Managed IT services from OAC Technology cost $50 per computer, $150 per server or cloud environment and $25 per firewall each month, as a flat rate with no long-term contract and no minimum number of devices. A 25-person office with 25 computers, two servers and one firewall pays $1,575 a month for managed IT, about $63 per employee.
Those are our published rates, not an estimate, and the same ones our pricing calculator uses. The full rate card, the security and backup add-ons that move the number, and three worked examples are below.
| Covered device | Flat monthly rate |
|---|---|
| Computer, desktop or laptop | $50 |
| Server or virtual machine | $150 |
| Cloud environment (Microsoft, AWS, Google and similar) | $150 |
| Firewall | $25 |
Our managed services pricing calculator will show you how much your company can expect to spend (or save) by switching to a Managed Service Provider (MSP) like OAC Technology.
We are SOC 2 Compliant, and will take proactive steps to keep your company patched, up to date, and secure.
For a formal quote, tell us about your equipment in the form below, include your contact and company info, and we will send you a proposal.
OAC Technology prices managed IT services by device, at a flat monthly rate, with no long-term contract. These are our actual rates, the same ones our pricing calculator uses:
Security and backup layers are priced separately, so you pay only for the ones you choose:
The calculator turns these rates into a ballpark for your equipment in about a minute; a formal quote follows a short conversation about what you have and what you need.
Because the core service is priced per device and the security layers per user or per device, the cost per employee depends on how many devices each person uses and how much protection you want. These examples use the rates above:
10 computers, 1 server and 1 firewall: $675 per month for managed IT, about $68 per employee. With every security and backup layer added for 10 users, $1,146 per month, about $115 per employee.
25 computers, 2 servers and 1 firewall: $1,575 per month, about $63 per employee. With every layer added, $2,688 per month, about $108 per employee.
50 computers, 3 servers and 1 firewall: $2,975 per month, about $60 per employee. With every layer added, $5,080 per month, about $102 per employee.
100 computers, 5 servers and 2 firewalls: $5,800 per month for managed IT, before security and backup layers. This one is computed from the same rates as an illustration, not taken from a client bill.
A manufacturer where forty employees share six shop-floor workstations pays for six workstations. A consulting firm where everyone has a laptop pays for the laptops. Device-based pricing fits the business instead of averaging it.
Managed service providers most often quote per user, and fully managed plans commonly land somewhere between roughly $100 and $250 per user per month depending on what is bundled and how much security is included. Our device-based rates usually work out well below that range for the core service, because the core service is priced separately from the security layers and licenses that vary so much from one company to the next. That separation is deliberate: you can see what each piece costs, and you only pay for the layers you choose.
In an office where each person has one computer, $50 per computer works out to $50 per person, plus $150 for each server the office shares.
Our managed IT services page describes the service in full.
Cloud backup pricing: server backups are $100 per server per month, and Microsoft 365 backups are $5 per user per month, covering email, OneDrive and SharePoint. Our cloud backups page explains what is protected.
Per-device pricing, which we use, charges a flat rate for each covered computer, server, cloud environment and firewall. It is transparent, easy to budget and fair to businesses where employees share equipment. Per-user pricing charges for each employee regardless of devices, which is simple but expensive for shared-workstation environments. Tiered plans bundle services into bronze, silver and gold packages, which is easy to compare but usually means paying for things you do not use. All-inclusive pricing folds licenses, security and projects into one number, which hides what each piece costs. We chose per-device pricing with security and licenses shown separately because it is the model our clients can actually check.
A single full-time IT administrator in the Twin Cities commonly costs well into five figures in salary before benefits, training, tools and the cost of covering their vacations, and one person cannot be an expert in help desk, servers, networking, cloud and security at once. A managed services plan for a 25-person office costs a fraction of that and comes with a team. Where a company already has an IT employee, a co-managed arrangement keeps them and adds the team behind them.
Nothing on the invoice, and a great deal in what you get for it. OAC Technology is examined by independent auditors every year under SOC 2, which governs how we control access to your systems and handle your data. Many providers at our price point are not audited at all. Our SOC 2 compliance page explains what the audit covers and what to ask any provider about theirs, and our article on what SOC 2 compliance is goes into the details.
It is a ballpark built from the rates above. Our managed services pricing calculator gives you the number in about a minute; the formal quote follows a short conversation about your equipment, your locations and the security layers you want.
No. We do not lock clients into long-term contracts. If you are not happy, we will help you find a provider you are.
No. Small offices are priced for what they have.
No. Licenses are billed at the vendor’s rate so you can see them, and we will help you choose the least expensive plan that fits.
It includes the fundamentals: patching, monitoring, and secure configuration. Managed detection and response, antivirus, security awareness training and other layers are priced per computer, per server or per user so you can choose the depth you need.
We offer it. For most businesses with more than a handful of computers, a flat monthly plan costs less over a year and prevents the problems hourly work is billed to fix.
With 50 computers, three servers and one firewall, $2,975 per month, about $60 per employee, before security and backup layers.
Usually not. There is generally no onboarding fee for managed services clients whose systems are in working order; anything that needs fixing first is quoted before work starts. The first conversation is free. Most offices are fully onboarded within the first month: week one is the handover of credentials and documentation from your previous provider, the security layers and backups you chose are typically in place within the first three weeks, and the help desk is available from day one. Installing our tools does not require downtime.
Co-managed IT is priced by device at the same rates as our fully managed plans. Because your IT staff handle part of the work, a co-managed plan is typically scoped to fewer services than a fully managed one and costs less. The split is written into a responsibility matrix before we begin, and the pricing calculator gives a ballpark before we quote a flat monthly rate.
Enter your equipment in our pricing calculator for an estimate, then call 952-548-5558 or contact us for a formal quote. We will confirm the device count, talk through the security layers that fit your business, and send a flat monthly price you can take to your budget.
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