Cost Comparison

Budget-conscious buyers in the non-profit and public-sector space rarely approve software purchases on feature merit alone - they need to demonstrate that the cost is justified relative to current spend. The Cost Comparison widget directly addresses this by making the hidden costs of manual workflows visible: coordinator hours, reporting errors, volunteer churn from friction, and compliance risk. By anchoring the conversation to existing expenditure rather than new spend, the widget reframes Meander as cost-neutral or cost-reducing in most realistic scenarios. This is particularly effective for organizations already paying staff to manually aggregate Word forms and Excel sheets, as described by NHF and HLF in the workshop documentation. The feature supports the sales team with a shareable artifact and reduces time-to-decision for procurement stakeholders who need structured justification.

The widget is a static or lightly interactive React component in the Next.js sales website. It renders a two-column comparison table with line items for manual-process costs on the left and Meander costs on the right, with a net savings row at the bottom. If the Impact Calculator is present on the same page, the widget optionally reads the user-entered organization size to scale the manual-cost estimates dynamically; otherwise it defaults to a median organization profile. No backend is required. Styling must match the sales website design system and remain fully responsive. Line items and assumptions must be editable via a simple content configuration object so the sales team can update numbers without code changes. All table content must be screen-reader accessible with proper table semantics and column headers.