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November 2015 • www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com 11 HOSTING PROVIDERS Reviews BEST FIT Cloudvara is truly a custom hosting ser- vice, offering a number of application options for accounting frms and other businesses looking to have accounting, tax, and other business applications hosted. Te product is ideally suited for smaller accounting frms and other businesses that do not require a high number of applica- tions to be hosted. PRODUCT STRENGTHS • Cloudvara can host a variety of applica- tions, including many frequently used by accounting frms • A f fordably priced, w ith users able to choose from a variety of applications • Product support is available 24/7 year round POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS • Not well suited to frms that need to host multiple applications SUMMARY & PRICING Cloudvara ofers four plans for users to choose from. Te Starter Plan is $45.00 per month, and is a one-user plan, with hosting for a single application. Te Starter Plan ofers 5GB of storage, with an option to add additional storage, additional users, and additional applications as needed. Te Premier Plan is $199.00 per month, and includes 5 users, and hosting for 3 applica- tions, with 20 GB of storage available. Te Premier Plus plan includes 10 users, and hosting for 4 applications, with 30 GB of storage included. The Corporate Level Plan cost is available by quote, and includes 20 users, and an unspecified number of hosted applications. www.cloudvara.com BEST FIT Accounting and CPA firms that utilize multiple tax and accounting applications and is actively looking for an established hosting business that specializes in hosting for accountants. STRENGTHS • InsynQ is designed to serve accounting frms and CPA's • Te product ofers hosting for popular, in-demand applications such as Quick- Books, Sage 50, and Microsof Ofce • InsynQ hosts a wide variety of tax sof- ware, including Intuit Pro-Series, Lacerte, ProSystem fx Tax, and Drake Tax • Te product ofers an excellent support system, with tutorials, demo videos, and PDF's available at the user's convenience SUMMARY & PRICING InsynQ has been ofering hosting services to tax and accounting professionals since 1997, and continues to ofer high quality services to accounting and tax profes- sionals. With QuickBooks, Sage and MS Office hosting , along w ith over 600 applications, and custom servers available, the product ofers the beneft of experi- ence and the latest technology. Pricing is custom for each frm, with users able to create an account and choose the applica- tions they wish to be hosted, with InsynQ providing a custom quote immediately. www.insynq.com Cloudvara Cloud Hosting InsynQ Cloud Hosting Read the full review and see expanded ratings for this product online at: www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/12129791 Read the full review and see expanded ratings for this product online at: www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/12129797 BEST FIT Designed specifcally for accounting frms, Xcentric is a good ft for frms of all sizes that are interested in having their tax and related programs hosted. PRODUCT STRENGTHS • Xcent r ic c u r rent ly hosts over 1, 0 0 0 applications that are specifc to CPA frms • T he product uses Citr i x technolog y, which works with a variety of hardware devices • Te company ofers product support 24/7 year round • Product ofers three diferent plans that will suit frms of just about any size POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS • Product only ofers hosting and manage- ment services to accounting frms, and does not host single applications SUMMARY & PRICING Xcentric Cloud Core hosting plan runs $139.00 per user per month, and includes 25 hosted applications, 5GB of storage per user, and a 1 GB mailbox, making it an excellent starter option for frms looking to move to hosting. Te Cloud Pro and Cloud Premier levels both ofer unlimited application hosting, extra storage capa- bility (10 GB for Pro and 20 GB for Pre- mier), along with an increased mailbox size. All versions of the product come with Microsof Ofce, Exchange Server, and automatic application backups. For those opting for the Core level, additional fea- tures which are found in the more robust versions are optionally available at an additional cost. www.xcentric.com BEST FIT Accounting firms and businesses that desire to utilize cloud technology to access their host popular applications from QuickBooks to other accounting and related applications. PRODUCT STRENGTHS • A ll applications are installed by R ight Networks • Tree plan levels are available for users to choose from • Telephone suppor t is ava i lable 2 4/7 throughout the year • Right Networks guarantees 99.999% user uptime POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS • Does not ofer custom servers for those wishing to host applications not on their availability list SUMMARY & PRICING Right Networks ofers three plans; Bronze, which is a starter package, Silver, which is the most commonly purchased plan, and Gold, which ofers premium features. All levels of the product ofer QuickBooks hosting , and a QuickBooks Leasing option. All plan levels are guaranteed 99.999% uptime, and secure, encrypted data. Te Silver level of Right Networks ofers Microsof Ofce Standard, and the Gold version ofers Microsof Ofce Pro Plus, along with Bill.com sync, SmartVault sync, and Tallie sync. Te Bronze level plan runs $50.00 per user per month. Silver level is $60.00 per user per month, and the Gold level is $80.00 per user per month. Tere is also an additional hosting fee of $5.00 per user per month for all QuickBooks users. An additional fee will apply to anyone leasing QuickBooks as well. Any additional applications that a firm wishes to have hosted will incur an additional fee ranging from $5.00 to $20.00 per user per month. www.rightnetworks.com Xcentric Hosting Right Networks Cloud Hosting Read the full review and see expanded ratings for this product online at: www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/12129796 Read the full review and see expanded ratings for this product online at: www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com/12129801