“Buy your own server once and you’re done” sounds convincing — until you add up everything around it. Let’s make a fair comparison over three years for a company with ten 1C users.
The scenario
Ten 1C users, a client-server database, working from the office and remotely. We count everything except the 1C licenses themselves — they’re the same in both options.
Option A: a server in the office
| Item | Over 3 years |
|---|---|
| Entry-level server with SSDs and a redundant power supply | 25–35 million UZS |
| Windows Server license + terminal licenses for 10 users | 15–20 million UZS |
| UPS with battery replacement every 2–3 years | 4–6 million UZS |
| Electricity and server room cooling | 5–8 million UZS |
| Administration (on-call specialist, 1–1.5 million per month) | 36–54 million UZS |
| Off-site backup | usually none — a risk |
| Total | 85–123 million UZS |
Plus what doesn’t fit in the table: downtime during power outages and breakdowns, out-of-warranty repairs, dependence on a single specialist — and in three years the server is obsolete and needs replacing again.
Option B: turnkey 1C in the cloud
The plan for up to 12 users: 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 200 GB SSD, Windows Server, MS SQL or PostgreSQL, terminal access, database backups every 6 hours, updates, monitoring and support — 50 000 UZS per day. Windows Server, RDS CAL and MS SQL licenses are not included in this price: MYCLOUD does not provide or sell them — the client purchases them.
| Item | Over 3 years |
|---|---|
| Server + support, 50 000 UZS × 1 095 days | 54.75 million UZS |
| Windows Server license + terminal licenses for 10 users (purchased by the client) | 15–20 million UZS |
| UPS, generator, cooling, security | included |
| Off-site backups, monitoring, support | included |
| Upfront investment | 0 |
| Total | ≈ 70–75 million UZS |
What else is different
- Getting started. Your own hardware — 2–4 weeks to purchase and set up. Cloud — 1–2 days.
- Growth. Grew to 20 users — in the cloud, resources are added by the next day; in the office — you buy a new server.
- Downturns. A seasonal business pays less in winter: scale resources down and charges drop. A purchased server won’t give you your money back.
- Risks. Fire, theft, ransomware, an administrator who quit — in the cloud these are covered by backups, the facility and ongoing support.
When an office server still makes sense
If the office internet is unreliable and a backup link isn’t an option; if 1C is integrated with equipment that requires a local network with minimal latency; if regulatory requirements prohibit data from leaving the building. In all other cases, over three years the cloud comes out noticeably cheaper — with no upfront investment.
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