Use our ROI (return on investment) calculator to compare various data backup solutions!

We have pre-populated the cells with score suggestions for the generic data backup scenario. Additionally, we have made suggestions for a "3 years total cost of ownership" number. You know your business best and we encourage you to consider how to best score each individual aspect as accurately as possible.

Each ranking factor score should be assigned as it applies to your business. An example would be that maybe you are not concerned with rapid RTO or WAN congestion so score those categories lower. Maybe you are interested in reducing human error and human interaction, if so, score those categories higher or weighted more heavily.

The total cost of ownership (TCO) should include all initial costs, ongoing hardware and software costs, maintenance costs, warranty costs, testing and logging costs, and most importantly personnel time costs. Personnel time accounts for an enormous percentage of cost in all tape based backup strategies. Please download our Excel TCO calculator to simplify this task. We help you by allowing you to enter your average minutes per day of personnel time, personnel overhead costs per hour, online monthly fees, number of tapes purchased and rotated per year, etc. After you enter your information the calculator will give you an estimated total cost of ownership for three years. At ioSafe we provide 3 years of full warranty and disaster response team with the purchase price, this is the reason we have chosen a 3 year total cost of ownership calculation. We offer an optional 5 year upgraded plan for even longer life and more savings over time.