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What does a backup solution cost per user per month

Per-user volume is predictable, the variance is in tooling and retention. Ranges from a few euros per user to tens, depending on what you protect.

Try this first

  1. 1Inventory what is backed up: just mailbox and OneDrive, or SharePoint, Teams, endpoints and on-prem fileservers too. More surfaces, more cost.
  2. 2Set retention. 30 days is cheap, 1 year is normal for SMB, 7 years for accountants or healthcare costs more. After surface, retention is the biggest cost driver.
  3. 3Compare vendors on listed per-user-per-month price: Veeam Cloud Connect, Acronis, Datto, Synology C2 Backup, MSP360. All publish SMB tiers or via partners.
  4. 4Add storage cost separately. Some tools charge per user with unlimited storage, others per user plus gigabyte. The latter explodes on large mailboxes.
  5. 5Budget for a yearly restore test, not just licence cost. A backup never tested is not a cost, it is an illusion.

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