a multi-location hair salon CRM system
PROJECT OVERVIEW
What this app does
A management and CRM system for a hair salon business operating 100 locations and serving 10,000 members. It enables salon teams to maintain member profiles, track memberships and deposits, record visits and CRM notes, and administer location and staff records across the business.
As a member, I can review my membership status, deposit balance, and deposit transaction history
As salon staff, I can search for a member and view the member's CRM record
As salon staff, I can register a new member and update the member's profile
As salon staff, I can enroll a member in a membership plan and review the enrollment
As salon staff, I can record a member deposit credit or debit and view the resulting balance
As salon staff, I can record member visits and internal CRM notes
As a business administrator, I can maintain salon locations and membership plans
As a business administrator, I can create and maintain staff access records
The following user counts are projected totals after one year of growth
20
business_admins
Central business administrators who configure locations, membership plans, and staff access.
480
salon_staff
Front-desk employees, stylists, and location managers who maintain member CRM records during salon operations.
10000
members
Registered salon members who can review their own membership and deposit information.
COST BREAKDOWN
How your requirements become a plan and a price
Momen doesn't give a vague quote: it first sizes the project's actual demand for each capability and resource, then costs each item out. The numbers in the 'Project demand' column below — their scale assumptions and derivations — are detailed in Scale & sizing
Minimum viable plan
BASIC
At least BASIC is required for an ongoing, professionally branded multi-location CRM with multiple operational workflows.
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PROJECT DEMAND
ALLOWANCE PROVIDED (COMPOSITION)
AI points add-on
x 0
0 points
not purchased
(plan/kit 1.0M points)
No requirement
$ 0
Outbound data transfer add-on
x 0
0 B/mo
not purchased
(plan/kit 2.00 GB/mo)
No requirement
$ 0
Object storage
add-on
x 0
0 B
not purchased
(plan/kit 2.00 GB)
No requirement
$ 0
Database storage add-on
x 0
98.02 MB
not purchased
(plan/kit 200.00 MB)
Covered by plan/kit (margin ~104%)
$ 0
single-tenant kit
x 0
1 req/s
not purchased
(plan/kit 5 req/s)
Covered by plan/kit (margin ~400%)
$ 0
Basic
x 1
Basic is the minimum viable plan
Basic
(Plan tier: BASIC)
See minimum viable plan above
$ 39
plan + add-ons · usage-based · no development cost
WHY MOMEN
Your options for this project
In the table below, the 'monthly infrastructure' for the self-built / AI routes is derived from the AWS list prices shown below, sized against this project's actual usage. Figures cover infrastructure and operations only — AI usage is billed separately and excluded here, so they don't match the $39/mo all-in above.
Current usage sizing
AWS list pricing
0.00 GB (first 100GB free)
Internet egress → 0
0.00 GB-month
S3 Standard → 0
0.10 GB-month
RDS gp3 storage → 0.01
2 × db.m6g.large (Multi-AZ) × 730h
RDS PostgreSQL db.m6g.large → 232.14
2 × t4g.large × 730h
EC2 t4g.large → 98.11
Total ≈ $330.26 / mo
Pure cloud resources
DEVELOPMENT COST
MONTHLY CLOUD INFRA ($/MO)
MONTHLY TOTAL (INFRA + OPS, EXCL. AI USAGE)
Traditional outsourcing / build in-house
about $110,000 - $155,000
≈ $330
Based on the AWS estimate above
≈ $2,330
Infra $330 + ops ~$2,000
4-6 months
5 / 5
Vibe Coding
about $18,000 - $26,000
≈ $330
Based on the AWS estimate above
≈ $1,830
Infra $330 + ops ~$1,500
hours
5 / 5
AI full-stack generation
about $7,000 - $10,000
≈ $330
Based on the AWS estimate above
≈ $1,830
Infra $330 + ops ~$1,500
hours
3 / 5
Off-the-shelf SaaS / vertical solution
$0
N/A
Priced per seat, not by cloud infra
≈ $16,000+
Per-seat pricing, tens of thousands of users
days
1 / 5
Momen
Recommended
$0
$39
All-in: egress / storage / auto-scaling; excludes AI usage
$39
hours
5 / 5
Servers, databases, traffic and storage are inherent infrastructure costs for this project — you pay them whether you outsource, use Cursor or Lovable, or build it yourself (self-built runs ≈ $330.26/mo at AWS list prices, often more), on top of the dev and ops staff you'd need to hire. Momen bundles all of it into $0/mo all-in and removes the need for an ops team.
The frontend can be generated with AI tools (Cursor, Lovable, etc.); the hard part is the backend — auth, database, scaling, data security and ops. Momen delivers a production-grade backend as a BaaS: keep the vibe-coding speed on the frontend, while the backend runs on proven infrastructure — reliable, with no self-hosting or ops.
SCALE & SIZING
What scale this estimate assumes, and how the numbers are derived
Cost depends heavily on usage volume. First see the key assumptions and business scenarios this estimate uses, then the full calculation derived from each scenario for every resource — all adjustable to your real situation
We assume the stated 10,000 members each correspond to a registered member record and that roughly 500 additional accounts cover stylists, front-desk staff, location managers, and central administrators across 100 locations. This staffing allowance is typical for a multi-location salon network while keeping the member figure unchanged. If your actual business operations differ, such as members having CRM records without portal logins or locations having larger teams, this parameter can be adjusted accordingly.
We assume this is a standard SaaS-style management system that grows as locations onboard staff and member records because no full pre-existing dataset migration or sudden launch burst was specified. A linear-growth equivalent of 225 days is typical for this use case. If your actual business operations differ, such as a brownfield launch containing all 10,000 member records on day one, this parameter can be adjusted accordingly.
Daily Member Portal Review
Weekday Salon Operations
30
times/month
0.13 req/s
Peak load
We assume member self-service is distributed across a six-hour daily window because customers review balances before or after appointments without a synchronized deadline. The scenario occurs every day and is kept separate from staff operations because members follow a read-only flow with a different usage rhythm. If usage is concentrated into shorter periods, the duration can be adjusted accordingly.
Main impact: Peak Concurrency
The scenarios above set the assumptions for each resource; below is the full calculation derived from them. Click to expand each item.
DEVELOPMENT SCOPE
How this app works
What exactly does this budget support? Broken down by business scenario, showing the pages, data tables, automation flows and AI assistant behind each one
A business administrator reviews staff access, creates an account, or updates an employee assignment.
Member Portal
users
A business administrator reviews and maintains salon locations and membership plans.
Member Portal
users
create_member_profile
Salon staff locate a member and perform the relevant CRM, membership, visit, note, or deposit operation.
Member Portal
users
create_member_profile
Salon staff check for an existing customer, register a new member, and open the completed CRM profile.
Member Portal
users
A member reviews current membership information, deposit balance, and transaction history.
Member Portal
users
page
data_table
action_flow
Staff Access Page
Administrative directory for creating and maintaining staff access records.
Business Configuration Page
Administrative workspace for salon locations and membership plan definitions.
Member CRM Page
Staff workspace for an individual member's CRM, membership, deposit, visit, and note records.
Member Directory Page
Searchable member directory with the entry point for new-member registration.
Member Portal
Private member view for membership status, deposit balance, and deposit history.
FAQ
What you might want to know about this project
The Q&A below is generated by AI based on this project's type, features and scale
Which CRM functions are included in this estimate?
How is member deposit tracking handled?
Does the design support all 100 salon locations?
What will drive resource usage most in this salon system?
Copy to discuss with AI
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