DevOps Backlog Cost Calculator
Estimate the annual cost of your DevOps backlog and potential savings with automation. Based on enterprise platform and FinOps experience.
Deployments, infra requests, troubleshooting, config changes
Time from request to resolution
Salary + benefits + overhead
% of backlog addressable by automation
Estimated backlog cost
Potential savings with automation
DevOps automation platforms can reduce manual ticket load by handling deployments, config changes, and troubleshooting with AI-driven execution.
How it works
- •Tickets per month: Deployments, infrastructure requests, troubleshooting, config changes, and other manual DevOps work.
- •Hours per ticket: Average time from request to resolution (includes context switching, waiting, and handoffs).
- •Cost per hour: Fully loaded cost (salary + benefits + overhead) for your DevOps/platform engineering team.
- •Automation potential: Percentage of backlog that could be automated with AI-driven DevOps platforms (e.g. deployments, config, troubleshooting).
What automation addresses
Deployments
Kubernetes, serverless, CI/CD pipeline execution
Infrastructure
Cloud services, VPCs, databases, load balancers
Troubleshooting
Incident response, log analysis, observability
Compliance
Security patching, access control, audit reporting
Cost optimization
Rightsizing, RI/SP recommendations, budget controls
Self-service
Developer provisioning, ephemeral environments
Discuss your DevOps challenges
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