Managed IT Cost Estimate

Verdict

ESTIMATED RANGE

$6108–$9535/mo for 45 users — a range is the honest answer; the biggest price drivers (ticket volume, environment health, contract terms) are invisible to a 2-minute form.

Key figures

Estimated monthly (low)	$6,108
Estimated monthly (high)	$9,535
Per user (expected)	$166
Onboarding (low)	$8,939
Onboarding (high)	$14,899
Confidence	Medium
What to do	BUDGET THE MIDPOINT, EXPECT DISCOVERY ADJUSTMENT
Why	Budget the expected figure, hold the high end as contingency, and let the MSP’s discovery firm up ticket volume and environment health.

Assessment

Per-user base by security tier plus server, multi-site, coverage, industry, and compliance factors — typical* 2026 bands, not a quote. An MSP quote should come from discovery; bring this report to that call.

Questions for the founder

How healthy is the environment today? Cleanup often lands in onboarding.
Which compliance evidence must the provider produce, and how often?
What is in scope for after-hours and projects? Those price separately.

Assumptions & method

Bands are typical* 2026 values maintained as SSOT in this module (promote to calc-typical-ranges.js with sources at calibration).
Range is ±~25% by design; confidence reflects answer quality, not math.

Generated by AICost.ai (aicost.managed-it-cost-estimator), CloudIntelligence.ai LLC. API pricing is sourced vendor-exact from a daily-maintained pricing single source of truth as of 2026-07-20. Values marked with an asterisk are analyst estimates rather than vendor-verified data. This memo is a cost-and-unit-economics analysis prepared for diligence purposes; it is not investment advice, and it does not assess team, market, product or legal risk.