Build vs Buy AI Data Pipeline Calculator
Calculate the true cost of building your own AI data pipeline vs using Encord. Configure your team parameters and project requirements below.
Team Assumptions
Configure your engineering team requirements
Including salary, benefits, and overhead
$
150
3 months24 months
Bug fixes, security updates, operational costs
15%30%
Ongoing feature development, enhancements, and platform evolution
10%40%
Do you usually deliver projects on time and budget?
Project Scope
Define what features and capabilities you need to build
Total number of data samples you expect to process
1K1.0B
Hardware, cloud setup, CI/CD, monitoring, etc.
$
Choose annotation services level (affects operational costs)
Build Cost Analysis
Total Cost of Ownership (3-Year)
$1,402,400
Cost breakdown
Total Initial Costs$655,400
Initial Build
Engineering Time
Complexity (3 features)
$430,400
Infrastructure Setup
CI/CD, monitoring, databases
$100,000
Recruiting & Training
Team onboarding, training costs
$50,000
Security & Compliance
SOC2
$75,000
Annual Operating Costs$249,000
Traditional Maintenance
$108,000Bug fixes, security, operations
Continued Build Cost
$81,000Ongoing features, enhancements
Hosting & Storage$60,000
Annotation Services$0
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Project Summary
Team Size2 Engineers
Features Selected3
Data Types2
Data Volume1.0M samples
Annotation Servicesnone