Calculating the Hidden Security Costs of Self-Hosting

For IT and development professionals, achieving enterprise-grade security is a relentless operational burden. Every hour spent on manual patching, vulnerability triage, and audit preparation is an hour taken directly away from feature development and innovation.

As detailed in our whitepaper, Beyond Uptime: WP Engine’s Approach to Enterprise-Grade Security and Compliance for WordPress, the true cost of security isn’t measured only in dollars and cents, but in lost engineering time and unmitigated financial risk.

This downloadable calculator is a helpful tool for moving past the security checklist and building a data-driven case for strategic change.

Expose the hidden financial drain

The Security Costs Calculator is a dynamic spreadsheet designed to translate operational security tasks into dollar amounts. This tool helps you see precisely where your budget and your most valuable talent are being consumed by self-managed security.

Stop letting the endless cycle of patching and manual compliance consume your team’s strategic capacity. Use the data generated by this calculator to justify moving governance, vulnerability management, and audit maintenance to a specialized, automated security framework.

Download the Security Costs Calculator now and take the first step in reclaiming your team’s focus for innovation and business growth.