The True Cost of Manual Migration
A typical 200,000 LOC legacy Delphi application requires:
- Team: 8-12 developers for 12-18 months
- Cost: $880,000 - $1,660,000
- Risk: 40-60% of manual migrations fail or are abandoned
- Hidden costs: Parallel maintenance, knowledge transfer, regression testing
The PhoenixCode Alternative
- Team: 2-3 reviewers for 3-4 months
- Cost: $255,000 - $465,000
- Success rate: 98%+ logic preservation verified by quality gates
- Output: Production-ready .NET 10 + Angular 21 with full test coverage
The Numbers
That's a 55-72% cost reduction and 75% faster delivery. The real ROI extends to reduced maintenance costs, cloud scalability, developer productivity, and improved security posture.