AI Security Cost Estimator
Build an indicative ₹ budget for a security setup — hardware, cabling, installation and GST, plus AMC and monitoring. It helps you plan & decide — strictly defensive; a licensed professional does the work.
Tell me which systems you want — cameras, alarm, access control, monitoring — and the size of the property, and I'll build an indicative rupee budget covering hardware, cabling, install, GST and ongoing costs. What are you planning?
Guidance to plan & decide — strictly defensive, and life-safety work (fire, electric locks, mains) routes to licensed professionals. Indicative only; verify on site. See the Security Hub.
Planning, not defeating security. This tool helps you plan & decide, and is strictly defensive — it will not help defeat or bypass any security system. Figures are indicative and not a quotation; life-safety elements (fire, electric locks, mains power) route to a licensed professional. Your privacy is respected under the DPDP Act — verify prices on site with a qualified installer.
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Annual Monitoring Cost Calculator
Budget the recurring monitoring costs — the central station, cloud video storage and the connectivity link, monthly times twelve plus GST. Monitoring turns a recording system into a response, but know what the station actually does. An indicative annual estimate; check current plan prices.
Monitoring CostPerimeter Security Cost Calculator
Budget a whole perimeter — fence, gates, cameras, lighting and detection beams, plus install and GST. The fence is only part of it; cameras and lighting go together and detection is the pricey high-security layer. An indicative estimate; electric fencing is a separate specialist line.
Perimeter BudgetSecurity Maintenance Cost Calculator
Budget the yearly upkeep of a security system — the AMC as a percentage of system value plus a battery-replacement reserve, consumables and GST, with the per-month equivalent. Skipping the AMC is why systems fail on the night they are needed. An indicative annual estimate.
Annual Upkeep