Interactive Planning Calculator

IT Infrastructure Budget Estimator

Estimate realistic one-time equipment costs, structured cabling, and engineering labor in INR based on verified Indian commercial hardware benchmarks. Export your line-item projection to CSV or request a formal quotation.

Transparent Budgetary Estimation

Prices reflect sample Indian market benchmarks for commercial-grade SMB hardware and engineering labor. This calculator produces an indicative budgetary projection for planning purposes and does not represent a formal binding quotation. All hardware prices exclude applicable 18% GST.

1. Organization & Size

Define your user headcount, device volume, and physical premises.

Employees

Endpoints / Laptops

Office Locations

Network Architecture Complexity

2. Switches & Wireless APs

Select required switch port capacity and Wi-Fi 6 access points.

16-Port Gigabit Switches₹5,500 each

24-Port PoE+ Managed₹28,500 each (PoE+)

48-Port PoE+ Enterprise₹52,000 each

Wi-Fi 6 Business Access Points (APs)

₹11,500 per AP (Supports ~50–75 active devices per unit with roaming)

3. Firewall Appliance & Central Storage

Next-Gen Firewall Appliance (NGFW)

Local Network Attached Storage (NAS)

4. Cabling Materials, Commissioning & Support

Include Structured Cabling Materials (Cat6 Pure Copper Drums & Patch Panels)

Provides factory-tested 23AWG pure copper Cat6 drums and rack patch panels.

Estimated desk drops:

Include Network Engineering & Commissioning Labor

Architecture design, switch port mapping, VLAN creation, firewall rules, and stress testing (Estimated 26 engineering hours @ ₹1,500/hr).

Ongoing Infrastructure Care (Optional Recurring Support)

Estimated Investment

INR (₹)

Calculated dynamically based on your office scale and hardware selections.

Estimated One-Time Capital Investment

₹2,72,100

Hardware (₹1,92,500) + Cabling (₹40,600) + Labor (₹39,000)

Optional Monthly Support Retainer

₹7,000 / month

Annual Support Projection: ₹84,000 / year

Itemized Breakdown (11 components)

1x 24-Port Gigabit Smart Managed PoE+ Switch

Cisco Small Business / Ubiquiti UniFi / Aruba Instant On benchmark

₹28,500

2x Wi-Fi 6 Business Access Point (Ceiling Mount)

Ubiquiti U6+ / Aruba AP22 / Ruijie Reyee pricing benchmark

₹23,000

1x Next-Gen Firewall Appliance (up to 25 users)

Sophos XGS 87 / FortiGate 40F base hardware without advanced 3-year subscription

₹32,000

1x 4-Bay Network Attached Storage (NAS) Enclosure

Synology DiskStation DS923+ or QNAP 4-bay diskless unit

₹42,000

4x 4TB Enterprise NAS HDD (per drive) (RAID array)

4 x 4TB drives in RAID 5/10 configuration

₹44,000

1x 9U Wall Mount Server Rack with PDU

Valrack / Netrack standard SMB wall mount

₹8,500

1x 1 kVA Online Line-Interactive UPS

APC / Microtek online UPS benchmark

₹14,500

4x Cat6 Pure Copper Solid Cable Roll (305m)

Estimated 4 roll(s) for 20 network ports

₹36,800

1x 24-Port Cat6 Loaded Patch Panel with Patch Cords

1 patch panel(s) for rack termination

₹3,800

26x Network Architecture, Firewall Commissioning & Testing Labor

26 engineering hours @ ₹1,500/hr

₹39,000

20x Monthly Essential Infrastructure Care (per endpoint)

₹350/endpoint/month for 20 endpoints

₹7,000/mo

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Assumptions & Scope Boundaries

Hardware unit costs represent sample market benchmarks for commercial-grade SMB equipment in India.
Labor includes remote/hybrid engineering commissioning, VLAN mapping, and firewall baseline security.
Physical conduit, civil wall drilling, or structured cable pulling labor is excluded and quoted separately on-site.