Annualise your SaaS, then look at the number.
A few dozen euros here, a few hundred there: harmless until you multiply by twelve. And by five years.
Two payment models
Subscriptions renew. A scoped build ends with software you can depreciate and actually own.
Keep renting SaaS
- Recurring invoice, no finish line.
- Their features, their caps, their roadmap.
- Per-seat maths that gets worse as you grow.
Own the deliverable
- Project fee tied to written scope.
- Your workflows and your data posture.
- You choose the next investment, not a vendor price band.
Three real situations
Small team, many tabs
Three tools at roughly €300/month each is €10,800/year before you’ve bought anything else. Replacing two with one owned layer often clears ROI in year one if the scope is tight.
Sales hiring fast
CRM + chat + docs: every new rep is another licence conversation. Ownership breaks the per-seat treadmill if the build matches how you actually sell.
Ops glued together with SaaS
A dozen small subscriptions adds up to serious five-year cash. On a short call we line it up next to a build and show where noise drops and margin comes back.
Why there’s no price PDF
- Your stack isn’t a SKU: we scope after we understand it.
- Pricing lands after a focused conversation (often 15 minutes).
- WhatsApp your rough monthly software total; we’ll sanity-check before you book.
The spreadsheet lie
- Export every SaaS line: CRM, ticketing, HR, file sync, the lot.
- Annualise. That’s year one, before uplifts.
- Multiply by five. Most teams don’t show that number in meetings.
Flip to ownership
- Capital in, asset out, with a clear handover.
- Support retainer optional, not mandatory rent.
- Next spend is your decision, not a renewal clock.
Back-of-napkin math
- €500/month → €6k/year → €60k over ten years, hikes aside.
- A disciplined build in the mid five figures can still beat that timeline.
- We’ll pressure-test the assumption on your actual stack, not a blog example.