The cost of developing a small program is determined by the function and complexity of the program, a few thousand for a simple WeChat program, a few tens of thousands for a medium WeChat program, and the cost of a WeChat program with a high degree of complexity can be upwards of $100,000 for the development of a WeChat program.

While there is no clear answer to the question of how much money is needed to develop a small program, the question can be answered by taking a step back: how to calculate the cost of doing a small program? The cost of developing a small program = the cost of development tools + labor costs + server costs + small program registration and certification costs.

1, labor costs

Currently, the unit price of labor for developers/producers has to be calculated at 2,000 yuan/person-day. The unit price per person-day * the number of days needed to complete the development is the total labor cost. There are three main modes of small program development tools: the source code development mode, the mode of applying templates for editing, and the mode of drag-and-drop production based on templates.

Source code development mode, the development of a small program, generally have to be counted by the month, the cost of manpower has to be tens of thousands of ~ 100,000; set the template for editing the mode, generally one or two days can be done, because the place where the changes can be made is really too little, want to do a few days can not find things to do, the cost of manpower is generally not more than 2,000. based on the template drag-and-drop the son of the model, generally can be counted by a few days to 2 ~ 3 weeks, manpower costs are generally not more than 2000. ~3 weeks, the labor cost is generally 3, 4000 ~ 2, 3 million.

2, server costs

In addition to particularly simple small programs, normal small programs require a server to the back-end deployment. Server cost calculation, you can take the price of Ali cloud as a reference, some small program development tools, the default comes with a server, the cost of this part of the server is implied in the tool's user fee.

Generally speaking, the tools that apply templates for editing and drag-and-drop production based on templates include servers. Even if the user already has their own server, they must use the one that comes with the tool. It's the equivalent of a bundled sale, the cost is charged together, can not be divided.

3, small program registration and certification fees

This fee is charged by WeChat official, personal registration of small programs do not have to pay this part of the fee. However, enterprises need to pay the certification fee to register a small program. 300 yuan/year.

In addition, accidentally the name of the small program is not good, after the release and need to change the name, you have to call once again 300 yuan, re-certified once, to get the opportunity to change the name; the next time you want to change, and then pay again and then certified. Of course, no one has nothing to do all day to change the name to play, so this cost still accounts for a small head.