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POCLAB TCO STUDIO
TCO calculators for modern architectures
Calculators for customer conversations
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Model total cost of ownership in minutes, not spreadsheets.

POCLAB TCO STUDIO gives you interactive calculators to benchmark architectures, pressure-test assumptions, and translate designs into clear TCO stories for customers.

Side-by-side TCO & $/edge / $/user / $/endpoint
Visual cost curves & break-even pricing
No login required for core tools
Tip: open a calculator in a separate tab and tune assumptions live with the customer.
Who this is for
Built for architecture, presales, and GTM teams that need fast, directional TCO views without standing up a full spreadsheet model every time.
Calculators available
12 today
Typical horizon
3–7 year TCO
Domains covered
Access, WAN, SecOps, Data, Platform
Export-ready
Chart & $/unit views
Roadmap: save scenarios, share links, and export branded PDFs.
Available Calculators
Start with any calculator, adjust the defaults to match your environment, and use the TCO + cost curves to anchor the story.
APN vs Internet Edge Overlay TCO Calculator
Compare a private APN + VPN headend design against an internet-based edge overlay across edges, including APN data, overlay subscriptions, headend CAPEX/OPEX, and ops FTEs.
Quantify the move from
private APN to internet edge overlay.
APN Overlay Edges Break-even curve
📊 APN vs Edge Overlay
Best for: APN → overlay migrations, WAN strategy workshops.
Starlink Datacap vs Cellular Spillover Calculator
Model Starlink business plans with high-speed caps and overages against a “cap & spill” design that offloads overflow traffic from edges onto cheaper cellular.
Show when to offload
instead of paying overages.
Starlink Cellular Edges Cost curve
🛰️ Starlink vs Cellular
Best for: mobile edge, rural WAN, public-safety fleets.
VPN vs ZTNA TCO Calculator
Compare legacy VPN headend costs against a ZTNA service across users, including licenses, infra, operations and helpdesk “VPN pain”.
Make the business case
for Zero Trust access.
VPN ZTNA Access Per-user TCO
🔐 VPN vs ZTNA
Best for: remote access refreshes, security architecture reviews.
MPLS vs SD-WAN TCO Calculator
Compare MPLS-based WAN against an internet + SD-WAN overlay, including bandwidth, circuits, SD-WAN licenses, CPE and FTEs across edges.
Show when SD-WAN
beats MPLS on TCO.
MPLS SD-WAN Edges Per-edge TCO
🌐 MPLS vs SD-WAN
Best for: WAN refreshes, MPLS offload, and SD-WAN business cases.
Next-Gen VPN vs SASE TCO Calculator
Compare a legacy VPN stack (gateway, agents, SWG) against a SASE access model across edges, including licenses, infra and helpdesk tickets.
Turn “VPN pain” into
a SASE TCO story.
VPN stack SASE Edges Per-edge TCO
🧩 Next-Gen VPN vs SASE
Best for: VPN-to-SASE transitions, access modernization.
NGFW vs Cloud/SASE FWaaS TCO Calculator
Compare datacenter NGFW + hairpinned traffic against cloud/SASE firewall-as-a-service across edges, including hardware, subscriptions, transit and FTEs.
Move the perimeter
from DC to cloud.
NGFW FWaaS Edges Per-edge TCO
🛡️ NGFW vs Cloud FWaaS
Best for: DC perimeter refreshes, SASE FWaaS evaluations.
SIEM vs MDR TCO Calculator
Compare in-house SIEM + SOC against MDR/XDR across endpoints, including ingest licensing, infra and analyst FTEs.
Frame the move from
SIEM build to MDR buy.
SIEM MDR/XDR SecOps Per-endpoint TCO
📡 SIEM vs MDR
Best for: SOC modernization, SIEM vs MDR tradeoff.
EDR vs XDR TCO Calculator
Compare an EDR + AV + MDM multi-agent stack against a unified XDR endpoint suite across endpoints, including licenses, ops FTEs and helpdesk tickets.
Turn agent sprawl
into a cost story.
EDR XDR Endpoints Per-endpoint TCO
💻 EDR vs XDR
Best for: endpoint suite consolidation, XDR justifications.
DLP / Data Security vs Incident Cost Calculator
Compare the cost of DLP / data security controls against expected data loss incident costs across endpoints, combining control spend with avoided-loss assumptions.
Turn “we should buy DLP”
into an expected-cost story.
DLP Data loss Risk Expected cost
📂 DLP vs Incidents
Best for: DLP risk justifications, board-level discussions.
Microsegmentation vs Flat VLANs Calculator
Compare a flat VLAN + perimeter FW model against microsegmentation / zero-trust at the workload level, including software, infra and network/security ops FTEs.
Separate cost from
pure “security cool factor”.
Microseg Flat VLANs Workloads Per-workload TCO
🧱 Microseg vs VLANs
Best for: microseg business cases, internal network redesigns.
Multi-Tool Stack vs Platform Calculator
Compare a set of separate tools (SWG, CASB, VPN/ZTNA, FWaaS) against a single-vendor platform across users, including license and operations TCO.
Put numbers behind
“platform consolidation”.
SWG CASB Platform Per-user TCO
🧱 Multi-Tool vs Platform
Best for: consolidation programs, vendor strategy discussions.
Patch vs Virtual Patching Calculator
Compare traditional patch management effort against patch + virtual patching (IPS/WAF) across servers, including labor, downtime and control spend.
Show when controls
reduce patch load.
Patching Virtual patch Servers Per-server TCO
🩹 Patch vs Virtual Patching
Best for: IPS/WAF justification, patch management strategy.