Project Configuration
Define your software application before estimating costs.
Application Profile
Cost Drivers & Complexity Factors
Very Low1.0×Very High
Very High1.0×Very Low
Lifecycle Phase Settings
| Phase | Include | Start Yr | End Yr | Notes |
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| Development | Design, code, integration, test | |||
| Installation | Deployment, integration, training | |||
| O&M | Support, patches, enhancements | |||
| Disposition | Retirement, data migration, archive |
Agile / Scrum Work Breakdown Structure
Adjust cost elements. Values are auto-estimated from your parametric inputs and fully editable.
Custom WBS Builder
Add, edit, and organize your own cost elements alongside the standard WBS framework.
Your Custom Elements
No custom elements yet. Click + Add Element to create your first.
Custom Element Summary
| Element | Phase | Base Cost | Contingency | Total | % of Lifecycle |
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Lifecycle Cost Summary
Total cost of ownership across all phases and custom elements.
Total Lifecycle Cost
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Development Cost
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O&M Cost
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NPV (Discounted)
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S-Curve — Cumulative Cost
Cost by Phase ($M)
Annual Cost Profile
Full Cost Element Summary
Risk & Sensitivity Analysis
Live risk visualizations — all charts update instantly as you adjust inputs or the risk posture slider.
Point Estimate
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P10 — Optimistic
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P90 — Pessimistic
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Risk Range (±)
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Tornado Chart — Cost Driver Sensitivity
S-Curve — Cumulative Cost at Risk
Cost Distribution — Monte Carlo
1,000 runs
One-Way Sensitivity — Impact per Driver
Annual Cost-at-Risk Timeline
Shaded band = P10–P90 range per year
Confidence Interval Summary
Risk Register — Key Drivers
Portfolio Comparison
Compare lifecycle costs across multiple programs. The current project is always included.
Total Cost Comparison
Phase Breakdown
Program Summary Table
Export & Report
Download your estimate in multiple formats.
Export Options
Report Preview
Hardware Cost Estimator
Compare on-premise infrastructure vs cloud hosting over your full lifecycle. All costs feed into the total program estimate.
On-Premise Total (Life)
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Cloud Total (Life)
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On-Prem Year 1 CapEx
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Cloud Monthly Run Rate
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Break-Even Year
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Compute Hardware
ComponentQtyUnit Cost ($)Refresh (yrs)Maint (%/yr)Life Cost
Application Servers
Physical rack servers — primary workload
Database Servers
High-memory servers for RDBMS / NoSQL
Web / Load Balancers
Front-end tier, reverse proxy, LB appliances
Development / Test Servers
Non-prod environments, CI/CD runners
Backup / DR Servers
Hot/warm standby, disaster recovery node
Storage
SAN / NAS Array (Primary)
Enterprise shared storage, Fibre Channel / iSCSI
Backup Storage / Tape Library
Disk-based backup target, tape vault
Flash / NVMe Tier
All-flash array for high-IOPS workloads
Networking
Core / Distribution Switches
10/25GbE campus switching backbone
Firewall / UTM Appliances
Perimeter security, next-gen firewall
WAN / Internet Connectivity
Dedicated circuits, SD-WAN, ISP recurring
Load Balancer Appliance
Hardware ADC, application delivery controller
Data Center / Facility
Rack Space (colocation or owned)
$/rack/month — colocation or internal charge-back
Power (kW consumed × rate)
Estimated monthly power cost ($/month)
Cooling (HVAC / CRAC units)
Precision cooling capital and operating cost
UPS / Generator
Uninterruptible power, standby generator
Infrastructure Labor & Software
Sysadmin / Infra Engineer (FTEs)
Annual fully-loaded cost per FTE
OS / Virtualization Licenses
VMware, Windows Server, RHEL, etc. (annual)
Monitoring / Management Tools
Infrastructure monitoring, ITSM (annual)
On-Premise Cost Summary
Compute ($/month)
ServiceQty / Units$/Unit/MonthReserved? (%)Life Cost
App Tier VMs (e.g. m5.xlarge)
General-purpose compute instances
Database Managed Service
RDS, Cloud SQL, Azure SQL (multi-AZ)
Container / Kubernetes Cluster
EKS, GKE, AKS node pools
Dev / Test Environments
Non-prod instances (smaller, schedulable)
Serverless / Functions
Lambda, Cloud Run — estimated monthly spend
Storage ($/month)
Object Storage (S3/GCS/Blob)
$/TB/month × estimated TB
Block Storage (EBS / Persistent Disk)
SSD block volumes attached to instances
Backup / Snapshot Storage
Automated backups, cross-region replication
Network & CDN ($/month)
Data Egress (TB/month)
Outbound transfer costs (≈$0.08–0.09/GB)
Load Balancer (ALB/NLB)
Managed load balancer service + LCU charges
CDN (CloudFront / Fastly)
Edge caching, TLS termination
VPN / Private Connectivity
Direct Connect, VPN gateways, peering
Managed Services & Support ($/month)
Security Services
WAF, Shield, GuardDuty, Security Hub
Monitoring & Observability
CloudWatch, Datadog, New Relic (estimated)
Cloud Provider Support Plan
Business / Enterprise support tier ($/month)
Cloud Mgmt / FinOps Tooling
Cost optimization, governance ($/month)
One-Time Cloud Setup Costs
Cloud Migration / Lift & Shift
Assessment, migration tooling, execution
Cloud Architecture & Design
Landing zone, security baseline, IaC setup
Training & Enablement
Cloud certifications, team upskilling
Cloud Cost Summary
Cumulative Cost Over Lifecycle
Annual Cost Breakdown
On-Premise vs Cloud — Head-to-Head
Decision Summary & Recommendation
Software License Estimator
Estimate lifecycle costs for all commercial software licenses — SaaS subscriptions, perpetual licenses, enterprise agreements, and open-source support contracts.
