SOC-as-a-service cost is frustratingly hard to pin down, because a security operations center delivered as a service is almost always priced by quote. Still, the market clusters into recognisable ranges. For a small business, entry-level managed SOC commonly lands somewhere around $1,000–$5,000 per month, and per-asset models often run roughly $10–$25 per monitored endpoint or asset. Treat those as orientation, not gospel — the spread is real.
What Moves the Number
Five factors do most of the work. The number of users and devices you're monitoring. The volume of logs and dataingested. Whether you're buying alerting only or full response — a feed that tells you something happened is cheaper than a team that contains it. The breadth of coverage — endpoints alone, or email, identity, and cloud too. And any compliance reporting you need on top.
Why Nobody Publishes It
Here's the part worth noticing: the reason SOC pricing is so hard to find is that providers choose not to publish it. Quote-only pricing keeps you in a sales process and makes comparison hard. We take the opposite view — our 24/7 monitoring is built into published plans from $375/month, so you can compare before you ever talk to us. For the broader picture, see our MSSP pricing guide.
SOC Alone, or the Whole Program?
A SOC monitors and responds — but monitoring without MFA, EDR, email security, and tested backups is watching a house with the doors unlocked. For most small businesses, SOC monitoring makes the most sense inside a complete managed service rather than as an isolated purchase — which is also usually the better deal. Compare the cheapest path in our guide to the cheapest MSSP for small business.
24/7 Monitoring, Published Pricing
No discovery call required to see the number. Our plans include SOC monitoring and response, with every figure on the pricing page.
See Plans & Pricing