# Why don't security vendors publish prices?

Usually because each deal is negotiated: the vendor wants to price to your budget, bundle services and keep competitors from comparing. Quote-only pricing is common for enterprise security products, where deployments include hardware, sensors per site, professional services and multi-year discounts. It makes budgeting hard for a small or mid-sized company: you spend weeks in calls before you learn whether the product is even in range, and renewals can rise without warning. When a vendor does not publish prices, ask for the full cost in writing: licence unit, minimum term, hardware, installation, support, training and what happens at renewal. Ask whether adding a site, a segment or a module changes the price. NetSenX publishes its prices for every plan, from the Free plan to Enterprise, from the same plan catalog the product applies, so you know the cost before the first call.

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- https://netsenx.com/en/pricing
- https://netsenx.com/en/ndr-for-small-business

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