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Cisco Meraki, Fortinet FortiGate or HPE Aruba for retail SD-WAN
UK multi-site retailers choosing branch SD-WAN can compare confirmed reseller pricing for Cisco Meraki MX68 and Fortinet FortiGate 60F, both in the low thousands of pounds per site over five years, against HPE Aruba EdgeConnect's quote-only, WAN-optimisation-focused platform. The right fit depends on whether stores need simple failover on decent broadband or deeper optimisation on poor circuits.
Renew VMware Cloud Foundation, move to Nutanix or migrate to Proxmox VE
UK enterprises renewing VMware Cloud Foundation face per-core pricing with a 16-core-per-CPU floor, while a widely reported 72-core order minimum does not appear in Broadcom's current published guidance. This comparison works through VCF, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure and Proxmox VE costs and migration effort for a UK enterprise infrastructure director.
Procore or Autodesk Construction Cloud for UK Contractors Running CIS Subcontractors
Procore and Autodesk's rebranded Forma Build (formerly Autodesk Build, part of the Autodesk Construction Cloud platform renamed Forma in March 2026) both leave CIS verification, deductions and RAMS to separate tools, so the real UK cost comparison is core licence plus payment applications plus RAMS, not the headline subscription. Once a full ten-seat stack is priced, Forma Build's apparent per-seat saving over Procore narrows sharply, and the sharper differentiator becomes RAMS integration depth rather than raw cost.
Synology, QNAP or self-built TrueNAS for a UK small business four-bay NAS
For a UK small business choosing a four-bay NAS, Synology's DS925+ is the only ready-built option with ECC memory as standard at £757.00 diskless, while QNAP's TS-464-8G undercuts it at £636.00 with faster networking. A self-built TrueNAS box needs no software licence but costs roughly £786.01 in parts before drives, so today's DDR5 memory prices erase most of the assumed self-build saving.
Ubiquiti UniFi vs TP-Link Omada vs Cisco Meraki for UK Office Wi-Fi
Comparing Ubiquiti UniFi, TP-Link Omada and Cisco Meraki for a UK small office Wi-Fi upgrade shows UniFi and Omada costing £316 or less ex VAT for three access points with no recurring fee, against roughly £1,950 for Meraki once its mandatory per-device Enterprise licence is included. Meraki Go, Cisco's old licence-free small business line, stopped being sold new in April 2025, so a fresh Meraki quote today is the full, licensed range.
Renting GPU Capacity by the Hour or Buying an NVIDIA DGX System
UK enterprises training AI models pay a 25-30% premium to rent NVIDIA H100 GPU capacity in AWS and Azure's UK regions compared with US regions, based on each provider's own live pricing data. Buying an NVIDIA DGX system breaks even against continuous UK cloud rental at roughly 56% utilisation for a DGX H100 and 82% for a DGX B200, while AMD Instinct MI300X capacity is available directly from Azure's UK South region at a lower per-GPU rate than NVIDIA H100 instances.
UiPath, Automation Anywhere and Blue Prism Compared for UK Invoice Automation
None of UiPath, Automation Anywhere or Blue Prism publishes a per-bot price for the unattended licence a UK enterprise finance team needs for invoice processing, so real comparison has to come from verified UK deployments and independent cost estimates instead. UiPath and Blue Prism each have a documented UK invoice-processing case study with measurable savings, while Automation Anywhere's published outcomes are international.
Bitdefender GravityZone, ESET PROTECT or Sophos Central for a fifty-device UK business
Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security lists the lowest published UK per-device price at around £24.60 a year, with ESET PROTECT Entry close behind at about £33.72, while Sophos Central publishes no price and requires a partner quote. None of the three entry tiers includes EDR, and endpoint protection sits inside the UK's Cyber Essentials malware control.
CyberArk or BeyondTrust for UK Enterprise Privileged Access, Which Wins on Three-Year Cost
CyberArk's PAM platform is now owned by Palo Alto Networks following a February 2026 acquisition and is being folded into the Idira identity security brand, while BeyondTrust remains an independent specialist. Neither vendor publishes list prices, so a genuine three-year value comparison depends on your own privileged-account count, deployment model and negotiated multi-year discount rather than a single published figure.
Sage 200, Business Central or NetSuite for a UK Manufacturer's Next ERP System
This buying guide compares Sage 200, Dynamics 365 Business Central and NetSuite for a UK manufacturer turning over £5m to £50m, focusing on implementation cost rather than headline licence price. It sets out published and partner-quoted GBP figures for each platform, a manufacturing feature comparison, and a rollout checklist.
Device as a Service or Outright Purchase for a Mid-Market Laptop Fleet
UK mid-market businesses standardising laptops must choose between buying outright, hire purchase, and Device as a Service subscriptions from Dell, HP or Lenovo, none of which publish a fixed UK monthly rate. Comparing current list prices, VAT treatment and the Annual Investment Allowance shows DaaS wins on bundled service and risk transfer rather than a guaranteed lower cost, so a written like-for-like quote is essential before deciding.
Personio or BambooHR for a UK mid-market business replacing spreadsheet HR
This comparison checks Personio and BambooHR's own pricing and payroll pages to answer a UK mid-market HR manager's question about per-employee cost and native UK payroll. It finds that BambooHR publishes real US list prices while Personio publishes none, and that neither platform runs UK payroll itself, both hand off to Xero or Sage 50 for the actual HMRC filing.