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Request a quote from Currey Adkins, or let us add up to two more other listed companies in the same city so you can compare.
What happens after you submit
Our directory editor checks the request against the providers who serve your city and industry.
Providers with a documented fit receive your request. Nobody else sees it, and it is never sold.
Expect quotes within two business days. Compare them against the city price table and walk away if none fit.
What to have ready
The form takes under a minute and asks for a city, a headcount and a service. The conversation that follows goes faster, and produces a more accurate price, if you have five things to hand. None of them require you to have made any decisions yet.
- Headcount, split by type. Full-time staff with a computer, shared or shop-floor machines, and people who only need a mailbox. Providers price these differently and will ask.
- Servers and network equipment. How many physical servers, how many virtual machines, and whether the firewall and switches are yours or a landlord's.
- Where the mail and the files live. Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, or something on a server in the office. This decides half of what any provider proposes.
- Any compliance obligation. HIPAA, PCI, CMMC, SOC 2, or a cyber-insurance questionnaire you have been asked to complete. This changes the scope more than headcount does.
- The reason you are looking now. An incident, a departing internal admin, a failed audit, or a contract ending. Providers scope very differently for each, and being direct about it saves a round trip.
What a good quote spells out
Managed IT quotes are hard to compare because the headline number is the part they agree on and the definitions underneath it are the part they do not.
Every quote you receive should answer all eight of the following, and a quote that leaves three of them to a follow-up call is telling you something about how the relationship will run.
| Line | Why it decides the comparison |
|---|---|
| Price per user per month | The headline number, and the one worth normalizing across all three quotes before reading anything else. |
| Monthly minimum | Most providers have one. Below a certain headcount you pay the minimum rather than the per-user price, and two quotes with the same per-user rate can differ by hundreds of dollars a month here. |
| What a user includes | A workstation, a phone, a mailbox, or all three. This is the single commonest reason two quotes are not comparable at the same headline rate. |
| What a server costs | Servers, firewalls and network equipment are usually priced per device on top of the per-user rate. A quote that omits them is not finished. |
| What is out of scope | Projects, migrations, hardware, third-party licensing and after-hours work are commonly excluded and billed hourly. Ask for the hourly rate now rather than later. |
| Response targets | The time to a first human response, and the time to resolution, by severity. A target with no consequence attached is a preference rather than a commitment. |
| Onboarding fee | A one-time charge for the first thirty to ninety days, which is often where the real cost difference between two providers sits. |
| Contract term and exit | Length, notice period, and what happens to your documentation, licences and administrative accounts on the day you leave. |
Convert all three quotes to a monthly total at your real headcount, including the device charges and the minimum, before comparing anything. Per-user rates are the number providers compete on and the number that hides the most.
Reading three quotes side by side
Three quotes for the same environment routinely land a long way apart, and the spread is usually scope rather than margin. Two questions resolve most of it.
What is the cheapest quote not doing? Backup testing, patch reporting, security awareness training, a named account manager and after-hours coverage are the usual differences. Ask each provider to point at the line in the others' scope they have chosen not to include, and the cheap quote either explains itself or stops looking cheap.
What does the expensive quote include that you would otherwise buy separately? Endpoint detection, email filtering, a backup product and licensing are frequently bundled. A quote that looks high per user can be lower in total once the licences you are already paying for are subtracted.
Then check the exit terms in all three, before you need them. The clause that matters is who holds the administrative accounts and the documentation, and how quickly they are handed over. That clause costs nothing to negotiate at signature and is the most expensive thing on the page to negotiate at the end.
Common questions
What does it cost to request quotes?
Nothing to you, and there is no obligation to accept any of them. Each provider that receives your request pays us the same flat referral fee, which is disclosed in full on the affiliate disclosure page.
Who sees my request?
At most three listed companies matched to your city and requirements, under a written agreement that they use it only to reply to you. It is not sold, syndicated or passed to a lead broker.
How long until someone contacts me?
Usually two business days for a first reply. Providers contact you directly, and nothing is auto-generated on their behalf.
How are the three providers chosen?
A person reads your request and forwards it to up to three listed companies that cover your city and name the service you asked for. Every listed company has a confirmed state registration.
The other four checks are published on each profile as they stand, so you can see how far each has got. No provider pays to be one of the three.
Can I request a quote from one specific provider?
Yes. Every provider profile has its own quote button, and a request sent from there goes to that provider alone.
What if my city is not listed?
Send the request anyway. A city page is published only once enough providers there are listed yet, but companies headquartered nearby often cover a wider area.
What should I have ready before submitting?
Headcount split by type, the number of servers and virtual machines, where mail and files live, any compliance obligation, and the reason you are looking now. All five change the scope.
Why do the three quotes differ so much?
Almost always scope rather than margin. Backup testing, patch reporting, after-hours coverage and bundled licensing are the usual differences, so normalize to a monthly total before comparing.
Do you take a commission on what I sign?
No. Providers pay a flat fee for receiving a request and nothing on the outcome, so we are paid the same whether you sign a large contract, a small one or none at all. That is what removes the incentive to shortlist the biggest spender.
Can I stop hearing from a provider?
Yes. Tell them, or write to us and we will pass it on. Providers agree not to add quote requests to unrelated marketing as a condition of receiving them.