Turn users or endpoints, months and an illustrative monthly unit price range into a low and high annual cost, including onboarding and one-off services.
Use this estimator before you request quotes, to set a realistic budget range, or after you have quotes, to check whether a proposal is in a plausible zone. It answers one question: what could this managed security service cost over the term, all in?
How to fill it in. Choose the service type that matches the quote's pricing basis. Multiply the number of units (users, endpoints, firewalls, or gigabytes of daily log volume) by the months you are budgeting. For 50 users over 12 months enter 600. Add one-time and fixed costs: onboarding, an annual penetration test, a vCISO workshop, or tool licences the provider bills separately.
Formula. Low = units × months × low monthly price + fixed costs. High = units × months × high monthly price + fixed costs.
Worked example (illustrative). 50 users × 12 months = 600 unit-months. At $40 to $110 per user per month plus $6,000 of fixed costs: low = 600 × $40 + $6,000 = $30,000; high = 600 × $110 + $6,000 = $72,000 for the year, before GST/HST or QST.
Limits. The ranges in the drop-down are illustrative, chosen to show how the arithmetic works. They are not survey data or any provider's price. Real quotes depend on scope, response authority, hours of coverage, log retention, compliance reporting and minimum commitments. Sales tax is not included; use the tax-inclusive price calculator for that. See the worked cost examples for how to combine several services.
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