Diagnostic Calculator
What's Your AI & R&D Waste?
The average engineering team wastes 40-65% of capacity on maintenance, rework, and ungoverned API token bloat.
Diagnostic Parameters
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$15,000
$1K/mo$100K/mo$200K/mo
25 Engineers
5 engs100 engs250 engs
Estimated Capital WastePDI Index: 56/100
Estimated Monthly Leakage
$110,700 / mo
Annual Margin Loss
$1,328,400
Recoverable Capacity
38%
Diagnosis Summary:Based on an engineering team of 25 and $15,000/mo spend with none governance, your organization is losing approximately $1,328,400 annually in dead token retries, unmonitored prompt bloat, and context maintenance.
Benchmark Scenarios Across Organizational Stages
Series B SaaS Company
Engineers40
Avg Salary$185,000
Total R&D Spend$7.4M
Innovation Tax (before)55%
Innovation Tax (after)35%
Annual Savings$1.5M
ROI on Audit1973%
Growth Stage Startup
Engineers25
Avg Salary$165,000
Total R&D Spend$4.1M
Innovation Tax (before)60%
Innovation Tax (after)38%
Annual Savings$0.9M
ROI on Audit1210%
Enterprise Division
Engineers100
Avg Salary$200,000
Total R&D Spend$20.0M
Innovation Tax (before)65%
Innovation Tax (after)40%
Annual Savings$5.0M
ROI on Audit6667%
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