What is renting your software actually costing you?
Drop in what you pay every month. We'll show you the 5-year total — price creep included — next to what it costs to build the same thing once and own it.
// Your monthly SaaS bills
SaaS pricing rarely stands still. Most renewals creep up every year.
// What renting costs you
Over the next 5 years, you'll spend
$56,319
and own nothing at the end of it.
- Right now, per month
- $800
- This year
- $9,600
- Own it once, instead
- $12,000–$30,000
You spend the cost of owning a custom build (~$20,000) every 25 months — then keep paying. Own it once and the next 5 years save you about $36,319.
Renting isn't wrong. Renting forever is.
SaaS is the right call early — you're still figuring out how the business runs, and a monthly fee beats a build. The math turns when your process is settled and the subscription has become a permanent line item that only ever goes up.
The number on the right isn't an argument to cancel everything. It's a gut check: at some point the rent you keep paying would have bought the asset outright — and you'd own it, change it, and never get a renewal email again.
Want the long version? Read the five-year breakdown.
Generic SaaS is great until your process is figured out. The day it is, the subscription stops being a tool and starts being a tax.
Replace one rented tool first.
Our Pilot Build takes the single workflow costing you the most and rebuilds it as something you own — fixed price, two weeks, and you don't pay if it doesn't save the hours we promised.