Why downtime dominates the bill
Most ransomware loss isn't the ransom — it's the days or weeks of halted operations while systems are rebuilt and verified.
Estimate what a ransomware attack would really cost your business — downtime, recovery, and ransom — in real time.
Estimated total incident cost
9,9 M US$
Range 5,4 M US$ – 16,8 M US$
A typical incident like yours runs ~126h of downtime — well beyond the 24h you said you could absorb.
62% of businesses your size were hit by ransomware in 2024.
An estimate from public benchmarks — your real exposure depends on your controls.
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Most ransomware loss isn't the ransom — it's the days or weeks of halted operations while systems are rebuilt and verified.
Tested, isolated backups and a rehearsed incident-response plan are the two levers that most reduce both downtime and recovery cost.
Paying rarely restores everything and funds further attacks. Authorities advise against it; insurers and IR firms can negotiate when payment is unavoidable.
This calculator gives an illustrative estimate from public benchmarks (Sophos State of Ransomware, IBM Cost of a Data Breach, Coveware) and is not a guarantee, quote, or professional advice. Actual costs vary widely by incident.