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Managed IT Pricing

One flat monthly price per user. Pick the plan that fits, then run it on Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, or Proton for privacy. The plan price is the same on all three. Just you? Solo is $99 a month. Just want someone watching your computers? Monitor starts at $29 per device.

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Plans and What's Included

Prices are per user, per month, for Syntra's support, security, and backups. Your Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, or Proton licences are not included: they're billed separately, at cost, on their own line. Hardware replacements and parts are also billed separately. Remote support runs Monday to Friday, 5 to 9 PM Eastern; monitoring runs around the clock.

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Essentials

$65 per user / month

Minimum 3 users

Day-to-day support and upkeep for a simple office.

  • Remote help desk by portal, email, and phone
  • Urgent issues answered within 2 support hours (counted only Mon–Fri, 5–9 PM ET), everything else by the end of the next support evening
  • Monitoring, updates, and patching
  • Antivirus on every computer
  • Device inventory and documentation you own
  • Email and office account admin: new hires, departures, licences
  • On-site visits billed hourly

Total with Google Workspace Starter: $72/user Total with Microsoft 365 Business Basic: $72/user Total with Proton Mail Essentials: $71.99/user Every licence option →

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Compliance

$125 per user / month

Minimum 3 users

For businesses that handle sensitive client data: tax, insurance, medical, legal.

  • Everything in Secure
  • Written information security plan (WISP), kept current
  • Yearly risk assessment
  • Security awareness training for your staff
  • Two-step sign-in on Windows computers, not just email
  • Incident response plan
  • Monthly remote security review, on top of the quarterly on-site visit

Total with Google Workspace Standard: $139/user Total with Microsoft 365 Business Premium: $147/user Total with Proton Workspace Standard: $137.99/user Every licence option →

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Solo

$99 per month, flat · 1 person, up to 2 computers plus your phone

For one-person businesses like realtors, consultants, therapists, solo attorneys, and insurance agents. Secure-level protection without paying for an office.

Solo Compliance: $149/month. Everything in Solo, plus a written information security plan (WISP) kept current, a yearly risk review, security training, two-step sign-in on Windows, and an incident response plan. Built for solo tax preparers.

  • Remote help desk by portal, email, and phone: 1 hour a month included (no rollover), then $75/hour; routine monitoring and maintenance don't count against it
  • Urgent issues answered within 2 support hours (counted only Mon–Fri, 5–9 PM ET), everything else by the end of the next support evening
  • Monitoring, updates, and antivirus
  • Backup of your computer, email, and cloud files, kept outside your email provider
  • Password manager and two-step sign-in
  • Web filtering that blocks dangerous and phishing sites

Not included: on-site visits (billed hourly), quarterly check-ins, and hardware or parts. A third computer, a server, network gear, or Email Continuity can be added at the standard extra prices. Your email licence is billed at cost or paid to your provider directly. Onboarding is one month of the plan, free with a 12-month agreement.

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Monitor

$29 per device / month · $25 paid yearly · 3-computer minimum · no setup fee

For offices with their own go-to tech person who want someone watching in the background. We spot problems early, tell you what's wrong, and include 30 minutes of remote fixes each month, shared across all your computers. Anything more is billed by the hour, or upgrade to Essentials and it's covered.

  • Round-the-clock monitoring and alerts: disk full, failing drive, device offline, failed updates
  • Windows and app updates
  • Microsoft Defender antivirus (built into Windows) managed and checked
  • Device inventory and a monthly health report
  • Alerts reviewed and explained to you by the end of the next support evening
  • 30 minutes of remote fixes a month per client, shared across all your computers (no rollover)

Add only what you need, per month

  • PC backup, per computer+$10
  • Password manager, per person+$6
  • Email and cloud backup, per person+$5
  • Security training, per person+$5
  • Bitdefender, per computer+$4
  • Web filtering, per person+$3

Not included: help desk, email and account admin, on-site visits, and hardware or parts. Fixes beyond the included 30 minutes are $100/hour, or 5 prepaid hours for $450. You keep paying Google, Microsoft, or Proton directly for email.

Included in the plan price: Syntra's support, monitoring, security tools, password manager, web filtering, and backups for each plan as listed. Not included: your email and office licences from Google, Microsoft, or Proton. We set them up and manage them, and bill them at cost with no markup, or you can keep paying the provider directly. Hardware replacements and parts are also extra: we quote them first and only order with your approval. Installing them is billed at a reduced $75/hour.

