The SaaS Tax

Calculate the True Cost of
Renting Software

Per-seat licensing penalizes your growth. Select a platform below to see exactly when it becomes more cost-effective to build and own your software rather than renting it forever.

CRM

Salesforce

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Salesforce licensing vs building a custom CRM. Mid-market companies with 50+ users pay...

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Marketing & CRM

HubSpot

Calculate HubSpot Enterprise pricing for 30+ users. Marketing Hub Enterprise alone starts at $3,600/month. See the 5-yea...

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IT Service Management

ServiceNow

ServiceNow ITSM licensing for 100+ users costs $120K–$240K/year. Calculate the 5-year TCO vs a custom IT operations plat...

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ERP

SAP Business One

SAP Business One costs $180–$350/user/month. For 75 users, that is $162K–$315K/year. See how custom ERP delivers 1,733% ...

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Work Management

Monday.com

Monday.com costs $20-$40/user/month. For 100 users, that is $24K–$48K/year. See the custom work management platform alte...

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Project Management

Asana

Asana Business costs $25-$50/user/month. For 100 users, that is $30K–$60K/year. Compare the ROI of a custom project mana...

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Engineering Management

Jira (Atlassian)

Jira Premium costs $8–$15/user/month but with 200+ users plus Confluence and Bitbucket, Atlassian costs add up fast. Cal...

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Customer Support

Zendesk

Zendesk Suite costs $55–$115/agent/month. For 50 agents, that is $33K–$69K/year. See how custom support platforms delive...

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ERP / Financials

NetSuite

Oracle NetSuite costs $99–$999/user/month with a $999/month base platform fee. Calculate the 5-year TCO vs custom ERP fo...

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Accounting

QuickBooks Online

QuickBooks Online Advanced costs $200/month + $10/user for 25+ users. Calculate when custom accounting software makes fi...

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Team Communication

Slack

Slack Business+ costs $12.50/user/month. For 200 users, that is $30K/year. See why custom communication platforms make s...

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Business Suite

Zoho One

Zoho One costs $45/employee/month for the full suite. For 75 employees, that is $40.5K/year. Calculate the custom altern...

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ERP / CRM

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Microsoft Dynamics 365 costs $65–$210/user/month. For 75 users, that is $58.5K–$189K/year. Calculate the custom ERP alte...

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E-Commerce

Shopify Plus

Shopify Plus starts at $2,300/month and scales with GMV. Calculate the 5-year cost vs custom e-commerce for high-volume ...

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HR / HCM

Workday

Workday HCM costs $100–$300/employee/year. For 500 employees, that is $50K–$150K/year before implementation. Calculate t...

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CRM / Support

Freshworks

Freshworks suite costs $15–$95/agent/month per product. Multi-product deployments for 50+ agents cost $36K–$114K/year....

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No-Code / Database

Airtable

Airtable Business costs $20/user/month with row limits. For 100 users hitting row caps, costs escalate fast. Calculate t...

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Knowledge Management

Notion

Notion Business costs $15/user/month. For 200 users, that is $36K/year. See when custom knowledge management delivers be...

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Customer Messaging

Intercom

Intercom costs $39–$139/seat/month plus per-resolution AI fees. For 30 seats, that is $14K–$50K/year. Calculate the cust...

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Sales CRM

Pipedrive

Pipedrive costs $14–$99/user/month. For 50 sales reps, that is $8.4K–$59.4K/year. Compare custom CRM ROI....

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Business Intelligence

Tableau

Tableau Creator costs $75/user/month. For 50 analysts plus 150 viewers, costs reach $108K/year. Calculate the custom BI ...

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Project Management

ClickUp

ClickUp Business costs $12/user/month. For 150 users, that is $21.6K/year. See the custom project management alternative...

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HR / People Management

BambooHR

BambooHR costs $6–$12/employee/month. For 200 employees, that is $14.4K–$28.8K/year. Calculate the custom HR platform al...

