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TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) covers not just a server's purchase price but all of its costs over its lifetime:
TCO = CAPEX + OPEX + Hidden Costs
CAPEX (Capital Expenditure): Initial investment cost
OPEX (Operational Expenditure): Operating cost
Hidden Costs: Downtime, management time, scaling
| Cost Item | Monthly | Annual | 5 Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosting Fee | 150 TL | 1,800 TL | 9,000 TL |
| Domain | - | 200 TL | 1,000 TL |
| SSL Certificate | - | 0 TL | 0 TL |
| Management Time | - | 0 TL | 0 TL |
| TOTAL | 150 TL | 2,000 TL | 10,000 TL |
Conclusion: For a small blog, shared hosting makes sense. The downtime risk is low because there is no revenue.
| Cost Item | Monthly | Annual | 5 Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| VPS Fee (8 vCore, 16 GB) | 1,200 TL | 14,400 TL | 72,000 TL |
| cPanel License | 400 TL | 4,800 TL | 24,000 TL |
| CDN (Cloudflare Pro) | 800 TL | 9,600 TL | 48,000 TL |
| Backup (off-site) | 300 TL | 3,600 TL | 18,000 TL |
| Bandwidth Overage (average) | 200 TL | 2,400 TL | 12,000 TL |
| Management Time (10 hours/mo @ 500 TL) | 5,000 TL | 60,000 TL | 300,000 TL |
| Downtime Cost (estimate: 8 hours/year) | - | 40,000 TL | 200,000 TL |
| TOTAL | 7,900 TL | 134,800 TL | 674,000 TL |
| Cost Item | Monthly | Annual | 5 Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dedicated Server (Ryzen 9, 64 GB) | 6,000 TL | 72,000 TL | 360,000 TL |
| cPanel License | 600 TL | 7,200 TL | 36,000 TL |
| CDN + DDoS Protection | 2,000 TL | 24,000 TL | 120,000 TL |
| Backup (off-site + snapshot) | 800 TL | 9,600 TL | 48,000 TL |
| Bandwidth | 0 TL | 0 TL | 0 TL |
| Management Time (5 hours/mo @ 500 TL) | 2,500 TL | 30,000 TL | 150,000 TL |
| Downtime Cost (estimate: 2 hours/year) | - | 20,000 TL | 100,000 TL |
| TOTAL | 11,900 TL | 162,800 TL | 814,000 TL |
Comparison:
VPS 5 years: 674,000 TL
Dedicated 5 years: 814,000 TL
Difference: 140,000 TL (21%)
But with Dedicated: 75% less downtime, unlimited bandwidth, 5x the performance. As scale grows a VPS falls short, and once migration costs are added the TCO evens out.
Moving from VPS to Dedicated:
Increasing capacity on a VPS:
E-Commerce Downtime Formula:
Hourly Loss = (Monthly Revenue / 720) x 1.5
(the 1.5 factor: loss of customer trust and SEO impact)
Example (150,000 TL/mo revenue):
Hourly loss = (150,000 / 720) x 1.5 = 312 TL
4 hours of downtime = 1,250 TL
If it happens 3 times a year = 3,750 TL lost
At SistemDC annual payment gets a 15% discount. A 1,200 TL/mo VPS → 12,240 TL a year (a saving of 2,160 TL)
DirectAdmin instead of cPanel: 60% cheaper (400 TL → 160 TL a month)
The Cloudflare Free tier is enough to start with. Test before moving to Pro ($20/mo).
Do not buy 16 GB when an 8 GB RAM VPS is enough. Measure the real need with monitoring.
If you do not have your own admin, a managed service can be cheaper:
Dedicated comes with unlimited bandwidth. On a VPS the overage cost is high (5-10 TL per GB).
If you expect 100% growth within 12 months, get Dedicated from the start. Two migration costs close the price gap.
Let us run a 5-year TCO analysis for your project and work out which server type suits you.
Contact:
satis@sistemdc.com
Corporate WhatsApp: +90 224 334 02 42
The biggest mistake in choosing a server: looking only at the monthly price. Once the TCO is calculated, a Dedicated Server that looks "expensive" can make more sense from a 5-year perspective.
What we have learned from 14 years of experience:
Calculate the TCO when budgeting. Think not only about today but about 3-5 years. Because an infrastructure investment is a long-term decision.
Note: The prices in this article are SistemDC prices valid as of February 2026. Downtime and management costs are estimated from industry averages. Every business's TCO is different; do the calculation for your own scenario.
