Most SaaS products are built twice. The first version gets to market fast but hits a wall somewhere between 1,000 and 10,000 users — the authentication system cannot handle the load, the database queries slow to a crawl, the billing logic becomes a tangled mess of edge cases.
Then the team spends 6–12 months rewriting everything, burning cash and losing momentum while competitors catch up.
At Meld, we skip the rewrite.
Every SaaS product we build — including our own — starts with production-grade architecture that scales to hundreds of thousands of users from day one.
The Architecture That Powers Our Products
We do not just build SaaS for clients — we build and ship our own. Our product portfolio, including AeroCopilot (an AI copilot for aviation professionals), is built on the exact same stack we bring to every client project.
The technology stack
| Layer | Technology | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Frontend | Next.js + React | SSR, static gen, API routes in one framework |
| Language | TypeScript | Catches bugs at compile time, not production |
| Database | PostgreSQL + Prisma | Complex queries, type-safe access, auto migrations |
| Caching | Redis | Sub-millisecond response times for hot data |
| Deployment | Vercel + Docker | Edge deployment, global CDN, maximum performance |
When your codebase reaches 50,000 lines, the difference between typed and untyped code is the difference between confidence and chaos.
Multi-Tenancy Done Right
The most complex architectural decision in SaaS is multi-tenancy — how you isolate data between different organizations while sharing infrastructure. Get this wrong and you are looking at a complete rewrite.
Our approach: database-level isolation with row-level security policies.
This means:
- Every query is automatically scoped to the correct organization
- It is impossible for data to leak between tenants
- Adding the 10,000th tenant has the same cost as adding the 10th
What our multi-tenancy includes
- Team workspaces with configurable roles and permissions
- RBAC that maps to your business hierarchy
- Organization-scoped billing — per-seat or usage-based pricing
- White-label capabilities for customer-facing branding
- Audit logging for compliance and troubleshooting
AI Integration From Day One
Every SaaS product built in 2026 needs an AI strategy. Retrofitting AI into an existing architecture is expensive and brittle. Our platform includes AI integration patterns from the foundation:
LLM integration with provider abstraction
Your product can use OpenAI, Anthropic, or open-source models without code changes. When a better model launches, you switch providers with a configuration change — not a refactor.
Vector search
Semantic features like content recommendation, similar item matching, and intelligent search — the infrastructure is ready before you need it.
Intelligent automation
Background processing, data enrichment, and workflow optimization patterns. AI is not a feature bolted on top — it is woven into the architecture.
Security as a Feature
Enterprise customers will ask about your security posture before signing a contract. If you cannot answer confidently, you lose the deal.
Our SaaS platform ships with:
- SOC 2 practices built into the development workflow
- End-to-end encryption for data in transit and at rest
- Multi-factor authentication with TOTP and recovery codes
- API rate limiting and abuse prevention
- Automated dependency scanning for vulnerability detection
- Comprehensive audit logging for all sensitive operations
These are not afterthoughts — they are foundational components that ship with every Meld SaaS product.
The Dogfooding Advantage
There is a fundamental difference between:
- A consulting shop that builds SaaS products
- A product company that also does consulting
We live with the consequences of our architectural decisions every day. When our own products hit a scaling challenge, we solve it in the platform — and every client benefits from that solution.
Every tool, pattern, and optimization we use on client projects has been battle-tested on our own products first. You get proven architecture, not theoretical best practices.
What This Means for You
If you are building a SaaS product, you have two choices:
- Start from scratch and solve every problem yourself
- Start with a production-grade foundation and focus your energy on what makes your product unique
Meld's SaaS development starts at $15K for MVPs and scales based on complexity. Every project includes:
- Full source code ownership
- Comprehensive documentation
- 90 days post-launch support
- The same stack that powers our own products
The same architecture that powers our products can power yours.