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E-Signatures

DocuSign

DocuSign Business Pro costs $40/user/month. For 50 users with high envelope volume, costs exceed $24K/year. See the cust...

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Communications Platform

Twilio

Twilio usage-based pricing for voice, SMS, and video can exceed $50K–$200K/year at scale. Calculate the custom communica...

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Data Warehouse

Snowflake

Snowflake compute + storage costs can exceed $100K–$500K/year for mid-market companies. Calculate when custom data infra...

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Payment Processing

Stripe

Stripe charges 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction. At $5M annual revenue, that is $175K/year in processing fees. Calculate cus...

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Knowledge Management

Confluence

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Confluence vs building a custom internal wiki. Enterprise plans cost $27K–$60K/year fo...

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Recruiting & ATS

Greenhouse

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Greenhouse ATS vs building a custom applicant tracking system. Mid-market companies pa...

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Recruiting & ATS

Lever

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Lever ATS vs custom applicant tracking. Companies pay $30K–$80K/year for recruiting au...

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Payroll & HR

Gusto

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Gusto payroll vs custom payroll integration. Growing companies pay $12K–$36K/year in p...

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HR & IT Platform

Rippling

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Rippling HR vs custom HR infrastructure. Mid-market companies pay $36K–$96K/year....

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Email Marketing

Brevo (SendinBlue)

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Brevo email marketing vs custom email infrastructure. Growing lists pay $6K–$24K/year....

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Email Marketing

Mailchimp

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Mailchimp vs custom email marketing. Growing companies pay $4K–$18K/year in subscriber...

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Scheduling

Calendly

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Calendly vs building custom scheduling. Teams pay $6K–$20K/year in per-seat scheduling...

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Video Communication

Loom

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Loom Business vs custom video hosting. Teams pay $6K–$15K/year in per-creator licensin...

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Collaboration & Whiteboard

Miro

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Miro vs custom whiteboard tools. Teams pay $8K–$20K/year in per-member fees....

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Design & Prototyping

Figma

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Figma Organization vs custom design systems. Design teams pay $12K–$45K/year....

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Project Management

Wrike

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Wrike vs custom project management. Teams pay $12K–$50K/year in per-user fees....

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Work Management

Smartsheet

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Smartsheet vs custom work management. Organizations pay $12K–$50K/year....

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Observability & Monitoring

Datadog

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Datadog vs custom observability. Engineering teams pay $50K–$300K/year in host and met...

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Identity & Access Management

Okta

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Okta vs custom identity management. Organizations pay $24K–$120K/year in per-user IAM ...

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Revenue Intelligence

Gong

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Gong vs custom call intelligence. Sales teams pay $60K–$200K/year in per-seat revenue ...

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Business Communications

RingCentral

Calculate the true 5-year cost of RingCentral vs custom VoIP. Organizations pay $24K–$60K/year in per-user communication...

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AI Business Communications

Dialpad

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Dialpad vs custom AI communication tools. Teams pay $12K–$40K/year in per-user fees....

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SIEM & Log Analytics

Splunk

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Splunk vs custom log analytics. Enterprises pay $100K–$500K/year in data ingestion fee...

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Incident Management

PagerDuty

Calculate the true 5-year cost of PagerDuty vs custom incident management. Teams pay $12K–$60K/year in per-user alerting...

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Website Builder

Webflow

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Webflow vs custom website development. Businesses pay $3K–$18K/year in hosting and CMS...

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Design & Brand

Canva

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Canva Teams vs custom brand tools. Organizations pay $6K–$25K/year in per-user design ...

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Field Service Management

ServiceTitan

Calculate the true 5-year cost of ServiceTitan vs custom field service software. Contractors pay $60K–$200K/year in plat...

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Construction Management

Procore

Calculate the true 5-year cost of Procore vs custom construction management. Contractors pay $40K–$200K/year in construc...

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