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FinOps Business Case Model Builder

Interactive tool that converts raw costs into hard savings, soft savings, and unit-economics impact.

Configuration

Cloud Infrastructure
$1,000,000
30%
10% 50%
15%
0% 50%
FinOps Team
$165,000
$0 $250k
Set to $0 for part-time or contractor allocations
$135,000
$0 $200k
Set to $0 for part-time or contractor allocations
$110,000
$0 $160k
Set to $0 for part-time or contractor allocations
Financial Parameters
1.5%
0.5% 5%
10%
5% 20%
Unit Economics
Path A
Annual Volume
Path B
Current Unit Cost
100,000
100%
10% 100%

Live Results

Excellent ROI
8.2
Payback Period (months)
$542K
Net Present Value
2.4x
Savings-to-Investment Ratio
$425K
Annual Program Cost
Hard Savings Range (Year 1)
Conservative (20%)
$200K
Expected (30%)
$300K
Optimistic (40%)
$400K
Cloud Cost Per Unit Analysis
$10.00
Current Cloud Cost/Unit
$7.00
Projected Cloud Cost/Unit
$3.00
Absolute Savings/Unit
30%
% Improvement

Understanding Your Results

Payback Period

Time required for cumulative savings to equal the initial program investment.

Payback = Annual Program Cost ÷ Annual Savings × 12

Payback periods under 12 months indicate excellent ROI potential.

Net Present Value (NPV)

Present value of future cash flows minus initial investment, accounting for the time value of money.

NPV = Σ(Cash Flow ÷ (1 + Discount Rate)^Year) - Initial Investment

Positive NPV indicates the program creates value for your organization.

Waste Percentage

Estimated portion of cloud spend that can be optimized through FinOps practices.

  • 25%: Conservative estimate for mature organizations
  • 30%: Industry average across most organizations
  • 35%: Common for organizations new to cloud optimization

Team Configuration

Salary sliders can be set to $0 for part-time allocations or when roles are covered by existing staff.

  • Lead: Strategic oversight and stakeholder management
  • Engineer: Technical implementation and automation
  • Analyst: Data analysis and reporting

Unit Economics

Choose the path that best fits your business model:

  • Path A: Use when you know transaction volume (customers, API calls, etc.)
  • Path B: Use when you know current cost per unit/customer

Cloud share percentage allows modeling scenarios where cloud is only part of total unit cost.

Tooling Costs

Percentage of managed cloud spend allocated to FinOps tools and platforms.

  • 1.0-1.5%: Basic cost management tools
  • 2.0-3.0%: Comprehensive FinOps platforms
  • 3.0%+: Enterprise solutions with advanced features