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Self-Hosting Break-Even Calculator
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Add your SaaS subscriptions, hardware budget, and electricity rate to see exactly when self-hosting pays for itself, month by month, over a 5-year projection.
Your SaaS subscriptions
or add a preset:
Hardware cost
$
Ongoing costs
W
$
/kWh
$
/yr
$
/mo
Break-even analysis
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SaaS / month
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Self-host / month (average)
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Monthly savings (average)
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Break-even
Monthly averages spread hardware across its selected lifetime. Break-even and the year table count each hardware purchase when it occurs.
5-year timeline
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Year-by-year cash savings
Year 1 includes the upfront purchase. A replacement is charged at the start of the year after the selected hardware lifetime.
| Year | Cumulative SaaS cost | Cumulative self-host cost | Net savings |
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