Your Environment
Everything in Essentials plus proactive maintenance, vendor management, quarterly reviews, standard EDR.
Estimated Monthly Cost
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What's the Difference Between Tiers?
Essentials
Remote monitoring, patch management, help desk during business hours, basic antivirus. Good fit for small teams with low complexity and no compliance requirements.
Standard
Everything in Essentials plus proactive maintenance, vendor management, quarterly reviews, and standard endpoint detection and response (EDR). The most common tier for growing businesses.
Premium
Everything in Standard plus 24/7 monitoring and response, an advanced security stack, dedicated account management, and faster SLAs. Fits regulated or security-sensitive organizations.
Why the range is wide
Actual pricing varies by region, industry, environment complexity, and vendor. Use this range to sanity-check quotes, not as a final price — always get itemized proposals from 2–3 vendors.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this a quote from a real provider?
No — this is a planning estimate based on commonly published managed-IT pricing bands, to help you sanity-check vendor quotes and budget before you start shopping. Actual pricing depends on your specific environment, region, and provider.
Why do servers cost so much more than workstations?
Servers typically run more critical workloads, need more careful patching windows, and often justify higher-touch monitoring and faster response SLAs — so per-unit pricing is usually 3–5x a workstation.
Should I pay per-user or per-device?
Per-user pricing usually includes all devices that user touches (laptop, phone, tablet) and can be simpler to budget for BYOD-heavy teams. Per-device pricing is more common when device count is stable and predictable. Ask vendors to quote both ways.
What should I ask a managed IT provider before signing?
Response time SLAs by severity, what's included vs. billed hourly, contract length and exit terms, whether monitoring is 24/7 or business-hours only, and how they handle after-hours emergencies.
Do I need compliance support?
If you handle payment data, health records, or need to pass vendor security reviews (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA), compliance support is usually worth it — the alternative is doing the audit prep yourself, which costs more in time than the add-on.