Total License Cost (Life)
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Annual Recurring (SaaS/Sub)
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One-Time / Perpetual
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Avg Annual Escalation
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License Categories
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License Registry
Product / Vendor
License Type
Users / Qty
Unit Cost
Billing
Escl %/yr
Life Cost
Category Breakdown
Annual License Spend Forecast
License Cost Summary
💡 Tips
License Types: SaaS = fully hosted, per-user subscription. Subscription = on-prem software with annual renewal. Perpetual = one-time purchase with optional annual maintenance (15–22% of license). Enterprise Agreement = negotiated flat fee covering all users.
Escalation: SaaS products typically escalate 5–10%/yr at renewal. Enterprise agreements often include a negotiated cap (3–5%). Build in escalation for accurate multi-year forecasts.
Load Preset Stack to seed common product stacks (Microsoft 365, AWS, Salesforce, Atlassian, etc.) as a starting point.
Escalation: SaaS products typically escalate 5–10%/yr at renewal. Enterprise agreements often include a negotiated cap (3–5%). Build in escalation for accurate multi-year forecasts.
Load Preset Stack to seed common product stacks (Microsoft 365, AWS, Salesforce, Atlassian, etc.) as a starting point.
Monte Carlo Risk Analysis
Assign three-point estimates (Low / Base / High) and probability distributions to every cost input. Run up to 10,000 simulations to produce a full cost-at-risk profile across the entire program.
Ready — configure inputs below, then run
WBS Cost Elements — Three-Point Estimates
| Element | Phase | Base ($) | Low ($) | High ($) | Distribution | Risk % |
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On-Premise Hardware — Three-Point Estimates
| Component | Category | Base ($) | Low ($) | High ($) | Distribution | Risk % |
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Cloud Services — Three-Point Estimates
| Service | Category | Base ($) | Low ($) | High ($) | Distribution | Risk % |
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Software Licenses — Three-Point Estimates
| Product | Type | Base ($) | Low ($) | High ($) | Distribution | Risk % |
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Labor & Staffing Plan
Define your team by role, experience level, and labor category. The blended rate and total FTE count feed directly into the parametric cost estimate and all WBS calculations.
Total FTEs
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Blended Rate ($/hr)
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Annual Labor Cost
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Lifecycle Labor Cost
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Avg Overhead Rate
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Fully-Loaded Rate
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Role Registry
Role / TitleLabor CategoryExperienceFTEsBase $/hrHrs/YrOverhead %Escl %/yrAnnual Cost
Phase Allocation — % of Each Role by Phase
Rows must sum to 100% per role. Used to distribute labor cost across lifecycle phases.
RoleDev %Install %O&M %Disp %Total
Labor Cost by Experience Level
Labor Cost by Category
Annual Labor Cost Forecast (with Escalation)
Role Summary Table
Course of Action (COA) Comparison
Build independent estimates for multiple acquisition strategies, delivery approaches, or technology choices. Capture snapshots of the current estimate as a COA, adjust inputs, and compare them side-by-side.
Capture Current Estimate as a COA
Snapshot all current inputs — WBS costs, labor team, hardware, cloud, licenses, and risk settings — into a named alternative.
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No COAs captured yet
Configure your first estimate using the Setup, WBS, Labor, Hardware, and License tabs, then click Capture Snapshot above to save it as COA 1. Then adjust your inputs and capture another COA to start comparing.
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Configure Estimate
Set up WBS, labor, hardware, licenses on their respective tabs
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Capture as COA
Give it a name and click Capture Snapshot
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Adjust & Repeat
Change approach, team, or technology — capture another COA
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Compare Side-by-Side
Charts, deltas, and a recommendation matrix appear automatically