GENIUS FIXERS / IT COST LAB

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Your business. Your inputs. A clearer technology budget.

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Monthly estimate —View breakdown

Build your environment

Workstations drive your plan price. Employee count is used for software budgets and downtime scenarios.

WorkstationsPCs and Macs to manage. Fewer than 5: custom quote.EmployeesPeople using your technology.Managed serversManaged firewallsCloud-managed Wi-Fi routers$30 per router / month. Subscription only; router hardware is purchased separately.

Explore team sizes 1–250 workstations

Choose your protectionCore ITEveryday support & protectionFrom $125 / workstationComplete ITCore + training, vulnerability & risk planningFrom $150 / workstation

See the whole budget

Optional planning allowances are your inputs, not Genius Fixers prices. Leave unpriced items at zero; they still require a quote.

Software, backup & hardware Customize

Software / employee / month ($)Enter your license cost, e.g. Microsoft 365. Administration does not include licenses.Backup & recovery / month ($)Your allowance for cloud, local and Microsoft 365 backup. Quote required.Other monthly costs ($)Internet or other costs not already entered. Router subscriptions are calculated above.Hardware replacement fund / month ($)Planning reserve, not a service fee.One-time setup / projects ($)Your allowance. Actual onboarding and projects require a quote.On-site visits / month$65 per visit only within 50 miles of Manassas.

My visits are within the 50-mile local service radius

Compare your current spending Optional

Current total IT spend / month ($)Include the same support, licenses, backup and hardware categories for a fair comparison.

Zero leaves comparison off. This comparison does not assume fewer incidents or guaranteed savings.

Explore what-if scenarios

What if your team grows? 12-month view

Additional workstations by year endAdded evenly over the next 12 months. Other costs remain fixed.

The growth chart recalculates volume pricing each month. Add future licenses, servers and other needs separately.

What does an outage cost? Scenario

Illustrative inputs—not industry averages or a prediction of an incident.

Outage duration (hours)Employees affected (%)Loaded hourly employee cost ($)Wages plus employer benefits, not salary alone.Productivity lost (%)Revenue at risk / hour ($)Shown separately from labor to avoid double counting.One-time recovery expense ($)

Lost labor capacity = employees × affected % × hours × hourly cost × productivity lost %. Revenue at risk is not necessarily lost profit and is not added to labor.

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Your next 12 months.

Monthly budget with gradual workstation growth

Year-end workstations—

Year-end monthly budget—

Projected year + setup—

THE COST YOU DON’T SEE ON AN INVOICE

If work stops,
the clock doesn’t.

—labor capacity at risk for your outage scenario

Revenue at risk —Recovery expense —

These are separate measures, not an additive loss total. Actual impact and recoverability vary. No reduction in downtime is assumed.

Useful numbers. Visible assumptions.

How the estimate works

Core and Complete rates come from our published pricing. For 5–10 workstations, starting rates apply. From 11 to 100, rates decrease linearly to the published volume rate and are rounded to cents per workstation before multiplication. Above 100, the volume rate stays fixed. Below 5, a custom quote is required and totals are withheld.

Monthly budget = workstation support + managed servers + managed firewalls + cloud-managed Wi-Fi router subscriptions + eligible local visits + your software, backup, hardware and other allowances. The 12-month baseline assumes a constant environment. The growth scenario adds workstations evenly, rounds each month up to whole devices, and keeps other costs fixed. All estimates exclude taxes.

Why include labor, backup and recovery?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks employer compensation as wages plus benefits. Use your own loaded labor cost for a more meaningful productivity estimate.

CISA’s small business resources emphasize protection, backups and recovery planning. This tool helps you budget; it does not score security, certify compliance, predict breaches or guarantee savings.