v0 rescue
From v0 prototype to a real product
v0 produces some of the best-looking interfaces you can get out of a prompt, and it does it in clean React with components you'd be happy to keep. What it gives you is a front end. Turning that into a product means adding everything behind the glass — data, accounts, permissions, payments — and that's a different discipline entirely.
$495 fixed price · written report within 3 business days · no obligation to continue
In short
PixelApps turns v0 prototypes into working products. v0 generates the interface; we add the database, authentication, permissions, payments and deployment that sit behind it, and tidy the component sprawl as we go. A $495 fixed-price audit gives you a written report within three business days.
Sound familiar?
If you recognise two or three of these, an audit will pay for itself.
It looks finished and does nothing
Beautiful screens wired to placeholder data. Every button works visually and changes nothing real.
There's no data layer
No database, no schema, no idea where the information is supposed to live once real users start creating it.
The components have multiplied
Six variations of the same card, three button implementations, and no shared design system tying them together.
Accounts and permissions are missing
There's no login, or there's a login that doesn't actually control who sees what.
It's a set of screens, not an app
Individual pages generated in isolation that don't share state, routing or a coherent structure.
- What does v0 not do?
- v0 is an interface generator. It writes React and Tailwind components, usually on top of shadcn/ui, and it does that very well. It is not an application framework: it does not design your database, manage user accounts and permissions, handle payments, send email, or run background work. A v0 output is the front third of a product, and the remaining two thirds are where the engineering time actually goes.
What we actually do
We build the app around the interface
A proper Next.js application: routing, layouts, shared state, server components where they help, and a structure that will still make sense at ten times the size.
We design the data model
The schema your product actually needs, in Postgres, with migrations, relationships and access rules — rather than shapes reverse-engineered from placeholder data.
We add accounts and permissions
Authentication, roles, and rules about who can see and do what, enforced at the database rather than hidden in the interface.
We consolidate the components
The duplicates get merged into one system with shared tokens. Your app gets faster to change and stops drifting visually.
We ship it
Payments, transactional email, error monitoring, analytics, a custom domain and a deploy pipeline that isn't a manual ritual.
What it costs
Everything is quoted at a fixed price before it starts. No hourly surprises.
Rescue audit
$495
fixed price
A senior developer reviews your codebase, database and deployment, and sends a written report within 3 business days.
Rescue sprint
$2,500 – $8,000
typical range
We fix what the audit found: security holes closed, the app stabilised, deployment sorted, and the parts that stopped you shipping actually finished.
Ongoing care
$750
from, per month
A monthly retainer: hosting, updates, security patches, backups, monitoring, an agreed block of development time, and a human who answers when something breaks. We also work ad-hoc — just ask.
What the $495 audit includes
- A plain-English summary of what you have and what state it is in
- Security review — database access rules, exposed keys, login and permissions
- A prioritised list of what is broken, what is risky and what is merely untidy
- A fixed-price quote for the work, and an honest view on rebuild vs repair
- The report is yours to keep and take to any developer
When you don't need us
If what you need is a pitch demo or a design you can put in front of people, v0 has already given you that and you should go and use it. Bring us in when someone is going to sign up, log in and pay — that's the point where the missing two thirds start to matter.
Send us your app
$495 fixed price. Written report within 3 business days.
Common questions
Yes — it's the most common thing we're asked for on v0 work. We design a database around what your product actually does, add authentication and permissions, and connect your existing screens to real data with proper loading and error states.
Where it's good, absolutely — there's no sense throwing away work you like. We usually keep the visual direction and consolidate the implementation behind it so the same look is easier to maintain and extend.
Yes, and it's a sensible workflow. Generate new screens in v0, and we integrate them into the application properly. Once there's a shared component system in place, that integration gets faster each time.
$495 for the audit and written report, then a fixed-price quote. v0 projects usually need more building than fixing, so they tend to sit at the upper end of the $2,500 to $8,000 range or beyond, depending on scope.