Digitize / QM Cost Calculator

DIY vs. Managed QM

Plug in your team size and engineer rate. See first-year cost of running QM yourself versus Digitize deploying and operating it in your AWS account.

20
52550100

Scales AWS estimate. Engineer time stays separate.

$175
$75$175$250$350

US senior platform / DevOps fully loaded is often $150–250.

$620
$150$800$1,500$2,500

Default tracks ~$370–870 for ~20 seats. Auto-suggests from team size; override anytime.

80 hrs
20h80h160h240h

Terraform, auth, Slack, sandbox images, security, first live proof.

10 hrs
2h10h20h40h

Upgrades, image rebuilds, incidents, budget caps, monitoring.

Pilot offer
On — Launch $3,000 + 60 days Operate free

First 3 customers. Off = standard Launch $4,500 + $850/mo Operate.

Year-one advantage with managed QM

$23,500

You keep about $23,500 in year one versus doing it yourself — and ship in ~5 days instead of a platform project.

DIY · Year 1
$42,440
$14,000 setup · $21,000 maint · $7,440 AWS
Managed · Year 1
$18,940
$3,000 launch · $8,500 operate · $7,440 AWS
Ongoing (Year 2+)
$900/mo
DIY $2,370/mo vs managed $1,470/mo (eng time + AWS + Operate)

Year 1 total cost

$42,440
DIY
$18,940
Managed
DIY path includes
80h initial deploy · 10h/mo ops · AWS infra · your on-call for upgrades and incidents
Managed path includes
$3,000 Launch · $850/mo Operate (first 60 days free) · monitoring, upgrades, rollback · AWS still on your bill

Ready for production QM in about five days?

Free 30-minute discovery call — fit check, AWS cost estimate, go-live date.

Estimates for startups evaluating QM (typically 10–50 people). AWS and model API spend bill to your accounts (BYOK — no token markup). Actuals vary with usage, region, and headcount. Pricing & architecture →