Cost To Build Route4Me – Thinking About Cloning Route4Me And Running It In-House?
What would it cost to build a business route optimizer like Route4Me at your company in the USA or Europe (Personnel & Staff Expenses)? Additionally, learn more about the Route4Me route planning software infrastructure hosting and maintenance expenses.
The annual total cost to build the Route4Me Route Planner as an in-house proprietary system is $6,293,754. In contrast, the cost to subscribe to Route4Me as a SaaS (software-as-a-service) averages about $500 per month, or about $6,000 per year.
It will take 3-5 years to get anything comparable to a production-grade system such as Route4Me. Averaging a minimum annual cost to build a mini-Route4Me business route planner software as an in-house proprietary system will cost at least $20M with a 3-year wait time. In contrast, the cost to subscribe to Route4Me as a SaaS (software-as-a-service) averages about $500 per month, or about $6,000 per year.
The table below provides the average monthly and annual personnel and staff expenses required for developing Route4Me at your company in the USA or Europe (without the cost of finding, hiring, and training new personnel and staff).
| Role/Position | Count | Annual Hours | Domestic Salary | 15% Markup | 10% Bonus | Fully Loaded Annualized Cost (1) | Fully Loaded Cost for All | Total Annual Hours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Technology Officer or VP Engineering | 1 | 2,000 | $250,000 | $37,500 | $25,000 | $312,500 | $312,500 | 2,000 | |
| Chief Algorithm Scientist | 1 | 2,000 | $200,000 | $30,000 | $20,000 | $250,000 | $250,000 | 2,000 | |
| Sr. Algorithm Developer | 1 | 2,000 | $175,000 | $26,250 | $17,500 | $218,750 | $218,750 | 2,000 | |
| QA Manager or Director | 1 | 2,000 | $125,000 | $18,750 | $12,500 | $156,250 | $156,250 | 2,000 | |
| QA Tester | 4 | 2,000 | $75,000 | $11,250 | $7,500 | $93,750 | $375,000 | 8,000 | |
| QA Auto testing | 2 | 2,000 | $110,000 | $16,500 | $11,000 | $137,500 | $275,000 | 4,000 | |
| Sr. Programmer – Front End | 2 | 2,000 | $100,000 | $15,000 | $10,000 | $125,000 | $250,000 | 4,000 | |
| Sr. Programmer – Backend | 6 | 2,000 | $150,000 | $22,500 | $15,000 | $187,500 | $1,125,000 | 12,000 | |
| Sr. Programmer – API | 2 | 2,000 | $150,000 | $22,500 | $15,000 | $187,500 | $375,000 | 4,000 | |
| Database Architect / Enterprise Architect | 1 | 2,000 | $175,000 | $26,250 | $17,500 | $218,750 | $218,750 | 2,000 | |
| Technical Writer – Customer Documentation | 1 | 2,000 | $65,000 | $9,750 | $6,500 | $81,250 | $81,250 | 2,000 | |
| Technical Writer – Internal Documentation | 1 | 2,000 | $65,000 | $9,750 | $6,500 | $81,250 | $81,250 | 2,000 | |
| Sr. UX and UI Designer | 2 | 2,000 | $110,000 | $16,500 | $11,000 | $137,500 | $275,000 | 4,000 | |
| DevOps Engineer (Backups, Infra, HA, DR, etc.) | 3 | 2,000 | $120,000 | $18,000 | $12,000 | $150,000 | $450,000 | 6,000 | |
| SecOps Engineer or CISO | 1 | 2,000 | $180,000 | $27,000 | $18,000 | $225,000 | $225,000 | 2,000 | |
| Sr. Product Manager | 2 | 2,000 | $125,000 | $18,750 | $12,500 | $156,250 | $312,500 | 4,000 | |
| Sr. Project Manager / Scrum Master | 2 | 2,000 | $125,000 | $18,750 | $12,500 | $156,250 | $312,500 | 4,000 | |
| Data Analyst / Data Scientist / BI | 2 | 2,000 | $150,000 | $22,500 | $15,000 | $187,500 | $375,000 | 4,000 | |
| Mobile Programmer (iOS/Android/Both) | 4 | 2,000 | $125,000 | $18,750 | $12,500 | $156,250 | $625,000 | 8,000 | |
| Total: | |||||||||
| Annual Costs Without Stock Grants | - | - | - | - | - | - | $6,293,754 | 78,000 | |
| Average Hourly Rate | - | - | - | - | - | - | $80.69 | - | |
