Local Verses Hosted change Server Cost Comparison

Let's have a closer look at the breakdown of the costs of a local transfer server vs a hosted transfer service for an organization with 25 users. Please note that all pricing is for New Zealand in New Zealand dollars.

Hosted transfer Costs

Hostgator Vps

Setup

0 one off per user cost to migrate all emails data to the new hosted transfer environment and setting up users new transfer email.

Monthly Cost

per user per month, which includes spam security (users can be added or removed as required)

per domain per month, domain name hosting i.e. http://www.yourdomain.co.nz

So total first year cost for 25 users/email addresses is fixed at 04 and then 04 per year.

Local transfer Server Costs

With a local hosted server the costs would hugely vary depending on either you are going budget or purchasing high potential tool and services. Therefore I have included a range, the imagine being you can go cheap i.e. Use second hand hardware, used a low skilled It technician any way these are false economies and it generally will end up costing you more in time and hassle fixing the shortcuts that were taken in the future.

Setup

A Server ,000-,000

Backup hardware/software ,000-,000

Ups 0-00 (stops your server being blown up with a power spike or power failure)

Microsoft transfer Software & Licensing ,100

Warranty 0-,000

Technician to setup ,000-,000

Ongoing Costs

Backups & Restores ,000-,000/year (1Hr/week either you or your staff charged at 0/hr)

Sla 0-,000/year

Fixed Ip Address 0/year

Power 0-0/year

Spam security 0-00/year

Domain 0/year

So total 1st year cost for a local transfer server setup will be in the middle of ,000-,000 please note that does not include; technician time to perform updates, technician time to perform backups and restores when you or your staff can't do it, mend failed hardware, software upgrades or the fact that server hardware generally last in the middle of 3-5 years where you would have to go through the whole process of a new server and licensing expense again.

When you assess the costs over a 3 year period there precisely is no choice. To have a local server can vary wildly from ,000-,000 whereby the cost of having a hosted transfer solutions for the same period will be fixed at approximately ,812

(please note all costs are approximate, excluding Gst and vary over different providers)

Local Verses Hosted change Server Cost Comparison