| FEATURE | DO IT YOURSELF (in house) | EXTERNAL CONSULTANT / CONSULTING FIRM |
BINBASH LEVERAGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| STARTING POINT | From scratch | From scratch |
✅ Leverage 5+ years and 140+ Open Source repos of production ready code |
| INCENTIVES | Minimize investment of time | Maximize billable hours |
✅ Maximize utility w/ reusable components (IaC library) + Cross project reference architecture under best practices |
| SCOPE OF WORK | Varies depending on team knowledge and time available |
Varies depending on consultant knowledge and budget available |
✅ End-to-end, modular architecture that fulfills a production-ready solution roadmap fully based on the AWS Well-Architected Framework |
| TIME TO LAUNCH & PROD GO LIVE! | 3 – 12 months (highly variable) | 3 – 12 months (highly variable) |
✅ 1 – 3 months (highly predictable depending on your project complexity needs) |
| MONTHLY COST | $14,000 – $32,000 per month (2 Sr DevOps Engineers / SRE / Cloud Architects, $80k–$150k /year) |
$32,000 – $64,000 per month (2 Sr DevOps, SRE or Cloud Consultants, $100–$200 /hour) |
✅ $0 – $10,800 per month (Leverage Support team, $80 – 90 / hour) - Subscription Plans - Rates and Billing |
| DOCS & TESTS | ❌ None | ❌️ None |
✅ Complete documentation and automated tests Better code quality and modules library maturity (proven and tested). |
| AUTOMATED DEPLOYMENT | ❌ None | ❌ None | ✅ Leverage CLI (Command Line Interface) |
| SECURITY & BEST PRACTICES | Varies depending on team knowledge and time available |
Varies depending on consultant
knowledge and budget available |
✅ Security by design based on: - AWS Security Reference Architecture - AWS Well-Architected Framework |
| CONFIGURABLE BEHAVIOUR | ❌ None | ❌ None | Composable, extensible & customizable (Provides reasonable defaults, but it’s very configurable in case you need more control) |
| INFRA AS CODE (IAC) & VERSIONING | Varies depending on team knowledge and time available |
Varies depending on consultant knowledge and budget available |
100% Infra as Code (IaC) versioned approach |
| SUPPORT & MAINTENANCE | ❌ None | ❌️ None (or paying even more money) |
✅ On-going maintenance, continuous updates and improvements, version upgrades and security patches |