Backup TCO: The Hidden Costs
Backup Central, Monday, January 12th, 2026
When IT teams calculate backup TCO, they usually focus on the line items that show up on invoices: software licenses, hardware appliances, and cloud storage subscriptions.
Those numbers are real, and they're not small-we're talking five, six, sometimes seven-figure purchases. But here's the problem: those visible costs are actually the minor part of what you're spending on backup infrastructure.