Calculate the Authorization Tax: Quantifying the Costs of Home-Grown AuthZ

Businesses often face what is termed the "Authorization Tax," which includes the financial and operational burdens of developing and maintaining an in-house authorization system. This tax encompasses initial development costs, ongoing maintenance, productivity losses due to reliance on engineering teams for updates, opportunity costs from stalled projects, and potential replatforming expenses when systems become outdated. Companies can mitigate these costs by leveraging open-source solutions like SpiceDB, which serves as the core of AuthZed's products, or by adopting managed infrastructure services that handle the complexities of authorization, allowing businesses to focus on their core operations. Both approaches offer substantial cost savings and reduce the need for extensive internal resources dedicated to authorization management.