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See the 5-year true cost of traditional versus Cisco Meraki cloud-managed networking for your deployment: at your labour rate, your number of sites, your device mix.

IT Labour Rate
Hourly rate (S$/hr) S$30/hr
S$20S$35S$50
Singapore network administrator / network engineer. Market rate S$4,700–5,600/month equates to S$27–32/hr at 176 hrs/month (Glassdoor, Indeed, June 2026).
Deployment Scale
Number of sites Offices, branches, retail locations
Devices Per Site
Firewalls / UTM FortiGate 70G vs Meraki MX75
24-Port PoE Switches Aruba 1930 24G vs Meraki MS130-24P
Wi-Fi Access Points Aruba AP25 vs Meraki CW9162
Device counts apply per site. All figures in SGD over 3 years. Cisco Meraki hardware priced at typical reseller discount (~50% off list). Competitors at current market pricing sourced from authorised distributors.
3-Year Total Cost Comparison
3 sites · 1 firewall, 2 switches, 5 APs per site
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Meraki delivers better total value at this labour rate
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Cisco Meraki (all-inclusive) —
Meraki saves
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Breakdown by device category (5yr total)
Category Traditional Meraki
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Switches — —
Access Points — —
Meraki premium payback period
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All figures in SGD at S$1.35 per USD. Product pricing sourced from authorised resellers (Firewalls.com, Rhino Networks, HPE Store, 2025–2026). Cisco Meraki hardware at ~50% off list price: the typical reseller discount; large organisations regularly achieve 60–70% off. Management labour hours estimated from field experience: firmware update visits, remote diagnostics, and annual troubleshooting at typical cadence for each platform. Full methodology and sourcing in the cloud-managed networking guide. This calculator is indicative; actual costs will vary based on your reseller relationship and deployment specifics.