How Much Would Downtime
Cost Your Business?
Most business owners underestimate the cost of an IT outage by 5-10x. Use our calculator to see the real number — then decide if your current IT setup is worth the risk.
Downtime Costs More Than You Think
When your systems go down, the bill isn’t just the cost of fixing them. It’s everything that stops while you wait.
$427 Average cost per minute of IT downtime for small businesses | 7.9 hrs Average downtime per incident without proactive IT management | 3.6x More outages per year with break-fix vs. managed IT | 60% Of small businesses close within 6 months of a major cyberattack |
Calculate Your Downtime Cost
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Now That You Know the Number
The cost you just calculated is what happens when things go wrong. Here’s what proactive managed IT does to prevent it.
24/7 MonitoringWe catch problems before they become outages. Proactive monitoring means most issues are resolved before you even notice them. | Tested BackupsAutomated backups with regular restore testing. When disaster strikes, recovery is measured in minutes — not days. | Incident ResponseWhen something does go wrong, we respond immediately with a documented plan — not scrambling to figure out who to call. |
Patch ManagementAutomated patching keeps your systems current and closes the vulnerabilities that cause most outages and breaches. | Endpoint SecurityAdvanced threat detection on every device. Ransomware, phishing, and malware are stopped before they take down your operations. | Flat Monthly FeePredictable IT costs every month. Compare that to the number you just calculated and ask yourself which is the better investment. |
The Real Comparison
Without Managed IT ✕ Reactive break-fix support | With Lewis IT ✓ Proactive managed IT |
That Number Doesn’t Have to Be Your Reality
Let’s talk about what proactive IT would look like for your business — and how it compares to the cost of doing nothing.