The cold hard math that engineers never want to do is the one involving their own salary.
On levels.fyi devops is median $150k in the US, and at that price it means they cost the company a lot more including benefits, taxes, etc.
If a "crappy" tool costs $10k/mo for the team and doesn't require much or any devops time to setup and maintain, it's likely cheaper than the $0/mo opensource but requires part or full time management option.
No one ever wants to budget their own cost into the equation!
On levels.fyi devops is median $150k in the US, and at that price it means they cost the company a lot more including benefits, taxes, etc.
If a "crappy" tool costs $10k/mo for the team and doesn't require much or any devops time to setup and maintain, it's likely cheaper than the $0/mo opensource but requires part or full time management option.
No one ever wants to budget their own cost into the equation!