What Business IT Actually Costs in Miami (2026)

The most common question we get is also the one most IT companies refuse to answer in public: “what does this cost?” Here are the real ranges we see in South Florida, what moves them up or down, and how to spot a padded quote. These are the same numbers behind our free calculators, so you can pressure-test any quote you receive — including ours.

Managed IT support: $55–$125 per user, per month

Managed IT is priced per person in your company, and the tier drives the rate:

• Basic support ($55–$75/user): helpdesk, monitoring, and patching. Issues get fixed fast, but strategy stays on your plate.
• Standard managed IT ($75–$100/user): full management with security included — endpoint protection, MFA, backups — plus planning and vendor management. Most businesses belong here.
• Premium / compliance ($100–$175/user): HIPAA, PCI, or SOC 2 environments and 24/7 response requirements.

So a 15-person office on a standard plan runs roughly $1,100–$1,500 a month. Compare that against one day of company-wide downtime — or one ransomware incident — and the math usually settles itself.

Network cabling: $200–$450 per drop, installed

A “drop” is one cable run from your network closet to a desk, access point, or camera. The installed price includes cable, jacks, labor, and testing. What moves it: cable grade (Cat6 vs Cat6a), run length, and above all the building — open drywall is cheap, concrete and conduit are not, and South Florida has plenty of concrete. A typical 12-drop small office lands between $2,500 and $5,000.

Security cameras: roughly $300–$800 per camera, installed

A quality business camera runs $150–$400; installation, cabling, and the recorder (NVR) make up the rest. The often-missed line item is storage: how many days of footage you keep drives the drive sizes more than camera count does. Watch out for consumer systems that look cheap up front, then charge per-camera monthly fees forever — over five years, subscription costs routinely exceed the hardware.

How to spot a padded quote

• No breakdown. One big number with no split between hardware, labor, and recurring fees is hiding something.
• Recurring fees that don't map to a service. Ask what each monthly line item actually does. “Management fee” on hardware you own outright deserves a follow-up question.
• Long contracts as a default. Multi-year lock-in benefits exactly one party. Month-to-month is offered by providers confident in their service.
• Replacing everything.A good assessment keeps what works. A quote that replaces your whole stack on day one wasn't really an assessment.

The bottom line

Honest IT pricing isn't secret, it's just rarely published. If a quote you're holding doesn't line up with these ranges, we'll give you a straight second opinion — that's what our assessment is for.