ROI calculator
From commodity MSP to solutions practice
Commodity managed services win on price and lose to the next lower bid, so margins shrink at every renewal. MSPs that build customer-specific solutions, designed with AI and run on a standard platform, charge more for them, turn many into recurring managed services, and are much harder to replace. This calculator compares the two paths over three years.
Commodity IT competes on price, and AI is pushing that price down.
The inputs start at the worked example. Replace each one with your own figure and the results update as you type.
These are estimates from the inputs above, calculated in your browser. Nothing you enter is saved or sent. The results do not subtract the cost of Kinetic; we cover pricing in a working session.
Other costs worth sizing
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Scaling operations without adding headcount
Size the hiring you avoid when workflows absorb onboarding, transfers and exits.
At the default inputs $771,429 a year in hiring avoided
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Manual work and error recovery
Count the hours spent moving requests between teams and recovering from errors.
At the default inputs 51,240 staff hours a year freed
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Platform utilization
Estimate how much platform spend sits idle while the team customizes the basics.
At the default inputs $2.8M a year of platform spend put to use
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