{
  "slug": "edr-licensing-cost-per-endpoint",
  "title": "EDR Licensing Cost Per Endpoint Calculator",
  "heading": "EDR Licensing Cost Per Endpoint Calculator",
  "category": "financial",
  "url": "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/edr-licensing-cost-per-endpoint",
  "summary": "Budget endpoint detection and response licensing across your full fleet.",
  "description": "EDR/XDR licensing is usually quoted per-endpoint-per-month, but real budgeting needs to account for tiered pricing (most vendors give volume discounts past 500-1000 seats), a mix of endpoint types (servers often cost more per seat than laptops), and add-on modules like managed detection and response (MDR) or threat hunting that can double the base price. This calculator applies a blended rate across workstation, server, and mobile/other endpoint counts, layers in an optional MDR add-on percentage, and shows both monthly and annual totals plus a cost-per-endpoint figure you can compare against vendor quotes. It also flags the volume discount tier you likely qualify for, since many teams keep renewing at list price years after crossing a discount threshold simply because nobody re-negotiates.",
  "formula": "Blended monthly cost = (workstations × workstation rate + servers × server rate + other × other rate) × (1 − volume discount %) × (1 + MDR add-on %).",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-30",
  "run_url": "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/api/public/calc?tool=edr-licensing-cost-per-endpoint",
  "inputs": [
    {
      "id": "workstations",
      "label": "Workstation/laptop endpoints",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 400,
      "unit": null,
      "min": 0,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "workstationRate",
      "label": "Workstation rate ($/endpoint/month)",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 6,
      "unit": null,
      "min": 0,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "servers",
      "label": "Server endpoints",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 60,
      "unit": null,
      "min": 0,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "serverRate",
      "label": "Server rate ($/endpoint/month)",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 14,
      "unit": null,
      "min": 0,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "otherEndpoints",
      "label": "Other endpoints (mobile, IoT)",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 100,
      "unit": null,
      "min": 0,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "otherRate",
      "label": "Other rate ($/endpoint/month)",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 3,
      "unit": null,
      "min": 0,
      "max": null
    },
    {
      "id": "mdrAddonPct",
      "label": "MDR/managed hunting add-on (% of base)",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 40,
      "unit": null,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 200
    }
  ],
  "outputs": [
    {
      "id": "annualTotal",
      "label": "Annual EDR licensing cost",
      "format": "currency",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "id": "monthlyTotal",
      "label": "Monthly total",
      "format": "currency",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    },
    {
      "id": "costPerEndpoint",
      "label": "Blended cost per endpoint/month",
      "format": "currency",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    },
    {
      "id": "totalEndpoints",
      "label": "Total endpoints licensed",
      "format": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    },
    {
      "id": "discountPct",
      "label": "Volume discount tier applied",
      "format": "percent",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    }
  ],
  "worked_example": {
    "inputs": [
      "Workstation/laptop endpoints: 400",
      "Workstation rate ($/endpoint/month): 6",
      "Server endpoints: 60",
      "Server rate ($/endpoint/month): 14",
      "Other endpoints (mobile, IoT): 100",
      "Other rate ($/endpoint/month): 3",
      "MDR/managed hunting add-on (% of base): 40"
    ],
    "outputs": [
      "Annual EDR licensing cost: $53,525",
      "Monthly total: $4,460",
      "Blended cost per endpoint/month: $7.96",
      "Total endpoints licensed: 560",
      "Volume discount tier applied: 10%"
    ]
  },
  "how_to": {
    "title": "How to use this",
    "steps": [
      "Enter workstation/laptop endpoints.",
      "Enter workstation rate ($/endpoint/month).",
      "Enter server endpoints.",
      "Enter server rate ($/endpoint/month).",
      "Enter other endpoints (mobile, iot).",
      "Enter other rate ($/endpoint/month).",
      "Enter mdr/managed hunting add-on (% of base).",
      "Read your annual edr licensing cost on the right — it updates as you type.",
      "Hit Share to keep the scenario or send it to someone."
    ]
  },
  "scenarios": [
    {
      "name": "Conservative",
      "description": "Lower-end numbers — what if things land soft?",
      "values": {
        "workstations": 240,
        "workstationRate": 3.5999999999999996,
        "servers": 35,
        "serverRate": 8.4,
        "otherEndpoints": 60,
        "otherRate": 1.7999999999999998,
        "mdrAddonPct": 25
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Typical",
      "description": "Defaults — the most common real-world setup.",
      "values": {
        "workstations": 400,
        "workstationRate": 6,
        "servers": 60,
        "serverRate": 14,
        "otherEndpoints": 100,
        "otherRate": 3,
        "mdrAddonPct": 40
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Ambitious",
      "description": "Higher-end numbers — what if things really pop?",
      "values": {
        "workstations": 640,
        "workstationRate": 9.600000000000001,
        "servers": 95,
        "serverRate": 22.400000000000002,
        "otherEndpoints": 160,
        "otherRate": 4.800000000000001,
        "mdrAddonPct": 65
      }
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "Results are estimates before tax, fees, and inflation unless an input explicitly covers them.",
    "Rates are treated as fixed for the whole period — variable-rate products will drift from this projection.",
    "This is educational maths, not financial advice. Check anything contractual with the lender or your accountant."
  ],
  "faq": [
    {
      "q": "Why do servers cost more per seat than workstations?",
      "a": "Servers run more processes, generate far more telemetry volume for the vendor's cloud backend to ingest and store, and typically need higher-touch tuning to avoid false positives on legitimate server behavior like backup jobs or database maintenance, all of which vendors price into the higher server-tier rate."
    },
    {
      "q": "Is MDR worth the add-on cost?",
      "a": "If you don't have a 24/7 SOC watching EDR alerts, yes, since unmonitored EDR alerts are just noise sitting in a console. A 30-50% add-on for managed detection and response is common and often cheaper than hiring even one additional analyst, though it works best as a bridge, not a permanent substitute for in-house capability at larger organizations."
    },
    {
      "q": "How do I actually get the volume discount?",
      "a": "Vendors rarely apply it automatically at renewal, you generally have to ask, reference the endpoint count growth since your last contract, and sometimes threaten to run a competitive RFP. Building the expected discount into your budget ahead of the renewal conversation gives you a number to hold the vendor to."
    },
    {
      "q": "Should IoT and mobile devices really be on EDR?",
      "a": "Traditional EDR agents don't run well on most IoT and many mobile platforms, so 'other' endpoints are usually covered by lighter mobile threat defense or network-based monitoring rather than full EDR, which is why their per-seat rate is typically much lower in vendor pricing."
    }
  ],
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    "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/soc-staffing-coverage",
    "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/third-party-saas-sprawl-risk"
  ],
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "citation": "RevenueLab — EDR Licensing Cost Per Endpoint Calculator (https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/edr-licensing-cost-per-endpoint)"
}