MDR ROI Calculator

Updated 26 March 2026

Compare the annual cost of MDR against the risk-adjusted expected cost of a breach for your organisation. Understanding this ratio is the most straightforward way to justify MDR spend to a finance or board audience.

MDR ROI Calculator

Compare annual MDR cost against risk-adjusted breach cost for your organisation

Number of Endpoints

endpoints

Laptops, desktops, and servers

Number of Employees

employees

Used to estimate your organisation's breach cost exposure

MDR Price Per Endpoint Per Month

Use the comparison table above for a benchmark range

Estimated Annual Breach Probability

Industry average is 19-25% for SMB, 30-40% for enterprise. Higher for regulated sectors.

Annual MDR Cost

$150,000

What you pay for MDR per year

Estimated Breach Cost

$2.4M

Full cost of a breach at your organisation size

Risk-Adjusted Expected Breach Cost

$611,875

Breach cost x annual probability

Net Risk-Adjusted Benefit

$461,875 benefit

MDR breaks even at 6.1% annual breach probability

Average breach costs by industry

Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024. Figures represent total average cost including detection, response, notification, lost business, and regulatory fines.

Industry	Avg Breach Cost	Primary Cost Drivers
Healthcare	$10.9M	PHI data value, HIPAA fines, operational downtime
Financial Services	$6.1M	Regulatory fines, customer compensation, fraud losses
Technology	$5.4M	IP theft, customer data, contract penalties
Energy	$5.3M	OT downtime, critical infrastructure penalties
Education	$3.7M	Student data, limited cyber insurance
Retail	$3.5M	Payment card data, PCI fines, reputational damage
Professional Services	$4.5M	Client data exposure, legal liability
Manufacturing	$4.7M	Production downtime, OT recovery, IP theft

How MDR reduces breach costs

83 days faster

Containment with MDR

Organisations with MDR contain breaches an average of 83 days faster than those relying on self-managed tools, directly reducing total breach cost.

$1.76M

Average cost reduction

Organisations that contained a breach in under 200 days saved $1.76 million compared to those that took longer, per IBM data.

29%

Breach probability reduction

MDR with 24x7 monitoring reduces the probability of a breach escalating to a full incident by intercepting attackers during the dwell phase.

15-25%

Cyber insurance premium saving

Many insurers discount premiums by 15 to 25% for organisations with a qualified MDR service, partially offsetting the MDR cost.

60%

Fewer successful phishing attacks

MDR email monitoring and identity alerting catches credential misuse faster, reducing phishing-driven breaches.

12 months

Typical payback period

For a 500-endpoint organisation paying $150,000 per year for MDR, a single prevented ransomware incident typically covers 3 to 10 years of MDR cost.