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The real cost of renting your stack.

Three inputs. Real math. See what your SaaS spend, manual ops time, and a Foundry build stack up to over the next decade. Email yourself the report to share with your CFO.

Inputs

Tell us about your stack

Monthly SaaS spend
$6,000/mo
$500$30,000
Team size
50 people
5500+
Hours/week on manual ops
30 hrs/wk
0100
Assumptions
• SaaS prices grow ~8%/year (industry avg)
• Loaded labor cost of $55/hr for manual work
• Foundry build priced by team size bracket

10 years renting

$1.9M

$1.0M SaaS + $858k manual work

10 years owning

$815k

$95k build + $72k/yr operate

10-year delta

$1.1M saved

That's what switching from rent to own is worth over the decade. Your Foundry investment pays itself back in 14 months, and every month after that is pure compounding return.

SaaS over 10y

$1.0M

Everything you'll pay Zapier, HubSpot, Notion, Monday, Slack, and friends.

Manual waste / yr

$86k

30 hrs/wk × $55/hr loaded × 52 weeks. Waste your SaaS can't fix.

Break-even

14 mo

Months until the Foundry build pays itself back. After that, pure savings.

Take it with you

Email me this report

Branded PDF-style breakdown of your inputs + what Foundry would build for you. Share it with your CFO or ops lead.

Ready to own the math, not rent it?