Self-Host Savings · 2026 Edition I  ·  consultance.ai

The
Self-Host
Savings.

What your team stops paying Jira, Linear, Monday and ClickUp the day you move project management onto a server you own. In 60 seconds.

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Your team & current tool

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people
$ / seat / mo
$ / seat / mo
$ / mo · e.g. a VPS
hrs · year 1 only
$ / hr
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Your savings ledger

live
Annual savings · ongoing
$0
Current SaaS cost minus self-host server cost, every year
0% cheaper
Current annual SaaS cost
$0
What you pay today
seats × price × 12
Self-host cost · year 1
$0
Server for 12 months + setup
server × 12 + setup
Savings · year 1
$0
Includes one-time setup
SaaS − (server×12 + setup)
3-year cumulative savings
$0
Year 1 + year 2 + year 3
y1 + 2 × ongoing
Server pays for itself in
0
Days of SaaS spend = one year of server
server/yr ÷ SaaS/day
Annual cost · ongoing (year 2 onward)
Current SaaS tool $0
per year, billed per seat
Self-hosted (Plane on your server) $0
per year, flat — seats don't change it
You keep: $0 / yr 0% cheaper Server paid off in 0 days
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The read

Calculating…

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The math, plainly

no black box
Current annual SaaS cost = seats × price/seat/mo × 12
Self-host annual cost (yr 1) = server/mo × 12 + (setup hrs × hourly rate)
Self-host annual cost (ongoing) = server/mo × 12
Savings (year 1) = SaaS cost − self-host yr 1
Savings (ongoing) = SaaS cost − server/mo × 12
3-year cumulative = savings yr 1 + 2 × savings ongoing
Savings % = savings ongoing ÷ SaaS cost × 100
Server pays for itself = (server/mo × 12) ÷ (SaaS cost ÷ 365) days
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Fine print

Prices are public list prices as of 2026 (Jira Standard $7.91, Jira Premium $14.54, Linear $8, Monday $12, ClickUp $10 — per seat, per month, billed annually). Verify against the vendor for your plan, region, and seat count — published prices change and volume discounts vary. Plane is open-source and self-hostable; your real cost is the server it runs on plus the time to stand it up and maintain it. This is an estimate to size the decision, not financial or technical advice.