Infrastructure Calculator

Build vs Buy:
The True Cost of Your Data & AI Infrastructure

Build vs Buy:
The True Cost of Your Data & AI Infrastructure

Estimate the engineering effort required to build a modern data and compute platform internally and compare it to deploying Datatailr inside your cloud.

Estimate the engineering effort required to build a modern data and compute platform internally and compare it to deploying Datatailr inside your cloud.

Most teams underestimate the engineering effort required to build and maintain the infrastructure needed for scalable analytics, AI workloads, and production deployment.

Most teams underestimate the engineering effort required to build and maintain the infrastructure needed for scalable analytics, AI workloads, and production deployment.

Your Platform

Your Platform

Select the capabilities your platform requires

Select the capabilities your platform requires

Choose the infrastructure components you need. The estimated engineering effort will update automatically.

Choose the infrastructure components you need. The estimated engineering effort will update automatically.

The bottom line

The bottom line

Building this stack in-house doesn't just cost engineering time — it creates an ongoing maintenance burden that compounds every quarter. Most teams that attempt it spend 6–18 months building before shipping anything to production, then dedicate 1–2 engineers permanently just to keep the lights on. Datatailr eliminates that entirely — deployed inside your cloud, up and running in days.

Building this stack in-house doesn't just cost engineering time — it creates an ongoing maintenance burden that compounds every quarter. Most teams that attempt it spend 6–18 months building before shipping anything to production, then dedicate 1–2 engineers permanently just to keep the lights on. Datatailr eliminates that entirely — deployed inside your cloud, up and running in days.

Build: months of setup + ongoing headcount

Build: months of setup + ongoing headcount

vs

Datatailr: days to deploy, zero infra ops

Datatailr: days to deploy, zero infra ops

233%

ROI in year one
vs hiring in-house

233%

ROI in year one
vs hiring in-house

What You Get

What You Get

Platform capabilities, out of the box

Platform capabilities, out of the box

Datatailr provides these platform capabilities out of the box, deployed directly inside your cloud environment — so your team can skip the infrastructure and start shipping.

Datatailr provides these platform capabilities out of the box, deployed directly inside your cloud environment — so your team can skip the infrastructure and start shipping.

Data connectivity

Data connectivity

Data connectivity

Internal Build

Internal Build

Internal Build

With Datatailr

With Datatailr

With Datatailr

Data connectivity

Data connectivity

Build and maintain custom pipelines

Build and maintain custom pipelines

✓ Federated query engine

✓ Federated query engine

Compute scaling

Compute scaling

Build custom autoscaling infrastructure

Build custom autoscaling infrastructure

✓ Elastic compute orchestration

✓ Elastic compute orchestration

Workflow scheduling

Workflow scheduling

Implement orchestration frameworks

Implement orchestration frameworks

✓ Built-in container scheduler

✓ Built-in container scheduler

CI/CD pipelines

CI/CD pipelines

Build deployment automation

Build deployment automation

✓ Integrated deployment workflows

✓ Integrated deployment workflows

Environment management

Environment management

Configure environments manually

Configure environments manually

✓ Built-in workspace management

✓ Built-in workspace management

Observability

Observability

Build monitoring and logging stack

Build monitoring and logging stack

✓ Integrated logging and monitoring

✓ Integrated logging and monitoring

Governance

Governance

Implement RBAC and audit trails

Implement RBAC and audit trails

✓ Built-in role-based access control

✓ Built-in role-based access control

The Outcome

The Outcome

Focus on insights,
not infrastructure

Focus on insights,
not infrastructure

Focus on insights,
not infrastructure

Instead of spending months building internal platforms, teams can deploy Datatailr inside their cloud and immediately begin running analytics pipelines, AI workloads, and data applications.

Instead of spending months building internal platforms, teams can deploy Datatailr inside their cloud and immediately begin running analytics pipelines, AI workloads, and data applications.

Instead of spending months building internal platforms, teams can deploy Datatailr inside their cloud and immediately begin running analytics pipelines, AI workloads, and data applications.

No data migration required

No data migration required

Query your existing data sources in place — no lift and shift.

Query your existing data sources in place — no lift and shift.

Works with existing tools and workflows

Works with existing tools and workflows

Integrates with the tools your team already uses.

Integrates with the tools your team already uses.

Fully deployed inside your cloud

Your data never leaves your environment.