For smaller shops and tax preparers

  • Small Shop plan: for point-of-sale businesses like barbershops, salons, food trucks, and retail. One location, up to 3 devices (computers and POS), one router and up to 2 Wi-Fi access points, backup, and 1 hour of remote help a month (then $75/hour). We coordinate POS problems with your POS provider; specialised POS repairs are quoted. No user minimum.$129/month flat
  • WISP project for tax preparers: your FTC-required written security plan, two-step sign-in, encryption, and staff training, done once.$750–$1,000

Tax preparers are required to keep a written information security plan under the FTC Safeguards Rule. We build it from the IRS's own template (Publication 5708) and can keep it current with the Compliance or Solo Compliance plan. If you don’t have a current WISP, or need significant cleanup first, we scope and quote that during your assessment; the onboarding waiver doesn’t cover it.

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Choose Your Platform

Same plans, same support, same price. What changes is where your email and files live and which tools protect them. Each platform sells three tiers. The licence is paid on top of your plan, at cost.

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Google Workspace

Our default. Affordable, simple, and less tied to one big vendor.

  • Business Starter$7

    Gmail on your own domain, Calendar, Meet for up to 100 people, Docs, Sheets, and Slides. 30 GB of storage per user.

    Fits: Essentials, Secure

  • Business Standard$14

    Everything in Starter, plus 2 TB per user, recorded meetings for up to 150 people, and Gemini AI in Gmail, Docs, and Meet.

    Fits: Secure, Compliance

  • Business Plus$22

    Everything in Standard, plus 5 TB per user, Vault to keep and search email for audits or legal holds, and advanced device management.

    Fits: Compliance, when records must be kept

How we set it up

  • Opens and saves Word and Excel files
  • Windows sign-in with local accounts we manage, plus Duo two-step sign-in on Compliance
  • Bitdefender antivirus
  • Bitwarden password manager (Secure, Compliance, Solo)
  • Email and Drive backed up outside Google every night (Secure, Compliance, Solo)

Best for new setups, teams under about 15 people, and keeping costs down.

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Microsoft 365

For offices that already live in Outlook, Excel, and Word.

  • Business Basic$7

    Outlook email on your own domain, Teams, 1 TB of OneDrive, and SharePoint. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in the browser and on phones only.

    Fits: Essentials

  • Business Standard$14

    Everything in Basic, plus the desktop Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) on Windows and Mac.

    Fits: Essentials, when you need desktop Excel

  • Business Premium$22

    Everything in Standard, plus Intune device management, Microsoft sign-in for Windows, Defender antivirus, and Defender email protection.

    Without Teams: $18.79, for offices that meet on Zoom or Google Meet

    Required for Secure and Compliance

How we set it up

  • On Business Premium (Secure, Compliance, Solo): Microsoft work accounts for Windows sign-in, managed centrally with Intune
  • On Business Premium: Microsoft Defender antivirus and email protection, included in the licence
  • On Basic or Standard (Essentials): Windows sign-in with local accounts we manage, and Bitdefender antivirus
  • Two-step sign-in on every Microsoft account
  • Bitwarden password manager (Secure, Compliance, Solo)
  • Email, OneDrive, and SharePoint backed up outside Microsoft every night (Secure, Compliance, Solo)

Best when your software needs Microsoft, or you rely on desktop Excel.

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Proton

For privacy. End-to-end encrypted, based in Switzerland, and not funded by ads.

  • Mail Essentials$6.99

    Encrypted Mail and Calendar on your own domain. 15 GB per user.

    Fits: Essentials

  • Workspace Standard$12.99

    Encrypted Mail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Meet, VPN, and the Proton Pass password manager. 1 TB per user.

    Required for Secure and Compliance

  • Workspace Premium$19.99

    Everything in Standard, plus 3 TB per user, data retention policies, and Proton's AI writing tools.

    Fits: Compliance, when records must be kept

How we set it up

  • Proton Pass is your password manager, included in Workspace Standard
  • Windows sign-in with local accounts we manage, plus Duo two-step sign-in on Compliance
  • Bitdefender antivirus
  • Web filtering through Quad9, which keeps no logs of the sites you visit (Secure, Compliance, Solo)
  • Encrypted backups of your computers and mail, locked with a key only you hold (Secure, Compliance, Solo)

Trade-offs: fewer third-party app connections, the Proton Bridge app for Outlook or Apple Mail, and simpler shared documents. We set up account recovery so nobody gets locked out.

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Plan + Licence Totals

Every plan with every licence tier added, per user per month. Highlighted prices are the combination we usually recommend.

