Build vs Buy
Understand how you SAVE with Stax
You can easily save millions of dollars over a 3 year period working with Stax vs building your own cloud environments.
Discover your savings by using our Cost Calculator below.
Cost of Ownership Calculator
How to use the Stax Calculator
- Enter your variables using the 3 sliders or free text fields below.
- See your dramatic cost and time savings with Stax down to the dollar!
- Scroll down to see your detailed, personalised, Pre-Launch and Post Launch comparison of costs and business benefits between DIY and utilising Stax.
AWS Spend per Month
Developer Salary ?
Average Wastage ?
Cost Savings Summary
DIY Total
$
Time Savings With Stax
x Faster
Stax Total
$
TCO Cost Savings
x Cheaper With Stax
Total
3 Year Savings
$
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PRE-LAUNCH: Cloud Foundations
Do-It-Yourself

Build Total
$
$
Cloud Foundations Build Effort
FTE
1 FTE
Cloud Foundations Build Duration
Weeks
Weeks
Planning:
Project Planning
Requirements Gathering
Vendor Engagement
Team Allocation
Recruiting
Discovery Workshops
Project Planning
Requirements Gathering
Vendor Engagement
Team Allocation
Recruiting
Discovery Workshops
Weeks
Weeks
Core Design & Build:
AWS Organisation
AWS Accounts
AWS Networking
AWS Security Guardrails
AWS Direct Connect
AWS Organisation
AWS Accounts
AWS Networking
AWS Security Guardrails
AWS Direct Connect
Weeks
Weeks
Stax Subscription
–
$
Additional Stax Benefits
Cloud Foundations Build Risk/variability
High
Low - None
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
✘
✔
Enterprise Grade Support, Web Interface, API, GUI & Docs
✘
✔
Real-time Compliance Reporting & Cost Insights
✘
✔
500+ People Years Experience In Delivering Cloud
✘
✔
Battle-tested By Customers In Production For 5+ Years
✘
✔
Cost Model
CapEx
OpEx
Pre-launch Build Savings With Stax
$
Pre-launch Time Savings With Stax
Weeks
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POST-LAUNCH: Monthly Operating Costs
Do-It-Yourself

Cloud Foundations Monthly Total
$
$
Cloud Foundations Monthly Operate Effort
FTE
FTE
Ongoing Upgrades & Alignment to AWS Service Updates & Best-Pratice
FTE
Included
Identifying and Remediating Bugs and Defects
FTE
Included
Ensuring Consistency Across All Accounts
FTE
Included
Reporting On Compliance Posture
FTE
Included
Automatic Central Logging And Auditing Of All Actions Within AWS
FTE
Included
Support for App Teams
FTE
Included
Documentation for App Teams
FTE
Included
Stax Admin & Configuration
–
FTE
Stax Subscription
–
$
AWS wastage Optimisation Savings
$0
$
Additional Stax Benefits
Quality
Best Effort
World Leading
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
✘
99.95%
Real-Time Compliance Reporting (PCI/APRA)
✘
✔
Enterprise Grade Portal, API, GUI & Docs
✘
✔
Real-Time Compliance Reporting & Cost Insights
✘
✔
CloudOps/Developers Re-focussed on Value
Full Time Employees
Monthly Cost Savings With Stax
$
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