Cost modeling · Free tool
Cost is an outcome. This is how we model it.
Two models: what unused seat licenses cost over a year, and what the same workload costs on different routes at published list pricing. Both are inputs to an architecture conversation — not a savings promise.
[01] Three separate models
License utilization.
Recurring exposure only.
One recurring model: what unused seat licenses cost over a year, with the utilization basis and adoption ramp you choose.
Modeled estimate — not a guaranteed Hardpoint saving.
Source: vendor published list pricing · snapshot August 2026
A single inactive week is not a year of waste. Pick the basis your admin reports actually support.
Low and high cases apply ±25% to the base unused rate to reflect measurement error in admin utilization reports. The high case is capped at exposed spend × unused rate.
Fills the intake form with the figures above. Triage call is free.
Calculation assumptions
Every figure above comes from the inputs below. Change any of them in your own model and the answer moves with it.
Enterprise agreements, bundles, volume tiers and regional pricing are not modeled and will move these figures.
Pricing methodology
- Annual license spend = seats × monthly list price × 12.
- Exposed spend = annual license spend minus reserved or contractually required seats.
- Estimated unused rate = 1 − active rate on the utilization basis you selected.
- Annual license exposure = exposed spend × unused rate × (1 − adoption-ramp allowance).
- Route economics and implementation cost are modeled separately and are never added to this figure.
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Modeled estimate — not a guaranteed Hardpoint saving. Seat prices are publicly published list rates as reviewed in August 2026 and change without notice. Enterprise agreements, volume tiers, bundles and regional pricing will differ.
Read this first
What these numbers are and are not.
Method
Seat figures multiply the seats you report as unused by published list price over twelve months. Route comparisons use published per-model input and output token pricing against the workload volume you enter. Nothing here inspects your systems.
Limits
Real outcomes depend on utilization data, contract terms, workload mix, quality requirements, migration effort and operating burden. Treat every figure as a modeled estimate with the assumptions shown, not a forecast or a commitment.
[01] Engagement intake
Tell us what you’re building. We’ll tell you what it takes.
No sales team, no discovery deck. Your inquiry goes directly to the principal who would lead the work. Replies typically arrive within one business day.
Knowledge, providers, workloads, constraints.
A 30-minute technical read of what you have.
Fixed-fee assessment with a dated 30/60/90.
Bring the model to a real conversation.
Send the numbers you generated and we will tell you which of them are worth acting on.