Total Cost of Ownership Calculator
Other Software		Sycle 2 year Pre-pay Price	Sycle Standard Price
Software Cost	$	$112 per month	$149 per month
Sales tax	$ %	included	included
Life expectancy of software1	$ years	included	included
Software annual upgrade fees - typically 15%	$ %	included	included
Computer Consultants - average cost per month2	$	included	included
Hardware Upgrades - one time3	$	included	included
Training (2 days offsite-one time)4	$	included	included
Employee time spent on basic computer maintenance and virus security software5	$ hrs/week	included	included
Employee hourly cost	$	included	included
Networking per clinic - one time6	$	included	included
Networking License -     typically if more than 5 stations7	$	included	included
Firewall - one time - required for HIPAA compliance8	$	included	included
Back up hardware - one time -     required for HIPAA compliance9	$	included	included
Employee time spent backing up software - HIPAA10	$ hrs/week	included	included
Employee hourly cost	$	included	included
Monthly Cost of Software including hidden costs		$112	$149
Total Cost over time period
Life expectancy of most software is 3 years. This includes outside computer consultants Many new software's require considerable hardware upgrades Often staff cost of time out of the office is not taken into consideration - or staff turnover This includes an internal person tasked with keeping software updated - and firewalls maintained Sycle databases are held behind one of the most sophisticated firewalls in the world at IBM - maintained 24/7 by IBM This would be the cost of internal and external networks - include; consultants, servers and other hardware Sycle is instantly networked as soon as you have a web connection - there is no additional cost or effort required Often there is an extra cost for a network software license To be HIPAA compliant you should have and maintain a firewall If you are using Sycle our firewall takes care of HIPAA compliance To be HIPAA compliant all your records should be backed up nightly and a copy taken offsite If you are using Sycle - every interaction is backed up instantly, and additionally backed up to tape nightly by IBM and stored offsite People often forget to include the cost of employee time spent backing up software. Sycle provides peace of mind knowing that experts are backing up your data every day