Total Cost of Ownership Calculator
What is your multi-vendor VAS stack truly costing you?
How to use
this calculator
Enter your annual costs across both sections. Direct costs cover what appears on invoices; indirect costs capture the operational burden that does not. All fields are optional – leave any blank to treat it as zero. Results update instantly as you type.
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Enter Your Annual Cost Inputs
Values should reflect annual figures. Currency is automatically set based on your region.
Part A - Direct Costs
Costs that appear explicitly on invoices and contracts
Sum of all annual fees paid to each VAS vendor
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All separate support contracts and SLAs
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On-premise hardware, VMs, or cloud hosting costs
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Total Direct Costs (A)
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Part B - Indirect & Hidden Costs
Operational costs that rarely appear on a single invoice
Time spent on contract renewals, reviews, invoicing, relationship management
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Technical staff time maintaining connections between disparate systems
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Revenue lost due to slower multi-vendor fault resolution
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Revenue lost from delayed or cancelled service launches
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Total Indirect Costs (B)
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Results
Your Total Cost of Ownership
Annual TCO Summary
Multi-Vendor VAS Stack
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South African Rand (ZAR)
Total Direct (A)
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—% of TCO
Total Indirect (B)
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—% of TCO
Total Annual TCO
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A + B combined
Analysis
Detailed Breakdown
| Cost Item | Description | Annual Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Part A - Direct Annual Costs | ||
| License & Subscription Fees Field A1 |
Sum of all annual fees paid to each VAS vendor |
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| Support & Maintenance Contracts Field A2 |
All separate support contracts and SLAs |
R 0 |
| Infrastructure & Hosting Field A3 |
On-premise hardware, VMs, or cloud hosting costs |
R 0 |
| Total Direct Costs | R 0 | |
| Part B - Indirect & Hidden Annual Costs | ||
| Vendor Management Overhead Field B1 |
Time on contract renewals, reviews, invoicing, relationship management |
R 0 |
| Integration & Interoperability Field B2 |
Technical staff maintaining connections between disparate systems |
R 0 |
| Extended Outage & Downtime Field B3 |
Revenue lost due to slower multi-vendor fault resolution |
R 0 |
| Opportunity Cost — Slow Deployment Field B4 |
Revenue lost from delayed or cancelled service launches |
R 0 |
| Total Indirect Costs | R 0 | |
| Total Annual TCO (A + B) | R 0 | |
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