Transparent Pricing in Enterprise Software
Most software vendors hide pricing behind discovery calls. OwnStack presents investment figures upfront — roughly 65% of single-year spend, paid once. Here is the financial logic.
In the software consulting and enterprise development market, transparent pricing remains a rare exception. Traditional vendors hide cost estimates behind multi-week discovery processes and sales presentations, requiring non-disclosure agreements before sharing budget parameters.
At OwnStack, we adhere to a transparent B2B standard: decision-makers should have immediate visibility into estimated budgets and financial payback models.
Transparent Investment Calculation
Here is our core investment model prior to any consultation:
An OwnStack custom build requires a one-off investment of approximately 65% of your company's combined annual spend on current SaaS subscriptions and associated manual labor.
Evaluating objectively — 65% of a single year's operational and subscription spend represents a meaningful budget commitment. For instance, if a company incurs €30,000 annually across software subscriptions and manual data entry, the custom software build investment will total approximately €20,000.
Decision-makers are entitled to verify every underlying assumption and financial projection.
Why Ownership Outperforms Subscription Cycles
- Subscription Inflation: SaaS vendors increase pricing by an average of 8.7% annually. A €30,000 annual spend compounds significantly over a 5-year timeframe without providing additional features.
- Fixed Ownership Cost: Custom software is built once. In year five, your company incurs only a predictable ~12.5% annual support fee for security patches and dependency updates.
- Hidden Operational Overhead: Manual data transfers between disconnected platforms (CSV exports, re-entry) average 15–30 hours weekly per department. At €22/hour fully loaded, this creates an additional €17,000–€35,000 in unbudgeted labor costs.
Intellectual Property & Data Control
Upon project completion, full ownership is transferred to your organization:
- Source Code: 100% intellectual property ownership with zero licensing restrictions.
- Data Sovereignty: All databases hosted in your private EU cloud environment.
- Direct Infrastructure: Cloud hosting accounts are owned directly by your company with zero vendor markup.
Providing clear financial models upfront allows executives to evaluate software ownership efficiently and accurately.
OwnStack — Pay once. Own forever.