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MDM Return on Investment

Hard-cost license and labor savings, with modeled productivity and security effects shown separately. Every default traces to a cited source or a labeled estimate.

Fleet Configuration

500
25100,000

Vendor Comparison

Current
$3,333
/month
Proposed
$3,945
/month

Per-user licenses are normalized at 1.2 devices per user for a fair per-device comparison.

Jamf is quote-only since 2025; reseller-reported list price.

Hard Savings Inputs

25h
0200
$55
$25$150
$15,000
$0$100,000

Default $15,000 from vendor jump-start tiers for 500 devices.

Modeled Savings

Productivity, security and onboarding effects are estimates, not invoices. They are shown separately from hard savings and currently excluded from totals.

3.5%

Default 3.5%, Forrester TEI 2024 claim (Apple-commissioned).

40%

Share of saved time that becomes real output. 25-40% is defensible.

$110,000
5
$15,000
15%

Default 15%, Forrester TEI 2024 external-breach reduction.

15%
8h
Year 1
-$5,840
-9% ROI
Range -$5,840 - $269,780
Hard savings$9,160
License delta-$7,340
IT labor reclaimed$16,500
Implementation (one-time)-$15,000
Modeled savings (excluded)$136,798
Productivity (recaptured)$92,548
Security avoidance$11,250
Onboarding$33,000
3-Year Projection
$12,480
8% ROI
Range $12,480 - $839,341
Hard savings$27,480
License delta-$22,020
IT labor reclaimed$49,500
Implementation (one-time)-$15,000
Modeled savings (excluded)$410,394
Productivity (recaptured)$277,644
Security avoidance$33,750
Onboarding$99,000
5-Year Projection
$30,800
12% ROI
Range $30,800 - $1,408,901
Hard savings$45,800
License delta-$36,700
IT labor reclaimed$82,500
Implementation (one-time)-$15,000
Modeled savings (excluded)$683,990
Productivity (recaptured)$462,740
Security avoidance$56,250
Onboarding$165,000

3-Year Breakdown

License Cost Delta
0%-$22,020
IT Labor Reclaimed
100%$49,500
Implementation (one-time cost)
0%-$15,000
Productivity (modeled) (excluded)
0%$277,644
Security Avoidance (modeled) (excluded)
0%$33,750
Onboarding (modeled) (excluded)
0%$99,000
Total 3-Year Net Savings$12,480

Key Figures

Transitioning 500 endpoints from Intune Plan 1 ($8.00/user/mo) to Jamf Pro (Mac) ($7.89/device/mo)

Payback Period
1.7 yr
Yr-1 Monthly Net
-$487
Labor Hours/Year
300h
3-Year ROI
8%
License prices are vendor list or reseller-reported prices (dated per vendor; Jamf is quote-only since 2025). Hard savings cover license delta and your IT labor estimate. Productivity, security and onboarding are modeled estimates with sourced defaults (Forrester TEI 2024, commissioned by Apple). Adjust them to your environment. The range shows hard-savings-only through full-recapture scenarios. These figures are estimates, not a quote.