Interactive Budget Calculator

Platform Engineering Budget Calculator

Estimate your total platform engineering investment. Adjust team size, seniority, tooling, and infrastructure to get a realistic annual budget.

Team Configuration

130
$5K$500K
102,000

Annual Investment

Team salaries (loaded)$1.3M
Platform tooling$30K
Cloud / infrastructure$600K
Equipment & overhead$75K
Total Annual Cost$2.0M

ROI Estimate

Cost per developer$20K/yr
Productivity value$2.1M/yr
Estimated ROI+4%

Based on 4hr/week saved per developer × $100/hr engineering rate. Actual ROI varies.

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