What does your DXP really cost to own?
Enter your own figures: the annual platform licence, the one-time implementation, your developer or agency retainer, hosting and CDN, add-ons, the internal hours your team spends on the platform each month and their loaded hourly cost, and the years you expect to keep the platform. The calculator returns the total cost of ownership per year and per month, a three-year total and the share of each line. It has no vendor prices built in.
The starting values are example inputs, not vendor prices. Replace them with your own quotes and invoices.
The implementation cost is spread over these years.
Your DXP costs about $462K a year to own
$38K a month and $1.5M over three years with implementation counted in full. Platform licence is the largest share at 32%.
Figures stay in your browser unless you ask us to send the full plan.
How it works
Running costs
Licence, retainer, hosting and CDN, and add-ons, each as an annual amount from your quote or invoices.
Implementation
The one-time cost spread over the years you expect to keep the platform, so annual costs compare fairly with an alternative.
Internal time
Hours per month on the platform times 12 times the loaded hourly cost. Authors, admins and product owners all count.
Totals
Annual cost, cost per month, and a three-year total that counts implementation in full for budgeting.
Questions about this tool
What is included in DXP total cost of ownership?
The licence, implementation, the developers or agency who maintain and extend the site, hosting and CDN including non-production environments, paid add-ons and modules, and the time your own people spend on the platform. The next re-platforming is a cost too, which is why the calculator asks how long you expect to keep it.
How much do Sitecore and Adobe Experience Manager cost?
Vendors such as Sitecore and Adobe do not publish list prices. Pricing is quoted per contract and depends on the modules, usage, environments and term you negotiate, so use your own quote. The calculator has no vendor prices built in.
Why count internal staff hours?
Because time spent publishing, fixing and working around the platform is a real cost that does not appear on any invoice. Leaving it out makes a heavy platform look cheaper than it is when you compare it with a lighter stack.
Should implementation be spread over the years?
For comparing annual cost with an alternative, yes: spread it over the years you expect to keep the platform. For budgeting, count it in full when it is paid, which is what the three-year total does.
Turn your numbers into a plan
Two free guides that pick up where this tool stops. Each opens on the page, and we email you the PDF. See all guides and checklists
