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Buy vs. Build Sales Compensation Calculator

Every hour your analyst spends on the commission tool is an hour they aren't spending on the business.

Compare the total cost over your horizon of building an internal commission tool with an AI coding assistant vs. buying EasyComp. The build side includes coding, maintenance, and the manual admin work that stays with your team for any feature you don't build.

Your inputs

Number of reps

Number of comp plans

Connected systems (CRM, HRIS, payroll, billing) Only used when Integrations is selected below.

Comparison horizon

Features to build

Advanced assumptions

Analyst hourly rate (fully loaded) Default: $75/h (≈ $150K/yr ÷ 2,000 h).

Hours per FTE-year Used to convert analyst hours into FTE equivalents.

EasyComp price per rep, per month

EasyComp setup fee per plan (one-time)

Build contingency (scope creep, rework) Percentage added to build hours.

Rep-count scale factor on maintenance Maintenance hours scale with rep count.

Comparison

3-year total cost

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EasyComp total

over 3 years

Build total

over 3 years

Difference

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Analyst hours

over horizon

Cumulative cost over time EasyComp Build

Cost breakdown

Category	EasyComp	Build

Per-feature breakdown

Feature	Status	Build hrs	Maint / yr	Manual / yr	$ / yr

What the dollars don't show

The math above only compares hours and infrastructure. These four risks stay with the build option no matter what the total ends up being.

Key-person riskThe tool lives in one analyst's head; when they leave, so does the know-how.
Controls & auditApprovals, locked periods and an audit trail have to be built, then defended to finance.
Errors hit paychecksA formula slip becomes an over- or underpayment and a trust problem.
Time to valueEvery month spent building is another close run on spreadsheets.

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All calculations use the assumptions listed in the Advanced assumptions panel. Manual admin work counts only the work that would remain if a feature is NOT built into your internal tool. Admin work that stays with any solution (plan design, quota setting, approvals) is excluded from both sides.