Enterprise · For companies

Build vs. buy TCO.

Should you build AI in-house, build it with a partner, or buy off-the-shelf? Model the total cost of ownership over three to five years — not just the sticker price — and see the trade-offs each path really carries.

Your scenario
Scale of the initiative
Time horizon
In-house team needed3 FTEs
18
Loaded salary / FTEfully-loaded, per year
$/ yr
Off-the-shelf priceper seat, per month
$/ seat·mo
Seats / users60
10500
Illustrative model. In-house assumes salaries, ramp-up and a first-build risk buffer; partner and buy assume lighter internal load. Tune the inputs to your reality.

Lowest modelled TCO (3 yrs)

 

Build in-house
Build with partner
Buy off-the-shelf

Total cost of ownership

Cumulative cost over time

In-house Partner Buy

Beyond cost — the trade-offs

CriterionIn-housePartnerBuy

More dots = stronger on that criterion.

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