Switchpoint vs In-House Build

An engineerâ€™s year back, and the maintenance bill stops.

$6,500

Their cost, per month

Contract months remaining

200

Migration hours estimated

The numbers, filled in for you.

Every input below starts from this rival’s stored figures. Change any of them and the breakeven month moves with it.

What switching actually costsEvery cost of leaving, not just the price difference.

Their cost, per monthUSDOur cost, per monthUSDContract months remainingmoMigration hourshrsRetraining hours, per seathrsSeats to retrainLoaded hourly rateUSDDays of reduced outputdaysCost of one such dayUSD

Total cost to switch$19,300Paid once, before a single month of savings lands.

Contract you still owe$0

Migration labour$13,000

Retraining labour$3,900

Reduced output$2,400

Saved per month$5,000

BreakevenMonth 4

After 12 months$40,700

Switching costs $19,300 up front and returns it by month 4.

Line by line.

Feature	Switchpoint	In-House Build
Engineers tied up in upkeep	0	1 full time
Time to first live workflow	4 days	2 quarters
Evaluation before release	Built in	Whatever was written
Rollback to a prior version	One click, any version	Depends on the branch
Migration assistance	Included	Not applicable

The build worked. Maintaining it cost us two engineers a year, every year.

VP engineering, Culverton Media

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