Calculate your cybersecurity budget from your risk profile.
Build a defensible security investment plan from public pricing, multi-source benchmarks, and security frameworks. No vendor bias, no email gate — results are immediate and free.
How it works
Three inputs in, a sourced budget out — in under two minutes.- 01
Describe your org
Industry, size, revenue, endpoints, and cloud footprint. Smart defaults are pre-filled — adjust what matters.
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Set your risk profile
Data sensitivity, current maturity, compliance needs, and threat exposure shape every recommendation.
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Get a sourced budget + benchmark
A budget range, maturity score, risk level, peer benchmark, and per-control breakdown — every figure cited and dated.
The typical organization spends ~11% of its IT budget on security.
See where your plan lands against a multi-source meta-benchmark — no single vendor's pitch, just blended peer distributions you can defend.
Every number is sourced, dated, and built on a documented methodology.
Bottom-up unit costs
Per-seat and per-endpoint list pricing, blended with negotiated-rate caveats — never a single quote.
Multi-source benchmarks
Spend ratios cross-checked across independent surveys, with confidence levels on every figure.
Documented & versioned
A public, versioned methodology and changelog — no anonymous "experts agree" seals.
From the guides
All guides- Guide · 8 min read How much does cybersecurity cost? The three ways to frame security spend — % of IT budget, % of revenue, and per employee. Read guide
- Guide · 7 min read Budget by company size Typical annual security spend from startup to enterprise, with priorities for each stage. Read guide
- Guide · 6 min read Security budget per employee Per-employee spend benchmarks by company size and industry, with the usual caveats. Read guide
Latest from the blog
All posts- Benchmarks IT budget benchmarks by industry 2026 (and how much goes to security) IT budgets range from ~2.5% of revenue in manufacturing to ~7.5% in financial services and tech. Here are the 2026 IT-spend benchmarks by industry — and the share that goes to cybersecurity. Read post
- Benchmarks How much do companies spend on cybersecurity? (2026 benchmarks) Companies spend around 11% of their IT budget — roughly 0.69% of revenue, or about $2,300 per employee — on cybersecurity. Here's what the 2026 benchmarks say, by industry and size. Read post
- Pricing Cybersecurity services pricing 2026: MSSP, MDR, pentest and consulting What outsourced cybersecurity services cost in 2026 — MSSP and MDR retainers, penetration tests, vCISO, and compliance consulting — with typical price ranges and how they're billed. Read post
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