Edge Computing Cost Calculator

Edge vs cloud processing cost from data volume and latency.

Daily data volume (GB)

Edge data reduction (%)

Cloud ingestion ($/GB)

Cloud compute ($/M events)

Events per GB

Edge hardware ($/mo)

Edge power + conn ($/mo)

Tab to move between fields

Cloud-only cost ($/mo)

$213.08

≈ 14 movie tickets

Edge+cloud cost ($/mo)$222.62

Monthly savings ($)-$9.54

Cost reduction (%)-4.5

Data saved (GB/mo)243.52

Breakeven (months)38.4

How to Use This Calculator

Enter your daily raw data volume in GB across all IoT devices.
Set the edge data reduction percentage — how much data the edge node filters before cloud upload.
Input your cloud ingestion cost per GB and compute cost per million events.
Enter edge hardware monthly cost and power/connectivity cost.
Compare Cloud-only cost vs Edge+cloud cost and check the Breakeven period in months.

How the result changes with Daily data volume (GB)

Daily data volume (GB): Total raw sensor data generated per day across all devices.
Edge data reduction (%): Percentage of data filtered/aggregated at the edge. 80% means only 20% reaches the cloud.
Cloud ingestion ($/GB): Cloud provider data ingestion cost per GB (AWS IoT: ~$0.08/M msg, Azure: ~$0.50/GB).
Cloud compute ($/M events): Cloud processing cost per million events (Lambda/Functions + analytics).
Events per GB: Number of discrete events/messages per GB of raw data.
Edge hardware ($/mo): Monthly amortized cost of edge gateway hardware (purchase price / 36 months).
Edge power + conn ($/mo): Monthly electricity and internet connectivity cost for edge hardware.

Cloud-only cost ($/mo): Monthly cost sending all data to the cloud.
Edge+cloud cost ($/mo): Monthly cost with edge processing (hardware + reduced cloud).
Monthly savings ($): Monthly cost savings from edge processing. Negative = edge costs more.
Cost reduction (%): Percentage reduction in monthly costs.
Data saved (GB/mo): Monthly data volume kept off the cloud by edge filtering.
Breakeven (months): Months to recoup edge hardware investment. -1 = edge never pays back.

Identify Input Parameters
4 parameters
Daily data volume (GB) = 10, Edge data reduction (%) = 80, Cloud ingestion ($/GB) = 0.5, Cloud compute ($/M events) = 2 = 7 input(s) provided
Calculate Cloud-only cost
Cloud-only cost = cloudOnlyIngestionCost + cloudOnlyComputeCost
213.08 = $213.08
Calculate Edge+cloud cost
Edge+cloud cost = edgeIngestionCost + edgeComputeCost + edgeHardwareMonthlyCost + edgePowerConn...
222.62 = $222.62
Calculate Monthly savings
Monthly savings = cloudOnlyTotalMonthly - edgeTotalMonthly
-9.54 = $-9.54