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Do not compare hourly rates; compare availability, risk, breadth of expertise and predictable capacity.
“Managed Services vs. internal IT: where the comparison often goes wrong” addresses technical and operational questions. Legal applicability to your organisation, sector and use requires a separate review.
The starting point
Do not compare hourly rates; compare availability, risk, breadth of expertise and predictable capacity.
What matters in practice
Compare responsibilities and coverage before comparing costs. An internal role, ad hoc support and contracted operations cover different duties. Include cover, tools, specialist knowledge and on-call arrangements explicitly in both options.
A defensible checklist
- Capture full internal cost including backup coverage, training and tooling.
- Value incident cost and missing specialist capacity as risk factors.
- Compare SLA, service hours and the operational services actually included.
- Evaluate co-managed models before reducing the choice to internal versus external.
Next sensible step
A comparison must disclose its assumptions. Recurring costs can often be quantified, while risk costs remain scenarios. Consider whether supplementing internal IT fits better than full outsourcing.
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