Build vs Buy
App portfolio
First year$0Ladder editor

Pick the apps. See what they cost.

Five categories, 15 capabilities. Toggle on the ones you would actually ship. Each app bundles a set of atomic steps from the nine-ladder capability model; numbers are summed across the bundle. Shared work is paid for once in the grand total.

Scenario

Tune the customer profile.

Team size and release cadence drive maintenance costs and the Spekit license comparison. Shared with the ladder editor.

Maintenance multiplier
1.31×
+0.12 team · +0.19 releases
Customer profile
AEs, AMs, CSMs, SEs, RevOps
Product lines the team sells
24 total releases per year
$
Fully-loaded cost per FTE per year
Effect on the model: 24 releases/year · 1.31× maintenance · Spekit $162k/yr.
Category 01 / 05

Knowledge & Governance

4 capabilities to pick from.

Currently selected
0of 4
Nothing selected in this category.
Capabilities
Category 02 / 05

Buyer Experience

3 capabilities to pick from.

Currently selected
0of 3
Nothing selected in this category.
Capabilities
Category 03 / 05

Sales Coaching

3 capabilities to pick from.

Currently selected
0of 3
Nothing selected in this category.
Capabilities
Category 04 / 05

Learning & Onboarding

2 capabilities to pick from.

Currently selected
0of 2
Nothing selected in this category.
Capabilities
Category 05 / 05

Workflow & Infrastructure

3 capabilities to pick from.

Currently selected
0of 3
Nothing selected in this category.
Capabilities
Totals
First year all-in
$0
Build ($0) plus year-one ongoing ($0).
Build effort
0weeks
0 FTE-years at 50 weeks per FTE.
Ongoing, from year 2
$0/year
0 FTE on staff (includes 1.31× scenario multiplier).
Roles you’d staff× 1.31 scenario multiplier

Nothing selected yet.

Build vs buy
Build itBuy Spekit
First year all-in$0$202k
Annual ongoing$0 / yr$162k / yr
Internal staff0 FTE0.25 FTE
Spekit pricing at 150 users: $118k software, $40k one-time implementation, $44k internal content ops (0.25 FTE).
Selected apps (0) · 0 unique atomic steps

Toggle on apps above to add them to the build.

Each app is a bundle of atomic steps from the 9-ladder model. Selecting all 15 apps yields the same total as picking max levels on all 9 ladders. Per-app numbers show the app’s bundle in isolation; the grand total deduplicates shared steps. Mapping lives in src/lib/portfolio-mapping.ts.