ROI Calculator
Estimate your potential cost savings and downtime reduction by switching to Axus managed IT services.
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Transparent methodology based on industry benchmarks
We estimate your Axus managed IT cost at $150/user/month — our standard flat-rate plan that includes 24/7 monitoring, unlimited help desk, endpoint security, and a dedicated account manager.
If your current monthly IT spend exceeds the managed IT cost, the difference is your direct monthly savings — accounting for the reduction in break-fix labor, emergency vendor calls, and reactive IT spending.
Based on client data and Gartner research, proactive managed IT reduces unplanned downtime by an average of 85%. We multiply your downtime hours by your hourly revenue impact to calculate the productivity value recovered.
Source: Gartner estimates average IT downtime costs $5,600/minute for SMBs. The 85% reduction figure is based on Axus client data across 500+ managed accounts.
ROI measures how much you gain relative to what you invest in managed IT. A 200% ROI means you get $3 back for every $1 spent.
These estimates are for illustrative purposes based on industry averages. Actual savings vary by business size, industry, and current IT environment. Contact us for a custom assessment tailored to your specific situation.
Calculate your return on investment from switching to managed IT services. Most businesses with 25–200 employees save $50,000 or more per year compared to maintaining an in-house IT department. Our ROI calculator factors in staffing costs, downtime losses, tool licensing, and the hidden costs of security incidents.
The average SMB IT department costs $200,000–$325,000 per year when you include salaries, benefits, tools, certifications, training, and recruiting overhead. A single IT manager in Los Angeles commands $90,000–$130,000 in base salary alone — and they cannot cover your environment 24/7. Add vacation, sick days, and turnover risk, and in-house IT becomes an expensive liability.
Axus managed IT services for a 50-person company typically run $75,000–$120,000 annually — while delivering better coverage, faster response times, and enterprise-grade security tools your in-house team could never afford individually. Plans start at $125–$200 per user per month and include everything: unlimited help desk, 24/7 monitoring, endpoint security, patch management, cloud backup, firewall management, and a dedicated vCIO.
Beyond salary savings, managed IT eliminates costly reactive spending: emergency vendor callouts ($150–$300/hour), unplanned hardware replacements, ransomware recovery ($50K–$1M average), compliance fines for HIPAA or PCI violations ($100–$50,000 per violation), and productivity losses from downtime (averaging $5,600 per minute for SMBs according to Gartner).
Most businesses see positive ROI within 90 days of onboarding. The first month eliminates reactive firefighting. Month two establishes monitoring baselines and closes security gaps. Month three delivers the first vCIO strategic review — identifying technology investments that will generate measurable business value over the next 12–24 months.