ExcludingReduced Risk ExposureLeast Privilege At ScaleNo Audit QualificationSuperior Employee Experience
|ROI Calculator
June 17, 2026
Headcount
Employees300
Identity Operations
hires / mo12
departures / mo7
manual access tickets / wk14
UAR days / qtr3
SCIM Tax
apps to manage8
SaaS Spend
Monthly spend$15,000/mo
What you're paying for
Okta
Iden
Licensing
$208,080
$27,000
IGA Tool
Employee licenses
$61,200
$27,000
SaaS
SCIM tax
$146,880
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Operations
$246,853
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IT Overhead
Onboarding
$18,720
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Offboarding
$10,920
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Access tickets
$15,773
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Access reviews
$6,240
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Productivity
New hire wait
$86,400
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Ticket wait
$72,800
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SaaS
License waste
$36,000
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Total / year
$454,933
$27,000
Net savings / year
$427,933
IT hrs returned / month
66 hrs
Return on Investment
15.8X
ExcludingReduced Risk ExposureLeast Privilege At ScaleNo Audit QualificationSuperior Employee Experience
Generated by Iden · idenhq.com/roi-calculator
Estimates based on industry benchmarks. Actual savings vary.
Questions about the math
What does this calculator assume?
It models the manual cost of access work: provisioning each new hire across N apps, offboarding each departure across N apps, and running quarterly access reviews. Defaults reflect averages across Iden customers; every input is overridable.
What are typical inputs for a 200-person company?
50-80 SaaS apps in the stack, 5-15 hires per month, 20-40% headcount turnover annually, 10 hours of IT time per week on access tickets, 80-120 hours per quarter on access reviews. Adjust to match your actuals.
How does Iden's ROI compare to Lumos or C1 (ConductorOne)?
On time savings, similar. On cost, Iden is usually 20-40% cheaper for the same scope because of the flat $7.50/user/mo and zero SCIM tax. On coverage, Iden picks up the apps Lumos and C1 leave to manual processes - which is where most of the hidden ROI comes from.
Where does the 30% SaaS reduction figure come from?
License reclamation. When offboarding is automated, dormant seats get freed up immediately instead of accumulating until the next quarterly cleanup. Across Iden customers in the 200-2,000 range, this consistently lands at 20-30% SaaS spend reduction in the first year.
How long until we see the ROI?
Most teams see positive ROI within 30 days from license reclamation alone. The compliance time savings (80-120 hours per quarter on access reviews) shows up at the first audit cycle. Pricing is flat, so the ROI compounds as headcount grows.
Does this account for the SCIM tax?
Yes. The calculator includes optional inputs for the apps where you're paying enterprise plan rates just to unlock SCIM. Iden eliminates that line item by automating at any plan tier. The SCIM Tax Index at scimtax.org lists 300+ vendors and which tier they gate SCIM behind.