Internal Staff 1 FTE	Consulting 1 FTE	Other remote support	ADSN
Hourly Pay	35.00 - 50.00	65.00 to over 150.00	As high as 100 an hour for onsite work	No hourly charge! We are your support
Average monthly costs to support your environment	Approximately 9000.00 (with benefits) per DBA	11,000 to 34,000 PER consultant	Normally based on number of databases	As little as 3500  *
Support for additional databases/products	Depends upon workload	Depends on contract	Normally additional costs	Yes!  We are YOUR support!
Upgrades and Patches (RDBMS and Applications)	Depends on workload and skill level	Normally additional costs (out of scope)	Normally additional costs	Yes!  At no additional costs!
Level of experience	Unknown, but manageagble through recruiting	Unknown	Unknown (and potentially not in US)	more than 20 years (documented)
Able to establish performance and availability requirements	Yes, through performance reviews	Depends on wording of contract	Depends upon wording of contract - often difficult to pin down	We work with your company.  Our goal is your success!
Local and on site if needed?	Yes	Not neccessarily local, and only for duration of contract.	Depends on location of firm.  May require high hourly rates.	Local and can often be on site in as little as 3 hours.
24 X 7 On-call support	Yes	Normally at the hourly rate of contract	Often at additional costs	Yes! At NO additional charge!