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How much are your managed IT plans?
Service fees range based on the size of your business and the scope of technology we'll be managing for you.
As an example: a small business with 20 employees can get monitoring, service, and support for desktops/laptops, phones, servers, network, and WiFi for around $2500/month. This includes unlimited service tickets Monday - Friday from 6am - 6pm with on-site managed IT assistance included if needed.
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I only want to pay you when I need you. What's the advantage of paying a monthly fee?
By contracting with Xceptional for managed services, you receive a host of benefits, including:
- Proactive monitoring and alerting: we'll tell you that your network is down before you even realize it, and already be started on the fix.
- Contracted response time: managed services clients always go to the front of the line!
- Rapid action on opportunities and issues that you might need on a very short timeframe.
- Our Virtual Chief Information Officer (vCIO) services.
- Predictable costs and billing avoids sudden or unexpected costs.
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How long have you been in business?
Xceptional was founded in 2007.
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What types of clients do you support? Can you provide references?
We’ve worked with companies in the biotech, nonprofit, education, financial, medical, hospitality, and government verticals – to name a few. We’re always happy to provide references upon request.
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What is included with your managed services offerings?
Xceptional provides:
- Proactive monitoring and alerting, including cybersecurity processes and tools;
- Reactive and emergency response for desktop and applications, networking and WiFi;
- Unified communications and collaboration tools: anything that you use to communicate;
- Servers and storage;
- Device management; and
- Custom solutions that can meet any business need.
Our Silver, Gold, and Platinum levels include Virtual Chief Information Officer (vCIO) and procurement assistance. Additionally, should you choose to use Xceptional to perform services outside of the scope of your managed services contract, you will receive a contracted discount rate.
For example, if you signed an MSP contract with us for your phones, but later you needed a one-time server refresh, that one-time project wouldn't be covered under your phone MSP agreement. However, as an Xceptional MSP client, we would provide you with a discount for that server project.
To proceed, we would provide a quote detailing the costs, discount, and scope of work for the server refresh. All it takes to get this started is for you to inform us that you need help outside the scope of your MSP contract.
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Do you outsource your help desk support?
Our help desk team is distributed in San Diego, California, and Longmont, Colorado, staffed with full-time Xceptional employees. At times, we may leverage tried and true expert consultants for highly specific tasks, but rest assured that our core team consists of our in-house staff. -
How is your managed services offering staffed?
Xceptional employs a team of tier 1, 2, and 3 engineers dedicated to reactive and proactive service tickets. Additionally, we leverage architect-level engineers that specialize in network, servers, storage, and collaboration for design consulting and specialized escalations. -
What is your onboarding process, and what is the reason for the related fees?
Our on-boarding process is customized to your specific environment and factors and includes the following:
- An extensive discovery and documentation review process;
- Validation and creation of documentation needed to support your environment;
- On-boarding of asset tracking and license management; and
- A dedicated project manager and technical lead.
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What happens after hours when I have a problem and need help?
During the onboarding process, your project manager will discuss your options for handling requests that come in outside your contracted Period of Maintenance (POM). Xceptional has engineers available around the clock to respond to time-sensitive or emergency issues. -
What does “unlimited service tickets” mean?
During your contracted Period of Maintenance (POM), you can submit unlimited requests for assistance for items within the scope of your contract. You are not billed by number of requests, phone calls, or emails. The only time you will be billed is if you require assistance outside of your contracted POM, or request assistance that is not covered under the scope of your managed services contract.
An example would be if you need help with your phone system and are only contracted for network support. We can help, and this assistance would be billed at the contracted discount rate.
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We have IT employees. What can you do for us?
We LOVE working with our client’s IT departments! We can function either as a totally outsourced IT model or as an extension of your current staff. Either way, you have access to a bench of dedicated engineers with expertise in all areas of IT.
Our clients benefit from our extensive experience – if you are encountering a problem, chances are we’ve seen it before and can help you find the most efficient (and budget sensitive) solution.
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What kinds of companies are good candidates for remote monitoring and management services?
The short answer: most of them! Whether you are an SMB that is just starting to build your technology strategy, an organization that is unhappy with your current provider, or a large business that needs to outsource a specialized portion of your IT management, Xceptional can build a plan that works for you.

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