SD-WAN Cost Savings Calculator
Calculate your potential cost savings when deploying an SD-WAN solution versus traditional branch routers for your multi-site business environment.
SD-WAN helps companies simplify their IT infrastructure, increase agility, security and cost effectiveness, all while optimizing application performance across WAN environments.
SD-WAN helps companies simplify their IT infrastructure, increase agility, security and cost effectiveness, all while optimizing application performance across WAN environments.
See how much your business could save by switching to SD-WAN
How many remote sites do you have?
(whole numbers only)
On average, how much bandwidth do you use per site?
Do you need security?
Yes
No
What is your current estimated connectivity costs per site per month (MPLS, broadband, LTE, etc.)?
$
Do you need high availability?
No
3 Year Savings
Year 3 Savings
Cost Reduction%
Cost Reduction
(((590 + [.connectCost]) * [.locations]) - ([.locations] * ([.connectCost] + [.bandwidth] + [.security]) + [.locations] * [.bandwidth] * [.devices] + [.locations] * [.security] * CEIL([.devices]))) / ((590 + [.connectCost]) * [.locations]) * 100
(((590 + [.connectCost]) * [.locations]) - ([.locations] * ([.connectCost] + [.bandwidth] + [.security]) + [.locations] * [.bandwidth] * [.devices] + [.locations] * [.security] * CEIL([.devices]))) / ((590 + [.connectCost]) * [.locations]) * 100
cost reduction*
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Existing Monthly Costs
Estimated Monthly Costs
Estimated Monthly Costs
(590 + [.connectCost]) * [.locations]
Estimated SD-WAN Cost
SD-WAN Cost
SD-WAN Cost
[.locations] * ([.connectCost] + [.bandwidth] + [.security]) + [.locations] * [.bandwidth] * [.devices] + [.locations] * [.security] * CEIL([.devices])
[.locations] * ([.connectCost] + [.bandwidth] + [.security]) + [.locations] * [.bandwidth] * [.devices] + [.locations] * [.security] * CEIL([.devices])
Monthly Savings
Monthly Savings
Monthly Savings
((590 + [.connectCost]) * [.locations]) - ([.locations] * ([.connectCost] + [.bandwidth] + [.security]) + [.locations] * [.bandwidth] * [.devices] + [.locations] * [.security] * CEIL([.devices]))
((590 + [.connectCost]) * [.locations]) - ([.locations] * ([.connectCost] + [.bandwidth] + [.security]) + [.locations] * [.bandwidth] * [.devices] + [.locations] * [.security] * CEIL([.devices]))
1 Year Savings
Year 1 Savings
3 Year Savings
Year 3 Savings
5 Year Savings
Year 5 Savings
To calculate savings, current monthly connectivity costs must exceed estimated SD-WAN costs.
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Users of Lumen Adaptive Networking and SD-WAN solutions realized substantial improvements in network costs and operations, including:
- >4x greater network bandwidth
- 70% fewer unplanned outages
- $4.5M higher revenue (per year, per organization)
Your business could earn an approximately 331% return on investment over 5 years. Learn how by reading the research report from IDC.