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Estimated Annual Waste
$1,440
Monthly Burn Rate$120
5-Year Projection$7,200
Cost with Self-Hosted$0
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Detailed Breakdown

0
Sidecar proxy
Native Go library
1
Network hop overhead
Minimal (In-process)
2
Infrastructure-level setup
Code-level integration