Industry estimates for post-quantum migration range from $500K to $50M+ depending on organizational size. The cost is dominated by engineering time, not software licenses. H33 reduces migration cost by eliminating the hardest parts: implementation, optimization, and ongoing algorithm management.
Post-quantum migration is not a one-time upgrade. It touches every system using public-key cryptography. Costs fall into five categories.
Cataloging every system, library, and service using public-key cryptography. For a mid-size enterprise (1,000 employees, 50-100 services), this takes 2-6 months of security engineering time at $180-250/hour.
Most systems have hard-coded cryptographic dependencies. Refactoring to abstract interfaces requires modifying application code, deployment configs, test suites, and security validation across multiple services. This is the most expensive phase.
Implementing post-quantum algorithms correctly requires constant-time arithmetic, NIST KAT validation, side-channel testing, performance benchmarking, and integration testing with existing protocols and infrastructure.
Hybrid deployment (classical + post-quantum simultaneously) adds operational complexity. Certificate infrastructure changes require coordination with internal and external CAs.
Algorithm recommendations may change. New attacks may surface. Parameter updates, key rotation, and crypto agility maintenance are ongoing costs.
| Organization | Services | DIY Migration | With H33 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Startup (10-50) | 5-15 | $150K-$500K | $20K-$50K |
| Mid-size (100-1,000) | 50-200 | $500K-$5M | $100K-$500K |
| Enterprise (1,000-10,000) | 200-1,000+ | $5M-$50M | $500K-$5M |
The largest cost is engineering time. Post-quantum cryptography requires specialized expertise most organizations lack. Senior cryptographic engineers command $200-400K+ total compensation. The second cost is opportunity cost: engineers working on migration are not building product features. The third is risk: incorrect cryptographic implementation creates security vulnerabilities that can exceed the entire migration budget in breach costs.
No implementation required. H33 provides ML-DSA, FALCON, SLH-DSA, ML-KEM, BFV FHE, and STARK ZKP as API services. One API call replaces months of cryptographic engineering.
No optimization required. H33's pipeline processes over 2.2 million authentications per second on Graviton4. This performance would cost millions to replicate independently.
No ongoing maintenance required. When NIST updates recommendations or new attacks are discovered, H33 handles updates. Your integration does not change.
Reduced architecture refactoring. Instead of building custom abstraction layers, you call the H33 API. This is implementable by general-purpose engineers, not cryptographic specialists.
For a mid-size organization with 100 services: DIY migration costs approximately $2M over 18 months. H33 migration costs approximately $200K (integration) plus ongoing API costs (starting at $0.001 per operation). First-year savings: approximately $1.5M, with ongoing savings of $100K+ per year in maintenance avoided.
The ROI is even more compelling factoring in risk reduction. H33 implementations are KAT-validated, third-party audited, and backed by 7 patents with 300+ claims.
One API. Three post-quantum families. No cryptographic engineering required.