Self-hosting saves about $4,380 a year for 20 seats: SaaS $6,000 vs self-host $1,620 (server $144, backups $36, admin time $1,440). Break-even at about 6 seats at these numbers.
Admin hours start from our guess for difficulty unrated and are yours to edit. Salesforce price: $25 per user per month (Starter Suite plan, billed annually). Sales Cloud Starter Suite $25/user/mo; Pro Suite $100; Enterprise $175; Unlimited $350. Corroborated; the vendor editions page lists no prices. Source: vendor pricing page, checked 2026-11-10.
