Technology business cases that make the assumptions clear. Compare the full cost of change with benefits you can actually check.
Explore the possibilities ↓Our free calculator compares Shopify with WooCommerce and custom stores. Include setup, support and payment fees, then discuss your business’s actual scope with us.
Try the Shopify to WooCommerce migration calculator ↗01You are being asked to invest without a clear starting point.
02Time saved is being treated as money saved.
03Nobody is tracking whether a change helped.
Examples to explore together. The right approach depends on your people, systems and information.
A proposal lists features but does not explain the value.
Connect the investment to a defined job, a starting measure and a plausible benefit.
Make the costs, assumptions and decision criteria visible.
Custom software and existing products are hard to compare.
Compare fit, integration, support, flexibility and total cost over a stated period.
Include the cost of leaving or changing the solution later.
A demonstration looks good, but its everyday benefit is unclear.
Count review effort, errors, usage and running costs alongside any time saved.
Use real trial evidence before projecting benefits across the business.
The project is finished, but nobody knows whether it helped.
Agree a small set of useful measures, a review schedule and a named owner.
Compare results with the starting point and explain other changes that may have affected them.
We look at today’s costs and results. We include the cost of building and running the new approach. Training counts too. Then we agree what to measure and check the results over time.
A forecast is not a result. We compare what actually happened with the starting point.
A clear path from the first question to something your team can use.
Our Double Diamond method ↗Understand current effort, cost, errors and demand before forecasting a benefit.
You get: A clear view of current costsInclude the build, licences, integration, training, support and time needed to change.
You get: A simple cost-and-benefit modelTest different assumptions and separate time freed up from cash saved.
You get: A record of the assumptionsAssign an owner to measure use, costs and outcomes after implementation.
You get: A plan to measure the resultShipped product · Grocery retail example
For a single-operator grocery shop, Brulee combined local hosting with a review of transaction and subscription fees. Explore the reported savings and the assumptions behind the return calculation.
$5,000+ reported annual transaction and subscription fee savings for one grocery retailer.
Explore Brulee ↗Include the cost to buy or build, connect systems, move information, train people and run the service. Ongoing support and time spent changing the way people work also count.
No. Time saved may free people to do other useful work without reducing costs. We separate these benefits and make the assumptions clear.
No. A forecast depends on assumptions about cost, use and performance. We make those assumptions visible and agree how to check the actual result after the change.
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