Sage Desktop Licensing
Sage license is the actual product (software) itself and, during the subscription year, includes support from Sage, major product updates, patches, and knowledge base access. Licensing costs constitute a substantial portion of any Sage cloud hosting. Depending on the hosting provider, this can be bundled with the hosting service or paid for separately by the customer.
Sage Hosting on a Dedicated Server with Custom Settings
Hosted cloud offerings should encompass dedicated networks, servers, and a customized environment tailored to the client’s needs, system requirements, and 3rd party systems.
Data Backups, Redundancy, Disaster Recovery
Automatic backups of all the customer’s Sage data stored on the cloud server are another duty a Sage hosting provider should fulfill for its clients at no additional cost. It is just the start of ensuring your system is healthy. However, few hosting providers offer certified redundancy and disaster recovery. Usually, these are priced separately, with the exception of a few Sage providers who include this as part of their service at no additional cost.
Active Security, Multi-Factor, and Identity Authentication Measures
Ensuring the customer’s Sage apps and data stored in the cloud are robustly secured against malware and hacker attacks is another responsibility of hosting providers typically included in the final price. The best environments will always have these features and should be considered default features of Sage 50, Sage 100, or Sage 300 hosting.
Extra Cyber Insurance Policy for Customers
If few cloud hosting providers build the best resilient high-performing dedicated environments, even fewer, 1 or 2, offer customers an extra cyber insurance policy, just in case.
Infrastructure Maintenance, Updates, and Patching
The Sage hosting provider is also accountable for maintaining its cloud servers and infrastructure, which includes timely software updates, managing the server hardware, and other maintenance tasks performed at no extra charge for the client. Cloud hosting providers who have fully adopted Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) like AWS EC2 or Azure ensures that the underlying environment is superior to physically managed local, co-located solutions and can focus on delivering your service without managing cables and racks.
On-Demand Tech Support
Additionally, the cloud hosting subscription fee includes technical support from Sage experts. Depending on the provider, support may be offered solely via email or multiple channels, including phone support and live website chat.
Providers like gotomyerp offer its Sage cloud hosting at a starting price of $50 per user per month. It is a mid-market price for dedicated Sage hosting, Go-Live Day 1 Guarantee, and an exceptional track record of uptime. In this case, every customer gets access to a dedicated server environment, customization based on individual system requirements, and other perks included in the base fee, including on-demand application support for Sage 50, Sage 100, and Sage 300 with a Fully Managed Plan.
