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Security TCO calculator.
A ballpark three-year view of hardware, installation, software licensing, and service for a modern integrated deployment. Compare against the hidden cost of keeping an un-integrated legacy system.
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Indicative pricing only. Figures are Canadian-market averages for commercial-grade hardware, installation, cloud VMS licensing, and service. Final quote depends on site walk, cabling pathways, and vendor selection.
Results
3-year total cost of ownership
- Hardware
- $64,000
- Installation
- $21,000
- Software / year
- $6,600
- Service / year
- $6,800
Estimated TCO — modern integrated system
$125,200
CapEx $85,000 + 3× OpEx $13,400/yr
Typical legacy-system TCO (same site)
$150,100
Higher maintenance, downtime, and incident investigation cost of un-integrated systems — a published industry average.
~$24,900 lower than a comparable un-integrated deployment over 3 years.
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Every line that shows up on a real invoice.
Hardware assumes commercial-grade IP cameras and multi-credential access controllers from vendors we'd actually specify — Axis, Avigilon, Genetec, Verkada, or equivalent. Not the bottom of the shelf.
Installation assumes typical Toronto-market commercial rates for low-voltage cabling, mounting, termination, and commissioning. Complex ceilings, riser work, and after-hours premiums would increase this.
Software is the annual cloud VMS and access-control subscription — the number most legacy quotes omit. Service is the blended annual figure for firmware governance, health monitoring, warranty RMAs, and a response SLA.
The legacy comparison is what keeping an un-integrated system actually costs: higher maintenance rates, unplanned downtime, and the labour cost of investigating incidents across disconnected tools. It's a floor estimate — real sites often run higher.
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