How much does managed IT cost?

You won’t be the first to think that a managed service provider are going to cost the earth, however it might surprise you to learn that partnering with a managed service provider can cost as little as £1.64 per day for a fixed-rate IT support contract.

A managed service provider will typically bundle services and labour into a package and charge you in one of three ways, they are a ‘Per User’, ‘Per Device’ or ‘Fixed Fee’ method.

Ultimately the managed service provider has costs they need to cover to support you, they have software licenses to pay for and of course staff for the time they dedicate to managing your systems.

A good managed service provider will be covering these business costs and making a small profit to help grow their own business to further invest skills and services into their client base.

To often IT companies undercharge and over promise which leads to disgruntled customers and end users and this has a direct impact on your own business efficiencies as hidden operational costs rise.

In the UK, a UK based managed service provider on average charges £3.28 per user, per day for a fully managed IT support solution. This will typically include remote IT assistance and on-site support, 24/7 monitoring and patch, IT security software. Additional services like managed cloud desktop etc will see these costs increase x2 depending on inclusive service provision.