IT Downtime Cost Calculator
Work out what an outage would actually cost your business - lost revenue, idle staff wages, and emergency support - based on your own numbers, not an industry-wide guess.
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Why This Matters
Most businesses feel the monthly cost of managed IT clearly, but never quite feel the full cost of the outage it was meant to prevent - because that cost is scattered across lost sales, idle wages, and weeks of catch-up rather than showing up as one line item on one invoice.
This calculator puts both sides on the same footing. Once the downtime number is calculated honestly, the monthly cost of proactive monitoring, patching, and tested backups usually looks very different in comparison.
FAQs
Where do these numbers come from?
Entirely from what you enter - this isn't based on industry-wide averages, which are usually drawn from large enterprises and don't reflect a small or medium business's actual cost structure. See our full guide to the real cost of IT downtime for how to think through each input.
What counts as "realistic" recovery time?
Not how long the technical fix itself takes - how long until systems are genuinely back to full capacity, including any data recovery. If backups haven't been tested, this is often far longer than people expect.
What's missing from this number?
Reputational damage, missed compliance or contractual deadlines, and the catch-up work that often follows an outage at overtime rates. Treat this calculation as a floor, not a full picture.
Is any of this saved or sent anywhere?
No. The calculation runs entirely in your browser using the numbers you type in - nothing is sent to us or stored unless you choose to contact us afterwards.
Not keen on finding this number out the hard way?
We'll assess your current backup and recovery setup and help bring that number down before an outage forces the issue.