Independent SD-WAN design · no carrier or hardware resale
Leaving MPLS? Get SD-WAN designed for your business, not your carrier.
Independent SD-WAN design and cutover for multi-site businesses, from 2 to 30 sites.
Who this is for
Multi-site firms on MPLS
You run two or more offices on MPLS, or your MPLS contract is coming up for renewal and you want to know what the alternatives really cost.
Quoted ‘managed SD-WAN’ by your carrier
You have a carrier proposal on the table and want an independent second opinion before you sign a multi-year term.
Remote access, VPN or nbn failover pain
Branch VPNs drop, failover to 4G is manual, or remote staff can't reliably reach head-office systems.
The problem, in plain English
MPLS is expensive for what it delivers. You pay a premium for private links between offices, while most of your traffic now goes to cloud applications on the internet anyway.
Carrier SD-WAN bundles tie you to one network and one hardware choice. The links, the boxes and the management come as one contract, which makes it hard to change any single part later.
Cancelling legacy services is messy. You have to work out which service on a shared nbn connection box to cancel without taking the internet down, and when each contract can end without an early-termination fee.
Before and after
What changes when you leave MPLS
Before: MPLS
After: SD-WAN
Simplified example. Your design depends on your sites, links and applications.
What we do
Four steps, and you can stop after any of them
- 1
Assess
Current sites, links, contracts and applications — including what your existing contracts cost to leave.
- 2
Design
Platform-agnostic. We compare Fortinet, Meraki, Cisco and others on five-year cost for your sites, not on a vendor's preferred bundle.
- 3
Cutover plan
Site by site, with a written rollback plan for each cutover, walked through before anything changes.
- 4
Implementation and handover (optional)
We can deliver the cutover and hand over documentation, or hand the plan to your existing IT provider.
Why vendor-neutral
We don't resell carriers or hardware, so we can tell you when the cheaper option is fine.
Links and equipment are specified for your sites, not for a sales target, so there is no incentive to over-specify. If the right answer is to keep what you have and change nothing, we will tell you that.
Start here
SD-WAN Readiness & MPLS Exit Assessment
- 2–4 sitesStarts from:$2,800
- 5–10 sitesStarts from:$4,200
- 11+ sitesQuoted
Credited against the project if you proceed within 90 days.
Delivered in 5–10 business days from receipt of your site information.
What you get
- Site inventory: devices, links and who depends on what
- Link and contract review, including early-termination exposure
- Target SD-WAN design
- Five-year cost comparison: your current setup compared with two options
- Site-by-site cutover plan with a fixed project quote
What happens after the assessment
You get a fixed project quote, based on your actual sites, links and contracts. You keep the report whether or not you go ahead with us.
Afterwards, if you want ongoing support, Network Care starts from $600 a month.
What a project typically costs
Indicative. Your fixed quote comes from the assessment.
Oramatel project fees (excluding hardware, licences and links)
| Sites | Simple project¹ | Typical project² | Delivery window³ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | from $16K | around $29K | 3–5 weeks |
| 3 | from $19K | around $35K | 3–6 weeks |
| 5 | from $25K | around $46K | 4–8 weeks |
| 10 | from $41K | around $74K | 7–12 weeks |
| 11+ | Quoted | Quoted | Quoted |
- ¹ Simple: one vendor, sites within Melbourne metro, zero-touch provisioning, no voice/PCI/legacy apps, and an IT contact on site.
- ² Typical: mixed sites, VoIP or legacy app dependencies, after-hours cutovers, and more discovery.
- ³ Engineering time only. Excludes carrier lead times. New Enterprise Ethernet fibre can take 50–80 business days (Swoop, checked 30 September 2026), and standard business nbn 1–2 weeks where infrastructure exists (SpinTel nbn service classes and installation timeframes, checked 30 September 2026).
What's included and what's passed through
Included in Oramatel fee
- Discovery, design, config build, staging
- After-hours cutover per site
- Testing, documentation, handover
- Two weeks of hypercare
- Project management
Passed through at cost plus a stated margin, or bought direct
- Edge hardware and security licences
- Internet links and backup links
- Central management licence, such as FortiManager Cloud
- Carrier early-termination fees
- Cabling (by an ACMA-registered cabler)
- Travel outside Melbourne metro
Typical hardware per site by option (indicative, AUD)
| Option | Best for | Hardware + security licence per site | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet FortiGate 60F + 3-year UTP | Most offices; strongest security bundle | about $3,379 inc GST | AV Firewalls, checked 30 September 2026 |
| Cisco Meraki MX67 + 3-year Enterprise licence | Teams wanting cloud dashboard simplicity | about $1,208 ex GSTAdvanced Security licence (IDS/IPS, content filtering) costs extra | Wiretap, checked 30 September 2026CloudManagedWiFi, checked 30 September 2026 |
| Ubiquiti UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra | Very small or low-risk sites | about $185 inc GSTNo licence | PC Case Gear, checked 30 September 2026 |
Prices change often. We quote hardware at time of order and hold quotes for 14 days.
Source for the Meraki Advanced Security note: Cisco Meraki, MX Security and SD-WAN Licensing; the Advanced Security licence lists at about $1,333 ex GST for 3 years (BuyMeraki, checked 30 September 2026).
Questions we get asked
Do we have to leave our carrier?
No. SD-WAN works across any carrier; we design for your mix.
Can we keep MPLS at some sites?
Yes. A hybrid MPLS + SD-WAN design is common during transition.
Which vendors do you work with?
Fortinet, Cisco/Meraki, Ubiquiti UniFi, MikroTik and others. We're vendor-neutral.
How long does an assessment take?
5–10 business days from when we receive your site list and current bills.
How much does a full project cost?
Most 2–5 site projects fall between $16K and $46K in our fees, plus hardware and links. The assessment gives you a fixed quote.
Why can't you give a fixed price up front?
Link lead times, carrier contracts and on-site conditions vary. The assessment finds them before you commit.
Book a fixed-price SD-WAN assessment
Tell us how many sites you have and what you're running today, and we'll confirm scope and the fixed fee.
Start the enquiryRelated
All prices are indicative only and subject to change at any time without notice. All Oramatel prices are in AUD. Oramatel is not registered for GST, so no GST is added to our fees. Third-party prices are shown with their source and the date checked, and may have changed since. Oramatel does not resell carrier services or hardware. Fortinet, FortiGate and FortiManager are Fortinet products; Cisco and Meraki are Cisco Systems products; UniFi is a Ubiquiti product.