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slopinthebagtoday at 3:30 AM1 replyview on HN

What about when there is a $100/month tool that makes your engineer 90% as productive as they were on the $1000/mo tool?

What if that tool is something you can run on prem, and over time make the investment back?

It's not so simple.


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killingtime74today at 6:31 AM

If your company is making $1 mil per employee per year, then 10% is 100k. Even at 500k employee or lesseer numbers it's almost always better to buy the $1000/month tool (break even is a measly $108k revenue per employee per year)