What would managed IT actually cost you?

Count your servers and workstations, tick what you need, and you have a number. Pricing is per unit, so it tracks what you really have rather than a band you have been slotted into — and patching is included on every line, the way it always has been here.

Servers

Physical or virtual, Windows or Linux.

# of servers

Always includedBase Server Care24/7 monitoring, Azure Arc onboarding, OS patching$99.95
Defender for Servers P2indicativeEDR, vulnerability management, file integrity monitoring$15.00
Exchange Server Care$99.95
MS-SQL Server Care$99.95
Domain Controller Care$99.95
Always includedPatch ManagementOS, third-party software and firmwareincluded
Always includedFirewall Managementincluded
Always includedNetwork Monitoringincluded
Always includedUPS Managementincluded

$114.95 per server × 1 = $114.95/mo

Includes a licence line marked indicative — that part is passed through at cost and confirmed on your quote.

Workstations

Desktops and laptops, Windows or macOS.

# of workstations

Always includedBase Workstation CareMonitoring, OS and third-party patching, help desk$15.95
Always includedDefender for Endpoint P2Included with Microsoft 365 E5included
VIP CarePriority response, named engineer — for principals and partners$49.95
Always includedThird-party PatchingBrowsers, Adobe, Java, line-of-business appsincluded

$15.95 per workstation × 5 = $79.75/mo

Mobile devices

Phones and tablets under mobile device management — $2.95 each.

Devices

$0.00/mo

Offsite backup

Encrypted, monitored, and test-restored monthly.

Gigabytes

Destination

$100.00/mo

Microsoft 365 licensing (optional)

We standardise on Microsoft 365 E5 because Defender XDR, Entra ID P2 and Purview are what the agents run on. Billed through at cost — no markup. Already licensed? Leave this at zero.

Users

$0.00/mo at cost

indicative — confirmed at quote

Microsoft's list price for E5 moves, and we buy it at whatever it is on the day. The figure above shows the shape of the bill; the number on your quote is the one that counts.

Estimated monthly

$294.70

Servers (1): $114.95
Workstations (5): $79.75
Backup (100 GB): $100.00
Firm, from our rate card: $279.70
Indicative licence pass-through: $15.00

$15.00/mo of the total above is Microsoft licensing passed through at cost — Defender for Servers P2 and Microsoft 365 E5. Those list prices move, so we mark them indicative and confirm them on your quote rather than pretending to a figure we do not control.

An estimate, not a contract. We confirm the real number after a no-charge assessment of what you actually have. Patching is always included.

Questions people ask

Is this the price I will actually pay?: It is a genuine estimate built from our real rate card, not a lead-capture placeholder. What can move it is what we find during the assessment — an unsupported server, a line-of-business application that needs particular handling, a site with no usable backup. We tell you before you sign, not after.
Why is patching free when other providers charge for it?: Because unpatched software is how firms get breached, and a service that leaves the most important maintenance task as an optional extra is not really a managed service. It was $0.00 on our price list in 2014 and it is still included now.
Do I have to buy Microsoft 365 E5 through you?: No. If you already have E5, leave the licensing section at zero. If you buy it through us we pass it through at cost with no markup — we standardise on it because Defender XDR and Entra ID P2 are what the automation runs on.
When does the work happen?: In a maintenance window you choose. The default is Saturday from 6pm to midnight Pacific, because it is after hours and still leaves Sunday to sort out anything unexpected. Genuine emergencies — an active compromise, a terminated employee needing access revoked — are handled immediately.
Are there long contracts?: Month to month after the first term. If the service is not good, a contract should not be what keeps you.

Would rather just talk it through? Call (XXX) XXX-XXXX or email support@dataguys.net.