v0 gave you an interface that looks finished. We keep it, build everything behind it, the backend, accounts, database and payments, and launch a product people can actually use.

v0 is strongest at the interface. It produces clean, modern screens quickly, and they are often good enough to keep. That is also what makes a v0 project easy to misjudge. The screens look finished, so the product feels close, when the part that makes it a product has not been started.
Behind a typical v0 project there is no database, no accounts and no server logic. The data on screen is sample data written into the components. Forms submit to nothing. That is not a fault in the tool, it did the job it was asked to do. It simply means the visible part is done and the larger part is still ahead.
Components reviewed, organised and made reusable, so the UI you approved becomes a maintainable front end.
The server side your screens need: endpoints, business logic and validation.
A real schema designed around how your product works, replacing sample data in the components.
Sign-up, login and permissions, so each user sees their own data and nothing else.
Checkout, email and third-party services, tested end to end with mock transactions.
Hosting, domain and database under your accounts, with monitoring and backups.
We confirm what to keep and map every screen to the data and logic it needs.
Schema, accounts and permissions, agreed before any backend code is written.
API, integrations and validation, wired to the screens you already have.
Tests, monitoring and launch, under your accounts.
The mistakes we see most often, so you can avoid paying for them.
A settings page that looks complete still needs storage, validation, permissions and error states before it does anything.
Hard-coded data is easy to forget. We trace every value on screen back to a real source before launch.
Generated screens repeat the same elements. Left alone, one design change means editing twenty files.
Quotes based on what is visible miss most of the work. The cost sits in the backend, the integrations and the edge cases.
Yes. We keep the interface, organise the components and build the backend, database, accounts and integrations behind it. The result is a working product deployed under your accounts.
Because v0 generates the interface. The data you see is sample data inside the components, and there is no database or server behind the forms yet. Adding that layer is the work we do.
In most cases it makes sense to. The generated code is standard React, which is mature and easy to hire for. We choose the backend to suit your product and tell you why.
The visible part. In our experience the screens are often less than half of the work to a real product. The audit gives you an honest figure for your project.
It depends on how much the app has to do behind the screen. You get a fixed scope and timeline from the audit before work starts.
Completely. Code, repository, hosting and database are in your name from day one.
The full ai app rescue service this specialism is part of.
Lovable gave you a good-looking app fast. We make it safe and real: database rules.
Bolt.new got you a working prototype in the browser. We give it a real server.
You built it in Cursor and it works on your machine. We review the whole codebase.
Replit let you build and host in one place. We make what you built safe for real users.
appico is an independent software studio. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or a partner of v0 or Vercel. Product names belong to their owners and are used here only to describe the work we do on apps built with them.