Monthly price per user for each Syntra plan combined with each licence tier
Licence tierLicence aloneEssentials $65 planSecure $95 planCompliance $125 plan
Google Workspace
Business Starter$7$72$102$132
Business Standard$14$79$109$139
Business Plus$22$87$117$147
Microsoft 365
Business Basic$7$72Needs PremiumNeeds Premium
Business Standard$14$79Needs PremiumNeeds Premium
Business Premium$22$87$117$147
Business Premium, no Teams$18.79$83.79$113.79$143.79
Proton
Mail Essentials$6.99$71.99Needs Workspace StandardNeeds Workspace Standard
Workspace Standard$12.99$77.99$107.99$137.99
Workspace Premium$19.99$84.99$114.99$144.99

Secure and Compliance need a licence tier that includes the tools they rely on: Microsoft 365 Business Premium for its device management and Defender protection, and Proton Workspace Standard for the Proton Pass password manager. Licence prices are list prices on yearly terms. The Monitor plan doesn't include licence management, so you pay your provider directly. Solo and Solo Compliance follow the Secure and Compliance rules for one person: $99 or $149 plus one licence, for example $106 with Google Business Starter.

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Estimate Your Monthly Cost

Pick a plan and platform, enter your team size, and see what you'd pay each month, licences included. We confirm the final price in a written quote after a free assessment.

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What It Costs Each Month

Example offices: the Syntra plan plus everyone's email and office licences.

Example monthly totals by platform
ExampleSyntra plan onlyTotal with GoogleTotal with MicrosoftTotal with Proton
Office with 4 computers, Monitor$116 4 × $29Plus your email licences, paid to your provider directly
Barbershop, 2 staff, Small Shop$129$143$143$142.98
Consultant on their own, Solo$99$106$121 Business Premium$111.99
2 users, Essentials$195 3-user minimum$209$209$208.98
5 users, Secure$475$510–$545$585$539.95
Tax office, 8 users, Compliance$1,000$1,112$1,176$1,103.92

Licence prices are set by Google, Microsoft, and Proton (annual terms, as of November 2026) and can change. They're not part of the plan price: we bill them at cost on their own invoice line, or you pay the provider directly. Month-to-month licences cost about 20% more. Proton's prices shown are its regular rates; it sometimes discounts the first year for new customers.

Terms and extras

  • Minimum on Essentials, Secure, and Compliance (Monitor: 3 computers; Solo and Small Shop: none)3 users
  • Onboarding (one time, on your first invoice): setup, documentation, and up to 2 hours of urgent fixes; bigger repairs are quoted first1 month of your plan (none on Monitor)
  • Onboarding with a 12-month agreement (billed monthly)free
  • Launch offer: onboarding for our first 3 eligible managed IT clients, confirmed in your written quoteincluded
  • Contractmonth-to-month, or 12 months
  • Pay a year upfront (onboarding still applies)10% off
  • Support hours (closed on 8 listed holidays)Mon–Fri, 5–9 PM ET
  • Response targets: urgent issues / everything else (clock runs only during support hours)2 support hours / next support evening
  • Time beyond an included allowance (Solo, Small Shop, Monitor): billed in 15-minute steps, and we ask before going over15-minute steps
  • Each user covers up to 2 computers and a phone; extra computer$20/month
  • Included on-site visits: up to 1 hour at one location within 25 miles of Sandy Springs; farther trips quoted firstno rollover
  • Backup: a shared pool of 1 TB per covered computer, measured as stored backup data including 30 days of versions, restores tested quarterly; more storage$10/TB/month
  • Server$75/month
  • Shared computer or point-of-sale system$20/month
  • Router, switch, or access point$10/month
  • Email Continuity: a backup inbox at a second provider, tested quarterly+$15/user/month
  • Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, or Proton licencesat cost, billed separately
  • Licence terms follow your provider: annual licences may not be reducible mid-term, even if you cancel Syntraprovider's terms
  • Projects and work outside your plan$100/hour
  • Hardware replacements and parts, quoted first and ordered with your approvalbilled separately
  • Installing replacement hardware and parts (Monitor: $100/hour)$75/hour
  • Cancel a month-to-month plan anytime30 days' notice
  • End a 12-month agreement early: repay the onboarding fee that was waived (launch-offer waivers are never charged)early exit
  • Yearly prepayment: service runs to the end of the paid yearnon-refundable

Remote support runs Monday to Friday, 5 to 9 PM Eastern, closed on New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the Friday after, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. Urgent issues are answered within 2 support hours; everything else by the end of the next support evening. The clock only runs during open support hours: an urgent request at 8 PM on a Friday is answered by 6 PM on Monday, and requests that arrive before 5 PM, on a weekend, or on a holiday start counting at 5 PM on the next support day. When a holiday falls on a weekend, we close on the nearest weekday. On-site visits are scheduled for evenings and weekends, so your day isn't interrupted. Monitoring runs around the clock and flags problems early; alerts are handled during support hours. Time beyond an included allowance is billed in 15-minute steps, and we ask before going over. Any remote fix counts toward the allowance; routine monitoring and updates never do.

