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Someone should build a webpage that does this: 1. Enter salary of engineer. 2. Enter cost per engineer of product (subscription, one time, etc.). 3. Enter re
by davidajackson 7y ago
Someone should build a webpage that does this:
1. Enter salary of engineer.
2. Enter cost per engineer of product (subscription, one time, etc.).
3. Enter required minutes to make worth your time (setup per employee can be factored in).
This may already exist, but if it doesn't it could be a useful tool for Saas companies. Something you could drop into emails to potential customers ("see how much you would save").
Would pay for this monthly if it works.
- nkingsy 7y agoCan the tool be used on itself?
- NortySpock 7y agoSo, a spreadsheet?
- iandanforth 7y agoYeah but built with React and deployed on a Gcloud kubernetes cluster.
- giarc 7y agoShould just be able to do that in your head.
- davidajackson 7y agoIt's not for you, it's for execs on the fence. Visually seeing potential savings would probably drive higher conversions, just a guess.
- giarc 7y agoI don't think the problem is people at the executive level. It's that all kinds of teams across the org are paying for Saas products and it adds up over time. The other problem is that 15 teams might be paying for small group Slack (insert Saas here) licenses when they should be on a single corporate plan. Ironically I believe there is a startup that looks at accounting and located duplicate licenses.
- legulere 7y agoSo something like this: https://xkcd.com/1205/ https://xkcd.com/1205/ ?
- iandanforth 7y agoNow I'm wondering if I can automate my VPN login. Apparently I can spend 3-4 days on the automation and come out ahead!
- cercatrova 7y agoI've seen an app called Kanban Mail whose pricing page has such a simple calculator, although for individuals rather than companies, https://kanbanmail.app/pricing https://kanbanmail.app/pricing
- digsy 7y agoI have a spreadsheet at work that does this for manual tasks. It calculates minutes to perform the task X # employees X yearly frequency of task. Once I've plugged in the values, I go back and ask if we really want to spend 30 hours a year updating intranet employee profiles or if we should use that time to fix some bugs or code a new feature. Its quite effective to pushing back on unneeded tasks.
- osel 7y agoSeeing as you asked, here is my attempt from an afternoon's work: https://isitworththecost.com/ https://isitworththecost.com/
- dugmartin 7y agoVery nice job.