Refresh or migrate – that is the question.

Let’s imagine a mid-sized company running its own hardware in leased data center space. The infrastructure is designed to provide enough capacity to host virtual servers with roughly 32 vCPU, 256 GB vRAM and 6 TB vHDD in total. Let’s run a simple model calculation: 

Cost comparison

1. Own hardware configuration:
   • 2× network switch – 80,000 CZK per unit
   • 3× physical server – 150,000 CZK per unit
   • 1× disk array connected via iSCSI – 500,000 CZK per unit
   • On-site support (annual) – 75,000 CZK
   • Annual license for VMware vSphere Standard virtualization software, 48 CPU cores – 58,000 CZK
   • Total over 5 years: 1,775,000 CZK
2. Data center lease:
   • Lease of 1× 42U 600×1200 mm rack unit – 13,000 CZK/​month
   • Electricity for a consumption of 1,500 kWh/​month – 10,000 CZK/​month
   • Internal or external IT specialists, 20 hours per month – 12,000 CZK/​month
   • Total TCO over a 5‑year cycle: 3,875,000 CZK excl. VAT
3. Running it in the cloud
   • If we run the same amount of compute resources in Geetoo Cloud Compute, an equivalent capacity (32 vCPU, 256 GB vRAM, 6 TB vHDD) comes out at an indicative price of 64,806 CZK per month – that is roughly 3,657,360 CZK excl. VAT over a 5‑year cycle.

The final totals are not dramatically different, and in real life there are many factors that can shift the numbers either way. So it’s not always true that the cloud is automatically “many times cheaper”. However, compared to a purely on-prem solution, cloud brings a whole range of advantages. You avoid large up-front CAPEX expenditures, gain much greater flexibility and – most importantly, as most of our customers will tell you – you get peace of mind to focus on your work. And if we borrow a line from a well-known commercial: that’s priceless. In the next section, we’ll take a closer look at the benefits of cloud in more detail. 

Incidents don’t only happen from nine to five

With Geetoo, you get 24/7 monitoring that detects potential issues before they grow into major problems. Most of the time, you won’t even notice our support working in the background. But you can be sure that there is a team of seasoned experts available, who know you by name and understand your environment and business in detail.

They also continuously invest in their skills to keep up with current technologies (single certifications can cost tens of thousands of CZK). They are not anonymous bots playing “ticket tennis” with you (see for yourself). Their know-how and experience give you far more certainty than when everything depends on a single in-house admin. 

Data stored locally and always highly available

Our cloud runs in Czech and Slovak data centers with top-tier facilities and systems protected by redundancy. The infrastructure is designed to operate smoothly even when the rest of the country faces serious issues – whether it’s a power outage (as with this year’s blackout) or the floods that hit our region last year.

Once your own server room is literally under water, you want a partner who can react immediately and bring up new services, including restoring from backups stored securely in the cloud.

Thanks to geographic redundancy (your data and services are protected by multiple locations) and data replication options, you gain an additional level of assurance. Geetoo Backup and Geetoo DRaaS provide real business continuity. A reliable backup is not just about taking regular snapshots – what really matters is the ability to restore data quickly. 

A straightforward question is: do you know how much an hour or a full day of downtime would cost your company? Experience from major European cyber incidents shows that it’s not only about lost data and interrupted operations, but also reputational damage, contractual penalties and missed opportunities. If this is on your radar, make sure you don’t miss our article where we break down the major attacks of 2025.

Flexible scaling and PAYG instead of idle hardware

Is your company growing, rolling out a demanding application, or preparing for the holiday peak? Geetoo Cloud Compute allows you to scale up capacity within minutes. When you don’t need the resources, you simply turn off your virtual machines and stop paying – thanks to the PAYG (pay-as-you-go) model. No expensive hardware sitting idle half the time. Take a look at how our customers save on infrastructure this way.

Cloud is not a dogma

A 100% move to the cloud is not the ideal choice for every company. At Geetoo, we always start by thoroughly analysing the customer’s current state and potential future needs, and only then do we design a tailored solution. 

In practice, this often means various hybrid scenarios that can combine:

• Geetoo Cloud for workloads where scalability, high availability and managed services make sense,
• on-prem environments where latency, specific hardware, or regulatory requirements are critical,
• and in some cases even multiple clouds, depending on where a particular service best fits the customer’s needs.

Conclusion

When deciding on the right technology platform that can withstand current and future challenges, price is only part of the story. Other key factors include comfort, resilience, flexibility and support quality. Geetoo adds to that a local expert team, data sovereignty, tailor-made solutions, zero egress fees, and services designed to handle demanding situations – and to give you what matters most: peace of mind and room to grow your core business.