Three-year total cost of ownership comparison for your IT operation. Move the sliders; see the numbers in real time. The outsourced side uses goCloudOffice productized subscription pricing on annual terms, billed monthly, plus a consulting envelope priced at an independent market-benchmark rate.
In-house IT staff + tooling + recruiting + outside specialist help for what your generalist team cannot cover.
360SmartIT Department on annual terms + 360CloudBackupPro + 360CyberProtect MDR + consulting envelope, at the volume tier you would land in.
3-year cost — visual comparison
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Outsourced is typically less expensive below ~75 employees.
How we calibrated the realistic-optimal defaults. The industry-driven defaults (IT FTE per employee, fully-loaded salary band, tooling per FTE + per computer, consulting hours per employee per year) are calibrated to publicly available industry benchmarks — Computer Economics IT Spending Survey, Robert Half Tech Salary Guide, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, and secondary references to Gartner IT Key Metrics Data. Numbers reflect US national averages for SMBs. Bay Area / NYC compensation typically runs 25–40% higher; small-town and Tier-3 cities run 10–15% lower.
How we model the subscription line items. The outsourced side prices 360SmartIT Department at the annual term billed monthly ($21.25 per computer per month, 15% off the $25 list rate), with your volume-tier discount applied on top. We use the annual-monthly term at every computer count — including below 25, where month-to-month is also available — so the model stays conservative and consistent (volume discounts pair only with annual terms). The add-on line is two named catalog products at the same term: 360CloudBackupPro plus 360CyberProtect MDR.
How we model the consulting line item. Both sides use the same independent market-benchmark rate of $195 per hour for senior IT consulting — deliberately a market figure, separate from our own rate card, so the comparison stays neutral. Our written rate card is provided during your intro call and before any signature. We bill in 5-minute increments rounded up; clients incurring $100,000 or more annually are eligible for 1-minute incremental billing.
Why the in-house side often needs more consulting. A single in-house generalist cannot specialize across cloud, security architecture, compliance, and modern endpoint management. We assume the outsourced side needs roughly 70% of the in-house consulting hours because deeper specialist coverage reduces rework. Sub-2-FTE shops carry a +35% consulting load; 4+ FTE shops carry −25%.
Outside this comparison. Industry-specific software (CAD seats, EMR licensing, ERP fees, lab instruments), bandwidth and connectivity, hardware purchase costs, and customer-facing software you build yourself. These are buyer-side capex/opex regardless of whether IT operations are in-house or outsourced.