP work is implementation that a Strong model handles well. Plan and review with a Maximum model; write with Standard/Strong to control cost.
When to upgrade
Upgrade to Maximum for ambiguous architecture, security-sensitive flows, or large refactors.
When a cheaper model is fine
Drop to Standard for CRUD, boilerplate, and repetitive edits.
Methodology rec-v0.1 · Last reviewed 2026-07-01. This is editorial guidance, not a definitive ranking. See how we make recommendations.