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What it costs, and what it replaces.
Pick a model, add quantity, drop in a fitout quote if you have one. Nothing is sent anywhere.
A fully installed and furnished office pod costs between $8,044 and $18,290 ex GST depending on model, with delivery included. Against building the equivalent room — typically $20,000 to $40,000 in a leased tenancy — the pod is usually cheaper before you count make-good at the end of the lease, which a fitout creates and a freestanding pod does not.
Work out the number for your floor.
Two ways to look at it. What a pod costs against building the equivalent room, and what your team currently loses to nowhere-to-take-a-call.
- All figures ex GST
- Fitout comparison uses your own quote
- Nothing is sent anywhere
Total ex GST
$16,490
What the comparison should include
Beyond the two numbersA fitout quote and a pod quote are not directly comparable, because the fitout quote leaves three things out.
Make-good. A built room has to be demolished and the space reinstated when the lease ends. That cost sits in the future, never appears on the quote, and is often five figures. A pod creates none.
Disruption. Two to six weeks of trades on an occupied floor has a real price in relocated desks, lost concentration and meetings that do not happen. Nobody invoices for it and everybody pays it.
What happens next time you move. The fitout stays. The pod comes with you, which is also why it generally sits on the balance sheet as a depreciable asset rather than a leasehold improvement.
The numbers that survive scrutiny
Why we left the productivity maths outThe market is full of calculators that multiply headcount by an hourly rate by an invented percentage of recovered focus time and produce a four-month payback. We have left that out, because a number your finance team can pull apart is worse than no number at all.
What we have used instead is the arithmetic that holds up in a meeting: the fitout you no longer have to commission, the make-good you no longer owe at lease end, the depreciation treatment on an asset you own and keep, and the meeting rooms handed back when one-person calls stop occupying them.
That case is strong enough on its own, and it survives scrutiny.
Full pricing
For reference| Model | Solo | Solo Plus | Duo | Team | Meet | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1 person | 1 person | 2 people | 2 people | 4 people | 6 people |
| Exterior W×D×H | 1080 × 1000 × 2338 mm | 1600 × 1375 × 2338 mm | 1600 × 1375 × 2338 mm | 2300 × 966 × 2338 mm | 2300 × 1785 × 2338 mm | 2600 × 2605 × 2338 mm |
| Interior W×D×H | 942 × 960 × 2146 mm | 1462 × 1335 × 2146 mm | 1462 × 1335 × 2146 mm | 2162 × 926 × 2146 mm | 2162 × 1745 × 2146 mm | 2462 × 2565 × 2146 mm |
| Floor space | ~1.0 m² | ~2.2 m² | ~2.2 m² | ~2.2 m² | ~4.1 m² | ~6.77 m² |
| Weight | 290–335 kg | 442–502 kg | 442–502 kg | 504–564 kg | 635–700 kg | 852–970 kg |
| Ventilation | 0–70 m³/h | 0–110 m³/h | 0–110 m³/h | 0–110 m³/h | 0–218 m³/h | 0–327 m³/h |
| Air change | ~1.6 min | ~2.3 min | ~2.3 min | ~2.3 min | ~2.2 min | ~2.4 min |
| Power draw | 40 W | 52 W | 52 W | 60 W | 120 W | 120 W |
| Price from | $10,730ex GST, delivered | $14,505ex GST, delivered | $14,625ex GST, delivered | $15,630ex GST, delivered | $17,605ex GST, delivered | $20,335ex GST, delivered |
| Installation | + $1,145 ex GST | + $1,490 ex GST | + $1,490 ex GST | + $1,610 ex GST | + $1,725 ex GST | + $2,070 ex GST |
Common questions
How do you calculate the ROI of an office pod?
There is no single formula, because the return is mostly avoided cost rather than revenue. The two comparisons that hold up are the pod against building the equivalent room, including make-good at lease end, and the pod against the meeting rooms currently being used for one-person calls.
Is an office pod cheaper than building a meeting room?
Usually. A four-person pod installed and furnished is about $16,490 ex GST. A built meeting room of similar capacity in a leased tenancy typically runs $20,000 to $40,000, plus two to six weeks of disruption and a make-good obligation at the end of the lease.
What is make-good and why does it matter to the numbers?
Make-good is the lease obligation to return the premises to its original condition. A built room has to be demolished and the floor and services reinstated, which is a future cost that never appears on the fitout quote. A freestanding pod creates none, and leaves with you.
How do I justify a pod to finance?
Ask for the quote itemised, put it against a fitout quote for the same room, and include make-good and depreciation treatment. A pod is generally a depreciable asset you own rather than a leasehold improvement you leave behind, which is usually the argument that lands.
Does a pod pay for itself?
On avoided cost, yes, and quickly. A four-person pod installed is about $16,490 ex GST against $20,000 to $40,000 to build the equivalent room, before counting make-good at lease end and the meeting rooms handed back when one-person calls stop occupying them. Productivity gains are real but hard to measure, so we build the case on the numbers that survive scrutiny.
Want it itemised for approval?
We quote pod, delivery, installation and furniture as separate lines, which is what finance usually asks for before signing off.