What your IT team really costs, and what you'd keep.
Salaries are only the start. Add benefits, turnover, tools, after-hours coverage and security leadership, then compare it with one accountable team, a named vCISO and flat per-user pricing.
01Your company
Managed IT is priced per user, so headcount drives the comparison.
People with a laptop, email and accounts.
Added on top of salary. Typically 25–40%.
02In-house IT team
The team you have today, or the one you'd need to hire. Tick “Keep” for anyone who stays on in a co-managed model.
03Hidden costs of an internal team
The line items that rarely make it into the IT budget conversation.
Share of the team that leaves each year.
Recruiting, vacancy gap, ramp-up.
Courses, exams, conferences.
RMM, ticketing, EDR, email security, backup, MDM.
Overtime, on-call stipends, weekend work.
SIEM or outsourced SOC you'd buy to cover nights and weekends.
04Intelligent Group managed IT
Flat per-user pricing, billed annually on 1 to 5 year terms. Final pricing is scoped on a 30-minute call.
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Transition and documentation, if any.
Policy, audit prep, vendor reviews, board reporting.
Compare with a full-time CISO in step 02.
05Risk & growth assumptions
Optional. Adds the expected cost of incidents and downtime to the comparison.
Recovery, downtime, legal, notification.
Lost productivity and revenue.
Your estimate. Halved automatically on Bronze, which has no 24/7 SOC.
Annual cost, side by side
Year 1, by cost category.
Cumulative cost over 3 years
Includes salary growth and price increases.
Where the in-house money goes
Year 1, fully loaded, and what remains with managed IT.
| Cost category | In-house | With managed IT | Difference |
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Beyond the budget line
What changes when IT and security leadership move to one accountable team.
| Area | Typical in-house team | Intelligent Group |
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