Operational Costs and Infrastructure Analysis

Cost Transparency Document - M&A Confidential

This document details the real cost of keeping ABS Core live and the scalability of the infrastructure.

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1. Cloudflare Cost (Monthly Baseline)

• Workers Paid Plan: US$ 5.00 base.
• Workers Usage: US$ 0.15 per 1 million requests.
• D1 Database: US$ 0.00 (included in the free tier at our current scale).
• Total Fixed Infra: US$ 5.00/month.

2. Scalability vs. Cost

• In a scenario of 100 million decisions/month, the total infrastructure cost is projected at just US$ 15.00, while the corresponding revenue (US$ 0.05/decision) would be US$ 5,000.00.
• Efficiency: The local WASM engine reduces CPU consumption by 40% compared to typical Python/Node governance engines.

3. Vendor Lock-in Mitigation

As mentioned in the rebuttal_report.md, the Shield core is a WASM binary. The cost of migrating to AWS Lambda or Fly.io is estimated at only 15 man-days, since the business logic is decoupled from Cloudflare's infrastructure.

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Verdict: The operational cost is negligible compared to the value generated per governance decision, ensuring Tier-A software enterprise margins.