How Much It Costs to Develop and Launch Route4Me’s Software
What Would It Cost to Build Route4Me at Your Company in the USA or Europe (Personnel & Staff Expenses)?
The annual total cost to build and manage 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 clone 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).
Additionally, learn more about the Route4Me route planning software infrastructure maintenance expenses.
| 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 | - | |
