Compliance License Cost Calculator

Inputs

Reset

Fill in your licensing, compliance, and audit assumptions. Submit to see totals above this form.

Currency & Period

Currency

Pick a display currency for outputs.

Custom FX rate (optional)

Use 1 if inputs are already in selected currency.

Period (months)

Typical contract terms: 12, 24, 36.

Licenses & Hosting

License unit cost (per month)

$

Number of licenses

Cloud provider profile

Primary region

Represents residency controls and regional vendor pricing.

Framework Scope

Choose one or more frameworks.

ISO 27001 (weight 8%)

SOC 2 (weight 10%)

PCI DSS (weight 12%)

HIPAA (weight 9%)

GDPR (weight 7%)

FedRAMP (weight 15%)

Program overhead (% of base licenses)

Policy work, evidence collection, and control maintenance.

Audits & Assessments

Audit frequency

External audit cost (per audit)

$

Readiness assessment (annual)

$

Penetration test (annual)

$

Internal Effort

Hours per month

Security, IT, engineering, and compliance time.

Hourly rate

$

Tooling subscriptions (monthly)

$

GRC, ticketing, monitoring, and evidence automation.

Vendor support / advisory (monthly)

$

Retention & Risk

Evidence retention (months)

Set 0 if retention is not required.

Retention storage (monthly)

$

Incident response retainer (annual)

$

Risk probability (%)

Penalty amount

$

Expected risk buffer = probability × penalty.

Discount (%)

Tax (%)

Disclaimer: This calculator provides planning estimates only and is not legal or audit advice.

Example data

Use these sample values to test the calculator quickly.

Scenario	Licenses	Unit / mo	Frameworks	Audits	Tooling / mo	Risk buffer
Mid-size SaaS	120	$35	ISO 27001, SOC 2	Annual	$900	10% of $25,000
Payments platform	250	$55	SOC 2, PCI DSS	Semiannual	$1,600	15% of $60,000
Healthcare app	80	$42	HIPAA, GDPR	Annual	$1,100	8% of $40,000

Formula used

This model adds direct licensing, compliance complexity, audit spend, internal effort, and a risk buffer.

Core components

BaseLicense = unit_cost × license_count × months
FrameworkMultiplier = 1 + Σ(framework_weights), capped
ComplexitySurcharge = BaseLicense × FrameworkMultiplier × ProviderFactor − BaseLicense
AuditCost = audit_cost × audits_per_year × (months ÷ 12)
InternalLabor = hours_per_month × hourly_rate × months
RiskBuffer = probability% × penalty_amount

Total estimate

Subtotal = BaseLicense + ComplexitySurcharge + ProgramOverhead + RegionAdders + Audits + Readiness + PenTests + InternalLabor + Tooling + Support + Retention + IRRetainer + RiskBuffer

Discount = discount% × Subtotal

Taxable = Subtotal − Discount

Total = Taxable + (tax% × Taxable)

How to use this calculator

Pick a currency and contract period in months.
Enter your license unit cost and license count.
Select provider profile and region for residency adders.
Choose compliance frameworks to model scope complexity.
Fill audits, internal hours, tooling, retention, and risk.
Set discount and tax, then press Submit.
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