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SASE ROI Calculator

Independent estimate based on industry benchmarks. No vendor data used. Adjust inputs to match your environment.

Your environment

Users / endpoints500

5010,000

Branch offices / sites10

1200

Current VPN cost$20/user/mo

$5/user/mo$80/user/mo

MPLS spend per site$8,000/mo

$500/mo$50,000/mo

IT FTEs on WAN/security2 FTE

0.5 FTE20 FTE

Analysis horizon3 years

1 years5 years

Benchmarks: IBM Cost of a Data Breach 2025 · Dell'Oro SASE Market Forecast 2026 · Gartner SD-WAN TCO · vendor public pricing

3-year estimate

Net 3-year ROI

+$1,239K

122% return on investment

Payback period: 2 months

Savings over 3 years

VPN elimination$360,000

MPLS reduction (55%)$1,584,000

IT labor freed (40%)$288,000

Breach risk reduction (65%)$21,060

Total savings$2,253,060

SASE investment

Subscription (3 years)$936,000

Implementation (est.)$78,000

Total SASE cost$1,014,000

Net ROI+$1,239,060

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Methodology note: VPN elimination assumes full replacement with ZTNA. MPLS reduction based on 55% average from Dell'Oro Group research on SD-WAN deployments. IT labor savings based on 40% reduction in manual WAN management tasks (Gartner). Breach risk reduction based on 65% lower likelihood with ZTNA + SWG vs legacy VPN/proxy (IBM Security). SASE pricing uses blended average of public vendor pricing tiers. Results are estimates — actual savings vary by vendor, deployment complexity, and negotiated pricing. This calculator is independent and not affiliated with any SASE vendor.