Is it better to hire internally or partner with Allari?

It depends on what you need. Internal hires are best for strategic leadership roles and proprietary IP development. Allari is the better fit when you need operational capacity now — not in 6 months — across multiple specializations without the fixed cost and turnover risk of full-time headcount.

How fast can Allari deliver capacity compared to hiring?

Allari's 90-day mobilization delivers full operational capacity in one quarter. The average IT position takes 44 days just to fill, followed by 3-6 months of onboarding and training before a new hire reaches full productivity.

What happens to tribal knowledge with Allari?

All operational knowledge is captured in the Dynamic Runbook — a permanent, client-owned asset. Unlike internal teams where knowledge lives in employees' heads and leaves when they do (13-20% average IT turnover), Allari's documentation ensures knowledge is systematically preserved and transferable.

Does Allari replace our internal IT team?

No. Allari augments your existing team by absorbing operational noise — the unplanned work that consumes 35-45% of your team's capacity. Your internal staff is freed to focus on strategic initiatives, innovation, and the Build work that drives business value.

How does Allari's cost compare to hiring full-time employees?

A fully-loaded IT FTE costs $130,000-$200,000+ per year including salary, benefits, training, equipment, and management overhead. Allari delivers FTE-parity run rates with consumption-based billing — you pay for work consumed, not headcount maintained, with no recruiting or benefits overhead.

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ALLARI vs. BUILDING IT IN-HOUSE

Name: Allari HT-2025 Forensic Performance Ledger
Creator: Allari

The instinct is to hire. More headcount should mean more capacity. But the data tells a different story: most enterprise IT teams lose 35-45% of their capacity to unplanned work regardless of team size. The problem isn't headcount — it's structure.

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Dimension	Internal IT Team	Allari
The Assumption	More headcount = more capacity. If we're overwhelmed, we need to hire.	Capacity is a structural problem, not a headcount problem. Adding people to an unstructured operation adds cost without proportionally adding output.
Cost Structure	Fully-loaded cost per IT FTE: $130,000-$200,000+/year (salary + benefits + training + equipment + management overhead + recruiting).	FTE-parity run rates with capped-consumption billing. You pay for work consumed, not headcount maintained. No recruiting, benefits, or management overhead.
Time to Value	3-6 months minimum: job posting, recruiting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, training. Average IT position takes 44 days to fill.	90-day mobilization to full operational capacity. Embedded team is operational and delivering verified results within the first quarter.
Coverage	Standard business hours unless you hire for shifts. Vacation, sick days, and turnover create coverage gaps. Single points of failure are common.	Follow-the-sun coverage, 24/7/365. No vacation gaps. No single points of failure. Dynamic Runbook™ captures all tribal knowledge.
Expertise Breadth	Each hire covers one or two specializations. Covering JDE + SAP + Oracle + security + IAM + BI + CNC requires 6-8+ separate hires.	Access to the full depth of Allari's expertise across JDE, SAP, Oracle Fusion, PeopleSoft, security, IAM, BI, CNC, and infrastructure.
Scalability	Scaling up requires hiring (months). Scaling down requires layoffs (expensive, slow, morale-damaging). You're locked into headcount.	Consumption-based. Scale up or down without hiring, firing, or renegotiating. Demand spikes absorbed naturally.
Knowledge Retention	Tribal knowledge lives in employees' heads. When they leave (average IT turnover: 13-20%/year), knowledge leaves with them.	Dynamic Runbook™ captures operational knowledge into a permanent, client-owned asset. Knowledge is systematically documented and transferable.
The Capacity Trap	Adding headcount to an unstructured operation doesn't fix the structure. New hires get absorbed into the same firefighting cycle.	Allari's model structurally separates the 'Run' from the 'Build.' We absorb operational noise so your existing team's capacity is recovered.
Accountability	Internal teams are measured on availability, not outcomes. No financial consequence for slow resolution or missed SLAs.	SLAs with financial teeth. If Allari misses response targets, you don't pay. 100% ticket closure rate verified at Site HT-2025.

When Internal IT Team Makes Sense

Building internal capacity is the right choice when you need:

•Deep, proprietary knowledge of systems that are unique to your business and cannot be externalized
•Roles that require physical on-site presence daily (hardware, facilities, hands-on infrastructure)
•Strategic leadership roles — CIO, VP of IT, Enterprise Architect — that set direction rather than execute operations
•A team that will build and maintain proprietary intellectual property core to your competitive advantage

When Allari Is the Better Fit

Allari is the better fit when you need:

→Capacity now — not in 6 months after you've recruited, hired, onboarded, and trained
→To recover the 35-45% of your existing team's capacity that's trapped in unplanned operational work
→Breadth of expertise (JDE + SAP + Oracle + security + IAM + BI) without hiring 6-8 specialists
→Coverage continuity — no vacation gaps, no single points of failure, no knowledge walking out the door
→A variable cost model instead of adding permanent fixed headcount to your P&L
→Accountability with financial consequences — not just effort, but verified outcomes

Allari is a huge help and we cannot say enough good things about them. They put in hours and hours' worth of work every week on a range of issues and maintenance. Tasks we just did not have the time to address ourselves with a small IT department. We would truly be lost or spending a lot more money if it were not for them.

— Jeff Mackiewicz

Google Review

THE COST OF 'JUST HIRE SOMEONE'

Allegiant Health needed six essential IT skillsets: CNC administration, database management, development, business analysis, security, and BI. Hiring internally would have required 4-6 FTEs at $520,000-$1.2M/year. Allari delivered all six at 80% cost savings — with 24/7 coverage, no recruiting, and no turnover risk.

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