An analysis of the breakdown of the total cost by section revealed that the cost distribution is heavily skewed towards the anaerobic digestion and biogas recovery units when using the mutant cyanobacteria strain. As a result, only 27% of the revenue generated is needed to pay for the cyanobacteria cultivation and dewatering units. From this we determined that deploying the back-end as a stand-alone section is a more economical option for phosphorus recovery, with a tradeoff of reduced methane revenue. This highlights interesting trade-offs that arise from the tight integration of biomass, water, energy, and nutrients in the process. We calculated that if we deploy only the cultivation and dewatering systems the process can operate with phosphorus recovery credit that is an additional 81% lower and is comparable to the sewage treatment fee charged by an urban wastewater treatment plant. Moving forward, we will study the viability of these stand-alone process configurations, especially the effects of transportation costs for digestate and cyanobacteria biomass. We also highlight the need to further analyze the value of cyanobacteria as biofertilizer, application of which can provide additional benefits such as increasing soil carbon and benefiting soil microbiome communities. These directions could further improve economic viability and provide a clearer picture of the parts of the process to further optimize.