Let's have a closer look at the breakdown of the costs of a local transfer server vs a hosted transfer service for an assosication with 25 users. Please note that all pricing is for New Zealand in New Zealand dollars.
Hosted transfer Costs
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 funds or purchasing high ability tool and services. Therefore I have included a range, the presuppose 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 ordinarily 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 between ,000-,000 please note that does not include; technician time to accomplish updates, technician time to accomplish backups and restores when you or your staff can't do it, heal failed hardware, software upgrades or the fact that server hardware ordinarily last between 3-5 years where you would have to go straight through the whole process of a new server and licensing price again.
When you compare the costs over a 3 year duration there unmistakably 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 duration will be fixed at approximately ,812
(please note all costs are approximate, excluding Gst and vary across separate providers)
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