Cost to Maintain Route4Me
What Would It Cost to Run Route4Me at Your Company in the USA or Europe (Infrastructure Maintenance Expenses)?
Route4Me has invested over 2,000,000 man-hours to develop its platform, which is approximately 1,000 man-years, or about 100 people working full time for ten years. Thus, the annual total cost to build a route planning software like Route4Me is $6,293,754. At the same time, the average cost to subscribe to Route4Me as a SaaS (software-as-a-service) is around $500 per month or $6,000 per year.
Furthermore, after building an in-house route planning solution like Route4Me, it will also require continuous maintenance. Below you can find a table with average infrastructure and maintenance costs to run a proprietary route planning solution.
| Infrastructure Component | Count | Monthly IaaS Fee (Google / Amazon Average) | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Database Server (2N+2) | 4 | $5,000.00 | $20,000.00 | |
| Routing Cluster | 10 | $2,000.00 | $20,000.00 | |
| Application Server Cluster | 20 | $500.00 | $10,000.00 | |
| Static Mapping & Tiles Cluster | 10 | $1,000.00 | $10,000.00 | |
| Geocoding Cluster | 10 | $800.00 | $8,000.00 | |
| Web Server Cluster | 10 | $500.00 | $5,000.00 | |
| Licensing Fees from 3rd Party Mapping Providers | 1 | $5,000.00 | $5,000.00 | |
| SIEM Logging, IPS, IDS Clusters | 2 | $2,000.00 | $4,000.00 | |
| GPS Data Tracking and Storage Cluster (High IOPS) | 1 | $3,000.00 | $3,000.00 | |
| NAT Gateways | 8 | $100.00 | $800.00 | |
| Load Balancers (2N+2) | 4 | $200.00 | $800.00 | |
| Content Delivery Network (CDN) | 1 | $500.00 | $500.00 | |
| Network and Bandwidth Fees (5TB) | 5000 | $0.01 | $50.00 | |
| File Storage (Uploads, Backups, Archives) in TB | 2 | $23.00 | $46.00 | |
| Total Monthly: $47,196.00 ($566,352.00 Annually) | ||||
| NOTE: Does not include estimated several million dollars of upfront software development costs. | ||||
