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What's Your Technology Really Costing You?

Most business owners only see their monthly developer bills. The real cost includes missed deadlines, technical debt, poor decisions, downtime, and opportunity loss. Calculate your true 3-year technology cost.

Fair Warning:

The numbers you're about to see might be uncomfortable. Most companies discover they're spending 2-3x more than they thought on technology—and getting less than half the value they should.

Calculate Your True Technology Cost

Your Current Situation

$2K $50K

Salaries, contractors, agencies combined

0 40

Time spent on rework, patches, firefighting

0 24

Site/app outages, unavailability

0 12

Per incident: Wrong tech choice, architecture mistakes

0 20/year

Bugs, slow performance, missing features

The Reality

What You See (Annual)

Developer costs you're aware of

Hidden Costs (Annual)

Bug fixes & rework:
Downtime losses:
Bad decisions:
Customer churn:
Technical debt tax:
Total Hidden:

of your true cost is invisible

True Annual Technology Cost

3-Year Cost Projection

Assuming 15% annual compound of hidden costs

What This Means

If you're seeing 6-figure hidden costs, you don't have a developer problem—you have a leadership problem. Technology decisions are being made without proper oversight, strategic direction is missing, and technical debt is compounding.

Fractional CTO services typically cost $48K-$120K/year and eliminate 60-80% of hidden costs through proper architecture, accountability, and strategic guidance. If your hidden costs exceed $100K annually, fractional CTO services pay for themselves in 3-6 months.

Get a Free Technology Assessment

30-minute call. We'll identify your top 3 cost drivers and give you a roadmap—even if you don't hire us.