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Your Organisation

Number of Sales Repsheadcount

Average OTE per Rep$/year

Average Quota per Rep$/year

Voluntary Attrition Rate% / year

FTEs on Xactly adminheadcount

Advanced assumptions ▾

Xactly — Price per Seat$/seat/year

Everstage — Price per Seat$/seat/year

Attrition Caused by Comp (Xactly)% of attrition

Gross Margin%

Monthly Eng Hours on Xactly Integrationshrs/month

Org Headcount Growth Rate% / year

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Year 1 Xactly Cost

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What you pay Xactly this year

Year 1 Everstage Cost

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What you'd pay with Everstage

Year 1 Gap

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Xactly minus Everstage, Year 1

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Xactly needed an external consultant for every update — extremely expensive and time-consuming. Switching to Everstage gave us full control and cut our commission processing time by 90%.

Angelina Chiesa · Sales & Incentives Comp Manager, Chamberlain Group

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How we calculated this — see the exact math behind each number

D1 · Licenses

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headcount × seat price / year

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headcount × seat price / year

Year 1 gap

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D2 · Prof. Services

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tickets/user × avg ticket cost + plan change fees

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Year 1 fixed: implementation + annual support

Year 1 gap

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D3 · Admin Burden

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RevOps FTEs × fully-loaded cost × 30% on manual work

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RevOps FTEs × fully-loaded cost × 10% on manual work

Year 1 gap

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D4 · Integration Debt

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eng hrs/month × 12 months × $120/hr loaded rate

Native integrations — no maintenance overhead

Year 1 gap

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D5 · People & Trust

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comp-driven departures × replacement cost + dispute events

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Fewer disputes, zero comp-driven attrition

Year 1 gap

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Year 1 Total

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Everstage

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Annual Gap

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5-Year Annual Cost Comparison

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Everstage

Year 1 Cost Breakdown by Dimension

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D2 Prof. Services—

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D4 Integration Debt—

D5 People & Trust—

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Everstage — Total Cost

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D2 Prof. Services—

D3 Admin Burden—

D4 Integration Debt—

D5 People & Trust—

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5-Year Projection

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5-Year Savings with Everstage

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vs. staying on Xactly

5-Year Xactly Cost

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Total cost over 5 years

5-Year Everstage Cost

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Total cost over 5 years

Year 1 Annual Gap

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Xactly minus Everstage

Gap Per Rep / Year 1

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Based on — reps

Your Inputs

Key Compounding Rates

Xactly license price inflation	5% / year
Everstage license price inflation	3% / year
PS fee inflation (Xactly)	5% / year
Admin burden premium (Xactly)	+5% above org growth
Integration debt compounding	20% / year
Attrition & dispute costs	Grow at org headcount rate

5-Year Cost Projection

	Yr 1	Yr 2	Yr 3	Yr 4	Yr 5	Total
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5-Year Cost Breakdown by Dimension

	Yr 1	Yr 2	Yr 3	Yr 4	Yr 5
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D2 Prof. Services	—	—	—	—	—
D3 Admin Burden	—	—	—	—	—
D4 Integration Debt	—	—	—	—	—
D5 People & Trust	—	—	—	—	—
Total	—	—	—	—	—
▸ Everstage
D1 Licenses	—	—	—	—	—
D2 Prof. Services	—	—	—	—	—
D3 Admin Burden	—	—	—	—	—
D4 Integration Debt	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
D5 People & Trust	—	—	—	—	—
Total	—	—	—	—	—

Calculation Methodology

License Costs

Reps × $/seat × (1 + org_growth + price_increase)^(yr−1)

Xactly: $900–700/seat @ 5%/yr increase. Everstage: $320–250/seat @ 3%/yr. Seat price scales with headcount growth.

Professional Services

Xactly: (Reps × 0.048 × $3,500 + 2 × $8,000) × compounding
Everstage: $15K impl. (Yr 1) + $10K flat/yr

Xactly PS compounds at org growth + PS inflation (5%) + ticket frequency growth (3%) per year.

Admin Burden

FTEs × $90K × burden% × (1 + org_growth + premium)^(yr−1)
Xactly: 30% burden, +5% premium
Everstage: 10% burden, 0% premium

Source: Forrester ICM Study 2023. Legacy tools require manual exports, offline calcs, dispute adjudication.

Integration Debt

16 hrs/month × 12 × $120/hr × (1.20)^(yr−1)

Xactly only. Debt compounds at 20%/yr as API version gaps and data model divergence widen. Source: customer interviews.

People & Trust

Disputes: events × $12K × (1 + org_growth)^(yr−1)
Attrition: Reps × attrition% × comp% × (quota × 70% × GM × ramp/12)

Attrition cost = lost ramp productivity. Everstage reduces comp-driven attrition to 0% through real-time visibility.

Sources & References

Vendr.com Marketplace

Xactly Incent pricing benchmarks ($700–$900/seat range)

vendr.com/marketplace/xactly

G2 Reviews 2023–24

Xactly PS ticket frequency: 8–16 tickets/yr for 200-300 rep orgs; avg ticket cost $3,000–$5,000

g2.com/products/xactly-incent/reviews

Forrester ICM Study 2023

Admin burden benchmark: 30% of RevOps FTE time on manual workarounds on legacy platforms

forrester.com

BLS Occupational Employment 2024

RevOps / Finance FTE fully-loaded cost: ~$90,000/yr; loaded rate ~$65/hr incl. 1.4× benefits

bls.gov/oes

Everstage Customer Interviews

Integration maintenance: avg 16 hrs/month on CRM sync & data fixes; PS ticket rate ~4.8 tickets/user/yr at ~$3,500/ticket; plan change projects $3,000–$5,000/engagement

everstage.com/customers

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