Cost modelling
Model your year one cost
Compare our published model against the stack you would otherwise assemble. The result is on screen, with no form.
Year one, both sides
Set your monthly gross gaming revenue, the number of brands and whether you already hold a licence. The result appears as you move the inputs, and everything the model uses is printed underneath it.
Your operation
Anywhere from €20,000 to €2,000,000 a month.
Indicative year one cost
Not a quote€40,741lower with Scalara in year one, or 8.6% of the assembled stack total.
- Effective Scalara revenue share
- 19.3% of GGR
- Annual GGR modelled
- €1,800,000
White Label route: launch under Scalara's Anjouan licence, with KYC, payment orchestration and the back office included.
Scalara, year one
| Cost line | Year one |
|---|---|
| Platform setupOne time, at the published setup fee | €15,000 |
| Platform feeTwelve months at the published monthly fee | €72,000 |
| Revenue shareTapers 20%, then 18%, then 16% across the monthly GGR bands | €348,000 |
| Year one total | €435,000 |
Assembled stack, year one
| Cost line | Year one |
|---|---|
| Casino platform and aggregationMid-market platform licence plus game aggregation. | €87,963 |
| Fraud and risk monitoringStandalone risk vendor. | €27,778 |
| Platform revenue shareMidpoint of the published 10% to 30% band, usually quoted on NGR | €360,000 |
| Year one total | €475,741 |
Indicative. Final commercials depend on target markets, licence model, provider mix and volume. Scalara does not replace a dedicated CRM, CDP or BI suite.
- Scalara: a one time setup fee of €15,000, €6,000 a month for twelve months, and a revenue share that tapers 20%, then 18%, then 16% across the monthly GGR bands. The taper is marginal: each rate applies only to the GGR that falls inside its own band, so at €150,000 a month the first €100,000 is charged at 20% and the remaining €50,000 at 18%.
- The assembled-stack lines are the market bands collected for the Scalara platform deck of August 2026. They are published in US dollars and converted here at 1.08 dollars to the euro, fixed on 2026-08-31.
- Only the lines Scalara genuinely replaces are counted by default. The three it does not replace are the opt-in checkboxes, and switching one on adds cost to the assembled side only.
- Each brand after the first adds one further platform setup at €27,778, the low end of the published market setup band. Vendor subscriptions are assumed to be shared across brands.
- The assembled-stack revenue share is modelled at the midpoint of the published 10% to 30% band. That band is usually quoted on NGR, so read it as a directional line rather than an exact one.
- Licence application, corporate structure and compliance staffing are not modelled on either side.
Your figures travel with the request.
How the comparison is built
The comparison starts like for like. It counts only what Scalara genuinely replaces: the casino platform with its game aggregation, fraud and risk monitoring, and support. Customer relationship management, the customer data platform and game intelligence stay switched off, because we do not replace them. Switch one on and it is added to the assembled side only. Every figure comes from the same published price list the pricing page prints.
Scalara does not replace a dedicated CRM, CDP or BI suite.
Replaced lines only
Counted by default: the 2 categories Scalara genuinely replaces. The other 3 start switched off.
Nothing gated
The result moves as you move the inputs. Nothing leaves the page unless you decide to ask us for it in writing.
Every assumption printed
All 7 assumptions, and the 5 vendor lines behind the assembled side, are named underneath the tool.
Every assumption behind the number
A calculator whose assumptions are hidden is a sales tool rather than a decision aid, so all of ours are here. Vendor figures are published in US dollars and converted at 1.08 US dollars to the euro, fixed on 31 August 2026. Category ranges collected for the Scalara investor deck, August 2026.
What the model assumes
Twelve months at a steady monthly figure
The model runs one year at the gross gaming revenue you enter. Real revenue ramps, so read the total as a shape rather than a forecast.
The revenue share is treated as marginal
Each band rate applies only to the revenue inside that band. Crossing a threshold never reprices the revenue underneath it. If your commercial team reads the taper differently, raise it in discovery.
One fixed exchange rate, printed with its date
The assembled stack figures are published in US dollars and converted at a single fixed rate. The rate and the day it was fixed are printed with the result rather than hidden in the maths.
Assembled stack figures are category ranges
They are ranges collected across the market for the Scalara platform deck of August 2026, not a quote from any one provider, and the assembled revenue share is modelled at the midpoint of the published band.
Each brand after the first adds one platform setup
Vendor subscriptions are assumed to be shared across brands. On the Scalara side every brand carries its own setup and its own monthly fee, because every brand is a full deployment.
Licence, structure and compliance staffing are excluded
Licence applications, corporate structure and the people who run compliance are not modelled on either side. They are real costs and they belong in your own budget.
Payment fees and game royalties are excluded
What your payment providers charge you and what you agree with game studios sit outside both sides of this comparison, because they follow your volumes rather than your platform.
The 5 vendor lines on the assembled side
Casino platform and aggregation
Counted by default. Mid-market platform licence plus game aggregation.
Fraud and risk monitoring
Counted by default. Standalone risk vendor.
CRM and retention automation
Off by default, added only if you switch it on. Scalara does not replace this. Add it only if you buy it today.
Game intelligence
Off by default, added only if you switch it on. Scalara does not replace this.
Customer data platform
Off by default, added only if you switch it on. Scalara does not replace this.
Indicative. Final commercials depend on target markets, licence model, provider mix and volume. Scalara does not replace a dedicated CRM, CDP or BI suite.
What a calculator cannot settle
It compares two list positions. It does not compare the two operations behind them, and four of the things that decide a platform choice have no line in any model.
Migration effort
Moving a live player base costs time and carries risk, and no vendor price list contains either.
What you already run
If your customer relationship management, data platform and reporting work today, keeping them is the right answer and the comparison should say so.
Support and escalation
Response times, named contacts and who answers at three in the morning are contract terms, not a line item.
Regulatory scope
Which markets you can actually serve is decided by the licence and by each jurisdiction, and it is assessed with you during discovery.
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