According to my knowledge and Information I have about development and designing of an Alternative Cryptocurrency. you need at least 2 to 4 BTC to create an altcoin with all it's necessary needs,. like, exploror, mining pool, desktop wallet, etc.
It doesn't matter if you don't know any knowledge or experience yourself, you just need to hire a developer and he'll do everything for you...
but for other things, like promoting your coin in market, getting exchange, and lots of more thing you need to invest more and more if you are serious than..
(Don't forget to use escrow)
Not really, our team charges only
0.17 BTC for a basic altcoin. Some people charge this price for only compiling
We divided our services into packages to help customers make the best choice, check out our thread here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1667884