RFID Cost Calculator
A budgetary estimate for an RFID asset tracking rollout: tags, fixed readers, handhelds, and software. Pick your tag type and scale, and get a year-one range you can take into a business case.
Items receiving a tag in the first rollout.
Warehouses, hospitals, factories, depots.
Dock doors, gateways, key chokepoints. Includes antennas and install.
For audits, stocktakes, and finding individual items.
£4–£8 per asset in year one
- Tags (Passive UHF labels)
- £750 – £2,000
- Fixed readers and install
- £9,600 – £17,600
- Handheld readers
- £5,600 – £10,400
- Software and support (per year)
- £3,000 – £7,500
Budgetary ranges from UK deployments at 2026 prices, excluding integration work, which varies with your ERP landscape. A site survey replaces these ranges with a firm quote.
What drives RFID project cost
Tag choice dominates at volume: passive UHF labels cost pennies but struggle on metal and liquids, while rugged on-metal tags and active beacons cost more per unit and suit smaller, higher-value asset pools. Reader infrastructure scales with chokepoints, not floor area, so dock doors and corridor gateways usually beat blanket coverage. RedBite has deployed these systems since spinning out of Cambridge Auto-ID Labs, including itemit rollouts across healthcare, construction, and manufacturing.
For technology background, read the RFID tracking hub or the comparison of GPS, RFID, and BLE tracking. When you want a firm number, a site survey replaces these ranges with a quote.