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

  1. Enter your variables using the 3 sliders or free text fields below.
  2. See your dramatic cost and time savings with Stax down to the dollar!
  3. 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
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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
Weeks
Weeks

Core Design & Build:
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
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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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Our whitepaper, The True Total Cost of Ownership of Cloud, outlines the hidden costs, pitfalls and how to avoid them

It’s what comes after you go live in the cloud that can truly wreak havoc on your financial modelling.