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Whole-life comparison

Private AI server five-year TCO calculator.

A server does not become cheaper because somebody divides its price by users. Compare the whole service.

Keep zero in the base case unless supported.
Dated comparison input; update from the provider and exchange rate.

Five-year difference

£0

  • Owned-capacity TCO£0
  • Hosted-seat total£0
  • Owned equivalent per month£0

Not a quality-equivalence claim. Excludes implementation common to both routes, tax relief and speculative spare-capacity income.

Calculation record

See what sits behind the result.

The controls are deliberately editable. Record the values used, the date and the source before relying on an output in a buying decision.

01

Method

  • Owned TCO = purchase + finance + five years of energy, support and facility cost − supported residual value.
  • Hosted total = paid users × annual seat cost × five years.
  • The comparison deliberately excludes tax relief and spare-capacity income from the base case.
02

Worked reading

  • The defaults compare a £27,500 reference system plus £4,000 annual operating cost with 25 hosted seats.
  • A cash difference does not establish quality or feature equivalence.
  • Run a light-use case, a measured central case and a higher-cost downside case.
03

Do not infer

  • Hosted seats include a managed product and current provider model access.
  • Owned capacity needs technical ownership, accepted local models and a site.
  • Exchange rates, provider features, hardware prices and support needs can change.

Read the comparison carefully

Hosted seats include a managed product and current model access. Owned capacity needs an operator and may use a different model. Control, offline operation and local integration can have value even without a pure cash crossover; name that value rather than hiding it in savings.

Read the complete seat comparison.

Commercial value starts with a complete cost boundary.

Include installation, energy, support, finance and adviser-confirmed tax treatment. Potential spare-capacity income should remain optional upside.

Diagram separating core business work from spare capacity and deducting fees, power and support from any realised rate
Diagram separating core business work from spare capacity and deducting fees, power and support from any realised rate
Spare-capacity income remains optional upside after fees, electricity, support and customer availability are accounted for. Original explanatory plate. It sets out a decision method, not a measured result.
Spare-capacity income remains optional upside after fees, electricity, support and customer availability are accounted for. Original explanatory plate. It sets out a decision method, not a measured result.
Diagram of an evidence pack containing an asset schedule, burn-in record, health readings, workload test and admin guide
Diagram of an evidence pack containing an asset schedule, burn-in record, health readings, workload test and admin guide
A credible handover records the supplied assets, checks, operating evidence, instructions and unresolved items. Original explanatory plate. It sets out a decision method, not a measured result.
A credible handover records the supplied assets, checks, operating evidence, instructions and unresolved items. Original explanatory plate. It sets out a decision method, not a measured result.
Diagram showing an approved request, a local service, an approved store and a policy-controlled data path
Diagram showing an approved request, a local service, an approved store and a policy-controlled data path
A private deployment starts with the permitted data path, access policy and logging boundary. Original explanatory plate. It sets out a decision method, not a measured result.
A private deployment starts with the permitted data path, access policy and logging boundary. Original explanatory plate. It sets out a decision method, not a measured result.
Three-quarter supplier render of a 4U OEM multi-GPU rack server
Three-quarter supplier render of a 4U OEM multi-GPU rack server
OEM platform reference render. It is not evidence of a completed customer build or final specification. OEM supplier reference image. Written reuse permission pending.
OEM platform reference render. It is not evidence of a completed customer build or final specification. OEM supplier reference image. Written reuse permission pending.