ROI CALCULATOR
Calculate your savings
Estimate how upstream optimization can reduce your SIEM ingestion costs based on your actual data volumes.
The savings above are delivered by , a security data pipeline that reduces and filters log data before it reaches your SIEM, cutting ingestion costs without losing visibility. Elevan Cyber is the official VirtualMetric distributor for Latin America and Spain.
Annual DataStream subscription
Total annual savings
€365.000
Payback period
1,1 months
Estimate based on €2.00 per GB ingested. VirtualMetric DataStream is distributed in Latin America and Spain by Elevan Cyber.
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The calculator estimates ingestion savings based on volume reduction. In practice, the financial impact is broader. Upstream optimization can reduce manual effort, lower storage and infrastructure costs, and improve processing efficiency. Submit details below and our engineering team will provide a tailored cost impact assessment for your environment.
How to reduce SIEM ingestion costs
SIEM licensing is usually priced by the volume of data ingested per day. As cloud workloads, endpoints and identity sources grow, log volumes grow faster than security budgets — and much of that data is redundant, verbose or never used in detections.
A security data pipeline such as sits upstream of your SIEM. It removes unnecessary fields, filters low-value events, normalizes formats and routes data to the most cost-effective destination, so you only pay to ingest what matters for detection and response.
Typical results include 50% or more reduction in SIEM ingest volume, lower log storage costs, faster searches and fewer manual parsing tasks for the security operations team.
Frequently asked questions
How can I reduce my SIEM costs?
The most effective way is to reduce the volume of data ingested by the SIEM. Upstream optimization with VirtualMetric DataStream removes redundant fields and filters noisy events before they reach the SIEM, cutting ingest costs without losing detection coverage.
How is the SIEM cost savings estimate calculated?
The calculator multiplies your daily log volume by 365 days and €2.00 per GB to estimate annual ingestion cost, then applies a 50% baseline field-level reduction plus your chosen event filtering level.
Will reducing log volume affect threat detection?
No. Field-level reduction removes data that is not used by detections, and event filtering is configurable, so security-relevant events continue to reach your SIEM.
What is the payback period?
It is the number of months needed for SIEM savings to cover the annual DataStream subscription. Many organizations reach payback within the first few months.
Can channel partners resell VirtualMetric?
Yes. Elevan Cyber is the VirtualMetric distributor for Latin America and Spain and supports resellers and MSSPs in delivering SIEM cost savings to their customers.