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What does an outage actually cost you?

Most businesses never put a number on downtime until it happens. Adjust the sliders to your situation and see the cost per hour, per incident, and per year.

How many people can't work when systems go down?

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Wages plus overhead. Many small businesses land between $35 and $75.

hrs

Typical unplanned outages run a few hours to a full day.

Outages, ransomware, failed hardware, email down…

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Sales that stop when you're offline. Leave at 0 to ignore.

Estimated cost of downtime

$8,100

per year · 12 hours of lost work

Per hour
$675
Per incident
$2,700
Per year
$8,100

Proactive monitoring and maintenance exist to shrink both the number of incidents and how long each one lasts, usually for a fraction of this figure.

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Estimates only, based on your inputs. Actual costs vary with recovery time, data loss, and reputational impact.

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