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Innovation Tax Calculator
Calculate how much of your engineering budget is being spent on maintaining legacy systems instead of driving innovation.
Team & Budget
Hidden Friction
Engineers leaving due to legacy tech frustration
Days until a new hire is fully productive
Maintenance Breakdown (%)
30%Fixing old code
15%Manual deployments/patches
15%Bypassing legacy limits
Total Maintenance Load:60%
Your Innovation Tax
Low Risk Level
$0
Total Annual Innovation Tax
This includes direct maintenance costs plus hidden friction from churn and onboarding delays caused by legacy technical debt.
$0
Maintenance
$0
Churn Risk
$0
Onboarding Tax
0%
Direct Tax Rate
Potential Reclaimed Innovation
By modernizing your stack and reclaiming 50% of this tax, you could redirect $0 toward new feature development and growth.
0%25%50%75%100%
Your Innovation Tax: 0%
Industry Benchmarks
20-30%
Top Performers
40-60%
Industry Average
80%+
High Risk Zone
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