Build vs buy calculator
Compare the three-year cost of building your own incident tool with buying one.
Build in-house · 3 years
$225,000
First version $75,000 + $50,000 a year to run
Buy Spike Business · 3 years
$10,080
$14 per user a month, unlimited phone and SMS alerts
BuildBuy
Buying saves about $214,920
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How to use it
- Enter your team size, the engineers who would build it, their salary and the months it takes.
- Add maintenance, hosting, and the SMS and phone call alerts you send each month.
- Compare the three-year totals for building and for Spike Business. Copy the result to share it.
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