Catio x Value calculator

Catio x AWS · Business value assessment · October 2026

What one modernization program is worth to AWS

Change any number below and the value updates as you type. It compares one program today and with Catio: the three-year AWS return, the odds of landing it on plan, and the time to get there.

Presumed numbers · to be validated in a POC

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Expected case · value per program

$9M

of expected AWS value, against a $400K Catio fee

22.6x per $1 of Catio fee 45.1x per $1 of net-new AWS funding

One program, two ways

Today20% land on plan · 12 months
With Catio90% land on plan · 3 months

Each dot is a program. Speed follows the months to the outcome; a dot that drops out misses the plan.

01Calculator

Run the numbers

Each case keeps its own inputs. Drag a slider or type a value; every figure on the page follows.

1The program
$M

The promised outcome per program: $5M to $20M for a $30M to $60M estate growing 5% to 10% a year above trend.

$M

Year one of that return (30% of it in the BVA). Sets the monthly value of finishing sooner.

Year 1 is larger than the three-year return. The three-year return is the sum of the yearly values, so year 1 should be part of it.

2Odds and time
%

Catio's presumed odds that a program reaches its outcome on plan today.

%

Presumed odds with the live model, a committed plan, and every wave shipped to spec.

Odds are percentages between 0 and 100.

+70 points of odds with Catio
months

Presumed time to reach the outcome without Catio.

months

Presumed time with Catio. Months saved only count if the program lands, so they are weighted by the odds with Catio.

With Catio takes longer than today here, so the time value counts against the program.

9 months sooner with Catio
3Fee and AWS funding
$K

Per the October 7 proposal.

$K

Half the fee, paid at the start of Decide (Discover is free). Net-new AWS funding.

$K

Through MAP or MMP against an active opportunity and a signed SOW. Existing AWS programs, not net-new.

02How it adds up

Two sources of value

Catio raises the odds that a program lands on plan, and it gets there sooner. Both parts use the inputs above, for the Expected case.

AHigher odds of landing on plan

Of 100 programs like this one, 20 land on plan today and 90 with Catio.

  • 20 land either way
  • 70 land only with Catio
  • 10 miss either way

(90% − 20%) × $10M = $7M

BMonths saved, weighted by the odds with Catio

With Catio the outcome arrives 9 months sooner.

Each month saved is worth $250K: the year 1 return divided by 12.

9 months × $250K × 90% = $2M

A$7Mhigher odds
B$2Mmonths saved
$9Mexpected AWS value per program

03Three cases

The three cases side by side

Each case keeps its own inputs. Pick a case here or in the calculator to edit it; the cards and the table update for all three.

Per programConservativeExpectedAggressive

04Stage by stage

One migration, stage by stage

Where Catio changes the program. Stage times do not sum to the program totals; the totals are the presumed months to the outcome above. Benchmarks tagged scoreboard are from Catio's platform scoreboard, published October 6, 2026.

  1. Discover

    Builds the architecture knowledge base from AWS accounts, source repos, IaC and documents; prices every licensed component

    TodayWeeks of manual discovery
    With CatioA few days; estate modeled within 1 week of access
    Where it usually breaks
    Security sign-off and read-only AWS access, especially in regulated industries
    Measure
    Time to forecastable scope

  2. Decide

    Options with trade-offs; an ROI-prioritized modernization plan by wave

    TodayMonths to a committed plan
    With CatioUnder 12 hours to a strong first draft; under one week to a committed plan
    Where it usually breaks
    Sponsor approval and funding; MAP or MMP needs an active opportunity and a signed SOW
    Measure
    Committed, sponsor-approved wave plan

  3. Design

    Specs and blueprints per workload, with standards applied to every spec

    TodayAbout one reviewed design a week scoreboard
    With CatioMultiple execution-ready specs per day, one per PRD and Jira ticket
    Where it usually breaks
    SI handoff: engineering design and test strategy start from the spec
    Measure
    First wave committed and started by day 60

  4. Implement and cut over

    Specs served to AWS Transform and Kiro; decisions recorded. Catio runs nothing in production

    TodayOver 50% of designs need an architect at review; 30% to 40% rework scoreboard
    With CatioUnder 10% exceptions; under 5% rework scoreboard
    Where it usually breaks
    Delivered work drifting from the spec: the highest-risk phase
    Measure
    Workloads cut over; porting effort against the AWS bar

  5. Decommission and verify

    Architecture memory and drift detection; the next wave starts from the updated model

    TodayTracked, rarely attributed per workload
    With CatioLicense footprint tracked wave over wave to zero
    Where it usually breaks
    Licenses never switched off; savings not read from the bill
    Measure
    License-dependent workloads and dollars removed

05Basis

Where the numbers come from

Odds (20% to 90%) and time (12 to 3 months)Catio's presumed numbers, to be validated in a POC.
$5M to $20M three-year return; $1.5M to $6M in year 1Catio x AWS Agentic Modernization Program proposal (October 7, 2026), as yearly increments, never running totals.
$400K Catio fee; $200K AWS shareCatio x AWS Agentic Modernization Program proposal (October 7, 2026).
Up to $600K AWS funding of the SIThrough MAP or MMP against a signed SOW; Catio x AWS working session (October 22, 2026).
Platform benchmarksCatio control-plane scoreboard, published October 6, 2026 on catio.tech.
Stages and rolesCatio x AWS: Modernization and Migration Workflow (October 2026).