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Tool · Hidden cost calculator Your tools cost more
than their subscriptions.

This calculator estimates what your recruitment tools really cost you each year. It is the sum nobody does: the licences, but also the friction between tools, the time spent choosing them and the migrations. Set the sliders to match your firm.

5
130

Your current tools

Tick what you pay for today. Indicative prices, per user per month.

5 h

Switching between tools, double entry, hunting for information. Per person, per week.

€80

Fully loaded hourly cost of an agency consultant.

€12,000

Average margin on a typical placement at your firm.

The assumptions

The maths is on the table.
So are the assumptions.

  1. Licences for every ticked tool, for the whole team, over twelve months.

    Price × users × 12ATS €80, CRM €50, LinkedIn Recruiter €150, Outreach €70, AI notes €30, Multiposting €40, and Invoicing €30.

  2. The hours lost between tools, over 47 working weeks.

    Team × hours × 47 × rateAt 5 h a week and €80 an hour, that is €94,000 a year for 5 people.

  3. Founder time spent choosing, comparing and renewing tools.

    €12,000 per yearFlat rate, whatever the size of the team.

  4. Tool changes, spread over the year.

    €8,000 per yearFlat rate: one tool replaced every eighteen months on average.

  5. The total, converted into the only unit that matters at a recruitment firm.

    Total ÷ margin per placementRounded to the nearest placement.
The example, worked out5 people · 5 tools ticked
  1. Licences5 × €390 × 12 months€23,400
    • ATS €80
    • CRM €50
    • LinkedIn Recruiter €150
    • Outreach €70
    • Multiposting €40
  2. Friction between tools5 × 5 h × 47 weeks × €80€94,000
  3. Procurementflat yearly rate€12,000
  4. Migrationsflat yearly rate€8,000

Total per year€137,400

÷ €12,000 of marginrounded to the placement11 placements

One dot = one placement at €12,000 of gross margin.
The values the tool opens with, not a measurement of your firm. Move a slider: the maths follows the same formulas.

Marvin's price is in the calculation.
It's public.

The calculator compares your stack with Marvin Suite, the plan with every app: €189 per user per month excl. VAT billed annually, €239 billed monthly. Pro starts at €129. 12-month commitment.

Every line in detail, with a five-person firm as the example, is on the page about the hidden cost of your stack.

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