Build vs. Buy Cost Calculator

Plug in your hiring costs, tooling spend, and projected opportunity cost. Compare with Axiom's fixed bids to summarize the ROI narrative for stakeholders.

Internal eng hourly fully loaded cost Estimated build hours (internal) Internal time-to-ship (weeks) Vendor annual subscription Vendor implementation (one-time) Vendor time-to-ship (weeks) Opportunity cost per week (optional) Axiom fixed bid Axiom time-to-ship (weeks)

Totals below include: build cost + opportunity cost (weekly × time-to-ship). Use this to tell a clean ROI story to finance and procurement.

Category	Build internally	Buy from vendor	Axiom fixed bid
People / implementation	—	—	—
Software subscription	$0	—	Included
Risk & delays	—	—	—
Total year-one spend	—	—	—

Summary:

How to use: Share this sheet with finance + procurement. Replace the placeholders with your numbers, then attach the completed copy when you request the scope so we can align on ROI drivers within the quote.