Cost comparison chart is a 10 mailbox implementation.
IN-HOUSE SOLUTION | OUTSOURCE WITH GATE |
Strain on budget:
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Savings:
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Time-consuming deployment and complex installation process. | Exchange mailbox setup is fast and our mailboxes are ready to use the next day. |
Costly new hiring and training of dedicated personnel. | Lower cost of management and operations:
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Time-consuming deployment and complex installation process. | Exchange mailbox setup is fast and our mailboxes are ready to use the next day. |
High-Maintenance:
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World Class Service:
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Hard to deploy additional features, such as antispam/antivirus solutions and mobile services due to the lack of:
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Solutions are available right away and the price is very reasonable |
Workers’ productivity suffers dramatically if older version of Exchange is still running in-house. | Exchange 2010 top-level features significantly increase workers' productivity. |
High traffic volume generated by spam messages strains network and burdens end user. | Overall Traffic is reduced — spam is filtered on the server level before it reaches your network. |
You own and maintain the hardware and software (apply depreciation). | You don’t own or maintain the hardware. |