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Pricing Questions

Are Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, or Proton included in the plan price?

No. The plan price covers Syntra's work and tools: support, monitoring, antivirus, backups, and the security extras in your plan. Your email and office licences are separate. We can bill them at cost with no markup on their own invoice line, or you can keep paying Google, Microsoft, or Proton directly. Either way, we set them up and manage them for you. The totals table above shows every plan with every licence tier added. Licence terms are separate from your Syntra plan: an annual licence runs for the provider's term even if you cancel our service.

Why is the plan price the same on every platform?

Our work is the same either way: support, monitoring, security, and backups. The difference is the licence you pay Google, Microsoft, or Proton, which we pass through at cost, so you can choose the platform that suits you without paying us more.

Which platform should we choose?

Google Workspace suits most new and small offices and costs the least. Microsoft 365 makes sense if your team already depends on Outlook or desktop Excel, or your software requires it. Proton is for businesses that want their email and files end-to-end encrypted. We'll recommend one during your free assessment.

Can we switch platforms later?

Yes. Moving email and files between Google, Microsoft, and Proton is a project we quote separately, and we plan it so nothing gets lost.

What happens if our email provider has an outage?

During a short outage, most sending mail servers keep retrying delivery for several days, so messages sent to you usually arrive once service is back. On Secure and Compliance, your email and files are also backed up every night outside your provider, and your files stay available offline on your computers. If you can't go a few hours without email, add Email Continuity.

Are hardware and replacement parts included?

No. Plans cover our support, tools, and monitoring, not physical equipment. If a computer, drive, battery, router, or other part needs replacing, we quote it first, order it only with your approval, and bill it separately. Installing it is billed at a reduced $75/hour on Solo, Solo Compliance, Essentials, Secure, Compliance, and Small Shop, or $100/hour on Monitor. We'll also tell you early when equipment is getting old, so replacements can be planned instead of rushed.

Is there a long-term contract?

No. Plans are month-to-month with 30 days' notice. If you'd like onboarding free, sign a 12-month agreement, billed monthly at the same price; ending it early means repaying the onboarding fee that was waived. Or pay a year upfront and save 10%; onboarding still applies, and the prepayment is non-refundable, with service running to the end of the paid year.

Is there a setup fee?

Onboarding is a one-time charge equal to one month of your plan, added to your first invoice. It covers installing our tools, documenting your setup, and up to 2 hours of fixing urgent problems we find; bigger repairs are quoted before we start. It's free with a 12-month agreement, and included for our first 3 eligible managed IT clients as a launch offer. The Monitor plan has no setup fee. If a 12-month agreement ends early, the waived onboarding fee becomes due; onboarding included through the launch offer never does. A first written security plan (WISP) or major cleanup is quoted separately and isn't covered by the waiver.

Do you count users or devices?

Users, on Essentials, Secure, and Compliance, with a minimum of 3. Each person can have up to 2 computers and a phone; an extra computer is $20 a month. Servers, shared computers, point-of-sale systems, and network gear are added per device, as listed above. Solo covers one person with up to 2 computers and a phone. Small Shop covers up to 3 devices at one location. The Monitor plan is priced per computer, with a 3-computer minimum.

When can we reach you?

Remote support runs Monday to Friday, 5 to 9 PM Eastern, closed on New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the Friday after, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. Urgent issues are answered within 2 support hours; everything else by the end of the next support evening. The clock only runs during open support hours: an urgent request at 8 PM on a Friday is answered by 6 PM on Monday, and requests that arrive before 5 PM, on a weekend, or on a holiday start counting at 5 PM on the next support day. When a holiday falls on a weekend, we close on the nearest weekday. On-site visits are scheduled for evenings and weekends. Monitoring runs around the clock and flags problems early, and we act on alerts during support hours.

We're a one-person business. Which plan fits?

Solo, at $99 a month. It gives one person the same protection as our Secure plan (backups, password manager, two-step sign-in, and web filtering) with 1 hour of remote help a month included. If you handle tax returns or other regulated client data, Solo Compliance at $149 adds a written security plan kept current, a yearly risk review, and security training.

What's the difference between Monitor and Essentials?

Monitor watches your computers, keeps them updated, tells you when something needs attention, and includes 30 minutes of remote fixes a month per client, shared across all covered computers. Anything beyond that is billed by the hour, in 15-minute steps, and we ask before going over. Essentials adds the help desk, so fixes, questions, and new-hire setups are covered in the monthly price, along with email and account admin. If you're paying for more than an hour or two of fixes most months, Essentials usually costs less.

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