Comparison · Made simple
LoopWorker vs Doing It In-House.
Different price, different speed, different proof. Here's the honest side-by-side.
What
Doing It In-House
LoopWorker
Cost
80-150 hours of senior team time @ $150/hr = $12K–$22K loaded
$8,000 for Atlas tier · all-in
Timeline
3–6 weeks calendar (if uninterrupted)
14 days for Atlas · we work in parallel
Coverage
Whatever your team has bandwidth for
10 competitors × 7 signals — full pull
Expertise
Whoever has time. Not always research-fluent.
Founder-led. Same operator every time.
Risk
Half-finished. Stalls when work gets prioritized.
14-day refund. If not actionable, money back.
Your team time
Owns it all. Other work pauses.
Two 30-min calls. Team stays focused.
Output
Internal doc. Whoever pulls it owns the conclusion.
PDF brief. Defensible against follow-up questions.
Best for
Solo founders who genuinely have the bandwidth
Teams already busy who want decisions back in days
When to use each.
Pull signals in-house when…
- You have a senior strategist with 3-4 weeks free
- Your team has done this before (knows the traps)
- Budget under $5K is the hard ceiling
- The decision can wait 6+ weeks
- You want to build the muscle for next time
Run a LoopWorker Sprint when…
- Your team is already too busy
- You need the call in days, not weeks
- You want a defensible report (not a Google Doc)
- You'd rather buy the answer than build the process
- Time-to-decision matters more than $8K
Ready to skip the deck
Bring the decision. We'll find the signals.
Free 30-min call. Pick a Sprint if it fits. No retainer, no upsell pressure.
14-day refund · 2 active Atlas at a time
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The 7 signals we pull in every Sprint. Try one yourself.
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