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Should you keep renting that software?

List the subscriptions a custom tool could replace and the time your team loses working around them. We include the cost of keeping a custom tool running, because owning is not free. Sometimes renting wins, and this will tell you.

Subscriptions a custom tool could replace

Staff hours a week it would saveRetyping, workarounds, chasing info. Count only what the new tool removes.Cost of an hour of that timePay plus taxes and benefits. Office staff often run $25 to $45.One time build costOur small tools run $5K to $15K.Upkeep per monthHosting, fixes, small changes. Our care plan is $250 to $750.Yearly subscription price increase %Years to compare

Owning pays for itself in

23 months

Owning saves about $655 a month once it is built.

Keep renting

$35,858

Own it

$25,800

Totals over 3 years. Renting includes subscriptions plus the staff time a better fit would win back.

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