Server outage and idle office illustrating the business impact of IT downtime
Free business IT planning tool

What is IT downtime really costing your business?

Estimate the hidden monthly and annual impact of outages, slow systems, recurring support issues, and lost employee productivity in less than two minutes.

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IT downtime cost calculator

Turn recurring IT frustration into a business number.

Enter realistic estimates from your business. The calculator combines employee productivity loss, technical response labor, and recovery expenses.

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Why downtime costs more than expected

The visible problem is rarely the full cost.

A short outage can create a long tail of lost work, technical response, rework, missed opportunities, and employee frustration.

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Lost employee productivity

Employees may be unable to access email, files, cloud applications, servers, phones, internet connections, or essential business systems.

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Response and recovery labor

Internal teams and outside vendors spend time troubleshooting, coordinating, restoring service, validating systems, and documenting the issue.

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Recurring business disruption

Repeated slowdowns and outages interrupt client service, delay deadlines, create rework, and make technology harder to manage.

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Take the analysis into your next planning meeting.

Download the Excel workbook to refine assumptions with finance, operations, department leaders, or your internal IT team. It includes editable inputs, automatic calculations, a visual summary, practical next steps, and a usage guide.

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Ali Hassani, ITperfection founder and certified IT and cybersecurity professional
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Meet Ali Hassani

Ali Hassani brings more than 25 years of IT and cybersecurity experience supporting business networks, cloud platforms, Microsoft environments, infrastructure, security, and operational resilience across Southern California.

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Frequently asked questions

Understanding IT downtime costs

What should be included in the cost of IT downtime?

Include lost employee productivity, IT response labor, recovery expenses, rework, and other measurable operational costs. Use conservative estimates when exact data is unavailable.

Does this tool send or store my business information?

No. Calculator inputs and results remain inside your browser. The tool does not send values to ITperfection, a third party, or an external API.

Does this calculator estimate the cost of a cyberattack?

No. A cyber incident may create additional legal, regulatory, recovery, investigation, notification, and business costs that require a deeper assessment.

How can a business reduce recurring IT downtime?

Common improvements include proactive monitoring, preventive maintenance, responsive support, tested backups, lifecycle planning, network visibility, documentation, secure access, and clear escalation procedures.

Does ITperfection provide local IT support in Orange County?

Yes. ITperfection provides managed and co-managed IT support for businesses in Irvine, Orange County, Los Angeles County, and nearby Southern California communities.

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